Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints' ace leads this y…best - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian 7/6/21, 6:34 PM /)@ABCD !"#$%&'(&)&*#+%,-%&'(&)&./,01&2345434+-4(&)&6417 !"#"$%&'#() *+,#" -()'$+)) ".'$'"$ )."#,) %#,)/0/!(1,(#+ 2""3 )(-(#-) $+'45-"#5""3) ."3!%),) "-',(%#'+) $+6)1+,,+#) *+*.5')/4#'771'+) 4+"22/!%18'$) 5'45/)!5""1/)."#,) 64!/9/2+3+:/),;/<(3+ =>?/2! 4#'771'+)/."3!%), *+*.5')/,'4+#)/-%)8+,-%11 *+*.5')/,'4+#)/2"",-%11 5'45/)!5""1/)."#,) Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints’ ace leads this year’s best 89&:#;+&<,31,(=&>,019&?4/7;0,+ '7@,%4@A&:$19&BC=&DBDC&CADC&!?&*E&)&2$"10(;4@A&:$+4&FB=&DBDC&FACG&2?&*E https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/22742/daily-memphian-postseason-baseball-awards-saints Page 1 of 6 Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints' ace leads this y…best - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian 7/6/21, 6:34 PM -BEABCB@FG/FGABGEHI/JEGCD@B/*ECK/%BH@L/MAK@F/A/GDBNO/GN/DNM@/JPAG@/QRBEHI/ACGENH/AIAEHFG/*()/NH/%JBEP/?S;/%BH@L/EF/GD@/3AEPL *@MJDEAHTF/UAF@UAPP/.PAL@B/NV/GD@/W@AB;&H?,3I&J4"43K>,019&?4/7;0,+&5014L Here are the Daily Memphian baseball postseason award winners, along with coach of the year and all-metro teams for the 2021 season. Honorees were selected based on regular and postseason performance. For corrections or clarifications, please email [email protected]. .PAL@B/NV/GD@/L@AB Mick Arney, Briarcrest, senior: Saints coach Craig Hopkins described Arney during the season as a “shortstop playing pitcher,” and that accurately sums up the player’s value to arguably the area’s best team. Arney was 7-1 with a 1.93 ERA and batted .388 with 35 RBI. The future https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/22742/daily-memphian-postseason-baseball-awards-saints Page 2 of 6 Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints' ace leads this y…best - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian 7/6/21, 6:34 PM Southwest Tennessee Saluqi was the only player from the Shelby-Metro area to be named a Mr. Baseball finalist by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association. He led Briarcrest to a 30-7 record and a runner-up finish in Division 2-AA for just the second time in school history. Finalists: Kaelen Culpepper, St. Benedict, senior; Logan Rushing, Brighton, senior; Grayson Saunier, Collierville, junior; James Smith, Northpoint, junior. >,019&?4/7;0,+&7#(%(4,(#+&%3,-I&,+@&5041@&,M,3@(A&8,3%14%%&,%;14%4( (M447 -AGG@B/NV/GD@/L@AB Pierre Seals, Houston, senior: Despite falling at the sectional round, Houston had one of its best seasons in 2021 and Seals was a big part of the reason why. The senior tied for first in the Shelby-Metro area with seven home runs and finished second in RBI with 36 while batting .419 as the Mustangs finished the year with a record of 34-6. Finalists: Ben Burkhart, MUS, senior; Grant Ross, Collierville, junior; Brock Tapper, DeSoto Central, senior; Anthony Zarlingo, Northpoint, senior. .EGCD@B/NV/GD@/L@AB Brady Tygart, Lewisburg, senior: Tygart, who will play collegiately at Arkansas, was virtually untouchable as the Patriots compiled a 21-8 record and advanced to the second round of the MHSAA Class 6A playoffs before falling to Starkville. The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder compiled a 4-1 record with a stellar 0.31 ERA, stuck out 80 in 45 innings and walked just 17. Finalists: Sam Brumbaugh, CBHS, senior; Thomas Crabtree, Collierville, sophomore; Miller Riggins, Houston, senior; Noah Roland, Tipton- Rosemark, senior. >,019&?4/7;0,+&7#(%(4,(#+&(M0//0+N&,M,3@(A&O,1$%0+N&!310+N%#+=&?6.! https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/22742/daily-memphian-postseason-baseball-awards-saints Page 3 of 6 Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints' ace leads this y…best - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian 7/6/21, 6:34 PM (%,+@#$%( !NACD/NV/GD@/L@AB Ryan Wood, Brighton: Wood guided the Cardinals to places they had never been. Behind a stellar pitching performance from Memphis signee Logan Rushing, Brighton upended Houston in a Class AAA sectional game to advance to Spring Fling for the first time in school history. The Cardinals went 1-2 at state and finished the season 25-16. 3EXEFENH/?/APP9M@GBN/G@AM Gray Bane, Lewisburg, senior; Kaleb Baskin, Brighton, senior; Jacob Buchanan, Brighton, senior; Ledger Carroll, Lewisburg, senior; Joey Caruso, Collierville, sophomore; Thomas Crabtree, Collierville, sophomore; RH Frankland, Houston, senior; Chris Godwin, Covington, junior; Darren Johnson, Southaven, senior; Topher Jones, Hernando, freshman; Dylan Keith, Arlington, senior; Ben Lavelle, Brighton, sophomore; Cade Leatherwood, Collierville, junior. >,019&?4/7;0,+&7#(%(4,(#+&(#5%",11&,M,3@(A&EP!&(4+0#3&-,7%$34(&%#7 ;#+#3 Bradley Loftin, DeSoto Central, junior; Kyle Lowe, Fayette-Ware, junior; Dean McCalla, Houston, sophomore; Connor McCaslin, Arlington, junior; Garrett McKinney, Munford, junior; Braxton Miller, Center Hill, senior; Ryan Musselwhite, DeSoto Central, junior; Landon Myers, Covington, senior; Josh Pack, Lewisburg, senior; Erwin Reed, Horn Lake, junior; Miller Riggins, Houston, senior; Grant Ross, Collierville, junior; Carson Ruffin, Covington, senior. Logan Rushing, Brighton, senior; Brayden Sanders, Lewisburg, senior; Grayson Saunier, Collierville, junior; Pierre Seals, Houston, senior; Galvin Sims, Whitehaven, junior; Chris Swords, Munford, senior; Brock Tapper, DeSoto Central, junior; Brady Tygart, Lewisburg, senior; Holden Warmath, Covington, sophomore; Connor Weaks, Houston, junior; Luke https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/22742/daily-memphian-postseason-baseball-awards-saints Page 4 of 6 Daily Memphian postseason baseball awards: Saints' ace leads this y…best - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian 7/6/21, 6:34 PM Whaley, Collierville, junior; Micah White, Bartlett, junior; C.J. Willis, Bartlett, junior; Tyler Yearwood, Houston, sophomore. >,019&?4/7;0,+&7#(%(4,(#+&%4++0(&,M,3@(A&O%4,3+(=&6$%-;0(#+&@$# ;#+#34@ 3EXEFENH/S/APP9M@GBN/G@AM Mick Arney, Briarcrest, senior; Zach Baker, ECS, junior; Dylan Bowers, CBHS, senior; Hudson Brown, Northpoint, sophomore; Sam Brumbaugh, CBHS, senior; Trey Burd, Briarcrest, senior; Ben Burkhart, MUS, senior; Maddox Crawford, Harding, junior; Kaelen Culpepper, St. Benedict, senior; Bo Culver, Fayette Academy, junior; Michael Dallas, Briarcrest, senior. Luke Ellis, St. Benedict, senior; Ethan Finch, CBHS, sophomore; Joseph Gibson, St. Benedict, senior; Patrick Green, Tipton-Rosemark, senior; Tyler Harrington, Briarcrest, senior; Charlie Horne, St. George’s, junior; Owen Jackson, FACS, senior; Tyler Kamler, FACS, junior; Trenton Lyons, CBHS, sophomore; Peter Nearn, ECS, senior; Jack Newman, Briarcrest, sophomore; Matthew Riley, FACS, senior. Noah Roland, Tipton-Rosemark, senior; Zach Seward, Tipton-Rosemark, senior; Clarkson Shoaf, MUS, junior; James Smith, Northpoint, junior; Jack Staples, Northpoint, senior; Owen Staples, Northpoint, senior; Jonah Sutton, Briarcrest, senior; C.J. Thomas, MUS, senior; Wilson Whittemore, St. George’s, junior; Thomas Williams, Fayette Academy, junior; Anthony Zarlingo, Northpoint, senior. ,".'!) ,))%% )!'%% 5'45/)!5""1/-%)+-%11 -#'%#!#+),/!5#'),'%$/)!5""1 5"(),"$/5'45 1+6')-(#4/5'45 *'!8/%#$+W .'+##+/)+%1) -#%3W/,W4%#, #W%$/6""3 https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/22742/daily-memphian-postseason-baseball-awards-saints Page 5 of 6.