The 2024 Section V Softball season started this week. Here are the team previews for Gates Chili, Spencerport, Canandaigua, Brockport, and Pittsford Mendon.
BROCKPORT BLUE DEVILS (Class AA)
Last season: Finished 9-11, lost in Class A1 quarterfinals to Canandaigua
Coach: Nick Petitti (Second season, 9-11 career record)
Top returners: Maeve Petitti Sr. CF (.576 BA, 33 R, 49 SB, First team All-County selection); Hannah Carpenter So. P (.465 BA, 23 RBI, 2 HR, 85 K, First team All-County selection); Ella Waite So. LF (.410 BA, 10 RBI, 10 R, 7 SB); Lilly Petitti Fr. UTIL (.385 BA, 8 XBH, 22 RBI); Mariah Sagrafena Fr. SS (.359 BA, 13 RBI)
Top newcomers: Olivia Zimmerman 8th. 3B; Hannah Kenney 8th. 2B; Audrina Piatt 8th. C
Next game: Friday, April 12th at Honeoye Falls-Lima
CANANDAIGUA BRAVES (Class AA)
Last season: Lost in Class A1 semifinals to Irondequoit
Coach: Randy Cook
Next game: Wednesday, April 10th, vs. Pittsford Mendon
GATES CHILI SPARTANS (Class AA)
Last season: Lost in Class A1 quarterfinals to Irondequoit
Coach: Vinny Candileri
Next game: Tuesday, April 9th, vs. Batavia
PITTSFORD MENDON VIKINGS (Class AA)
Last season: Finished 16-5, lost in Class A1 quarterfinals to Our Lady of Mercy
Coach: Scott Parsons (21st season, ninth year at Pittsford Mendon, 242-169 career record)
Top returners: Lilly Goldberg Sr. P (16-5, 1.24 ERA, 275 K, 141.1 IP, .465 BA, 19 RBI, All Greater-Rochester selection, Section V Class A2 Player of the Year, Monroe County Division III Player of the Year, committed to Swarthmore College); Maddie Fallows So. C (.271 BA, 9 RBI, 16 R); Alex Van Ginhoven Fr. SS (.304 BA, 8 RBI, 14 R); Greta Marino Sr. LF (.368 BA, 13 RBI, 11 R)
Top newcomers: Quinn Sargent Fr. P/1B; Isabella McGowan 8th. CF; Cameron Lauterbach 8th. OF
Next game: Wednesday, April 10th, at Canandaigua
SPENCERPORT RANGERS (Class AA)
Last season: Lost in Class A1 first round to Gates Chili
Coach: Adam Della Sala
Next game: Wednesday, April 10th, vs. Gates Chili
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