Garfield-Palouse softball player honored by WIAA

GARFIELD — Kenzi Pedersen is humble about her achievements as a Vikings pitcher in softball, but her efforts got her noticed with a statewide honor.

“She’s a humble person and doesn’t like to talk about it,” said her mother and coach, Rochelle Pedersen.

Pedersen is a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Athlete of the Week for April 7-13.

She was noticed for pitching 10 strikeouts and only allowing a single hit in the Vikings’ season opener versus Sunnyside-Christian. On offense, she went 8 of 9 at bat with a homerun and 17 RBIs.

“She was knocking in two at bat. I’ve never...