Fallon junior Janessa Bettencourt was dominant in the circle and at the plate this year.
Photo by Thomas Ranson.
Several Churchill County baseball and softball players were named to their respective all-league teams, as voted by the 3A coaches.
Both the Greenwave and Bighorns had successful seasons on the diamond, with Fallon winning both the baseball and softball 3A North regional championships last month in Reno before falling short in the state tournament.
Oasis Academy’s softball team came from behind to advance to the 2A North championship game and qualify for the state tournament before being eliminated by rival Yerington.
Following are all-league selections for both schools.
FALLON SOFTBALL
On the softball diamond, senior pitcher and shortstop Vernita Fillmore and junior pitcher Janessa Bettencourt were named to the first team for the 3A East, 3A North and 3A State.
Fillmore led the team at the plate with a .456 batting average while playing most of the season at short after pitching Fallon to a state title last year. Bettencourt was the team’s power hitter, blasting six home runs and driving in 57 runs to go with her .416 batting average. In the circle, she pitched 135 of the team’s 191.2 innings, striking out 187 and finishing with a 2.64 earned-run average.
Senior outfielder Dana Buckmaster was named to the 3A North second team and 3A East first team.
Making the second team for the all-3A East were sophomore first baseman Sutton Yost and senior catcher Taralynn Vershum. Honorable mention honors included freshman infielder Bostynn Wright and sophomore utility Kalaya Downs.
Kasey Chu was selected the Coach of the Year for the 3A North.
FALLON BASEBALL
Senior outfielder James Kelsey and senior second baseman Chase Carnahan swept first-team honors for the 3A East, 3A North and 3A State.
Carnahan led the team in batting average (.437), runs scored (41), hits (45) and home runs (two). Kelsey was second on the team in batting average (.363) and RBIs (32) but led the Wave in doubles with 13. He played defense mostly in the outfield before pitching late in the season due to recovering from an injury.
Senior outfielder Nathaniel Zackery was a first-team 3A East selection and a second-team All-North selection. Senior pitcher and catcher Anthony Juarez was also named to the all-3A East first team.
Making the second team were senior shortstop Anthony Gonzalez, senior pitcher Luis Lopez, senior designated hitter Eric Cornejo and senior utility Evan Giovanetti.
Riley Horn was selected the Coach of the Year for both the 3A East and 3A North.
OASIS SOFTBALL
Senior Kirsten Detomasi, who became the school’s first to strike out 500 batters in a career, was named the 3A North’s Pitcher of the Year while Brandon Bird was selected as the Coach of the Year after the Bighorns won the regular-season title.
Oasis Academy landed four on the 2A North’s first team and three on the second team, as well.
Senior infielder Taylynn Maynez, senior catcher Lorena Rios, sophomore second baseman Emma Lewis and freshman infielder Shayana McNamer were named to the first team.
Detomasi was also named to the all-state’s first team, and Maynez, Lewis and McNamer were named to the second team. Rios was honorable mention.
McNamer led the team in batting average (.650), home runs (three), triples (11), doubles (nine), RBIs (56) and hits (52). Lewis led in runs scored with 57 and stolen bases with 24. Maynez was in the top three in runs scored, hits, batting average and on-base percentage. Rios was perfect in the field with no errors.
Senior centerfielder Kaylin Guthrie, who had the state-berth clinching inside-the-park homer, junior outfielder Grace Laca and freshman outfielder and catcher Brooke Manskie were named to the second team. Junior outfielder Dahlila Creer and sophomore infielder Phynex Hunt were named honorable mention.
OASIS BASEBALL
Senior Fenn Mackedon and junior Ryder McNabb were named to the 2A North’s first team, and seniors Zachary Budner and junior Matthew Bird were named to the second team. All four played infield and pitched.
Senior outfielder Joshua Gusewelle, junior outfielder Austin Thibodaux and junior infielder Kayden White were honorable mention.
McNabb was second on the team with a .511 batting average and a team-high 37 RBIs. He led on the mound with a 1.80 ERA and .965 fielding percentage. Mackedon was third on the team with a .443 batting average and .535 on-base percentage. He tied with Trevor Barrenchea and Bird for home runs with two and also drove in 31 runs.
Budner led the team at the plate, batting .566, hitting 13 doubles and reaching base 61 percent of the time. Bird was second in ERA at 4.86, second in doubles with 10 and third in RBIs with 30. Gusewelle led the team in triples (four) and stolen bases (22).