Wayne-Holmes All-Star Game set for June 8

The event featuring top area softball players will include awards, a scholarship and a Home Run Derby

Softball player throwing a ball on the field.

West Holmes' Briar Cline will compete for the senior team and take part in the Home Run Derby during the Wayne-Holmes All-Star Game.

Joshua McWilliams

Joshua McWilliams Joshua McWilliams The Bargain Hunter

Published June 2, 2026 - 3:04 p.m.

The Wayne-Holmes Softball Association and its sponsors will present the Wayne-Holmes All-Star Game June 8 at Triway Softball Field.

The event, now in its sixth year, will feature a modified format with one game pitting seniors against underclassmen. Rosters have been expanded to 17 seniors and 16 underclassmen, and the game is scheduled for nine innings or until darkness. Most Valuable Player honors will be selected after the game from both teams.

Events will begin at 4:30 p.m. with the announcement of the Gold Glove Awards as voted on by their peers, the awarding of the association’s first scholarship and the Home Run Derby.

More than 100 ballots were cast for the Gold Glove Awards from across Holmes, Wayne and Ashland counties. For the scholarship seniors were asked to write about what softball has meant to them, with the winner receiving a $1,000 scholarship and the winning essay to be published in The Bargain Hunter.

The Home Run Derby will feature Norwayne senior Riley Gwinn, Dalton junior and reigning champion Lily Teague, and Triway second baseman Lexi Long in Pool A. Pool B will include West Holmes senior Briar Cline, Tuslaw’s Hadley Porter and Norwayne junior MaKenna Heyden. The winners of each pool will advance to the finals.

The senior roster will be led by Northwestern coach Scott Hershey. The underclassmen will be coached by Norwayne’s Bree Robinson, the Wayne County Athletic League Coach of the Year.

Dalton's Mei Simmons will compete for the underclassmen team during the Wayne-Holmes All-Star Game.

The underclassmen roster includes Heyden, Porter, Teague and Long; Wooster’s Kayla Reid; Dalton’s Mei Simmons, Kenna Doty and Hannah Wenger; Hillsdale’s Jordyn Fickes, Kiki McFadden and Emily Smith; West Holmes’ Payson Dial and Gabby Fowler; Triway’s Elena Hilty; Tuslaw’s Kaydence Chapman; and Norwayne’s Kenzie Nawrocki.

The senior roster includes Gwinn and Cline; Hillsdale’s Ally Morgan, Kennedy Fickes and Aurora Martin; West Holmes’ Zalina Proper; Triway’s Myah Lester; Norwayne’s C.J. Moore and Abby Workman; Northwestern’s Kaylee Cherry, Kelsee Smith and Arayah Nussbaum; Waynedale’s Madi Miller and Carleigh Lynch; Tuslaw’s Isabel McCune; Chippewa’s Kyleigh Gartin; and Hiland’s Tori Weaver.

Sponsors include Boots, Shoes and More; Pulp; The Commercial Savings Bank; Bowman Beverage; Letterman’s Trophy; Wooster Color Point; USA Softball of Ohio; Illusions Screen Printing; Amber Doty Photography; Jim’s Automotive; Swigart Braunscheidel Insurance; Wooster Elks; Audience of One Creative, owned by Cole Sarver; and BellStores.