For the 27th straight year, the New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports has picked All-State Softball teams, and for as many years the Mohawk Valley is well represented.
Tops of the local girls named to one of the five teams are Cooperstown’s pitcher Maria Noto and second baseman Jennifer Flynn. Noto, a junior, led her team to its first trip to the state quarterfinals after winning the league title in unbeaten fashion and the Section III Class C crown in a thriller against Sandy Creek. Noto led the Hawkeyes to a 20-2 record with a 0.15 ERA in 136 innings pitched. She struck out 271 batters while walking just five and hitting just two batters. Noto also batted .418 with five doubles and triples and 31 RBIs. She was rewarded with a berth on the first team for the second straight year.
Maria Noto of Cooperstown (Photo By Jeff Pexton – PGI)
Flynn, a senior, was second team last year and jumped a spot thanks in large part to superb fielding and a .506 batting average that included 44 runs, 39 hits and 19 RBIs. Flynn completed a rare trifecta by making All-State as she was also named All-State in girls soccer in the fall and girls basketball this past winter. The last local athlete to do that was Poland’s Kara Morrison in 2014.
Remsen senior shortstop Hailey Murray (Photo By – Jeff Pexton – PGIphoto.com)
Class D saw the largest number of local athletes named. Poland’s freshman pitcher Jamie Weakley made the second team with Stockbridge Valley’s senior catcher Tiffany Jacobs, Remsen’s senior shortstop Hailey Murray made the third team and Poland teammates Mikayla Blumenstock (sr. catcher) and Jordan Batson (jr., pitcher) and West Canada Valley’s freshman shortstop Taylor Zaino made the fourth team along with Hamilton senior Kaitlyn Janczuk. Batson and Blumenstock were also third team in 2015 and Jacobs and Janczuk were on the fourth team in 2015.
Jamie Weakley of Poland Photo By – Jeff Pexton – Perfect Game Imaging)
Class A had the next best showing for local girls as two made it from Oneida and one from Whitesboro. Senior catcher Morgan Sgarlata made the third team and teammate Hannah Begay, a senior third baseman, made the seventh team. Sgarlata made the fourth team last year. Whitesboro’s senior outfielder Jessica Sardina made the seventh team.
Whitesboro’s Jess Sardina (13) breaks up a double play against Proctor (Photo by Jeff Pexton – Perfect Game Imaging)
In Class B, only Adirondack’s Marissa McIntyre made the team. The senior pitcher was named to the third team. In Class AA, Proctor’s senior pitcher Alanna Phillips made the seventh team and was the only area girl named.
Alanna Phillips of Proctor (Photo By – Jeff Pexton – PGI Photo)
HERE ARE THE ALL-STATE TEAMS By Class:
Class C
NYSSCOGS State Player of the Year:
Alivia Clark (Elmira ND-4)
NYSSCOGS State Co-Coaches of the Year:
Les Funk (Pine Plains-9) and Steve Weber (Elmira ND-4)
1st Team
03 11 P Maria Noto (Cooperstown)
03 10 P Carly Stoker (Sandy Creek)
03 12 2B Jennifer Flynn (Cooperstown)
04 12 SS/P Alivia Clark (Elmira ND)
04 12 P Mackenzie Slaven (Elmira Heights)
04 10 P/SS Izzy Milazzo (Elmira ND)
04 11 3B/LF Mackenzie Maloney (Elmira ND)
05 12 P Emily McDonald (Cal-Mum)
09 10 C Cat Simmons (Pine Plains)
09 11 P/OF Skylar Conklin (Chester)
2nd Team
01 11 P Cassie McGrath (Tuckahoe)
04 12 P Samantha Wood (Tioga)
04 12 P Connor Decker (Sidney)
05 10 C Meghan Mietlicki (Cal-Mum)
05 11 P Bri Walker (Gananda)
06 10 P Taylor Betz (Cleveland Hill)
06 12 1B Cammie McKracken (Portville)
09 09 P Jo Schmidt (Pine Plains)
09 11 P/OF Kayla Palmer (Chester)
10 12 C Haleigh Agans (St. Lawrence)
3rd Team
01 12 3B/P Anastasia Pennacchio (North Salem)
02 10 P Ava Fitzmaurice (Greenville)
02 12 SS Kayley Fountain (Maple Hill)
04 10 3B Courtney Crater (Elmira ND)
04 12 3B Emily Lear (Elmira Heights)
04 11 C Megan Palmatier (Bainbridge-Guilford)
05 11 P/U Sierra Leitten (Bloomfield)
06 11 C Emily McIntosh (Cleveland Hill)
08 12 CF Erica Acampora (East Rockaway)
10 12 P Breanna Powell (Norwood-Norfolk)
4th Team
02 12 CF Kristen Silk (Greenville)
02 11 P Rachel Hall (Greenwich)
02 12 CF Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich)
03 11 UTIL Allison Burrows (Sandy Creek)
04 12 SS Jolene Krom (Sidney)
05 11 SS Hannah Paolucci (Alexander)
05 10 P Julia Mertsock (Letchworth)
06 11 P Alyssa Hahn (Cassadaga Valley)
06 12 C Allison Forness (Allegany-Limestone)
09 11 3B Sarah Wierzbicki (Florida)
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Class D
NYSSCOGS State Co-Players of the Year:
Megan Faulkner (Deposit-4) and Makenzie Stiles (Deposit-4)
NYSSCOGS State Co-Coaches of the Year:
Dan Briggs (Deposit-4) and Kim Driskell (Bradford-5)
1st Team
02 12 C Bri Amodio (Fort Ann)
02 09 P Kayla Bailey (Fort Ann
04 09 P Makenzie Stiles (Deposit)
04 12 C Megan Faulkner (Deposit)
04 10 SS Kyra Martin (Deposit)
04 11 C Sarah Lawrence (Edmeston)
05 12 P Sammi English (Bradford)
05 12 SS Karlee Patrick (Arkport)
10 11 C Hannah Thornhill (Heuvelton)
10 11 P Paige McCormick (Heuvelton)
2nd Team
03 09 P Sarah Johnson (Lafargeville)
03 09 P Jamie Weakley (Poland)
03 12 C Tiffany Jacobs (Stockbridge Valley)
04 11 P Amanda Greenwood (Afton)
04 09 LF Bryn Martin (Deposit)
04 11 CF Alea Tiffany (Deposit)
04 11 P Catherine Johnson (Edmeston)
04 12 SS Sydney Smith (Edmeston)
05 12 C Rachel Bonning (Bradford)
06 10 P Ally Haskell (Franklinville)
3rd Team
02 12 P Bailey Hasemann (Hartford)
03 12 UTIL Logan LaBiendo (Lafargeville)
03 12 SS Hailey Murray (Remsen)
04 11 SS Paige Polizzi (Afton)
04 12 UTIL Jade Meehan (Roxbury)
05 12 SS Alexandra Reigle (Elba)
05 12 P Stephanie Pingrey (Batavia Notre Dame)
06 12 P Jessica Wilcox (Pine Valley)
06 12 C Jamie Wilcox (Pine Valley)
09 11 P Jordan Lepes (Eldred)
4th Team
03 09 SS Taylor Zaino (West Canada Valley)
03 12 UTIL Mikayla Blumenstock (Poland)
03 11 P Jordan Batson (Poland)
03 12 1B Kaitlyn Janczuk (Hamilton)
04 12 P Devin Fox (Roxbury)
04 11 P Jenna Lutz (Davenport)
04 12 U Kaileen Townsend (Downsville)
04 08 3B Mikayla Martin (Deposit)
05 09 C Madison Williams (Finney)
05 11 SS Hannah Bowen (Batavia ND)
Class B
Player of the Year: Calista Phippen (Ichabod Crane-2)
Coach of the Year: Ryan Naccarato (Marlboro-9)
1st Team
02 10 P Calista Phippen (Ichabod Crane)
02 12 SS Cierra Casale (Hoosic Valley)
02 11 P Isabelle DeChiaro (Cohoes)
04 12 OF Alexis Phillips (Chenango Valley)
04 10 P Sophia Pappas (Susquehanna Valley)
04 12 P Mara Kohlbach (Windsor)
05 12 SS Madison Hilimire (Seneca Falls Mynderse)
06 11 P Carson Cotton (Depew)
09 12 P Lily Moresco (Marlboro)
09 11 CF/P/2B Taylor Felicello (Marlboro)
2nd Team
02 12 3B Sara Baker (Schuylerville)
03 12 INF Deshae Jones (APW)
04 12 P Kylie Warner (Chenango Forks)
04 12 1B Kassidy Seary (Norwich)
05 12 SS Jessie Hammers (Wayland-Cohocton)
06 12 1B Abby Nicometi (Depew)
06 12 P Jill Murray (Eden)
09 12 C Allie Swartz (Marlboro)
09 12 SS Amber Mianti (Marlboro)
11 12 SS Cierra Smith (Center Moriches)
3rd Team
02 11 P Camille Coyne (Hoosic Valley)
02 11 SS Lily Sencer (Cohoes)
03 12 P Rhea Pitkin (General Brown)
03 11 P McKenzie Cobb (South Jefferson)
03 11 P Marissa McIntyre (Adirondack)
03 12 P Amber Rice (APW)
04 12 C Allison Lockwood (Windsor)
04 12 P Hannah Eddy (Norwich)
05 11 P Makayla Brzezinski (Bath)
09 11 C Drew Bugna (Ellenville)
4th Team
01 10 P Olivia Dunne (Rye Neck)
03 10 P Lauren Nichols (Solvay)
03 10 C Chelsea VanTassel (General Brown)
03 11 P McKailey Lyndaker (Lowville)
05 12 P Ally Uberty (LeRoy)
05 12 P Amy Lorshbaugh (Wellsville)
06 10 C Abby Stone (Akron)
08 12 C Samantha Palazzolo (Wheatley)
09 12 3B/P Cassie LaPoint (Marlboro)
11 12 OF Caroline Casey (Center Moriches)
5th Team
01 10 C Sam Yanuzzi (Rye Neck)
01 11 P Olivia Zoeller (Pawling)
04 12 OF Danielle Cary (Windsor)
04 11 INF Hannah Haskell (Susquehanna Valley)
05 12 C Alex Siebert (Bath-Haverling)
05 12 SS Rayanna Anderson (Wellsville)
05 12 2nd Peyton Keib (Wellsville)
06 12 P Laura Kratzke (Alden)
11 11 SS Gwen Donaldson (Babylon)
11 10 P Allie Stanya (Babylon)
6th Team
02 12 P Haley Irvis (Ravena)
04 11 1B Katie Church (Chenango Forks)
04 12 OF Liz Wickheiser (Windsor)
05 12 3B Gillian Lamb (Mynderse)
05 10 UTIL Erin Cappotelli (LeRoy)
06 12 P Taylor Olsen (Gowanda)
06 11 P Hannah Cybert (Fredonia)
06 10 SS Alyssa Ramarge (Olean)
06 10 C Abby Tomasik (Depew)
06 12 3B Halie Kobie (Eden)
Class AA
State Coach of the Year: Joe Mancinelli (Binghamton-4)
State Player of the Year: Paige Rauch (Binghamton-4)
1st Team
01 11 C Daniela Chiorazzi (North Rockland)
01 12 SS Samantha Fitzgerald (John Jay-East Fishkill)
02 12 1B Kelly Barkevich (Shenendehowa)
04 11 SS/P Paige Rauch (Binghamton)
04 12 3B Ally McGovern (Binghamton)
08 12 3B Crista San Antonio (East Meadow)
08 10 P Jessica Budrewicz (MacArthur)
09 12 P Allison Marcano (Middletown)
11 12 P Marissa Rizzi (Eastport-South Manor)
C 11 3B Janae Barracato (Sacred Heart Hempstead)
2nd Team
01 12 P Kayla McDermott (North Rockland)
01 11 P Ally Muller (John Jay-East Fishkill)
02 12 P Ashlyn Kersch (Ballston Spa)
03 12 P Peyton Bellrose (Liverpool)
04 12 1B Shelepack (Binghamton)
06 10 1B Madison Stewart (Orchard Park)
06 11 OF Alexandra Sheehy (Orchard Park)
08 12 P Nicole Imhof (Calhoun)
09 12 CF Micaela Abbatine (Warwick)
11 12 1B Nicole Zukowski (Patchogue Medford)
3rd Team
01 12 CF Amanda Schweitzer (North Rockland)
02 11 C Kaitlin Rarick (Bethlehem)
03 12 INF Ericka Sadowski (Liverpool)
03 12 INF Beth Bonin (C-NS)
04 10 OF Mariah Graham (Elmira)
05 12 P Adrianna Dilal (Wester Schroeder)
06 11 SS Kara Paradowski (Lancaster)
08 12 C Grace Bandini (Oceanside)
C 11 P Claire O’Brien (Sacred Heart Hempstead)
11 11 P Sarah McKeveny (Connetquot)
4th Team
02 12 UTIL Sarah Baluch (Colonie)
04 10 UTIL Alli Richmond (Horseheads)
05 12 CF Kristen Simmons (Victor)
06 11 SS Maddie Klidonas (Niagara-Wheatfield)
09 12 P Alyssa Pfitscher (FDR-Hyde Park)
11 12 P Alyssa Bluthgen (Commack)
11 11 C Nahtica Shepherd (North Babylon)
P 12 P Amanda Neenan (Curtis)
P 12 DP Jamie Holmes (Tottenville)
C 10 SS Marissa Braito (Sacred Heart Hempstead)
5th Team
01 12 1B Gina Selvaggi (North Rockland)
01 12 C Sara Herskowitz (Clarkstown South)
02 12 UTIL Samantha Hart (Columbia)
03 12 P Keanna Wolcik (Baldwinsville)
04 11 OF Alissa Rice (Horseheads)
05 12 P Jessica Koneski (Fairport)
06 12 P Carly Leo (Niagara Falls)
08 10 CF Alex Burns (Baldwin)
09 12 P Ciarra DiGuilio (Warwick)
11 12 3B Taryn McGinley (Kings Park)
6th Team
03 10 INF Jenna Wike (Liverpool)
04 10 P Makayla Pourby (Binghamton)
04 11 3B Jill Murray (Horseheads)
05 11 SS Samantha Torlish (Victor)
05 12 C Abby Bloomfield (Schroeder)
06 11 3B Grace Ferguson (Kenmore West)
11 12 C Christina Rizzi (Eastport South Manor)
11 12 SS Kailah Konkel (Eastport South Manor)
C 12 P Kaitlin Geary (Kellenberg)
C 10 SS Angelina Reno (Moore)
7th Team
02 12 UTIL Kelly O’Gorman (Shenendehowa)
03 12 P Alanna Phillips (Proctor)
04 11 2B Kaily LaForce (Binghamton)
09 12 P/SS Michaela Veneziali (Pine Bush)
09 12 C Elivia Perez (Middletown)
11 12 P Rachel Wandzilak (West Islip)
11 12 3B Deanna Reith (Connetquot)
C 12 1B Kelly Rasulo (Kellenberg)
P 11 1B Erica Olsen (Susan Wagner)
P 12 P Isabella Gerone (Brooklyn James Madison)
Class A
State Player of the Year: Sarah Cornell (Clarke-8)
State Coach of the Year: Matt Raleigh (Maine-Endwell-4)
1st Team
01 11 P Emily Turulli (Pearl River)
02 11 SS/P Hunter Levesque (Troy)
02 11 P Amber Bourdeaux (So. Glens Falls)
04 12 SS Allison Missavage (Maine-Endwell)
04 11 2B Meaghan Raleigh (Maine-Endwell)
05 12 P/1B Taryn Welch (Mendon)
05 12 P Nicole Carty (Sutherland)
08 12 P Sarah Cornell (Clarke)
08 12 SS Brianna Pinto (Carey)
11 10 C Lindsey Shaw (Sayville)
2nd Team
01 12 P Val Cucci (Ursuline)
01 11 P Colleen Walsh (Lakeland)
04 12 C Izabel Pasquale (Union-Endicott)
04 09 2B Katina Fox (Johnson City)
05 12 SS Halie Mariano (Mendon)
06 10 P Anilese Kelly (West Seneca East)
06 09 SS Christy Mack (Williamsville East)
08 12 P Rebecca Vilchez (Carey)
08 12 SS Kelsey Marigliano (Plainedge)
11 10 SS Love Drumgole (Mt Sinai)
3rd Team
01 12 SS Caroline Alicandri (Pearl River)
01 12 P Alexis Bazos (Fox Lane)
02 12 SS M. Cullen (Burnt Hills)
03 12 C Morgan Sgarlata (Oneida)
04 10 C Cassidy Barrett (Vestal)
05 12 SS Erin Guinan (Geneva)
05 12 P/1B Shannon Grage (Mendon)
08 12 C Brooke Scherer (Clarke)
09 12 P Bridget Bennett (New Paltz)
11 10 C Lauren Ramos (Westhampton)
4th Team
01 11 C Amber Badillo (Lakeland)
01 12 3B Christina DeCarlo (Harrison)
02 12 INF Caitlin Delsignore (Troy)
02 12 C Madison Rifenberick (Troy)
04 12 1B Daniella Dean (Maine-Endwell)
06 11 C Heather Haberman (Hamburg)
C 11 P Rachel Perelstein (Nardin)
08 12 1B Amelia Cariddi (Seaford)
09 12 C Courtney Blasko (Wallkill)
11 12 3B/C Alexis Freudenberg (Islip)
5th team
01 11 2B Cameron Lischinsky (Lakeland)
02 12 1B Torrey Fisher (Averill Park)
03 12 INF Paige Sherling (Jamesville-DeWitt)
04 10 3B Natalie Novak (Johnson City)
05 12 C Zoe Legott (Geneva)
06 12 C Rachel Funk (West Seneca East)
C 12 Shannon Gilbert (Buffalo Sacred Heart)
08 12 C Kim Basile (Island Trees)
09 12 C Karly Giancola (New Paltz)
11 10 SS Emily Whitman (Comsewogue)
6th Team
01 12 C Melissa Strand (Brewster)
01 12 SS Angie Rizzi (Ursuline)
04 11 SS Alex Hein (Johnson City)
04 10 3B Alexis Wanchisen (Maine-Endwell)
05 12 SS Brooke Wolff (Brighton)
05 08 P Emily Phelan (Olympia)
06 10 C Jenna Rhue (Lewiston Porter)
08 12 P Lauren Bloom (Bethpage)
11 12 1B Elizabeth Whitlow (Miller Place)
11 11 SS Samantha Seeger (Islip)
7th Team
01 11 3B Jeese McCarthy (Pearl River)
01 11 LF Kayla Castro (Ursuline)
03 12 3B Hannah Begay (Oneida)
03 12 OF Jessica Sardina (Whitesboro)
06 12 OF Madi Jaszcz (West Seneca East)
06 09 SS Abby DeCicco (Amherst)
09 12 P Stephanie Muller (Port Jervis)
09 12 1B Jaccora Webb (New Paltz)
P 11 SS Lizul Portugal (Construction)
