2023 All Area Softball

2023 Bosshardt Realty All Area Softball teams 

Coverage area – Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Suwannee, and Union counties and Keystone Heights.

Buchholz baseball coach Ron Brooks (left) and Santa Fe softball coach Gene Findley received All Area Coach of the Year honors.

State title game appearance highlights All Area COY

Santa Fe's Grace Mattson (right) and Keystone Heights' Kiley Channell earned spots on the All Area Big School Softball teams.

Santa Fe leads big school All Area team

Branford's Laila Arnold (left) and Williston's Raegan Geiger

Branford, Williston highlight small school team

Small School

Peyton Hatcher

Peyton Hatcher

Catcher
|
Dixie County
Sr.
Reagan Geiger

Reagan Geiger

First Base
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Williston
Sr.
Malana Kennard

Malana Kennard

Second Base
|
Newberry
So.
Livie Davis

Livie Davis

Shortstop
|
Williston
Sr.
Madyson Sikes

Madyson Sikes

Third Base
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Branford
So.
Ellie Frierson

Ellie Frierson

Outfield
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Branford
So.
Shylee Brown

Shylee Brown

Outfield
|
Dixie County
Sr.
 Nevaeh Hayes

Nevaeh Hayes

Outfield
|
Williston
Jr.
Addison Allaire

Addison Allaire

Utility
|
Trenton
8th
Laila Arnold

Laila Arnold

Pitcher
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Branford
So.
Bria Hinkle

Bria Hinkle

Pitcher
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Dixie County
Sr.

Big School

Madisen Crosby

Madisen Crosby

Catcher
|
Santa Fe
Fr.
Emma Mansfield

Emma Mansfield

First Base
|
P.K. Yonge
So.
Alaina Kinsall

Alaina Kinsall

Second Base
|
Keystone Heights
Jr.
Kiley Channell

Kiley Channell

Shortstop
|
Keystone Heights
Sr.
Grace Mattson

Grace Mattson

Third Base
|
Santa Fe
So.
J’lynn Guyden

J’lynn Guyden

Outfield
|
Santa Fe
So.
Rylie Blankenship

Rylie Blankenship

Outfield
|
Bradford
Jr.
Amy Crosby

Amy Crosby

Outfield
|
Santa Fe
Jr.
Juliana Abraham

Juliana Abraham

Utility
|
Buchholz
So.
Zoryana Hughes

Zoryana Hughes

Pitcher
|
Columbia
Sr.
Gracie Watley

Gracie Watley

Pitcher
|
Suwannee
Fr.

Coach of the Year

Oscar Saavedra

Oscar Saavedra

Small School
|
Branford
Gene Findley

Gene Findley

Big School
|
Santa Fe

Honorable Mentions

Small School Honorable mentions:

Bell – Alaina Thomas (So.), Ashlee Thomas (Sr.)  

Branford – Alexandria Whitfield (So.), Morgan Brennan (So.), Cloey Criggall (So.), Makayla Williams (Sr.) 

Bronson – Julianne Lampton (8th), Tatum Gibson (Jr.), Austine Howard (Jr.), Maci Thomas (Jr.)., Presley Thomas (Jr.), Bristol Howard (6th 

Chiefland – Emma Swain (Jr.), MacKenzie Fisher (8th), Grace Quincey (Sr.), Anna Meeks (Fr.) 

Dixie County (Cross City) – Gracie McKinnon (Sr.), Ava Bechtold (So.), Jaicee Brown (Fr.) 

Fort White – Madison Brown (Sr.), Kadence Compton (So.), Morgan Kelly (So.), Gracie Clemons (Jr.), N’Coreyia Atkins (Jr.) 

Hawthorne – Madisyn Gillins (So.), Synteria Williams (Jr.), Chole Feagle (Jr.), Kaelyn Williams (7th), Alaina Auld (8th), Kamiah Brooks (Sr.) 

Newberry – Hollie Pabst (Jr.), Paige Bankston (Sr.), Danielle Olivera (Sr.), Natreana Akkani (Jr.), Lauren Heitzler (Sr.) 

Trenton – Brandy Dees (Jr.), Presley Atkins (Fr.), Olivia Weaver (So.), Hailey Blankenship (Jr.), Payton Campbell (So.), Emmalee Brideson (So.) 

Union County (Lake Butler) – Tamia Young (Sr.), Leah Clark (Sr.), Angela Tucker (Sr.), Hannah Rivera (Sr.) 

Williston – Luna Asencion (8th), Karley Jerrels (Sr.), Baylee Cribbs (Fr.), Maci Vonderstrasse (Sr.), Cheyenne Boggs (Sr.). 

Coaches – Greg Wimberly (Dixie County),  Carl Williams (Williston)

 

Big School Honorable mentions:  

Bradford (Starke) – Addyson Hinds (Fr.), Takierra Bakken (Sr.), Masey Padgett (Sr.), Kirsten Hodges (Jr.), Amber Wynn (So.) 

Buchholz – Lillyenne Mayhew (Fr.), Lindsay Orton (Sr.), Kayla Hooper (Sr.), Jayda Cooper (So.) 

Columbia (Lake City) – Emily Delgado (Fr.), Sakiya Merriex (So.), Luisa Taylor (Fr.), McKenna O’Sullivan (So.), Alexis Blair (Sr.), Kimber Long (So.) 

Gainesville – Kameron Sumler (Sr.), Karter Thorp (Sr.), Michaela Cromarty (Sr.), Madison Dean (Fr.), Elise Knopf (Jr.) 

Keystone Heights – Abbie Roach (Jr.), Kadence Massey-Hoadley (Fr.), Ashley Nugent (Jr.), Amberlea Wagner (Fr.) 

P.K. Yonge – Sydney Corona (Fr.), Alison Santez (So.), Gabriella Mosley (Sr.), Brianna Garrison (So), Ashlyn Young (Fr.), Ryleigh Ingram (Sr.) 

Santa Fe (Alachua) – Kaydence Davis (So.), Sarah Burns (Fr.), Montana Moen (Fr.), Mekanna Payne (So.) 

Suwannee (Live Oak) – Haley Law (Jr.), Rachel Smith (Jr.), Brianna Woods (Fr.), Secora Pickles (Jr.), Braylyn Federico (Jr.), Zoie Hatch (Sr.) 

Coach – Cindy Dansby (Columbia)

Photos by C.J. Gish