THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996 TAG: 9605310215
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 17 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Sports
SOURCE: BY JAMI FRANKENBERRY, SUN SPORTS EDITOR
LENGTH: 68 lines
Nansemond River softball players earned five spots on the All-Bay Rivers District team, voted on by coaches last week.
Seniors Heather Behrends, Kari Harrell, LaToya Crocker and Chrissy Mims were joined on the first team by sophomore Kim Tribble.
The Warriors finished second in the regular season standings before being upset by York in the first round of the district tournament.
Behrends, who earned first team all-state honors last year at third base, hit .493 with 32 RBIs during the regular season and did not strike out in more than 70 at-bats. Harrell (.492) and Crocker (.484) anchored Nansemond River's outfield, while Tribble (.469) played first base.
Harrell scored 45 runs with 34 stolen bases and had a .909 slugging percentage. Tribble replaced all-district and all-region standout Angie Gatling, who was injured before the season started. Tribble had just three errors for a .988 fielding percentage. Mims was 7-5 with a 2.12 ERA during the regular season, striking out 51 and walking 27.
Poquoson, which went undefeated during the regular season, also earned five spots on the first team: sophomore second baseman Tammi Perok, junior shortstop Jennifer Davison, senior outfielder Peggy Cross, senior pitcher Leslie Inge and sophomore designated hitter Jamie Douglas. York's Kelly Sambuchi, a senior catcher, and Kelly Roznoski, a freshman utility player, rounded out the first team.
Inge was named player of the year, and Poquoson's Ed Spain was awarded coach of the year.
Area players on the second team were: Laura Gray, a senior outfielder from Southampton, and Jennifer Shannon, a freshman utility player for Nansemond River.
All-Bay Rivers softball
First team
1B - Kim Tribble, Nansemond River; 2B - Tammi Perok, Poquoson; 3B - Heather Behrends, Nansemond River; SS - Jennifer Davidson, Poquoson; C - Kelly Sambuchi, York; P - Leslie Inge, Poquoson, and Chrissy Mims, Nansemond River; OF - Kari Harrell, Nansemond River, LaToya Crocker, Nansemond River, and Peggy Cross, Poquoson; U - Kelly Roznoski, York; DH - Jamie Douglas, Poquoson
Player of the year: Leslie Inge, Poquoson
Coach of the year: Ed Spain, Poquoson
Second team
1B - Jen Harrell, York; 2B - Regina Straight, York; 3B - Dana Moore, York; SS - Lindsey May, York; C - Megan Powell, Poquoson; P - Jenny Seeley, York and Brittany Lawson, Bruton; OF - Stephanie Andres, Poquoson, Beth Ann Thomas, Poquoson and Laura Gray, Southampton; U - Jennifer Shannon, Nansemond River
Honorable mention
Shannon Rayback, Franklin; Christan Rhoton, Smithfield; Nicole Schaffer, York; Crystal Bell, York; Cara Horr, Bruton; Stephanie McDede, Bruton; Sheila Byrum, Lakeland; Lorna Riley, Lakeland; Kristie Keeter, Southampton; Shanette Gary, Southampton; Christina Dominguez, Poquoson; Angie Houston, Poquoson; Katie Sklar, Nansemond River; and Kelly McCrickard, Nansemond River. ILLUSTRATION: BAY RIVERS SOFTBALL
Kim Tribble
Nansemond River
Heather Behrends
Nansemond River
Chrissy Mims
Nansemond River
Kari Harrell
Nansemond River
LaToya Crocker
Nansemond River by CNB