Ryan Murken

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West Branch and Regina each had four players named to the River Valley Conference South Division softball teams when the conference released its postseason awards on Tuesday.

Regina sophomore Lily Nibaur earned first team honors to highlight four Regals to earn all-division honors.

Junior Harper Erwin and senior Lacy Chambliss each earned second team honors while senior Reese Litton was a South Division honorable mention pick.

Nibaur went 5-6 with a 4.48 ERA and struck out 97 in 86 innings pitched for Regina and also batted .344 with eight runs scored.

Erwin earned second team honors as an infielder after the junior third baseman batted .281 with six extra-base hits, a home run and 15 runs.

Chambliss earned second team honors as a catcher after batting .179 with a team-high 13 RBI.

West Branch had a pair of first team picks to highlight its four all-division honorees.

Sophomore Sulli Bucknell and freshman Lander Malloy were each selected to the South Division first team.

Bucknell was a first team pick as an infielder after batting .361 with 19 runs scored and 17 RBI.

Malloy earned first team honors as a utility pick following a freshman season in which she batted .346 with four doubles and seven RBI and went 8-11 with a 5.41 ERA in a team-high 112 2/3 innings pitched.

Sophomore Ava Burnett was a second team selection as an infielder after batting .273 with 14 runs scored and six RBI and freshman Karly Shelton earned South Division honorable mention status.

River Valley Conference Softball Teams

South Division

First team – P: Mallory Wulf, Jr., West Liberty; Allison Toft, Soph., Durant; Lily Nibaur, Soph., Regina. INF: Pearson Hall, Sr., West Liberty; Kiley Collins, Jr., West Liberty; Paige Happ, Jr., Durant; Lilly Kraft, Jr., Wilton; Sulli Bucknell, Soph., West Branch. OF: Sully Hall, Soph., West Liberty; Kinsey Drake, Sr., Wilton; Sophie Miller, Jr., Mid-Prairie. C: Jayleen Kivi, Jr., West Liberty; Bailey Kraklio, Jr., Durant. UTIL: Kylee Daufeldt, Fr., West Liberty; Lander Malloy, Fr., West Branch

Second team – P: Isla Petersen, Soph., Durant; Sydnee Bliss, Soph., Wilton. INF: Ady Bell, Sr., West Liberty; Natalie Hartman, Sr., Wilton; Ava Burnett, Soph., West Branch; Harper Erwin, Jr., Regina. OF: Brynn Cassaday, Soph., West Liberty; Mazie Timmerman, Soph., Durant; Audra Coss, Jr., Wilton. C: Laci Chambliss, Sr., Regina; Sophia Puttmann, Soph., Mid-Prairie. UTIL: Mikaela Escobedo, Fr., West Liberty; Kadence Grout, Jr., Mid-Prairie.

Honorable mention – Kennedi Tyler, Fr., Wilton; Reese Litton, Sr., Regina; Karly Shelton, Fr., West Branch; Kayley Schlapkohl, Soph., Durant; Alena Snider, Fr., Mid-Prairie; Charlie Howard, Soph., West Liberty

Player of the year – Pearson Hall, Sr., West Liberty

Coach of the year – Trish Hall, West Liberty

North Division

First team – P: Kate Green, Sr., Cascade; Claire Karcher, Soph., Dyersville Beckman; Hadley Ihrig, Jr., Maquoketa. INF: Addison Frake, Jr., Cascade; Emma Kercher, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Leah Mangelsen, Sr., Northeast; Kalyn Hackman, Soph., Maquoketa. OF: Kennedy Simon, Sr., Cascade; Cadence Driscoll, Sr., Northeast; Audree Kuhlman, Sr., Maquoketa. C: Ella Nauman, Sr., Cascade; Cienna Newman, Sr., Camanche. UTIL: Olivia Tobin-Post, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Lauren Heying, Fr., Anamosa

Second team – P: Hannah Schlichte, Soph., Dyersville Beckman; Rebekeh Graham, Sr., Anamosa. INF: Anna Sperfslage, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Kendal Kuehl, Soph., Anamosa; Natalie Hackman, Fr., Maquoketa; Madilynn Kromminga, Sr., Monticello. OF: Maggie Cassidy, Fr., Dyersville Beckman; Eli Brown, Sr., Dyersville Beckman; Regan Cunningham, Soph., Anamosa; C: Bri Blush, Fr., Dyersville Beckman; Emma Kromminga, Soph., Monticello. UTIL: Ashlyn Schockemoehl, Soph., Cascade; Luxi Coutu, Soph., Northeast

Honorable mention – Josie Manternach, Sr., Cascade; Shelby Eberhart, Jr., Maquoketa; Maddy Simon, Jr., Dyersville Beckman; Crystal Marcus, 8^th, Anamosa; Annika Weber, Sr., Camanche; Mallory McElmeel, Fr., Monticello; Karleigh Hansen, Soph., Northeast

Player of the year – Leah Mangelsen, Sr., Northeast

Coach of the year – Bailey Clemens, Cascade

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