HILLSDALE — Hillsdale freshman softball pitcher Kherington Ladd was voted the first HD Mechanical Heating, Cooling and Plumbing Supply House Athlete of the Week of the spring sports season.
Ladd won with 46-percent of the overall vote amongst a 10-pool of nominated candidates.
Ladd was nominated after an impressive first week pitching over 18 innings for the Hillsdale varsity softball team.
During that stretch of games against Quincy and Vandercook Lake, the Hornet pitcher had 24 strikeouts. This included a seven-inning, 13-strikeouts, five hits and two-earned runs performance in game one against Vandercook Lake (a 5-3 Vandercook win). Ladd also had three hits, two RBIs and three runs in that stretch.
The runner-up honoree was Heidi Gawronski of Camden-Frontier. The sophomore helped the RedHawks varsity softball team win its opening doubleheader against league rival Waldron. The team won scores of 14-3 and 6-4. Game one’s margin of victory was thanks in large part to Gawronski’s season debut on the mound. Gawronski pitched a four-inning no-hitter.
Gawronski only gave up two earned runs from walks but struck out seven batters. In game one, Gawronski had a 3-for-3 day at the plate with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs. Gawronski was perfect at-bat in game two with two hits, three RBIs and one run.
Honorable mentions included Connor McKay of North Adams-Jerome baseball, Zach Franks of Camden-Frontier baseball, Effie Heckel of Hillsdale girls track and field, Leah Headley of Reading softball, Anderson Hollaway of Hillsdale baseball, Drew Elder of Reading baseball, Dawson Scharer of Hillsdale Academy boys track and field and Nicholas Fowler of Jonesville boys track and field.
Hillsdale senior Anderson Hollaway was the Hillsdale Daily News Choice Athlete of the Week winner. The senior hornet had an impressive debut to the season helping the Hornets earn three victories wins over Quincy (7-5), and Vandercook Lake (13-3, 17-1). In game one against Quincy (a close 8-6 loss), Holloway had a perfect day at the plate with three double-base hits, two RBIs and two runs.
He hit another RBI double and scored two runs in the win over Quincy. He had another double in the games against Vandercook Lake. He had a total of three hits, three runs and two RBIs. In game two, he pitched three innings, earning a win and eight strikeouts whilst giving up just one hit. He stole five bases in the four-game stretch.
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