Softball
Softball players wear hearts on sleeves for Rylee
A teal heart with the number 88 shows support for 11-year-old Rylee Abbuhl. The Fusion and Fusion Fire traveling softball teams with Rylee Abbuhl. PHOTOS PROVIDED Local softball players are wearing their hearts on their sleeves in honor of a Stark County girl who loves the game and impacted them through her strength and passion. Rylee…
Read MoreDHS softball team helps local family at holidays
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY PAM SPENCER Dalton High School’s softball players adopted a family for Christmas. “The girls and their families went above and beyond for the family we adopted,” according to Softball Coach Pam Spencer. There are 31 girls in the high school program. Students and their families donated gifts including clothes, Giant Eagle gift card,…
Read MoreLOCAL FALL BALL: Dalton, Smithville teammates forge friendships
PHOTO PROVIDED Front row: Sophie Stutzman, Emma Maxymiv, Brynley Fry, Greenly Burns, Amelia Stutzman and Addy Maxymiv; Back row: Coach Chelsey Fry, Skylar Fletcher, Khloe Knight, Arabella Wenger, Reiley Evans, Coach Dustin Fletcher, Brooklyn Vazquez, Maya Wenger and Coach Doug Wenger. The team played in the Massillon Fall Ball League. The team was put together…
Read MoreNew Dalton softball field plans pitched to board
To donate to softball field Mail to: “Dalton’s Softball Field Construction Fund” c/o Wayne County Community Foundation, 517 N Market St., Wooster, OH 44691 Online: www.waynecountycommunityfoundation.org/donate DALTON Elementary School Principal and former high school softball coach Cherie Marthey is getting the ball rolling again to construct a new softball field. Marthey is working to spread…
Read More‘We before me’ Dalton softball finishes season with a victory
PHOTOS BY BRANDON MOONEY Dalton’s Emily Snyder, makes a shoestring grab in center field during a July game against Waynedale. Anna Maglott, left, will be a senior and plays left and right field. Elle Mooney, who played short stop, will be a senior next year. The Lady Dawgs finished the season with a 10-7 record.…
Read MoreDalton 14u softball team finishes season 8-1
PHOTO PROVIDED BY DEB WENGER Dalton’s 14u softball team won 14-1 over Smithville July 14. The game ended on a triple play. Pitcher Mya Geiser caught a pop up for out No. 1 and threw to Sydney Geiser to get the runner out at first for No. 2. Sydney threw back to Mya and then…
Read MoreSoftball, baseball teams happy to be back in diamond
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY JOHN FIVECOAT Left, Dalton’s Joey Reynolds is at bat June 15 against Wooster. Reynolds and teammate Ava Fivecoat. By ARIEL STAHLER DKGN sports writer DALTON Baseball and softball diamonds in Wayne County are bursting with life. Sounds of players cheering on their teammates, bats clanging together and balls smacking into leather gloves have…
Read MoreSenior Dawgs feature: Q & A with Darian Fiesler
ARCHIVE PHOTOS BY LISA McGINTY | LMc Photography By ARIEL STAHLER Gazette & News sports writer The 2020 high school spring sports season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be featuring Dalton High School spring senior athletes who did not get to represent the Dawgs in their final season. This week’s senior…
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