Kerr Plays Softball, Too

As if we needed any more proof of Amanda Kerr's overall athleticism, the Kirtland Central senior got a big base hit for the Lady Broncos softball team on Friday.

Kerr hasn't played softball in high school until this year, but KC coach Roy Johnson said the two have known each other since Kerr was a baby.

Kerr sat out the first game of Friday's doubleheader against Farmington, then got KC's first hit off Courtney Brummell during the bottom of the third inning.

She was one of KC's most improved players on the basketball court this year, earning Honorable-Mention All-District status and helping the Broncos to the state semifinals.

An accomplished runner, she didn't join the track team this year until April. She won the 800-meter dash April 5 in her first race back, clocking a 2:28.60 at the Bloomfield Invite -- nearly qualifying for the state meet and winning the event by 15 seconds.

"She used to play (softball), so we've worked out a deal where she plays for me on Friday and then she runs track on Saturday," Johnson said. "She's never played (in high school) until this year, but she's a good athlete as you can see."

Farmington won 16-6 and 10-0 as both games ended after five innings.

Other notes that didn't make it in my gamer:

KC's Kim McKnight had an outstanding game in the opener, hitting 3-for-3 with a leadoff home run in the top of the second.

KC's last game: a 12-7 win over Del Norte on March 28. That's a 20-day layoff -- rough, especially considering they had to play Farmington, the No. 2 team in 4A, their first day back.

Farmington's Robin Randall also hit a towering shot that cleared both fences at the Ricketts Park softball complex, joining her teammate Megan Kremp.

Kremp's hitting line for the two games: 4-for-5, 2 HRs, 2B, 10 RBI. She reached base in seven of her eight plate appearances and scored four runs.