2016 AURORA SOFTBALL KEY DATES, INFORMATION
Key Dates: Aug. 15 — Practice begins; Aug. 19 — Regular season begins; Oct. 8 — Regular season completed; Oct. 15 — 3A-5A regional tournaments; Oct. 21-22 — 3A-5A state tournament (Aurora Sports Park)
Regional qualifying: Class 5A — Fourteen automatic state qualifiers plus 18 at-large teams as determined by a seeding committee for field of 32, divided into eight four-team regionals; Class 4A — Sixteen automatic qualifiers plus 16 at-large teams as determined by a seeding committee for a field of 32
Aurora coaches: Aurora Central — George Campos; Cherokee Trail — Caley Mitchell; Eaglecrest — Yvette Hendrian; Gateway — Devin Zaragoza; Hinkley — Chris Schmitt; Overland — Omar Garcia; Rangeview — Paul Reil; Regis Jesuit — Merideth Feik; Smoky Hill — BJ Kingsbaker; Vista PEAK — Eddie Sanchez
2015 records: Aurora Central 5-14 overall (2-7 in EMAC); Cherokee Trail 16-6 overall (6-1 in Centennial League); Eaglecrest 15-8 overall (5-2 in Centennial League); Gateway 0-17 overall (0-9 in EMAC); Grandview 16-8 overall (6-1 in Centennial League); Hinkley 1-16 overall (1-8 in EMAC); Overland 3-16 overall (0-7 in Centennial League); Rangeview 9-8 overall (6-3 in EMAC); Regis Jesuit 6-13 overall (2-8 in Continental League); Smoky Hill 14-9 overall (4-3 in Centennial League); Vista PEAK 14-7 overall (10-2 in Colorado 7)
Returning all-conference selections: Emily Adler, OF, Vista PEAK, jr. (All-Colorado 7 honorable mention); Kayla Banks, Util, Smoky Hill, jr. (All-Centennial League second team); Emily Bell, P, Cherokee Trail, sr. (All-Centennial League second team); Laura Blackwood, P, Vista PEAK, sr. (All-Colorado 7 second team); Terran Caldwell, OF, Grandview, sr. (All-Centennial League second team); Rosario Garcia, INF, Aurora Central, sr. (All-EMAC first team); Sophie Herrera, INF, Grandview, jr. (All-Centennial League first team); Skylar Higens, INF, Cherokee Trail, sr. (All-Centennial League second team); Hunter Kincaid, OF, Vista PEAK, sr. (All-Colorado 7 honorable mention); Chloe Knapp, OF, Cherokee Trail, sr. (All-Centennial League first team); Megan Medhus, INF, Cherokee Trail, jr. (All-Centennial League second team); Brandee Morris, INF, Eaglecrest, soph. (All-Centennial League second team); Ally Pacheco, Rangeview, sr. (All-EMAC second team); Erin Pendleton, P, Regis Jesuit, jr. (All-Continental League second team); Audrey Pickett, P, Cherokee Trail, sr. (All-Centennial League first team); Peyton Rider, INF, Vista PEAK, soph. (All-Colorado 7 honorable mention); Emilie Roberts, C, Smoky Hill, jr. (All-Centennial League first team); Jasmin Sanchez, INF, Vista PEAK, sr. (All-Colorado 7 second team); Alyssa Yoshida, INF, Cherokee Trail, sr. (All-Centennial League first team); Kailey Wilson, INF, Eaglecrest, jr. (All-Centennial League first team) (injured, out for season)
Other Aurora players to watch: Taylor Bush, INF, Regis Jesuit, sr.; Jacqueline Cal, P/INF, Regis Jesuit, soph.; Braelyne Crenshaw, P/INF, Eaglecrest, jr.; Bailee England, INF, Smoky Hill, sr.; Kathleen Ingram, P, Eaglecrest, sr.; Mattie Kennedy, OF, Smoky Hill, sr.; Isabel Macias, INF, Regis Jesuit, soph.; Taryn Moan, Util, Grandview, soph.; Malena Murillo, P/INF, Smoky Hill, sr.; Sonoma Olson, INF, Cherokee Trail, sr.; Rachel Sabourin, INF, Eaglecrest, soph.; Alex Sullentrop, INF, Regis Jesuit, sr.; Laurel Wilson, OF, Smoky Hill, sr.
Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor of the Aurora Sentinel. Reach him at 303-750-7555 or [email protected] Twitter: @aurorasports. FB: Aurora Prep Sentinel
