Post-season honors go to 5 RHS softball players

Five Lady Bulldog softball players earned post-season honors. Lexi Slater, Courtney Fick, Stephanie Kiesel, Tori Roberts and KK Melgoza were selected to the All Valley League Team.

Slater, a sophomore, also was selected to the All North County Softball team, and she is All Valley League first string shortstop and All North County. She hit a team high .452 and also led the Lady Bulldogs with 42 hits and 24 RBIs. She hit nine doubles and two triples and blasted two home runs. She tied for the team lead with five stolen bases.

Kiesel, a recent Ramona High School graduate, was named All Valley League as an infielder. The Providence-bound slugger hit .386 with 16 RBIs. She led the team with 10 doubles and hit one home run.

Fick, junior catcher, hit a .310 with 15 RBIs. She led the team with four home runs. She also contributed three triples. She did an excellent job of handling an injury plagued pitching staff from behind the plate.

Tori Roberts, also a junior, earned honorable mention as an infielder. She played second base and hit .258 with 15 RBIs and four doubles.

Melgoza earned honorable mention as an outfielder. She led off for the Lady Dawgs most of the season and hit .297. The freshman led the team in at bats and drove in 13 runs.

She hit six doubles and three triples and stole five bases to tie for the team lead in that category.