2026 COLBY/ABBOTSFORD SOFTBALL TEAM - This year’s 2026 Colby/Abbotsford girls softball team is, in the back row, left to right, head coach Al Kneifl, Kylee Wiese, Hailey Huther, Kierslyn Orth, Jaidyn Malzahn, Brinley Ewert, Vivian Sillampa, Maria Soso, assistant coach Ryan Bargender, and volunteer coach Tyler Viegut. In the front row are manager Addison Viegut, Grace Lindau, Ella Schreiber, Elizabeth Perez, Allie Kunze, Madalynn Johnson, Yohelmi Centeno, Jennifer Monroy, Janery Flores, and manager Gabriela Bargender. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD 2026 COLBY/ABBOTSFORD SOFTBALL TEAM - This year’s 2026 Colby/Abbotsford girls softball team is, in the back row, left to right, head coach Al Kneifl, Kylee Wiese, Hailey Huther, Kierslyn Orth, Jaidyn Malzahn, Brinley Ewert, Vivian Sillampa, Maria Soso, assistant coach Ryan Bargender, and volunteer coach Tyler Viegut. In the front row are manager Addison Viegut, Grace Lindau, Ella Schreiber, Elizabeth Perez, Allie Kunze, Madalynn Johnson, Yohelmi Centeno, Jennifer Monroy, Janery Flores, and manager Gabriela Bargender. STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD
The Colby/Abbotsford softball team’s lineup will look vastly different than last year as the co-op fields a squad that won’t have many holdovers from the previous season. There will be some growin...
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Gilman’s Aubree Mann sends this spike attempt past Colby blocker Taebyn Leiders during game two of the Pirates’ 3-1 Eastern Cloverbelt Conference win over the Hornets Tuesday. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
