East Islip's Kyra Kreuscher is Newsday's softball player of the year
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Kyra Kreuscher, starting pitcher for East Islip, was named Newsday's softball player of the year for our 2022 All-Long Island team. Kreuscher, who has 274 strikeouts, helped her team to win the Suffolk Class A title. Newsday's Carissa Kellman has the story. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams, Jr.