Section IV Softball
New York's Premier Area for High School Softball
Home of 50 State Champions!
Deposit graduate Makenzie Stiles was named the 2018-2019 Gatorade New York State High School Player of the Year!
Binghamton graduate Paige Rauch was named the
2017 Press & Sun-Bulletin's Athlete of the Year!
List of local sites that cover Section IV softball:
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The Ithaca Journal
Star-Gazette (Elmira)
The Leader (Corning)
The Daily Star (Oneonta)
Valley Sports Report (Waverly, Tioga)
Tioga County Sports Report
The Evening Sun (Norwich)
The Reporter (Delaware County)
The Odessa File (Odessa-Montour)
Morning Times (Waverly, Tioga, S-VE)
Times Telegram (Richfield Springs)
The Cortland Voice (Marathon)
14850.com (Ithaca)
12 News (Binghamton)
Fox 40 (Binghamton)
Newschannel 34 (Binghamton)
Spectrum News (Binghamton)
WENY (Elmira)
WETM (Elmira)
College Softball Links:
Looking to improve your game? There's a ton of softball websites out there to help. Here's a sampling of some:
Softball Spot
Softball Skills & Drills
Fastpitch TV
Other Section IV Websites:
Press & Sun-Bulletin
Athlete of the Year
Since the very first winner in 1949 (Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford, then of the Binghamton Triplets), the Press & Sun-Bulletin has honored the very best in the Southern Tier with an Athlete of the Year award. Here are the winners from the world of softball:
1987: Holly Aprile, Afton
1996: Tracy Larkin, Greene
1998: Barb Cook, Susquehanna Valley
2006: Beckah Wiggins, Susquehanna Valley
2017: Paige Rauch, Binghamton