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History of Clay HS Softball
Season | Wins | Loses | Coach | SOC | Sectional | District | Regional | State |
1978 | 12 | 1 | C Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Semi-finalist |
1979 | 19 | 1 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Runner-up |
1980 | 29 | 0 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Champion |
1981 | 26 | 0 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Champion |
1982 | 26 | 2 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | R-up | |
1983 | 24 | 1 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Champion |
1984 | 23 | 3 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Semi-finalist |
1985 | 24 | 2 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | R-up | |
1986 | 28 | 4 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Semi-finalist |
1987 | 24 | 3 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | R-up | |
1988 | 27 | 3 | Vice | Won | Won | Won | Won | State Runner-up |
1989 | 18 | 2 | S Hempill | Won | Won | Won | ||
1990 | 22 | 2 | Hempill | Won | Won | Won | ||
1991 | 23 | 4 | Hempill | Won | Won | Won | ||
1992 | 20 | 2 | Hempill | Won | Won | Won | ||
1993 | 19 | 2 | Hempill | Won | Won | Won | ||
1994 | 22 | 2 | T Ruby | Won | Won | Won | ||
1995 | 16 | 7 | Ruby | Won | Won | Won | ||
1996 | 17 | 3 | Ruby | Won | Won | Won | ||
1997 | 17 | 5 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
1998 | 14 | 7 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
1999 | 12 | 6 | Ruby | Won | after 18 unverified | |||
2000 | 12 | 9 | Ruby | Won | ||||
2001 | 16 | 6 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
2002 | 17 | 3 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
2003 | 10 | 7 | Ruby | Won | ||||
2004 | 8 | 11 | K White | |||||
2005 | 8 | 12 | Ruby | |||||
2006 | 19 | 4 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
2007 | 22 | 5 | Ruby | Won | Won | Won | State Semi-finalist | |
2008 | 19 | 6 | Ruby | Won | Won | Won | ||
2009 | 17 | 5 | Ruby | Won | Won | |||
2010 | 23 | 8 | D McCleese | Won | Won | |||
2011 | 18 | 6 | McCleese | Won | ||||
2012 | 19 | 8 | J Gearheart | Won | Won | |||
2013 | 18 | 9 | Gearheart | Won | ||||
2014 | 16 | 11 | Gearheart | Won | ||||
2015 | 17 | 11 | Gearheart | Won | ||||
2016 | 25 | 5 | Gearheart | Won | Won | |||
2017 | 28 | 2 | Gearheart | Won | Won | Won | ||
2018 | 24 | 6 | Gearheart | Won | Won | Won | ||
2019 | 22 | 3 | Gearheart | Won | ||||
2020 | ** | ** | Gearheart | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
2021 | 19 | 8 | Gearhaert | Won | ||||
2022 | 14 | 8 | Gearheart | Won | ||||
2023 | 8 | 12 | Gearheart | |||||
861 | 227 | 6 | 30 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 3 |
** The 2020 season was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coaches
Carol Vice
1978-1988.
Career Record 262-20 (.929).
Won the league, sectional, & district each year. Won the Regional 8 of 11 years. Advanced to the state final four 8 years. Won three titles & was runner-up twice. Member Clay LSD Coaches Hall of Fame. Inducted into Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Teresa Ruby*
1994-2003 & 2006-2009.
Career Record 228-80 (.740).
*1999 - 12-6 record as of April 30. Cannot verify May results.
Steve Hempill
1989-1993.
Career Record 102-12 (.900).
1993 - Division III, District Coach of the Year
Kelly White
2004.
Career Record 8-11 (.421)
Dick McCleese
2010-2011.
Career Record 41-14 (.745)
Jason Gearheart
2012-
Career Record 210-81 (.721)
Other Clay HS Records - [OHSAA Records]
839 Wins - Ranked in the Top10 of all OH programs with 800+ School Wins
Most Wins - Pitcher (career): Mindy Powell 65-8 (1990)
Most Home Runs - Player (season): Jordan Jenkins, 10 (2011)
Most RBIs (season): Jordan Jenkins, 47 (2011)
Most Home Runs (season/team): 23 (2011)
Back-to-Back No-Hitters: Lyndsey Mader (3/28/11 v. Manchester & 4/2/11 v. Portsmouth)
Win Streaks: 42-game SOC I win streak (4/30/15-4/26/18)
196 Hits (career): Jensen Warnock (2016-2019)
Consecutive Game Hit Streak: Shaelyn Vassar, 51 (April 4, 2017-April 28, 2018) currently ranks 2nd in OHSAA SB history
Hit for Cycle - Abby Wiltshire (4/26/23 v. Green) She hit the cycle in order (single, double, triple, & HR).
OHSAA State Championships[22][23][33]
1980 - (d. Archbold 18-6 & d. New Madison Tri-Village 12-3 to finish season at 25-0)
1981 - (d. Jeromesville Hillsdale 7-2 & d. Beverly Fort Frye 21-0 to finish season at 29-0)
1983 - (d. Pioneer North Central 8-7 & d. Mineral Ridge 6-2 to finish season at 24-1)
OHSAA State Runner-up[22][23][33]
1979 - (d. New Madison Tri-Village 11-2 & lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 1-4 to finish the season at 19-1)
1988 - (d. Sycamore Mohawk 10-0 & lost to Strasburg-Franklin 0-14 to finish the season at 27-3)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships and Second Place Finishes)[22][23][33]
1978 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 5-0)
1984 - (lost to Arcanum 10-4)
1986 - (lost to Archbold 5-4)
2007 - (lost to Triad 13-3 to finish season at 22-5)
OHSAA Softball Tournament Records[34]
Most Runs (Game, One Team) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 21 v. Beverly Fort Frye, 1981
Most Hits (Game) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 19 v. Archbold, 1980
Most Hits (Game) - North Lewisburg Triad (Division IV) 13 v. Portsmouth Clay, 2007
Most Hits (Game, Both Teams) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 28 v. Archbold, 1980
Teresa Ruby - played in first four OHSAA state softball tournaments (1978-1981) & coach [Clay 2007, Wheelersburg 2016 (Div. III Champions), 2017 (Division III Runner-up), 2021, 2022 (Div. III Champions)]
Clay's Softball program reached 800 total wins on 27 March 2019 (18-0 win over Western Latham).