The 2023 softball season has come to a close, and there was plenty of success spread across the six teams from Elmore County. The Wetumpka Lady Indians, led by Coach of the Year Daryl Otwell and Player of the Year Mya Holt, had the best season in the state.
Wetumpka went 54-6-1 this year and claimed the AHSAA Class 6A state championship, the second in program history. The Indians were led by Holt, a Troy commit, who put up record-breaking numbers en route to her second player of the year honor.
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Mya Holt gave herself a near-impossible task entering her junior season.
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[Dalton Middleton/The Herald] Stanhope Elmore’s Jada McLeod hits the ball against Chilton County on Wednesday.
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