Wolfpack puts three on All-State softball list

Glacier’s State AA softball championship couldn’t have happened without some big-time performances, and now three Wolfpack players are All-State.

Senior Emma Cooke and juniors Ella Farrell and Kenadie Goudette were named first-team all-conference in voting by Western AA coaches; all first-team picks are also All-State selections.

Seven Glacier players landed all-conference honors, along with one from Flathead.

Farrell, who went 12-2 with a 2.30 earned-run average with the Pack this season, was named the Western AA’s Defensive Player of the Year as well.

She struck out 124 hitters in 106 2-3 innings while Glacier went 20-3 and nailed down its first championship since 2015.

Goudette, who plays second base, hit .462 with six homers and 21 runs batted in; she scored a team-high 39 runs. Cooke, Glacier’s right fielder, hit .423 with six homers and 32 RBIs.

Farrell also led the Pack in hitting (.486), homers (seven) and runs batted in (42). The Offensive Player of the Year went to Missoula Big Sky catcher Grace Hood (.605 average, 16 homers, 45 RBIs).

Making second-team All-Western AA for Glacier were catcher Cazz Rankosky shortstop Nakiah Persinger, both sophomores. Rankosky hit .427 and Persinger .413 this season.

Flathead had sophomore outfielder McKenzie Brandt on the second team as well; she hit .472 to help the Bravettes make their first State AA tournament since 2007.

Seniors Brooklyn Imperato, Glacier’s center fielder, and Morgan Vivian, the Pack’s first baseman, were honorable mention.

The complete honors teams can be found on Page B2.

Western AA All-Conference and All-State

First team

Pitcher Ella Farrell, jr., Glacier

Faith Howard, so., Helena

Catcher Kendall Klemp, sr., Helena

Grace Hood, jr., Big Sky

First base Brooke Richardson, sr., Helena

Second base Kenadie Goudette, jr., Glacier

Third base Brooke Schaffer, jr., Big Sky

Shortstop Anna Cockhill, jr., Capital

Outfield Emma Cooke, jr., Glacier

Kyler Latrielle, so., Big Sky

Haley Wolsky, sr., Sentinel

Utility Emma Ries, sr., Sentinel

DH/DP Delaney Laird, jr., Big Sky

Offensive Player of the Year — Grace Hood, Big Sky

Defensive Player of the Year — Ella Farrell, Glacier

Second team

Pitcher Nyeala Herndon, sr., Capital

Rylie Schlepp, jr., Helena

Catcher Cazz Rankosky, so., Glacier

First base Haley Sellers, so., Sentinel

Second base Belle Glowacki, jr., Capital

Third base Kalley May, sr., Helena

Shortstop Nakiah Persinger, so., Glacier

Kennedy Dypwick, jr., Sentinel

Outfield McKenzie Brandt, so., Flathead

Kathryn Emmert, jr., Capital

Breanna Hewitt, sr., Big Sky

Utility Kamber Leary, jr., Butte

Honorable mention

Pitcher — Rylee Crane, sr., Sentinel; Liberty Rodgers, jr., Big Sky.

Catcher — Taylor Sayers, jr., Capital.

First base — Morgan Vivian, sr., Glacier.

Second base — Stella Summerfield, sr., Sentinel; Kylee Gardipeee, jr., Helena.

Third base — Charlie Hoover, sr., Sentinel.

Outfield — Brooklyn Imperato, sr., Glacier; Jayden Gagner, sr., Sentinel; Maloree English, sr., Helena; Ally Godbout, fr., Butte; Madison Petrino, jr., Hellgate

Utility — Morgan Olsen, sr., Sentinel.