Softball: 2021 Varsity Maine All-State team
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Chantelle Bouchard, Biddeford junior, catcher: Bouchard swept the SMAA awards this year, earning honors as defensive player of the year, offensive player of the year and player of the year. She helped the Tigers to the Class A state title game by hitting a team-high .513 with six home runs, 36 RBI and 20 runs. She had a .976 fielding percentage.
Jaycie Christopher, Skowhegan junior, shortstop: A smooth fielder, Christopher was a big reason the River Hawks won the Class A state title. Batting second in the lineup, she led the team in hits, batting .602 with 10 doubles, one home run, 32 runs, 22 RBI and 21 stolen bases. Christopher has verbally committed to play basketball at Boston University.
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Softball notebook: Cape Elizabeth, Sanford off to powerful starts
First-year coaches at both schools are enjoying their debuts as the Capers and Spartans put up big offensive numbers.
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Cape Elizabeth pitcher Anna Cornell has 36 strikeouts in 15 innings, allowing only five hits and two walks – and she is hitting .733 with one home run and nine RBI. The 5-0 Capers have outscored their opponents 75-2.
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Kristen Duross and Lindsay Tibbetts were hired to coach the softball teams at Cape Elizabeth High and Sanford High, respectively, before the 2020 spring season.
The coronavirus pandemic, of course, shut down the 2020 softball season. Now teams are back in the dugouts, and Cape Elizabeth and Sanford are off to fast starts. Both the Capers, in Class B South, and the Spartans, in Class A South, are off to 5-0 starts, each team using a potent hitting attack and quality pitching.
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