Blue Ridge Softball Heads into Final Week of Regular Season

For the third consecutive week, the Lady Knights are ranked No. 12 in the Class 1A Illinois Coaches Association poll.

Blue Ridge's record is 19-4 overall and 7-2 in the Heart of Illinois Conference as it starts the final week of the regular season today with a home matchup against El Paso-Gridley.

Three of their losses are to teams within the state of Illinois: Danville Schlarman, Tri-Valley and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.

Schlarman is the No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A. Tri-Valley moved up from the No.7 spot to No. 3 in the ICA poll while GCMS is ranked No. 8.

As the Lady Knights enter their final week of the season, here are some of their stat leaders:

Batting

Jordyn Fones: .526 batting average, 21 stolen bases

Marcie Crawford: .446 batting average, 6 home runs, 33 RBIs

Melinda Wilson: .444 batting average, 5 home runs, 28 RBIs

Jordan Wheeler: .431 batting average, 9 home runs, 25 RBIs

Jade O'Neal: .403 batting average, 4 home runs, 21 RBIs

Pitching

Wheeler: 108 innings pitched, 13 wins, 3 losses, 1.30 earned run average, 136 strikeouts

Crawford: 16 innings pitched, 6 wins, 1 loss, 1.83 earned run average, 38 strikeouts