William Woods players earn honors

The William Woods Owls swept the weekly softball honors handed out by the American Midwest Conference as Lindsey LeCuru and MacKenzie Bowden were honored Tuesday.

LeCuru (Helias High School) hit .667 (8-of-12) as the Owls went 4-0 to win the Oklahoma Baptist University Tournament during the weekend.

She hit two home runs, drove in three runs and had a slugging percentage of 1.333 in the event.

Bowden (Jefferson City High School) picked up two of the wins in the event. She totaled 22 strikeouts, including 14 in a win against the host school, which was ranked 15th in the nation among NAIA schools.

Bowden allowed just one run on six hits and held opponents to a .158 batting average.