17-03-2025
Softball standouts and state finalists: Vote for the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week in Nashville
Vote, vote and vote again. You can help select the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week for the Nashville area for March 10-15.
This week's list includes some of the top players from the TSSAA girls basketball state tournament that was played last week. It also includes the area's top softball players as spring sports enters its third week in Tennessee.
Here are this week's candidates.
Reese Beaty, York Institute: The Iowa State signee had nine points and five rebounds York's TSSAA Class 2A state quarterfinal win over Memphis Business. She finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds in Friday's semifinal win over Gatlinburg-Pittman and added 15 points and six rebounds in the 2A title game loss to Westview last Saturday.
Ceilee Gudat, Warren County: Gudat was 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple and five RBIs in a 17-0 win over Spring Hill last Thursday.
Shelby Higgins, Richland: Higgins had 26 points with five 3-pointers and five rebounds to lead Richland past Copper Basin, 45-25, in the TSSAA Class 1A state quarterfinals. Higgins had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Richland in a 47-40 loss to Greenfield in the semifinals last Friday.
Ava Jones, White County: Jones had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as White County fell to Dyersburg, 52-42, in the TSSAA Class 3A state quarterfinals last Thursday.
Abigail Netherton, Van Buren: Netherton had 26 points in Van Buren's 68-32 win over Memphis Middle College in the TSSAA Class 1A state quarterfinal last Wednesday. She finished with 30 points, including the game-winning shot to seal the semifinal win over Coalfield last Friday, and finished with 20 points in Van Buren's loss to Greenfield in the 1A championship game last Saturday.
Lily Norman, Coffee County: Norman was 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs and pitched seven innings allowing only two hits and striking out nine in a 10-1 win over Siegel last Monday.
Charlie Roby, Cookeville: Roby had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists in Cookeville's 49-37 win over Lincoln County in the TSSAA Class 4A state quarterfinal last Thursday. She finished with 20 points to lead Cookeville in its 55-43 loss to Bartlett in the state semifinal last Friday.
Tarek Scherr, Summit: Scherr was 3-for-3 with a home run and six RBIs in a win over American Christian Academy last Monday.
Reagan Walter, Green Hill: Walter was 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and an RBI. Walter was also 2-for- with a triple and four RBIs against Springfield last Thursday.
Ally Weathers, Loretto: Weathers had 23 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals as the Lady Mustangs took down McMinn Central, 59-48, in the TSSAA Class 2A state quarterfinals last Wednesday. She had nine points and eight rebounds in Loretto's semifinal loss to Westview.
Vote now before the poll closes at noon on Thursday. Click on the image below to make your choice.
Reach sports writer George Robinson at and on the X platform (formerly Twitter) @Cville_Sports.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Vote for the Ponce Law girls athlete of the week in Nashville
