This is the official Twitter account for the Francis Howell Central Spartans Softball program. The FHC Softball program is a member of the GAC South Division.
Spartans,
Words are not enough for how grateful we are for all of the support from our parents/families, students, staff members & our other sport programs! FHC is a special place!
A BIG S/O to our guy
@FHCAD
for taking care of us and making it a first class trip!
Congratulations to Emily Chadwick for being named the GAC South Player of the Year! Emily is the first Conference Player of the Year in Spartan Softball history! Emily also earned 1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-District honors!
There will be more to come in the near future on our team, but the impact that the group of Seniors pictured below has had on our underclassmen, our program and our coaches is truly remarkable.
They have forever left their thumbprint on FHC Softball!
They are the
#SpartanID
.
Varsity defeats Howell on a walk-off single by senior Sammi Mangnall! Junior Sarah Hoshaw gets the win in relief and freshmen Amelia Raziq goes 3-3 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI!
#CEFHCL
We would like to welcome Barrett Michael Muehlenbrock as the newest edition to the softball family. Congrats to Coach Mule and FHC Softball alum, Becca. Mom and baby are doing great!
Varsity defeats Holt today to finish 8-2 in conference. This clinches the conference championship and is the first in program history!
#SpartanID
#STS
#MTN
With 4 home runs in today's game,
@AmeliaRaziq
passes
@_claudiaking
(class of 2019) for the FHC career home run record. As a junior, Amelia now has 22 home runs for her career! Amelia also ties the state record for home runs in a game. Congratulations to Raz!
The journey that we went on from the very beginning and all the way until the very end was an absolute blast!
We are extremely proud of the responses our team had all year and what this team accomplished!
We could not ask for a better group of players to coach!
#SpartanID
We would like to welcome the newest edition to our softball family! Meet Hadley Drew Maxwell. Coach Maxwell and Hadley are at home and doing well! Congratulations
@FHCMaxwell
!!!!
Varsity goes 3-0 on the day to capture the championship in the consolation bracket. 4 different pitchers started the 4 games this weekend and had a .231 average against with only 3 walks. Kluesner and Scales added home runs and Webb led the team hitting over .400!
#CEFHCL
Hey FHC Softball friends and families! This is Coach Pearson. I have taken over as interim head coach while the process to hire a permanent head coach unfolds. Really excited to get going and transition into our summer training! Please contact me with any questions.
#ClearEyes
A milestone was achieved tonight:
Congrats to Emily Chadwick, a junior who set the FHC school career hit record tonight!
She has accumulated 118 hits so far in her career!
A phenomenal accomplishment! Keep working hard!
On Friday, we had our annual home run derby. These 8 players put on an outstanding show. For the second year in a row, Amelia and Kiana squared off in the finals. This year, Amelia hit 27 in the championship round to win for the 2nd year in a row. What a display!
Congratulations to Claudia King on being selected 2nd TEAM ALL-STATE!! Claudia becomes the 4th player in Howell Central Softball history to achieve All-State Honors!
An electric night at the home run derby! All 8 participants put on a show. Freshmen Kiana hit 17 in the final round only to have freshmen Amelia hit 18 to win! Then the reigning champ and 1st team all stater, KJ, surprised us and faced Amelia. KJ hit 18 and Amelia hit 19 to win!
Congrats to the following for signing with their respective schools to further their education and play their sport at the next level! We are extremely proud of you!
Josie Bezzole
Alyssa Haile
Emily Chadwick
Mary Kate Neal
Lastly, the standing ovation at the end of the banquet from all of our people in support of the players was amazing, heartfelt and electric all at the same time!
Another top moment of the year added to the story! Thanks again to our supporters!
Congratulations! Phoebe is an outstanding player and even better person. She always knows how to bring teams together. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for her at the next level!
We also had 4 individual players earn Academic All-State! The first one is Sophomore Riley Henderson! Riley was also our "Ultimate Spartan" as she earned the highest in-season GPA on the team!
Varsity picks up a conference win against Howell North. Sarah Hoshaw gets the complete game shutout giving up 5 hits with 8 strikeouts and 2 walks. Miller, Raziq, Webb, and Cohen each had 2 hits. Back at it tomorrow on the road against Zumwalt West.
#CEFHCL
#WTB
#OnToCincinnati
Varsity defeats Holt today. Scales and Kluesner each hit their 2nd home runs of the year and Raziq added her 1st varsity home run! Next up we travel to Troy tomorrow to take on the Trojans.
#CEFHCL
SENIORS:
Olivia, Cece, Kaylee, & Lauren - Thank you for being a model, a chauffeur, & mentors to the younger girls. Thanks for your time, contributions, & for allowing us to coach you. You will be missed but as alumni will always be welcome to come back to be around the program!
Thanks to all of the players for their time, sacrifices, efforts, and contributions to help make this program special! FHC is a special place and you have represented it well!
Varsity picks up the conference win against Zumwalt West. Hoshaw gets the win going 6 innings and giving up 2 earned runs. Goforth gets the save striking out the side in the 7th. Kluesner hits her 9th home run of the season! Next up is Thursday at Timberland.
#CEFHCL
And with her 5th home run of the season,
@_claudiaking
sets a new school career home run record with the 15th of her awesome career! Congratulations, Claudia!
Congrats to the following players who individually earned ACADEMIC ALL-STATE status! Great work by all!
Phoebe Miller
Sydney Webb
Mary Kate Neal
Lexi Floyd
Emily Chadwick
Alyssa Haile
Kennedy Jensen
Amelia is 1st team all-conference, all-district, and all-region. 2nd team all-metro and now can add state qualifier in wrestling to her amazing freshman year. Great work, Raz!
Spartans fall to Zumwalt West in districts. Thank you to all the parents and families that have supported us this year. Thank you to our seniors, Sammi and Mikayla, for pouring their hearts into this program for the past 4 years.
#CECHCL
Varsity drops both games today to Jackson. It was great celebrating all the the former head coaches and alumni that have made Howell Central softball so great. Thank you to Mrs. Hoshaw and all the other parents and families that helped make today such a great atmosphere!
Keeping the senior dinner tradition alive with Mikayla and Sammi! Thank you for all you’ve done for the program and being great leaders for our young players. You will be missed!
Congrats to the following players for earning All-Metro Honors:
1st Team:
Kennedy Jensen - P
Emily Chadwick - OF
2nd Team:
Alyssa Haile - IF
3rd Team:
Josie Bezzole - OF
Congratulations to Emily Chadwick on being named:
1st team All Conference
1st team All District
1st team All Region
Emily led the GAC South in batting average and set the FHC single season hits record with 52!
Congratulations to Phoebe Miller, Kiana Kluesner, and Amelia Raziq for earning 1st team All-Region and to Sydney Webb and Ashley Leible for earning 2nd team All-Region!