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ROBERT LAYMAN / STAFF PHOTO
Proctor High School varsity softball coach Abby Bennett during practice at Proctor
Elementary School on Monday.
Elizabeth Bailey and Kiana
Grabowski pitched most of the
innings last year and they return.
Alissa Covarrubias and Anna Cyr
could also see time in the circle.
Catching their serves will likely
be returner Kiera Pipeling, a
solid defensive catcher who can
also handle the bat and is a deft
bunter.
Bailey Sevigny is a power hitter
and will play fi rst base.
Rebecca DeKalb is one of
the Marble Valley League’s top
outfi elders and made several
spectacular catches in left fi eld.
”She loves the game and wants
to be a leader,” Serrani said.
Kasey Serrani’s senior leader-
ship that was on display during
the state championship basketball
season will be a key ingredient
on this team. She will likely be
an outfi elder but could play
elsewhere.
That can be said of many
players on this team. Serrani feels
versatility is a strength.
Abi Farrow joins the team from
MSJ and could back up Pipeling
behind the plate.
”She’s quick,” coach Serrani
said of Farrow.
Madison Guay will likely hold
down third base.
Grabowski could see time at
shortstop or in the outfi eld when
not pitching and Bailey is a fi rst
baseman when not in the circle.
”We have a lot of players we can
move around,” Serrani said.
Rounding out the squad are
Deanna Kenyon, Emily McLaren,
twins Isabella Turner-Burrell and
Lily Turner-Burrell, Becky Sander-
son, Alyssa Carey, Angela Fredette,
Taylor Mills, Cara Coursey, Kaley
Duncan and Tiara Castaneda.
NOTES: The state softball
championship games return to
Castleton University this season.
This is the second year of a two-year
agreement with Castleton. ... The 2018
state champions were Essex in Division
I, Mount Abraham in Division II,
Oxbow in Division III and Whitchester
in Division IV. .... There will be a new
state champion in Division IV with
Whitchester closing its doors and
combining with Rochester and South
Royalton to form White River Valley,
now in Division III. White River Valley
will feature the pitching tandem of
Chelsie Trask and Fiona Vallaincourt,
who helped Whitchester to the state
crown.
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