SB 4A FINAL: Plainfield rallies to win first state softball championship

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INDIANAPOLIS – The Plainfield Quakers trailed for five innings June 9 at Ben Davis, but a three-run sixth was enough to put away Huntington North, 3-1, for the Class 4A state championship.

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The win marked the first state title in softball for Plainfield, which was in its first state finals appearance.

At the plate, Plainfield was led by junior Maggie Stahl, who had one hit and the game-winning run. Junior Brook Bryant scored the tying run on a walk before Stahl slid under the tag after a wild pitch. Sophomore Mackenzie Reeder also contributed an RBI in the inning, driving home senior Hallie Johanningsmeier.

Getting the win for the Quakers was senior Courtney Collins (15-4), who gave up only one run on five hits in seven innings of work while striking out nine.

Fifteenth-year coach Paris Seibold’s Vikings were paced by sophomores Erin Rethlake and Alyssa Hiple. Rethlake had two hits in three at-bats, while Hiple added one hit and an RBI that came in the fourth inning for the game’s first run.

Plainfield, led by 11th-year coach Brad Beaman, finished the year with a 23-9 record. Huntington North finished the season at 23-8.

Huntington North’s Daronatsy wins Mental Attitude Award
Members of the IHSAA Executive Committee announced Laura Daronatsy of Huntington North High School as the winner of this year’s Mental Attitude Award in Class 4A softball. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, the proud corporate partner of all IHSAA tournaments, presented a $1,000 scholarship to the school in her name.

Laura is a three-year member of the Vikings softball team and was named to the Academic All-State Team in 2012. She is a member of the Student Athletic Board and is president of Huntington North’s chapter of the National Honor Society.

The standout student owns an 11.4 GPA on a scale of 11. The daughter of Art and Rhonda Daronatsy of Huntington will attend Biola University (California) to major in journalism.

The box score:

Huntington North (23-8) 1
Player ab r h rbi
Alyssa Grabner c 3 0 0 0
Audrey Hiner 3b 3 0 0 0
Erin Rethlake p 3 0 2 0
Erica Friese pr 0 1 0 0
Kaylynn Rosen 1b 3 0 0 0
Alyssa Hiple cf 3 0 1 1
Peyton Pike rf 3 0 1 0
Maddie Kennedy dp 2 0 0 0
Laura Daronatsy ph 1 0 0 0
Makayla Whaley 2b 3 0 0 0
Jordie Close ss 2 0 1 0
Tosha Grover lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 5 1

Plainfield (23-9) 3
Player ab r h rbi
Maggie Stahl ss 2 1 1 0
Mackenzie Jeffries 2b 3 0 0 0
H. Johanningsmeier cf 3 1 0 0
Mackenzie Reeder 3b 2 0 0 1
Katie Gilbert lf 3 0 0 0
Kelsey Bruhn 1b 3 0 0 0
Amanda Storms c 2 0 0 0
Bailey Catellier dp 2 0 0 0
Brook Bryant rf 1 1 0 0
Courtney Collins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 3 1 1

Score by Innings     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Huntington North     0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2
Plainfield                   0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 1 0

E - Hiner; Rethlake. LOB - Huntington N 4; Plainfield 3. 2B - Rethlake(4); Hiple(6). SB - Rethlake; Pike; Close; Johanningsme; Reeder. Strikeouts - Grabner; Rethlake; Rosen; Hiple; Pike; Kennedy 2; Daronatsy; Whaley; Jeffries 2; Gibert; Bruhn; Storms; Catellier; Bryant. Walks - Stahl; Reeder; Bryant.

Huntington North ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb sfa sha cia ab bf fo go np
Erin Rethlake L,7-2 6.0 1 3 2 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 24 5 6 93

Plainfield ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb sfa sha cia ab bf fo go np
Courtney Collins W,15-4 7.0 5 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 26 9 3 105
WP - Rethlake 2. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Rethlake 93/59; Collins 105/81.

Umpires - HP: Steve Morris 1B: Scott Wagner 3B: Dale Beck
Start: 7:30 pm Time: 1:36 Attendance:
Weather: Sunny, warm