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Maiden High leads All-South Fork 2A selections with five players and the conference’s top player on offense, defense and the top coach.
In voting by conference head coaches released by conference officials on Wednesday, the Blue Devils’ LaShayla Thompson was named Offensive Player of the Year, teammate Morgan Bohemier earned Defensive Player of the Year and their coach, Hugh McCall, won Coach of the Year.
Maiden and North Lincoln shared the South Fork 2A regular-season title, each going 12-2, and the Blue Devils got the top seed for the league tournament because they swept the Knights.
North Lincoln nipped Maiden 5-4 to win the conference tournament title.
Maiden finished 20-4, falling in the second round of the state 2A playoffs 11-2 to visiting Bunker Hill.
The Blue Devils had five all-league players and North Lincoln had five.
ALL-SOUTH FORK 2A SOFTBALL
(as voted on by conference head coaches)
Offensive POY: LaShayla Thompson, Maiden
Defensive POY: Morgan Boheimer, Maiden
Coach of the Year: Hugh McCall, Maiden
All-conference
Bandys: Shi Pope, Ashton Hopson
E. Lincoln: Faith Cooke, Katelynn Crowe, Kylie Three, Payton Baker
Lake Norman Charter: Jenna Carter
Lincolnton: Alexis Shires
Maiden: Thompson, Boheimer, Taylor Beard, Caitlyn Wray, Grace Herman
Newton-Conover: Kaylee Kanipe, Maddie Carpenter
N. Lincoln: McKayla Watts, Mia Duvall, Brooklyn Harris, Haley Patrick, Aidyn Cada
W. Lincoln: Carson Warlick, Jessica Adams, Addie May