Norwayne won its first Wayne County Athletic League softball championship since 2001, going 13-1, and the Bobcats also walked away with both of the league’s top postseason honors. Kennedy Kay, who was one of the area’s best pitchers and hitters, was named the WCAL Most Valuable Player, while NHS coach Bob Young was tabbed Coach of the Year, it was announced Monday.

Joining Kay on the first was teammate Baylie Fortune, while WCAL runner-up Northwestern had its standout battery of pitcher Brianna Shearer and catcher Ally St Clair selected.

Also in contention for the league title up to the final game was third-place Hillsdale, and it landed third baseman Emily Crossen and shortstop Josie Rowland on the first team. Dalton slugger Tess Denning, her Bulldog teammate Elle Mooney, Waynedale’s Madison Rowe and Mallory Shoup, Smithville’s Carly Rowland and Hannah Baker, and Chippewa’s Shelby Ries rounded out the first-team picks.

Named to the second team were Hillsdale’s Olivia Betson and Molly Moffett; Norwayne’s Tori Hankins and Kennedy Lonsbury; Northwestern’s Anna Martin and Haley Wilson; Kelsey Wolfe and Cara Keim from Waynedale; Bri Busic and Chloe Vance from Rittman; Marley Jett from Chippewa; and Darian Fiesler from Dalton.