NPHS GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM, 1976

THE UNDEFEATED STATE CHAMPS

         The Girls Softball Team of 1976 was the FIRST TEAM in the history of North Penn to win the State Championship with a cumulative season record of 20 wins and 0 losses.  The season’s opening league games indicated what was in store for this great team when they achieved two shutouts in the first three games.  In the opener against Hatboro, North Penn won in an astonishing 45-0 landslide!  In game three, North Penn swamped Wissahickon, 23-0.  (Game two was a “modest” 9-3 victory against Souderton.)  The team which gave the Maidens their best competition was Upper Perkiomen, but they still lost to NP by scores of 6-2 and 8-2.        After completing an undefeated Bux-Mont season with a 12-0 record, the North Penn Maidens swept the District Playoffs, winning all three games against Interboro (5-1), Ridley (5-3), and Quakertown (4-1) to gain the District Title.  Game One of the State Playoffs was a win against a solid Seneca team, 12-0.  Game Two saw a hard-fought win against Shikillemy, 6-3.  Game Three culminated in another great win against Cumberland Valley, 4-2.  The North Penn community gave a wild welcome home to this fighting team who would not be beaten.

         The Maidens placed eight players on the All-Bux-Mont Team.  First Team: Cindy Kaelin, P; Cindy Fisher, CF; and Claire Kostrubiak, LF.   Second Team: Kim Gray, P; Cindy MacBain, C; Dawn Mengel, RF; Carole MacBain, SS; Rocky Mollard, 3B.

Team Batting Average: .355   Team Fielding Average: .948

Team Leaders - Hitting: Cindy Fisher (.500); Carole MacBain (.461)                                   

                                    Runs Batted In: Dawn Mengel (32); Carole MacBain (30).

                                    Home Runs: Carole MacBain (4); Dawn Mengel       (4)

                                    Triples: Carole MacBain (5)

                                    Stolen Bases: Cindy MacBain (15); Carole MacBain (12)

 

Letter Winners: Deb Charlton, LF; Cindy Fisher, CF, P; Anne Johnson, 1B; Cindy Kaelin, P; Claire Kostrubiak, LF; Diane Kresge, C; Cindy Kulp, 1B; Carole MacBain (Capt), SS; Cindy MacBain, C; Dawn Mengel, RF; Rocky Mollard 3B; Gail Smith, 2B; Judy Wulff, 2B; Pam Casaboon, Mgr; Deb Hanes, Mgr

Head Coach Joan Moser; Assistant Coach Claire Gilchrist