The Heavener softball team is this week's Oklahoma Team of the Week, presented by the Oklahoma National Guard.
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After a 16-loss season,
Heavener High School's softball team could have been pessimistic heading into 2013.
Instead, the Wolves are prolific.
The
team is off to an 8-1 start and last week went 6-1 to earn the MaxPreps
Oklahoma Team of the Week presented by the Oklahoma National Guard.
Coached
by Rodale Sanders, Heavener outscored its seven opponents by a 45-20
count and after losing its first game of the season, 4-0 to Oktaha on Saturday, the
Wolves responded with a 6-2 win over Wilburton on the very same day, thanks to a
five-hitter tossed by
Lexi Moody.
"Last year we had one senior and two juniors and we started four
sophomores and two freshmen," said Sanders. "We won 15 games and lost 16 but learned
some things along the way."
Mattison Place and
Cheyenne Cranfield, both sophomores, had two hits apiece leading a 10-hit attack. Cranfield and
Jacee Manley, yet another sophomore, added two RBIs apiece.
For Moody it was her eighth win of the season, tops in the state among those who keep statistics on MaxPreps.com.
Moody has completed five of her nine starts and owns a 1.78 ERA to go with 23 strikeouts and 39 runs allowed in 51 innings.
Jodie Hill,
another sophomore, leads the team in about every offensive category.
The shortstop is hitting .667 with 16 hits, 18 runs and 11 RBIs. She's
also stolen 28 bases in 29 attempts.
Other top hitters include freshman
Azure Watkins (.429), Manley at .391 with 10 RBIs and
Lily Friedl
(.370). As a team, the Wolves are hitting .326 and averaging 7.0 runs
per game. They haven't allowed more than four runs in any contest.
"This
summer we played a lot better and that gave them the confidence going
into this season that we could compete and win a lot more games," said
Sanders.
Do you know a team that deserves consideration for Oklahoma Team of the Week? Email us with your nominations at OKteamoftheweek@maxpreps.com.
