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Published November 03, 2009 10:48 pm - 2009 All-MUSKOGEE PHOENIX FASTPITCH SOFTBALL TEAM By Mike Kays Phoenix Sports Editor
Of all the numbers Cortney Glass compiled this year and throughout her four-year career at Sequoyah High school, the one her coach cited to define her best won’t be found in any numeric. “She’s been the leader of this group ever since she’s been out here,” Sequoyah coach Jeff Turtle said about the Most Valuable Player on the 2009 All-Phoenix fastpitch softball squad. “She came out here as a freshman and immediately gave us the possibility of having a pitcher that would be here for four years, getting better every year — which she did,” Turtle said. “But I also believed she would grow with this team and influence it, working with those that weren’t as experienced. And once we got past that inexperience, we thought we’d have a shot of getting where we were.” Where they were was three state tournament appearances. This season, Sequoyah fell short of a championship in Class 3A, losing a 2-1, 10-inning decision to then No. 1 Purcell, which went on to lose the championship game. For the most part of that game, Glass matched Purcell sophomore Kayla Wyatt. Both carried shutouts into the 10th. A leadoff single, infield error and two-out walkoff single ended Sequoyah’s season. The Lady Indians finished their second straight semifinal trip at 32-9. Glass posted a 23-6 pitching mark and an 0.74 ERA, with 151 K’s, 10 shutouts and two no-hitters. She also hit .404 with 34 RBIs and one home run that Turtle said would lead off her senior highlight reel. “It was at the park on the edge of campus where we hosted our festival,” he said. “With one home run, she’s obviously not known as a power hitter but the fences were closer down there. At our regular field on campus, the fences are backed up. We preach line drives. If you hit it in the air it’s an out. We hit about five that day at the other one.” Jamie Roberts, whose Purcell team had just one hit off Glass through nine innings of the semifinal, was impressed with her. “She had good location, threw it exactly where she wanted to, and kept us off balance until we finally put something together,” Roberts said. “She’s a heck of a player.” But about that leadership edge she gave her team.... “I just tried to set a good example for everybody, to help make everybody work as a team and stick together, said Glass, who also made the team in 2007 and 2008. “There’s not one person on this team that’s above anybody. We grew stronger as a team each year. We didn’t get where we ultimately wanted to get but we fought hard and played good.” She’s visiting Connors State this week and has a list of schools she’s looking at including Rose State, Coffeyville, Seminole and Oklahoma Christian University. Her sister, Lindsey, graduated from Kansas and played at Bacone as a catcher. “I only know at this point that I want a small school,” she said. Speaking of family ties, Hilldale coach Darren Riddle was selected Coach of the Year in a narrow decision over Turtle and Fort Gibson coach James Parnell. Riddle, Hilldale’s athletic director who became interim coach in August, led his unranked team to a 20-10 record and an unexpected state semifinal spot before a loss to eventual 4A champion Blanchard. His sophomore daughter, Danielle, was his pitcher and the runner-up in the MVP voting. Riddle has coached Hilldale’s baseball team to three state tournaments, including last year’s quarterfinalist team. 
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