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A total of five Mason High School softball players were recently selected to the Greater Miami Conference first and second teams. Four seniors from the 2012 team were first-team selections.

Margo Hutchison led the GMC and broke a school record when she hit 10 home runs in 2012. In photo, Hutchison rounds the bases during a game in April. Photo taken by Amanda Davidson.

Those Mason seniors included Sarah Browning, Margo Hutchison, Jillian Richardson and Claire Wehby.

Browning, who recently committed to play softball at Muskingum, posted a 14-9 win-loss record in 2012, struck out 130 batters in 143.2 innings and had an earned run average of 1.61.

Hutchison led the GMC and broke a school record when she hit 10 home runs in 2012. She also led her team with 41 runs batted in and with a .430 on-base percentage.

• Mason softball team statistics

Richardson led Mason in at-bats (102), runs (25), hits (39), doubles (8), triples (2) and in batting average (.375).

Wehby led Mason with 83 assists and had a fielding percentage of .953.

In addition, junior Sami Parave was selected to the all-GMC second team.

As a team, Mason finished with an 18-9 overall record and a 13-5 mark in conference play (finished fourth in the GMC standings). The Comets also won a district title before losing in the regional semifinal to Lebanon during the postseason.

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Sarah Browning (14), Mason High School Junior, pitches in the game against McAuley High School at Mason on May 11, 2011. The Enquirer/ Meg Vogel

Last year, Lakota East and Lakota West were the two schools to watch in the showdown to the Division I state tournament.

Lakota East’s march to the title was memorably stopped short by Lakota West in the regional finals.

But while there’s a good chance these two schools will play major roles in this season’s tournament, other teams, including Mason, will offer up competition.

Enquirer contributor Mark Schmetzer offers this preview of Div. I softball teams.  Here’s what he says about the Lady Comets:

Mason also will be counting on seniors, according to coach Liann Muff. Pitcher Sarah Browning was named first-team all-GMC last season while catcher Margo Hutchinson, shortstop Jill Richardson and third baseman Claire Wehby were second-team picks.

Read how other local teams measure up in cincinnati.com’s Div. I softball preview.

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