Anderson throws hardball and softball strikes

Photo by Paul Robeson

CUB KAISER THROWS: Anderson High School senior Codi Kaiser sends in one of her strikes at a home game at the field in Anderson River Park.

Photo by Paul Robeson

McCARY ON THE MOUND: Anderson High School senior Cody McCary pitches a ball to a West Valley player this year at West Valley.

Codi Kaiser

Anderson High School senior Codi Kaiser faced 413 batters this season in 12 starts and had 11 complete games. Kaiser had 72 strike-outs and only allowed 51 earned runs for a 4.200 earned run average including one home run while she was on the mound. This gave her a .583 percent of wins.

Her batting was just as good with 28 games played. She had two home runs and 8 runs batted in while at bat 83 times. She scored 30 times with an at bat average of .398. With only three strike-outs she had an on base percentage of .495 and a slugging percentage of .723.

Cody McCary

Anderson High School senior Cody McCary faced 336 batters this season in 12 starts and had five complete games. McCary had 63 strike-outs and only allowed 66 earned runs for a 3.847 earned run average. He had seven home runs against him while on the mound. This gave him a .385 percent of wins.

McCary’s batting average was .364 in 25 games played. He had six home runs and 17 runs batted in while at bat 77 times. He scored 22 times with an at bat average of .364. With only eight strike-outs he had an on base percentage of .497 and a slugging percentage of .662.

McCary, and teammate Zach Gibbins, are the baseball captains this year and have brought much spirit to their games. This Cub not only played baseball this year but played offensive left tackle on the football team but, in basketball he received the All League Honorable Mention in the Northern Athletic League. McCary also threw the discus and shot put for the track team when baseball scheduling did not interfere.

When asked if he had a favorite professional athlete that he emulated, his answer was, “Professional? No, but I do have the utmost respect for my Cub teammates.”

Next year McCary will be attending Shasta College where he wants to resume playing baseball but has not ruled out other sports.