Northwestern High School Varsity Softball

06/07/2023

The Lady Huskies wrapped up the 2023 softball season last night at the awards banquet. The Huskies received their WCAL championship trophy and recognized winning a sectional championship, finishing the season 21-5 (12-2 WCAL). 4th year letter winners were Marina Aulger, Audrey Franks and Daylie Rickard. 3rd year letter winners were Olivia Amstutz and Quinn Fast. 2nd year letter winners were Kara Burgan and Alysa Troyan. 1st year letter winners were Kirsten Boreman, Gabby Cubur, Coralyn Hall, Neveah Kirk, Kelsee Smith, Isabella Vacco and Taylor Wurst. Special team awards went to Audrey (Gold glove), Olivia (Cy Young), Taylor (Rookie), Marina (Slugger), Kelsee (Most Improved) and Daylie (MVP). First team WCAL went to Olivia, Marina and Daylie. 2nd team went to Audrey and Taylor. Honorable mention went to Kara and Kelsee. First team All District went to Marina and Daylie. 2nd team went to Olivia and Honorable Mention to Audrey. Academic athletic awards were given to Marina, Audrey, Quinn and Kara. Marina was recognized for setting the single season Home Run record at Northwestern (9) and Daylie was recognized for setting the single season hits (55), single season batting average (.573) and career batting average (.487) school records. The future looks bright for the Lady Huskies as 10 letter winners will return for the 2024 season and we said farewell to 4 seniors, Daylie, Audrey, Marina and Isabella.

06/01/2023

Come cheer on Olivia, Kara, Audrey and Daylie as they compete in the Ashland County Sports Hall of Fame 2023 softball game

05/17/2023

The Lady Huskies finished the 2023 season with a record of 21-5, winning the programs 26th sectional title and 7th WCAL title. The Lady Huskies say goodbye to 4 seniors in 2023, Marina Aulger, Audrey Franks, Daylie Rickard and Issy Vacco. 4 program records were broken this year. Marina Aulger set the single season homerun record with 9. (Kristen Warner in 2009 and Kerri Manley in 2014 each hit 7 homeruns previously)
Daylie Rickard set the single season hit record with 55 hits (Courtney Mackey in 2014, Kerri Manley in 2014 and Audrey Franks in 2021 had 50 hits previously). Daylie set the single season batting average record at .573 (Rachel Ryan hit .557 previously in 2005). And Finally, Daylie Rickard also broke the career batting average record, hitting .487 for her career (Rachel Ryan hit .422 previously from 2002-2005). Northwestern softball is a sisterhood and as this years talented seniors played their last high school game, they leave knowing the program is in great shape for the future and will return 10 letter winners next year to continue the tradition of Lady Husky softball. Go Huskies!!!

05/17/2023

The Lady Huskies travelled to Wellington to play the the #1 seed in the district and 6th ranked team in the state in Div III, Keystone Wildcats. In a hard fought game that only saw 3 hits combined between both teams, the Huskies lost 3-0. Olivia Amstutz started and threw the complete game, surrendering only 1 hit and 4 walks, striking out 9. Offensively for the Lady Huskies, Kara Burgan had a single and Daylie Rickard had a Double. The Huskies finished the season at 21-5.

05/15/2023

District game against Keystone tomorrow will be on the radio, WEOL 930 am at 5:00

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05/13/2023

WCAL Champs!!! After Capturing the programs 26th Sectional title last night, the Lady Huskies travelled to Rittman tonight, beating the Indians 14-0 in 5 innings to clinch a share of the WCAL championship, the 7th for the program and first since 2014. Congratulations girls!!!! Daylie Rickard started on the mound for the Huskies and threw the complete game, no hitter, surrendering 2 walks and striking out 8. Leading the 14 hit offensive attack for the Lady Huskies was Allysa Troyan with 3 hits, including a grand slam homerun with 5 RBIs, Kirsten Boreman with 3 hits and an RBI, Olivia Amstutz with 2 hits, including a double with an RBI and Daylie with 2 doubles and an RBI. Chipping in was Marina Aulger with a 2 rbi single and Audrey Franks with an RBI double. Congratulations to our pitching duo of Daylie (10 wins) and Olivia (11 wins) on becoming the first tandem of pitchers in program history to record double digit wins in the same season. The 21-4 Lady Huskies will return to tournament action on Tuesday for a District semifinal clash with Keystone in Wellington at 5:00. Go Huskies!!!

05/11/2023

The Lady Huskies hosted Cuyahoga Heights with a sectional title on the line and came away with the 4-0 victory. In a game that hits were hard to come by, Olivia Amstutz dominated on the mound, throwing the complete game shut out while the Huskies made the most of their opportunities at the plate. Daylie Rickard lead off the bottom of the first with an 8 pitch walk, followed by a bunt single by Audrey Franks and another walk to Marina Aulger. Taylor Wurst would have the biggest hit of the game with a 2 rbi single and the Lady Huskies added one more run in the first when a walk to Kelsee Smith forced in a run. Coralyn Hall would add an insurance run in the bottom of the 3rd inning on an rbi single, scoring courtesy runner, Kaylee Cherry. Three Husky hits and 4 runs was more than enough as Olivia only gave up 2 hits and 3 walks, striking out 11. The Lady Huskies advance to the district semifinals on Tuesday in Wellington at 5:00 against Keystone. But, before continuing on the tournament trail, the girls will travel to Rittman tomorrow at 5:00 to play for a share of the WCAL title. Go Huskies!!!

05/10/2023

Order your tickets online for our sectional Final tournament game at home Vs Cuyahoga Heights, May 11th at 5:00. Go
to OHSAA, softball, division 3, Region 9, northeast 4. Go Huskies!!!

05/10/2023

The game at Rittman tonight has been moved to Friday at 5:00. Rittman has a tournament game today that necessitated the move. Go Huskies!!!

05/10/2023

It is Senior night!!! Can’t say enough about this incredible group of seniors, these 4 girls (Issy, Marina, Audrey and Daylie) are best friends and have grown up together. Marina, Daylie and Audrey will graduate as 4 year letter winners but lost their freshman season to Covid. In honor of these incredible workers, I want to share their combined stats with one tournament run to go. They currently have a record of 55-23. They have played in a combined 232 games with 292 hits in 704 at bats for a .415 batting average. Which is astounding considering that the career record for batting average by an individual at Northwestern is .422. They have combined for 95 extra base hits, including 20 Homeruns. They have scored 220 runs with 223 RBIs. Audrey and Daylie have combined to pitch 284 innings, striking out 250 girls with 30 pitching victories. Marina holds the single season Homerun record at Northwestern and Daylie holds the single season record for hits, passing Audrey. A few more school softball records are in these girl’s sight as they look for one more, long tournament run. Go Huskies!!!