North Carolina Softball Player of the Week (3/17/2024)

Vote and help us select the Softball Player of the Week in North Carolina for the week of March 11-16

Mike Duprez | Mar 17, 2024

North Carolina Softball Player of the Week (3/17/2024) /

We have 10 players nominated this week for SBLive’s North Carolina High School Softball Player of the Week from March 10-16 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, March 23 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.

Congratulations to last week's winner: Natalya Salo of Porter Ridge.

Here are this week's nominees:

Mary Peyton Hodge, Oak Grove

Hodge threw a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the Grizzlies rolled over Rockingham County 9-0.

Haley Beavers, Ragsdale

Beaver had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and five RBIs in the Tigers’ 14-11 win over Grimsley.

Skylar Pittman, Wheatmore

Pittman had a double, triple and five RBIs as the Warriors overwhelmed Asheboro 16-0 in four innings.

Halona Sampson, Lumberton

Sampson was 3-for-3, including a two-run homer, and 3 RBIs as the Pirates dominated Gray’s Creek 16-6 in five innings.

Lily Keefer, Garner

Keefer blasted two home runs and drove in six runs as the undefeated Trojans overcame Corinth Holders 9-6 in eight innings.

Natayla Salo, Porter Ridge

Salo belted a two-run homer and pitched a complete game with 15 strikeouts in the Pirates’ 10-5 win over Mount Pleasant. The Wofford commit recently recorded her 400th career strikeout.

Addi Lockrem, Piedmont

Lockrem was 3-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs as the Panthers downed Marvin Ridge 3-2 in eight innings in a battle of undefeated teams.

Ava Francis, Ledford

Francis was 2-for-5 with a home run, double and 3 RBIs in the Panthers’ 13-4 win over East Davidson. She also doubled in a run as Ledford beat West Davidson 5-3.

Bel Varadi, Norfhwest Guilford

Varadi fired a two-hitter with nine strikeouts in the Vikings’ 2-1 win over Davie County. The senior standout was also 2-for-2 with a home run and 6 RBIs in a 19-0 romp over Page.

Peyton Lane, Martin County

The senior pitcher had a couple of big outings as the Knights took a pair of 5-1 wins. She threw a three-hitter with 17 strikeouts against J.H. Rose and tossed a six-hitter with 12 strikeouts versus Warren County.

Published Mar 17, 2024

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.