Big Foot lands 18 players on one of three all-conference teams
By Dan Truttschel
Correspondent
Spring athletes at Big Foot High School were well-represented on this year’s All-Rock Valley Conference baseball, softball and girls soccer teams.
According to recently released voting results, the Chiefs landed seven baseball and softball players and four from girls soccer on one of three All-RVC teams.
All three teams had two first-team picks apiece.
Leading the All-RVC South Division baseball selections were junior catcher Zak Greco and senior outfielder Alex Landers. They were joined by senior pitcher Brandon Hausner, junior infielder Mark Schauf and senior outfielder Chandler Hehr as second-team selections.
Named honorable mention were junior Foster Isham and senior Jack Senft.
Parkview senior Nolan Strzok was named Player of the Year, while his coach, Anthony Stassi, was named Coach of the Year.
Big Foot was 9-15 overall in 2015, including a 6-10 mark in the RVC. The Chiefs fell 6-1 in a Division 2 regional to last year’s state champion, Jefferson.
Attempts to obtain final spring statistics were unsuccessful by press time.
The Big Foot softball team was led by junior infielder Morgan Stalker and senior outfielder Camryn Horton, who were voted first team.
Named to the second team were freshman pitcher Riley Davis, freshman infielder Courtney Schoenbeck and senior outfielder Brooke Berryman. Sophomore catcher Katie Santeler and freshman infielder Sam Hartwig were voted honorable mention.
Beloit Turner seniors Kelsie Packard and Tessa Mikkelson, who led their team to the WIAA State Tournament earlier this month, were named co-Players of the Year, while Turner’s Bob Sulser and Regan Peters were named co-Coaches of the Year.
Big Foot was 12-10 overall in 2015, including an 8-7 mark in the RVC. The Chiefs’ season ended in a 12-2 loss to Evansville in a Division 2 regional.
Final statistics were unavailable this week.
Four girls earned honors from the Big Foot soccer team, which finished the spring at 13-7 overall. The Chiefs’ year ended in a 2-0 loss to Evansville in a Division 3 regional.
Leading the way were junior midfielder Morgan Courier and senior defender Kathryn Colby, who were first-team picks. Named honorable mention were senior Rachel Heidenreich and junior Annalise Floody.
Courier had 16 goals and 14 assists for Big Foot, while Colby scored two goals and had eight assists. Heidenreich led the Chiefs with 20 goals and five assists, while Floody had seven goals and one assist.
