Strong Softball Season Ends with 5 Eagles Making All-Conference

Head coach Jon Cox said this was a huge year for the College of the Siskiyous softball program. The Eagles' 22 wins were the most in a season since he started in 2012, and they were in the race for a playoff spot until the final day.

"It creates so many good memories and validates all the hard work," Cox said.

The Eagles had an eight-game winning streak late in their Golden Valley Conference season, which lifted them to a 12-8 record and third place finish behind Feather River and Lassen.

They were rewarded in the end with five players earning All-Conference recognition. Sophomore Alexes Collier was 1st Team outfield, sophomore Kaelyn Lange was 1st Team pitcher, sophomore Rylee Reasoner was 1st Team catcher, freshman Megan Boudro was 1st Team infield, and sophomore June Woster was 2nd Team infield.

Collier, Lange and Reasoner were all repeat 1st Team All-Conference picks.

Collier, Lange, Reasoner and Woster were four of the seven sophomores recognized after their final home game on April 18, a 13-6 come-from-behind victory that included clutch home runs by Lange and Reasoner, completed a doubleheader sweep of Butte, and capped their eight-game win streak.

The other sophomores recognized were pitcher Alexis Perez, catcher/infielder Remie Strahm and catcher Maddi McClure.

All the sophomores are Scholar Athletes and most of them listed the team's trip to Costa Rica as their favorite Siskiyous memory in the player profiles announced during the Sophomore Day ceremony by athletic coordinator/eligibility specialist Kevin Bradford II.

This was the third year in a row the Eagle softball team stayed in the playoff hunt until late in the season, and it could have been even better. The Eagles lost eight one-run games, including four in conference, both ends of their season-opening doubleheader at Hartnell in early February, and a 3-2 game in late February at San Mateo against the team that went on to claim the No. 1 seed in the Northern California Regional playoff bracket.

"We lost so many close games, but we kept believing all year," Cox said. "As a team we kept believing in one another." Then, during their winning streak, "everybody stepped up and had great at-bats, we played great defense and got great pitching."

The winning streak put them in position to place second and earn a playoff spot, but they would have needed a sweep at Feather River and would have needed Lassen to lose against Butte two days later. Neither of those things happened, but many good things did happen along the way.

As a team, the Eagles had a .308 batting average, .369 on base percentage, and .443 slugging percentage. They hit 22 home runs and scored 242 runs in 40 games, an average of 6 runs per game.

In 20 conference games, they had a .318 batting average, .378 on base percentage, .454 slugging percentage, 40 stolen bases with only 5 caught stealing, hit 9 home runs, and scored 132 runs, an average of 6.6 runs per game.

ALL-CONFERENCE EAGLES' BIG NUMBERS

Alexes Collier broke the school record for stolen bases in a season with 38, which was fourth most in the state. She also broke the school career stolen base record with 57 in two seasons.

In conference play, Megan Boudro's .453 batting average ranked 5th in the GVC and her .492 on base percentage ranked 8th, while Collier's .437 batting average was 6th and her .481 on base percentage was 10th.

Only two GVC players hit more home runs than Kaelyn Lange's 4 in conference play, and Rylee Reasoner's 8 doubles tied for 2nd. Boudro tied for 6th with 6 doubles.

Lange led the GVC with 5 triples in conference games, and she tied for third with 11 extra base hits, while Reasoner was 7th with 9 extra base hits, Collier 8th with 8, and Boudro 10th with 6.

Lange's .687 slugging percentage in GVC games ranked 7th in conference, and Collier was 9th at .634.

Collier's 25 runs scored in GVC games ranked 2nd in conference, Lange tied for 4th with 21, and June Woster was 7th with 20.

Collier's 16 stolen bases in GVC play ranked 1st, and Woster was 3rd with 9.

Lange ranked 4th in total bases in conference games with 46, and Collier was 5th with 46.

Overall, for the offense, Collier had a .442 batting average, Boudro .398, Lange .331, Reasoner .321, freshman Brooklyn Schmidt .312

Boudro led the team with 36 runs batted in, Lange had 32, Reasoner 27, Collier 21, and Woster 19.

Lange had 9 home runs, Collier 3, freshman Aubree Schmidt 2, Reasoner 2, and freshman Mia Perez 2.

Collier had 38 stolen bases, Woster 17, and Brooklyn Schmidt 13.

Boudro led the team in hitting in conference games with a .453 batting average, .492 on base percentage and 20 RBI in 20 games.

Lange, who made all-conference as a pitcher, was the starting pitcher in 9 conference games and pitched in relief twice. She posted a 2.60 earned run average in those 11 appearances and 1.33 WHIP while striking out 47 in 64.2 innings and walking 31. She had a 6-5 GVC won-loss record.

Overall during her two-year pitching career as an Eagle, Lange had a 19-15 win-loss record, 2.46 ERA and 1.31 WHIP while striking out 157 in 202.1 innings and walking 132.

Freshman Mia Perez was the starting pitcher in 10 GVC games, finishing with a 5-3 record, 5.33 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 31 strikeouts in 43.1 innings and 14 walks.

Collier had 16 stolen bases in 20 conference games and was caught stealing only once. She had a .437 batting average, .481 on base percentage, .634 slugging percentage, scored 25 runs, drove in 13. She led the team with 31 hits in conference.

Overall in two years as an Eagle, Collier played 70 games and finished with a .400 batting average, .450 on base percentage, .522 slugging percentage, 16 extra base hits and 33 RBIs.

Her position change from centerfield to shortstop helped kick-start the Eagles' eight-game winning streak, along with some other defensive changes.

June Woster, who played second base, hit .352 in conference with a .444 on base percentage, 20 RBIs and 20 runs scored, 9 stolen bases. She had a team high 8 walks and only 5 strikeouts.

Playing first base, Boudro committed just 1 fielding error in 135 total chances.

Catcher Rylee Reasoner hit .333 in conference with a .404 on base percentage, .563 slugging percentage, and 13 RBIs. She was second on the team with 9 extra base hits, including a team-high 8 doubles. In 79 games in her two years as an Eagle, she hit .353 with a .410 on base percentage, .500 slugging percentage and 27 extra base hits, including 24 doubles and 3 home runs.

Lange had a .328 batting average in conference and .370 on base percentage and 17 RBIs and a team-high 46 total bases with 21 runs scored. She led the team with a .687 GVC slugging percentage, 11 extra base hits, 4 home runs, and 5 triples.

In 68 games during her two-year Eagles' career, Lange had a .345 batting average, .380 on base percentage, 50 RBIs, and a .723 slugging percentage that included 34 extra base hits (11 home runs, 11 triples and 12 doubles).

Overall, freshman outfielder Brooklyn Schmidt finished with a .312 batting average and .379 on base percentage, freshman Mia Perez hit .276 and freshman infielder Hailey Pebley hit .261.

Sophomore Alexis Perez pitched in 17 games overall, starting in 3 and striking out 28 in 33.2 innings while walking 14. She had an even better strikeout rate in 9 conference games, 16 in 16.2 innings while walking just 4.

Feather River won the conference with a 17-3 record (28-13 overall), Lassen (15-5 and 25-16) was second, Siskiyous (12-8 and 22-18) third, Redwoods (7-13 and 14-21-1) and Butte (7-13 and 15-25) tied for fourth, and Yuba, last year's conference champion, was last at 2-18 and 2-29.

Feather River went into the first round of the Northern Regionals ranked No. 8 and swept No. 9 Fresno City, 4-2 and 8-4. Lassen, ranked No. 16, lost to No. 1 San Mateo 12-1 and 9-6.

Feather River will now face San Mateo this Friday and Saturday with the winner advancing to the state finals.

SOPHOMORE DAY

The following player profiles were announced during the Eagles' Sophomore Day ceremony:

Alexis Perez, No. 18, from Central Point, OR. Accompanied by her mom Veronica and dad Alex. Future school undecided. Favorite Siskiyous memory: Surfing in Costa Rica. Awards and Accomplishments: 2026 All Academic All State.

Maddi McClure, No. 9, from Winnemucca, NV. Accompanied by mom Cassie and dad Dave. Future school undecided. Favorite Siskiyous memory: when we were going to start zip lining in Costa Rica and everyone was trying to distract me. Awards and Accomplishments: Scholar Athlete 2025 and 2026. President's list 2025 and 2026. Academic All State 2026.

Remie Strahm, No. 14, from Tualatin, Oregon. Accompanied by mom Tracie, dad Cam, brother Curtis. Future school: Western Oregon University. Favorite Siskiyous memory:

Going to Costa Rica. Bonding with the team and learning a new culture and watching people ziplining. Awards and Accomplishments: Scholar Athlete 2025 and 2026, President's List 2025 and 2026.

Rylee Reasoner, No. 22, from Cloverdale, CA. Accompanied by mom Marci, dad Bob, sister Emme. Future school undecided. Favorite Siskiyous memory: Going to the hot springs in Costa Rica! Awards and Accomplishments: Scholar Athlete 2025 and 2026. 1st Team All-Conference 2025 and 2026.

Kaelyn Lange, No. 00, from Coleville, CA. Accompanied by mom and dad Stephanie and Anthony and sisters Kylee and Kenna. Future school undecided. Favorite Siskiyous memory: Hot springs in Costa Rica. Awards and Accomplishments: 1st Team All Conference Pitcher 2025 and 2026. Scholar Athlete 2025 and 2026.

June Woster, No. 2, from Medford, OR. Accompanied by mom Kim, step dad Shareef, grandpa Frank, grandma Ema. Future school undecided. Favorite Siskiyous memory: when we went to Disco night in Costa Rica and all danced together with the crazy D.J. Awards and Accomplishments: Scholar Athlete 2025/2026, 2nd Team All-Conference.

Alexes Collier, No. 10, from Yreka, CA. Accompanied by dad Sean, stepmom Noelle, mom Pam, siblings Cash, Kai, Adri. Future school: Embry Riddle Aeronautical (basketball scholarship). Favorite Siskiyous memory: Getting to play for my Uncle Jon and hacky sack before the game. Awards and Accomplishments: 2-time 1st Team All Conference basketball. 2026 3rd Team All State Basketball. 2-time 1st Team All Conference softball. Scholar Athlete, President's List 2025 and 2026. Academic All State 2026. College of the Siskiyous all time single season and career stolen base leader with 56 and counting.

By Steve Gerace