Ranch's state tournament hopes in good hands with Elling

When the Lakewood Ranch High girls softball team heads to Clermont next Wednesday for its first appearance in the State Final Four its fortunes will certainly be in good hands.

Huntrye Elling has proved she can wing it.
photo by Paul Vidale.

Mustangs pitcher Huntrye Elling has put up some amazing stats, which she topped off Tuesday night in winning her 20th game of the season in Lakewood Ranch's 10-0 Class 6A-Region 3 championship victory over River Ridge.

The senior right hander is 20-4 on the season. In 132.2 innings she has compiled a 0.73 ERA with 165 strikeouts while allowing only 14 earned runs and 78 hits with 46 walks. Her WHIP is a nice 0.934 (that is number of base runners a pitcher allows not counting errors; hits plus walks).