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WEST VALLEY PREPS

West Valley Preps' 2020 softball preview

Posted 3/8/20

Cactus Cobras

4A West Valley Region

Coach: Bartt Underwood (ninth year at Cactus)

2019 Record: 32-4 (4A runners up)

Top Players: McKenna Feringa, Jr., P/LF (19-2, 2.09 ERA, .510, 6 HR, 14 …

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WEST VALLEY PREPS

West Valley Preps' 2020 softball preview

Posted

Cactus Cobras

4A West Valley Region

Coach: Bartt Underwood (ninth year at Cactus)

2019 Record: 32-4 (4A runners up)

Top Players: McKenna Feringa, Jr., P/LF (19-2, 2.09 ERA, .510, 6 HR, 14 2B, 49 RBI); Kaitlyn Levyas Sr., C (.545, 52 RBI, 16 2B, 4 HR), Tanya Windle, Soph., OF/2B (.564, 36 RBI)

What is your team’s best attribute entering this season? Pitching and speed.

What will your team need to improve for the season to be a success? Team defense.

Who are your team leaders? Tanya Windle (Soph.), Kaytlin Leyvas (Sr.), McKenna Feringa (Jr.), Hannah Difabio (Jr.), Janessa Escobar (Soph.), Aubrey Chavez (Sr.),  Grace Seale (Soph.).

Who are newcomers to the varsity squad who could make an impact? Serenity Burrell (Sr.), transfer from Ironwood, pitcher.

What needs to happen for your squad to reach the state tournament this season, or reach the goals the program has set? Each player needs to the best teammate they can be by thinking of their teammate before they think of themself.

Centennial Coyotes

5A Northwest Region

Coach: Randall Kaye (fourth year as head coach).

rsmith@iniusa.org

Richard Smith has been with Independent Newsmedia since 2016, and worked at a Sun City-based news outfit covering the Northwest Valley for 22 consecutive years.

An NAU alum and lifelong Arizona resident, Richard began as a copy editor and page designer at Surprise Today and the Daily News-Sun, then rekindled his love of sports writing by taking the reins on West Valley Preps in 2008.

For most of the mid-2010s he was the Surprise editor and West Valley Preps reporter. Now he’s the West Valley Preps Editor and Surprise Associate Editor.

As COVID restrictions slowly lift, Richard is cautiously optimistic he will visit book stores, football fields and gyms again this fall.