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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Stratford’s Bredemann unanimous first-team pick to softball team
Stratford junior catcher Brittany Bredemann was one of four players unanimously selected to the All-Marawood Conference South Division softball team.
Bredemann hit .460 (23 of 50) with eight doubles, three triples, and 19 RBIs for the Tigers, who were 10-2 in the Marawood South.
Senior third baseman Kaylee Geiger and senior pitcher/designated player Lorrie Luepke were also named to the first team for Stratford.
Geiger led the Tigers with a .556 batting average in conference play (25 of 45) and topped the Marawood South with nine doubles, three home runs, and 24 runs scored. She also had 18 RBIs.
Luepke hit .444 (20 of 45) with seven doubles and 13 RBIs, and was 5-0 with a 2.07 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched.
Senior first baseman Casey Kolbeck and junior outfielder Sammy Griesbach were second-team picks, and sophomore pitcher Kiana Weiler and freshman shortstop Macey Kilty were honorable mention selections for Stratford.
Auburndale had three all-conference performers, with senior Sydney Schmutzer named to the second team, and junior Brooke Anderson and senior Robyn Brokish earning honorable mention status after the Apaches finished 6-6 and in fourth place in the standings.
Schmutzer hit .500 (15 of 30), while Anderson had a team-high 14 runs scored and batted .394, and Brokish hit .281 and went 3-0 pitching with a 3.00 ERA.
2016 All-Marawood Conference South Division Softball Team
First team: Taylor Nelson, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Erin Sullivan, so., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; *Ellie Schill, so., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Allison Stieber, sr., Marathon; *Amanda Kind, jr., Marathon; *Julia Anderson, sr., Marathon; Lauren Fech, jr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Lorrie Luepke, sr., Stratford; Kaylee Geiger, sr., Stratford; *Brittany Bredemann, jr., Stratford. (* unanimous selection)
Second team: Macyn Krings, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Sydney Schmutzer, sr., Auburndale; Cameron Sonnentag, sr., Marathon; Courtney Ford, sr., Marathon; Jayce Blume, sr., Marathon; Taylor Jankowski, sr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Cassie Bieneck, sr., Northland Lutheran; Steph Kohl, sr., Pittsville; Casey Kolbeck, sr., Stratford; Sammy Griesbach, jr., Stratford.
Honorable mention: Claire Preuss, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Colette Stoflet, so., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Brooke Anderson, jr., Auburndale; Robyn Brokish, sr., Auburndale; Sasha Hornung, so., Marathon; Paige Kurtz, jr., Marathon; Brogan Kimball, sr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Mikayla Tomsyck, sr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Hallie Engelbrecht, jr., Northland Lutheran; Cassidy Maroszek, fr., Northland Lutheran; Carly Solatycki, sr., Pittsville; Skye Klein, jr., Pittsville; Kiana Weiler, so., Stratford; Macey Kilty, fr., Stratford.
Stratford has pair of all-Marawod South baseball team
Stratford juniors Cole Hoffman and Dylan Peterson, and Auburndale junior Logan Willfahrt were among the first-team selections to the 2016 All-Marawood Conference South Division Baseball Team, as voted on by the seven conference coaches.
All three local players were unanimous selections as nine of the 10 first-team picks were chosen unanimously by the coaches.
Stratford finished 8-4 and in a tie for second place with Pittsville in the conference standings behind champion Marathon. Auburndale was 6-6 and in fourth place.
Hoffman led the Marawood South in batting average, hitting .500 (20 of 40), with two home runs, eight RBIs, 16 runs scored, and 10 stolen bases. He also went 5-2 on the mound with a 1.10 earned-run average, which was second in the conference.
Peterson batted .409 (18 of 44) with a team-high 12 RBIs.
Willfahrt led the conference with 11 stolen bases, and hit .343 (12 of 35) with 11 runs scored and eight RBIS.
Auburndale junior Caleb Weinfurter and Stratford junior Dakota Singer were among the second-team selections.
2016 All-Marawood Conference South Division Baseball Team
First team: *Brady Baltus, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; *Logan Willfahrt, jr., Auburndale; *Ryan Gassner, sr., Marathon; *Noah Dirks, jr., Marathon; *Landen Williamson, sr., Marathon; *Karter Underwood, sr., Marathon; *Paul Downs, sr., Pittsville; Aron Masanz, sr., Pittsville; *Cole Hoffman, jr., Stratford; *Dylan Peterson, jr., Stratford. (*unanimous selection)
Second team: Joe Grunhoffer, so., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Caleb Weinfurter, jr., Auburndale; Ben Martin, sr., Marathon; Hunter Schara, jr., Marathon; Connor Wulf, so., Wausau Newman Catholic; Noah Panzer, sr., Northland Lutheran; Clay Schult, so., Northland Lutheran; Dakota Landphier, so., Pittsville; Jacob Neve, jr., Pittsville; Dakota Singer, jr., Stratford.
Honorable mention: Brandon Birkhauser, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Nathaniel Clark, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Colton Wright, fr., Auburndale; Ryan Isaacson, so., Auburndale; Riley Anderson, so., Marathon; Carter Hanke, fr., Marathon; Cade Kimball, fr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Kasey Kalafice, fr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Connor Schubring, so., Northland Lutheran; David Gustovson, jr., Northland Lutheran; Aidan Masanz, jr., Pittsville; Ryan Zickert, fr., Pittsville; Kade Ehrike, fr., Stratford.