Commissioner Jim Hamric has announced the 2026 All-MSAC Softball Team. Cabell Midland swept the special recognition categories. Becca Conrad was named Player of the Year, Drea Watts was named Pitcher of the Year, and Herman Beckett was Coach of the Year. The team was selected by a vote of league coaches and is as follows:

2026 MSAC All-Conference Softball Team

 

Player of the Year : Becca Conrad – Cabell Midland, Sr.

Pitcher of the Year: Drea Watts – Cabell Midland, Sr. 

 

Coach of the Year: Herman Beckett – Cabell Midland

 

First Team

 

Pitchers:

Kate Justice                              Hurricane, Sr. 

Anniston Shelton                      Parkersburg South, So. 

Kynzi Bellamy                           George Washington, Fr. 

Addy Lowe                                Spring Valley, Sr. 

 

Outfielders:

Natali Tomblin                          George Washington, Sr. 

Jerica Noe                                Cabell Midland, Fr. 

Kendall Kimes                          Parkersburg, Sr. 

 

Catcher:

Hadley Lawson                        Hurricane, Sr. 

 

Middle Infielders:

Riley Smith                              Riverside, Sr. 

Kathryn Crowder                     Capital, Sr. 

Niah Verdula                           George Washington, Fr. 

 

Corner Infielders:

Krista Durkin                            Parkersburg, Sr. 

Paige White                             St. Albans, Fr. 

Kiley Jones                              Hurricane, So. 

 

Utility:

Sloan Graley                           George Washington, Jr. 

Autumn Lentz                          South Charleston, Sr. 

 

Second Team

 

Pitchers:

Brookly Ellis                            Spring Valley, Sr. 

Kinzie Short                            St. Albans, Fr. 

Camella Cooper                     Parkersburg, So. 

Riley Hedrick                          Huntington, Jr. 

 

Outfielders:

Emily Smith                            Spring Valley, Jr. 

Amiyah Robinson                   Capital, Sr. 

Mila Miller                               Huntington, So. 

Katie Johnson                        Riverside, Jr. 

Karlee Salmons                     Cabell Midland, Jr. 

 

Catcher:

Abbie Corbin                         Parkersburg South, Fr. 

 

Middle Infielders:

Brynn Frye                             Parkersburg, Sr. 

Shyanne Hayes                     Parkersburg South, Sr. 

Layla Hodges                        Hurricane, Jr. 

 

Corner Infielders:

Layla Marshall                       Spring Valley, Jr. 

Payten Mackey                      Parkersburg South, Sr. 

Ellie Fei                                  Huntington, So. 

Keelee  Harrison                    Riverside, Sr. 

Katelynn Harless                    Cabell Midland, Jr. 

 

Utility:

Layla Crickard                        Huntington, So. 

Faith Hall                                Capital, Jr. 

 

Special Honorable Mention:

Mattie Carte – George Washington

Ella Sedosky – Capital

Bayleigh Salisbury – St Albans

Maddie McCallister – Cabell Midland

Hannah Vriendt – St Albans

Payton Dishman – Spring Valley

Sophie Dunlap – Hurricane

 

Honorable Mention:

Kenzie Kessel, Kalissa Hess – Cabell Midland

Reese Lovern, Lilly Hall – Capital

Cam McKinney, Ava Armstrong – George Washington

Aubrey Thomas, Maci McGinnis – Huntington

Josie Shamblin, Zella Cooper – Hurricane

Gabby Dennis, Addi Cameron – Parkersburg

Jaiden Vargas, Annalyn Windland – Parkersburg South

Starr Hudnall, Haylee Mullins – Riverside

Krisanna Nozica, Audrey Stevenson – South Charleston

Carlee Parker, Kailee Lacy – St Albans

Addison Walls, Macie Greene – Spring Valley

 

 

Commissioner Jim Hamric has announced the 2026 All-MSAC Boys and Girls Tennis Teams. George Washington’s Alex Michael was Boy’s Player of the Year and Huntington’s Sammie Miller was Girl’s Player of the Year. The teams are as follows:

MSAC 2026 Tennis All Conference

 

Boys

Coach of the Year: Emily Thayer – George Washington

Alex Michael – George Washington  (Player Of The Year)

Rayyan Oudghiri-Otmani – Cabell Midland

Keegan Smith – Huntington

Anshuman Haricharan – George Washington 

Grant Knapp – Hurricane

Eli Elkhansa – George Washington

Christian Marshall – Parkersburg

Cale Stutler – Parkersburg

Alex Marshall – Parkersburg

Vibhuman Haricharan – George Washington

Dylan Hargraves – Cabell Midland

 

Girls

Coach of the Year: Thomas Cisco – Huntington

Sammie Miller – Huntington (Player Of The Year)

Olivia Akers – Huntington

Olivia Morrison – Cabell Midland

Riya Jones – George Washington

Julianne Leach – Huntington

Liya Tewodros – Parkersburg

Olivia Weily – George Washington

Alyssa Corrigan – Cabell Midland

Crystal Embol – George Washington

Emma Stanley – Parkersburg

Charis Goodwin – Huntington

 

Congratulations to Cabell Midland High School on winning the 2026 Carlton Gandee Award. The Gandee Award is presented annually to the MSAC All-Sports Champion and represents overall excellence in a school’s athletics program.

Huntington High School has won both the Boys and Girls 2026 MSAC Championships in Track and Field. The MSAC Meet was held on Friday, May 8th at Erickson Stadium in Parkersburg. Parkersburg South was the host school. Riverside’s Jada Ward was  Girls High Point Winner with 26 points. Capital’s  Damian Johnson was Boys High Point Winner scoring 25 points. Huntington’s Justin Cox was Girl’s Coach of the Year and Capital’s Willie Ruffin was Boys Coach of the Year. Team standings are as follows:

2026 MSAC Track Meet

@ Erickson Stadium, Parkersburg South HS

May 8, 2026

Girls Team Final scores:
1-Huntington 138
2-Parkersburg 88
3-Hurricane 79.5
4-Cabell Midland 70
5-Woodrow Wilson 59
6-St Albans 58
7-Riverside 56
8-George Washington 53
9-Spring Valley 41
10-Parkersburg South 36.5
11-South Charleston 19
12-Capital 13
Coach of the year-Justin Cox, Huntington

Boys Final Team Scores:
1-Huntington 146.5
2-Cabell Midland 121
3-Parkersburg 98.5
4- Hurricane 70
5-Capital 67
6-George Washington 47
7-Woodrow Wilson 38
8-Parkersburg South 37
9-Riverside 35
10-St Albans 27
11-South Charleston 13
12-Spring Valley
Coach of the Year-Willie Ruffin, Capital

Below is a list of 2026 event champions. Event champions also earn MSAC All-Conference honors.  New meet records were set by:

Girls—4×800 (Hurricane 9:46.30)
Boys—300h (Carter Geveke, Huntington 38.21)

2026 MSAC Champions
Event	Boys	Girls
100m	Damian Johnson—Capital                   10.92	Ava Ward—Riverside                                   12.87
200m	Damian Johnson—Capital                   22.06	Jada Ward—Riverside                                 26.17
400m	AJ Payne—Parkersburg                          48.85	Aleigha Myers—Huntington                  1:01.31
800m	Rogan Mincks—Parkersburg           1:57.84	Adalyn Cantrell—Cabell Midland       2:19.63
1600m	Carter Thorpe—Parkersburg            4:24.05	Francy Tidd—Hurricane                          5:13.15
3200m	Micah Hale—Capital                         10:03.93	Savannah Pritt—Cabell Midland       11:28.54
110/100H	Javel Chandler—Parkersburg               14.68	Milleah Johnson—Huntington                  14.96
300H	Carter Geveke—Huntington                 38.21	Aleigha Myers—Huntington                       46.00
4×100	Huntington                                                    43.87 Mason Little, Esau Johnson, Antonio Paschall, Tayveon Wilson	Woodrow Wilson                                             50.30 Shylo Mack, Amiah Richardson, Bria Donatelli, Zyneria Grant
4×200	Huntington                                                1:30.85 Sean Andrews, Andreas Reese, Antonio Paschall, Tayveon Wilson	Huntington                                                     1:48.42 Takyiah Brown, Trinity Leftwich, Lillian Sellards, Aleigha Myers
4×400	Parkersburg                                                3:25.42 Landen Deuley, Gavin Bowman, Rogan Mincks, AJ Payne	Huntington                                                     4:11.39 Colette Dickerson, Laurel Johnson, Lillian Sellards, Aleigha Myers
4×800	Cabell Midland                                        8:12.36 Jace Perry, Jacob Barthlow, Dylan Dial, Colson Elswick	Hurricane                                                        9:46.30 Mackenzie Cloud, Sofie Zappitelli, Ella Dye, Ella Sturm
Shuttles	Huntington                                                    56.64 Carter Geveke, Johnathan Garrett, Kellen Rife, Mason Little	Huntington                                                     1:05.42 Leilani Bounds, Elizabeth Bohren, Audra Gerlach, Milleah Johnson
Shot Put	Drey Grinter—Parkersburg                     52-03	Jenna Geter—Hurricane                              36-08
Discus	Hudson Wortman—Cabell Midland  157-09	Cianna Groom—Riverside                       137-07
High Jump	Peyton Scheidler—Huntington               6-02	Jada Ward—Riverside                                     5-06
Pole Vault	Cameron Kelly—Hurricane                    12-06	Laurel Johnson—Huntington                      9-00
Long Jump	Josh Brock—Riverside                       20-08.25	Ava Ward—Riverside                                 16-02.5

The 2026 MSAC Tournament has been canceled due to inclement weather. There will be no makeup date. Cabell Midland (who was the #1 seed and undefeated in regular season conference play) was declared the 2026 champion.