MADRID – Madrid’s softball season did not end the way the Lady Tigers had hoped for, but last week they got some good news as one of their own was honored by the IGHSAU. Naomi Dalton’s work with her bat earned the senior spots on the Class 2A Third-Team All-State and the Class 2A Central All-District softball team.
Dalton started 28 games for the Tigers, most of them as the team’s backstop. She powered out seven home runs, tied for fifth in Class 2A, and racked up eight doubles in 35 hits. She also drove-in 35 runs, hit for a .402 batting average and slugged .736.
Dalton was an offensive force for the Tigers, with RBI streaks coming both early and later on in the season. From May 31 to June 5, she strung together RBIs in six consecutive games. During that streak, she went 9-for-20 with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs.
She caught fire again later in the season, driving in 23 runs over a 13-game span from June 17-28. This included eight multi-RBI games, five home runs and three doubles, with four games of three RBIs or more.