Five Lady Jackets get all-conference nods

Five Kingfisher High School softball players got one extra game this season.

The group earned a spot on the Tri-County All-Conference team for 2023.

Named to the team were freshmen Kinley Taylor, Kinlee East and Adlee Friesen and sophomores Jancee Matthews and Shelby Davis.

All-conference players from KHS, Fairview, Pioneer and Chisholm took on members from Waukomis, Watonga, Ringwood and Alva in an all-star game last Tuesday night in Chisholm.

Taylor played third base for the Lady Jackets while leading them with a .349 batting average.

She also led the team with 29 hits and tied for the team lead with 25 runs scored.

East was big at the plate and in the circle for KHS.

She was second behind Taylor with a .300 batting average, was second in hits (24) and led the team with 20 RBIs.

East was also the pitching workhorse as she threw all but 30 of the team’s 165 1/3 innings this season.

She only gave up 56 earned runs while compiling a 2.90 ERA and struck out 87 batters. Opponents hit just .245 against her.

Friesen played primarily in left field and hit .247 on the season. She tied East for the team lead in runs scored.

Davis played catcher and Matthews was the team’s centerfielder.

Davis batted .242 and Matthews .221.

Matthews knocked in 17 runs, second on the team, and was third with 22 runs scored.

Davis scored 15 times while driving in nine.