Big Bend pitchers are piling up strikeouts early in the high school softball season, with several arms across the region delivering dominant starts as regular-season play gets underway.
The Tallahassee Democrat compiled the area’s top strikeout leaders along with the first Big Bend power rankings of the spring.
Big Bend softball strikeout leaders
Amanda Thompson, St. John Paul II (Sr.)23 1/3 innings, 4.20 ERA, 51 strikeouts, 24 hits, 18 runs, 3 walks, 14 errors, 1–2 record
Anna Kate Barber, Chiles (So.)23 2/3 innings, 0.60 ERA, 43 strikeouts, 10 hits, 3 runs, 9 walks, 2 errors, 3–1 record
Skylar Young, North Florida Christian (Sr.)24 innings, 0.88 ERA, 39 strikeouts, 9 hits, 6 runs, 7 walks, 3 errors, 5–0 record
Alden Bass, Madison County (Sr.)18 innings, 2.33 ERA, 32 strikeouts, 17 hits, 13 runs, 7 walks, 6 errors, 2–1 record
Ally O’Quinn, Aucilla Christian (Fr.)13 2/3 innings, 5.12 ERA, 22 strikeouts, 15 hits, 13 runs, 9 walks, 10 errors, 2–0 record
Grace Johnson, Wakulla Christian (Fr.)15 2/3 innings, 11.62 ERA, 20 strikeouts, 22 hits, 36 runs, 28 walks, 26 errors
Shyla Wiley, Lincoln (Jr.)23 1/3 innings, 3.00 ERA, 17 strikeouts, 28 hits, 21 runs, 6 walks, 10 errors, 0–1 record
Sheyenne Holmes, Rickards (Jr.)16 2/3 innings, 7.98 ERA, 17 strikeouts, 23 hits, 28 runs, 19 errors, 3–1 record
Taylor Winfield, Leon (Jr.)10 2/3 innings, 11.81 ERA, 16 strikeouts, 9 hits, 28 runs, 19 walks, 18 errors, 0–2 record
Jayci Mapes, Wakulla (Jr.)11 innings, 3.18 ERA, 14 strikeouts, 5 hits, 5 runs, 10 walks, 5 errors, 2–0 record
Big Bend softball power rankings
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Big Bend softball: Early pitching standouts, power rankings
Reporting by Peter Holland Jr., Tallahassee Democrat / Tallahassee Democrat
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