As two gifted multi-sport athletes, Amherst’s Kristen Kelley and Midview’s Lily Tomasheski could still wreak havoc on the softball diamond.The race for the 2024 Lorain County Ms. Softball award was so close between them, it was announced on June 5 that they shared the award.“(Winning Ms. Softball) means a lot. I honestly did not expect […]
The 2024 Lorain County Senior All-Star game, originally scheduled for June 5, will not take place.On May 28, the Lorain County Softball Coaches Association announced that the event will take a one-year hiatus.The all-star game was supposed to take place on June 5 at Elyria’s softball complex. Instead, there will be a recognition ceremony that […]
YOUNGSTOWN — As the Amherst softball team packed up its gear and filed out of YSU’s softball complex on May 22, they took one last glance back and the field as if to say “See you again soon.”The Comets fell to Austintown-Fitch, 2-1, in a nine-inning Division I regional semifinal. But as much as the […]
Amherst coach Lacey Reichert was born to compete at the highest level, and her playing career at Amherst and Youngstown State proved it.As a three-time All-Ohioan and Lorain County Ms. Softball award winner, the longtime Comets coach is set to head back to her former home at Youngstown State.“It’s great to go see (Reichert’s) playing […]
Amherst is playing its best brand of softball, and it picked the right time to do it.In the Division I Northeast 4 district final, the Comets made their presence felt early in the field, inside the circle and at the plate on May 15.As a result, they won their third district championship in the Lacey […]