P32 Sunday, July 31, 2016 | The State Journal-Register STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER ALL-AREA BASEBALL TEAM Rick Dour home run, a two-run shot in the first inning, Beardstown AREA ALL-CONFERENCE launched the Tigers’ 5-0 win over Pleasant pitcher Rick Beardstown Plains in the Class 2A Beardstown Regional Dour DAVID BASEBALL TEAMS Senior pitcher title game. Robertson will attend Spoon River SPENCER/ (x-denotes unanimous selection) A three-time all-area first-team College. THE STATE selection and Honorary Captain APOLLO CONFERENCE JOURNAL- First Team this year led Beardstown to a REGISTER Pitchers — Trevor Durand, Soph., Mount Zion; Ben Drew Winters Sweeney, Sr., Charleston; Riley Martin, Sr., Salem school-record 33 wins against six losses along Position players — D.J. Johns, Soph., Mount Zion; Sammy with Class 2A regional and sectional titles. The Jacksonville Routt Schultz, Jr., Mount Zion; Jonah Smith, Soph., Mount Zion; Sam Gubbins, Jr., Charleston; Kevin Beard, Jr., right-hander finished 11-0 with a 0.22 earned Freshman first baseman Charleston; Cole Steward, Jr., Salem; Brent Beals, Jr., run average, 77 strikeouts, just three walks and Winters combined power and Effingham; Lane Koenig, Jr., Effingham; Sawyer Scott, Sr., Mattoon; Garrette Branson, Soph., Mattoon. 20 hits allowed over 63 innings. Also the Tigers’ plate discipline to make his Taylorville second-team selection: Jr. Drake Allen shortstop, he batted .367 with 26 RBIs and 36 presence felt quickly for the MSM CONFERENCE stolen bases (No. 3 in the area). Will play at young Rockets. He batted an area-leading .558 First Team x-Josh Bormida, Jr., Raymond Lincolnwood; x-Reese Lincoln Land Community College. IHSBCA Class with 13 doubles, eight home runs and 35 RBIs. Snyder, Jr., Raymond Lincolnwood; x-Michael Nilges, Sr., 2A all-state. In addition to a 1.039 slugging percentage, he Lutheran; x-Chandler Myers, Sr., Morrisonville; x-Caden Tri-City co-op, the center fielder batted .463 Monke, Soph., Mount Olive; x-Cade Hennemann, Jr., struck out just eight times in 94 plate appear- and had a .516 on-base percentage. He struck Pawnee; x-Jimmy Staab, Jr., Buffalo Tri-City; x-Steven ances. IHSBCA Class 1A All-State, All-Western Price, Jr., Buffalo Tri-City; Seth Bruhn, Sr., Mount Olive. John Beal out four times in 62 plate appearances. Also Second Team Illinois Valley Conference North Division. Tri-City's top pitcher, Staab went 7-3 with a Hendy Hamilton, Soph., Pawnee; Mitch Bumgardner, Williamsville Jr., Mount Olive; Jon Wheeler, Sr., Lutheran; Adam Deal, 1.85 ERA, striking out 124 and walking just 29. Soph., Morrisonville; Andrew Jones, Jr., Mount Olive; Senior pitcher Talon File Unanimous All-MSM Conference. Nick Campbell, Sr., Buffalo Tri-City; Bryan Graham, A repeat first-team selec- Sr., Raymond Lincolnwood; Kyle Thomas, Sr., Raymond Lincolnwood; Robbie McQuinn, Jr., Lutheran tion, Beal was a leader for the Williamsville Honorable Mention Vince Vignali Chase Tucker, Sr., Buffalo Tri-City; Bryce Parish, Soph., Sangamo Conference champion Junior infielder Mount Olive; Evan Roberts, Jr., Pawnee Bullets on the mound as well as at third base. File played a big role in helping Williamsville He went 9-4 with a 1.35 ERA, striking out 69 and Williamsville to its fifth straight PRAIRIELAND CONFERENCE Senior outfielder First Team walking 13. He also batted .351 with two home regional title and sixth straight Pitchers — x-Blake Begner, Peoria Heights; x-Justin Vignali, a two-time first-team Batterton, South Fulton; x-Kaine Sundquist, Abingdon- runs and 26 RBIs, and he finished with a .919 Sangamo Conference championship. He batted pick, helped the Bullets to a Avon; Nolan Struhs, Abingdon-Avon. fielding percentage. Beal will focus on aca- .415 with a a team-high six home runs and 27 Fielders — x-Riley Gregory, Peoria Heights; x-Alex 28-6 finish with his bat and his Dorethy, South Fulton; x-Blake Hennenfent, Knoxville; demics at the University of Illinois. Unanimous RBIs, and led the Bullets in runs scored (44). glove in center field. He led them in hits (45) x-Shane Coleman, Abingdon-Avon; x-Heath Milan, All-Sangamo Conference. His solo home run lifted the Bullets to a 1-0 Abingdon-Avon; x-Austin Simms, Brimfield-Elmwood; and batting average (.433) with a .528 on-base Lorgan Corsaw, North Fulton; Zach Geltmacher, Bushnell- sectional semifinal win over Auburn. File struck percentage. He also had a .962 fielding per- West Prairie; Christian Downs, Rushville-Industry; Brett out just five times in 124 plate appearances and Fordyce, Abingdon-Avon; Cade Landsford, Farmington; Reid Detmers centage. Vignali plans to play football at St. Tanner Crowe, Farmington; Trenton Chasteen, Lewistown had a .929 fielding percentage. IHSBCA Class Area second-team selection — Fielders: Zach Pringle, Ambrose. Unanimous All-Sangamo Conference. Havana Nokomis 2A all-state, All-Sangamo Conference. Area special mention — Fielders: Dalton Phillips, Junior pitcher Rushville-Industry; Isaac Rhinehart, Havana Rhett Zahradka Team Sportsmanship Award — Bushnell_West Prairie Another two-time first-team Dalton Fletcher pick, the left-handed Detmers PRAIRIE STATE CONFERENCE Pana First Team continued his dominance as he Athens Senior outfielder Pitchers — Reid Detmers, Nokomis; Brady McAfee, Alton went 8-1 with a 1.16 ERA. He had 117 strikeouts Senior infielder Marquette. Zahradka was a four-sport Catcher — Ryan Archibald, Nokomis against just eight walks, giving up just 21 hits Fletcher, one of the area's top athlete at Pana, and he used Outfielders — Jonny Darrah, Mount Olive; Adam Brewer, in 60 innings for Nokomis’ Class 1A regional and multi-sport athletes, was a Bunker Hill; Jacob File, Alton Marquette his athleticism to patrol center Infielders — Eli Jacobs, Edwardsville Metro-East Prairie State Conference champions (20-10). force for the Warriors. He led Lutheran; Andrew Herpstreith, Nokomis; Mitch field for the baseball team. He led the team Bumgardner, Mount Olive; Paul Kubiceck, Edwardsville He pitched one perfect game and two other no- them in hitting (.474) along with 34 RBIs and in batting average (.410), hits (32) and runs Metro-East Lutheran hitters, and also batted .366 with four homers 37 stolen bases (second in the area). Fletcher, Designated hitter — Caden Monke, Mount Olive (20), and he committed three errors all season. Utility player — Brendan Friesland, Nokomis and 26 RBIs. Detmers is committed to Louisville. who finished with a .402 career batting average, Zahradka also had a 3.35 ERA. First-team South IHSBCA Class 1A all-state, All-Prairie State also went 3-1 pitching with a 1.80 ERA this year. SANGAMO CONFERENCE Central Conference. First Team Conference. Will play at Lincoln Land Community College. x-Tristan Weaver, Auburn; x-John Beal, Williamsville; Unanimous All-Sangamo Conference, first-team x-Vince Vignali, Williamsville; x-Ryan Roscetti, Riverton; x-Jose Parga, New Berlin; x-Dalton Fletcher, Athens; Tomahawk Conference. Andrew Herpstreith x-Cole Greer, Pleasant Plains; x-Sep Mattera, Pleasant Tristan Weaver Plains; Talon File, Williamsville; Devin Lasanska, Nokomis Petersburg PORTA; Joe Roscetti, Williamsville; Marc Auburn Hinkle, Riverton; Johnny Steinwart, Pleasant Plains Cole Greer Junior designated hitter Second Team Senior pitcher Herpstreith manned shortstop Zak Merchant, Riverton; Cayden Muench, Auburn; Ben The fourth returning all-area Pleasant Plains Johnson, Auburn; Charles Molitoris, Athens; Daulton for Nokomis and had a great Nibbe, Pleasant Plains; Grant Graham, North Mac; Cody pitcher, Weaver had a stellar Junior infielder year at the plate, batting .500 Womack, Williamsville; T.J. Painter, Pleasant Plains; season in leading the Trojans to A first-team pick for the second Mason Reiff, Athens; Blake Sutton, Petersburg PORTA; Tai with eight doubles, five triples and 27 RBIs. He Haney, Auburn; Jackson Allen, Petersburg PORTA; Beau a 22-9 record and Class 2A regional title. His 5-5 straight year, Greer helped set single-season school records for hits (54) Atkins, Riverton; Kole Renken, Mason City Illini Central; record, which included several narrow losses, lead the Cardinals to their 23rd Steven Orr, New Berlin; Justin Beggs, Williamsville and runs (41) and struck out just five times in Honorable Mention couldn’t overshadow 151 strikeouts, 10 walks straight 20-win season. He batted a team- 108 at-bats. All-Prairie State Conference. Matt Helm, New Berlin; Brady Dowson, Auburn and 31 hits allowed over 70 innings. He struck leading .453 from his leadoff spot, had a .586 SOUTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE out 24 (ninth on the state list) and allowed no on-base percentage, scored a team-high 44 First Team Austin Gusewelle Pitchers — Collin Baumgartner, Jr., Piasa Southwestern; baserunners in nine innings of a no-decision runs (tied with Talon File for the area lead) and Austin Gusewelle, Sr., Staunton; Tanner Davis, Sr., against Pawnee, and he later struck out 19 in a led the area in stolen bases (43). Greer struck Roxana Staunton Catcher — Nathan Casey, Soph., Vandalia regional championship win over Quincy Notre out just six times in 141 plate appearances, and Senior utility player Infielders — Scott Kasting, Sr., Piasa Southwestern; Jake Dame. Will play at Lincoln Land. IHSBCA Class he had a .908 fielding percentage at shortstop. Carter, Sr., Carlinville; Collin Baumgartner, Jr., Piasa Staunton won the South Central Southwestern; Austin Gusewelle, Sr., Staunton; Richie 2A all-state, unanimous Sangamo Conference. IHSBCA Class 2A all-state, unanimous All-San- Conference title for the first Well, Jr., Vandalia. Outfielders — Ryan Hutchinson, Jr., Greenville; Blake gamo Conference. time since 1984, and Gusewelle Vandiver, Sr., Roxana; Rhett Zahradka, Sr., Pana; Marcus Karl, Soph., Staunton. Will Robertson was a big reason why. Playing shortstop and Designated hitter/utility — Brennen Bazzell, Sr., Piasa Jimmy Staab pitching, he batted .549 with 12 doubles, six Southwestern Beardstown Area second-team selections triples, five home runs and 37 RBIs. He also Sam Alender, Sr. P, Staunton; Christian Hernandez, Senior catcher Buffalo Tri-City struck out just four times in 112 plate appear- Soph.