Two RHS athletes named All CIF; Softball announces team awards

By Bill Tamburrino

The All CIF teams for spring sports have been announced and two Ramona High School student/athletes have been named to the squads.

The Bulldog softball coaches also presented their team awards.

Gage Canning is the first sophomore from RHS to be named to an All CIF baseball team, and made the second unit as a centerfielder. Canning hit .406 on the season with nine home runs, 24 RBIs, 14 doubles and three triples, as well as covering centerfield and fielding .961.

Junior Kailey Hill was selected to the All CIF softball team as a pitcher. Hill had a micro 1.12 ERA, eight wins, and struck out 176 in 124.2 innings.

Hill was also named the MVP of the RHS softball team for her pitching and batting, as well as fielding at shortstop. Hill hit .425 with seven home runs, 32 RBIs, eight doubles, and two triples.

Kenzie Wright won the team’s Defensive Player of the Year Award. Wright fielded .982 with 216 put outs and four assists.

Amber Davis and Jazmin Simone shared the Offensive Player of the Year honors. Davis hit .424 with one home run, drove in 13, and had six doubles and four triples.

Simone hit .381 with five RBIs and two doubles. Simone stole five bases and had a .412 on base percentage from her leadoff spot in the order.

“All 10 of the juniors and seniors on the team made the San Diego Scholastic team and had a grade point average of over 3.00. We believe in school first,” said coach Cori McDonald. Adrianna Johnson, Bre Hirsh, Christina Barrameda, Julie Ward, Melanie Gale and Sara Rodriguez joined Hill, Davis, Wright and Simone on the All Academic squad.