The 2026 West Orange High School softball team (Photo Courtesy of WOHS head coach Michael Marini)
WEST ORANGE — The West Orange High School softball team featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors, voted by the divisional coaches.
First team: seniors Madelyn Cancel and Chloe Chrobocinski.
Second team: senior Leilani Bird.
Honorable mention: senior Olivia Raines and sophomore Lilyn Chrobocinski.
Cancel batted .495 with 45 hits (29 singles, 9 doubles, 4 triples and 3 home runs), 28 RBIs, 44 runs, 14 walks and 10 stolen bases.
Chloe Chrobocinski batted .421 with 32 hits (13 singles, 10 doubles, 4 triples, 5 home runs), 30 RBIs, 10 runs and 7 walks. She also had 5 sacrifice flies.
Bird batted .413 with 38 hits (17 singles, 9 doubles, 3 triples and 9 home runs), 43 RBIs, 37 runs, 12 walks and 7 stolen bases.
Raines batted .268 with 19 hits (10 singles, 7 doubles and 2 triples), 8 RBIs, 18 runs and 10 walks.
Lilyn Chrobocinski, the team’s top pitcher, had a 3.73 earned run average. In 154 innings pitched, she struck out 136 and walked 52.
In addition, Chloe Chrobocinski and Bird ended their careers as all-time leaders. Chloe had 161 hits and 158 RBIs, and Bird had 20 home runs and 149 runs, all program records.
The Mountaineers, under head coach Michael Marini, finished with a 16-11 record this season.
Photo Courtesy of WOHS head coach Michael Marini

