Coaches name All-District Basbeall Teams

By Mark Carpenter

People’s Defender

The baseball coaches of Ohio’s Southeast District last month released their selections for the 2024 Southeast District All-District Baseball Teams in Divisions III and IV, a list notably full of players from the Southern Hills Athletic Conference. No less than 22 players drom the SHAC received All-District recognition, including seven from Adams County schools. In the baseball All-District choices, the district is divided into East and West, with the schools in the SHAC being part of the West.

Two players from Adams County received First Team honors, North Adams senior Easton Daulton in Division III West and Manchester sophomore Luke Applegate in Division IV West. Also honored from the county were Peebles senior Gage Grooms (Second Team West), North Adams senior Caleb Rothwell (Special Mention West), North Adams senior Ethan Taylor (Special Mention West), Manchester freshman Thomas Barnahrt (Second Team West), and Manchester senior Drew Kennedy (Honorable Mention West).

The SHAC also had two Coaches of the Year, Eastern Brown’s Steve Goetz (Division III West) and Fairfield’s Kyle Zimmerman (Division IV West).

Here are the complete East and West lists for Divisions III and IV.

Division III

First Team East: Grant Wheeler (Minford), Logan Martin, (Wellston), Brycen Hunt (Fairland), Eddie Abele (Oak Hill), Jon Wylie (Ironton), Carson McWhorter (Southeastern), Cam Thacker (Minford), Jordan Schulz (Alexander), Caden Turner (Coal Grove), Dawson Lewis (Rock Hill), Kolton Layman (South Point), Jonathan Brammer (Chesapeake), Brayden Hanshaw (South Point)

Coach of the Year: Eli Daniels (Minford)

Second Team East: Carson Cronin (Minford), Ethan Wall (Fairland), Chaydan Kerns (Ironton), Jayson McFann (Rock Hill), Derek Liston (Belpre), Adrick McLaughin (Belpre), Braxton Oldaker (Chesapeake), Corey Otzenberger (South Point), Brady Moatz (Ironton), Will Briggs (Wellston), Joey Lobaldo (South Point), J.D. Matiz (Minford)

Honorable Mention East: Joey Pfeffier (Southeastern). Rylan Long (Wellston), Alex Morgan (Fairland)

Special Mention East: Eli Pratt (Chesapeake), Drew Denney (Chesapeake), Devin Bloomfield (Coal Grove), Wes Runyon (Coal Grove), Dylan Griffith (Rock Hill), Brady Cremeans (Rock Hill), Blaze Perry (Fairland), Carson Sansom (Fairland), Connor Kleinman (Ironton), Tommy Sheridan (Ironton), Stanley Ving (Alexander), Cameron Oberholzer (Alexander), Mason Davis (Oak Hill), Walker Flowers (Southeastern), Hudson Drake (Southeastern), Rhyan Queen (Minford), Mason Book (Minford), Connor Lambert (Wellston), Evan Canter (Wellston), Blake Church (Belpre), Gage Chapman (South Point), Xathan Haney (South Point)

Division III

First Team West: Josh Young (Zane Trace), Blake Phillips (Zane Trace), Cole Wells (Lynchburg-Clay), Trevin Brooks (Portsmouth), J.T. Williams (Portsmouth), Wyatt Haupt (Eastern Brown), Wylee Sawyer (Eastern Brown), D.J. Crocker (Huntington), Braylon Leach (Huntington), Caden Conn (Wheelersburg), Jake Darlilng (Wheelersburg), Conner Estep (Wheelesburg), Trevor Fike (Ports. West), Easton Daulton (North Adams) , Carson Powell (Valley), Jace Copley (Valley)

Coach of the Year: Steve Goetz (Eastern Brown)

Second Team West: Gage Grooms (Peebles) , Austin Magill (Adena), Andrew Oyer (Huntington), Dillon Hoover (Zane Trace), Landen Jarrell (Zane Trace), Braedon West (Lynchburg-Clay), Jacob Roth (Portsmouth), Carter Vaughn (Eastern Brown), Rowdy Watkins (Wheelersburg), Isaak Tipton (Ports. West), Tate Queen (Valley), Gabe McNeil (Valley)

Honorable Mention West: Brayden Elliott (Huntington), Deandre Berry (Portsmouth)

Special Mention West: Easton Henness (Adena), Mitchell Willis (Huntington), Zach Roth (Portsmouth), Nathaniel Berry (Portsmouth), Isaac Bockway (Wheelersburg), Kolton Salyers (Wheelersburg), Jakob Tipton (Ports. West), Reece Coleman (Ports. West), Caleb Rothwell (North Adams) , Ethan Taylor (North Adams) , Rece Allen (Zane Trace) Logan Shepard (Northwest), Gavin Powell (Northwest), Reece Lute (Northwest)

Division IV

First Team East: Owen Sikorski (Trimble), Alex Collins (Meigs Eastern), Evan Balestra (St. Joseph), Hunter Barnard (S. Webster), Brandon Laudermilt (Southern), Kaiden Michael (Southern), Peyton Buckley (Meigs Eastern), Will Jones (Symmes Valley), Jahvin Davis (South Gallia), Chayse Henry (Trimble), Hayden Jones (Waterford)

Coach of the Year: Chris Stewart (Meigs Eastern)

Second Team East: Bradley Cahoe (Trimble), Bryce Dorsey (Miller), Ethan Edwards (Meigs Eastern), Colton Jones (Waterford), Brayden Otto (Southern), Brycin McClintic (S. Webster), Benaiah Andrews (S. Webster), Landen Inman (Nelsonville-York), Tanner Corn (Symmes Valley), Landon Rowe (St. Joseph)

Honorable Mention East: Brodie Rutter (Federal Hocking), Ayden Conwell (South Gallia)

Special Mention East: Luke Niece (Symmes Valley), Mason Stevenson (Symmes Valley), Brady Medinger (St. Joseph), Darryn Harvey (St. Joseph), Gaige Canter (Miller), Cody Dutiel (Miller), Tanner Boothe (South Gallia), Gavin Richards (Nelsonville-York), Cole Wright (Trimble), Brandon Burdette (Trimble), Cody Mettler (Federal Hocking), Trenton Wilkes (Federal Hocking)

First Team West: Gabe Fouch (Fairfield), Cade Miller (Fairfield), Eli Roberts (Whiteoak), Zander Roades (Whiteoak), Luke Cassidy (Notre Dame), Zane Matthews (Fairfield), Luke Applegate (Manchester) , Nate Brannigan (Green), Jonathan Knapp (Green), Preston Fauber (Paint Valley), Cade Leist (Beaver Eastern)

Coach of the Year: Kyle Zimmerman (Fairfield)

Second Team West: Izayah Clift (Whiteoak), Kaden Moon-Stone (Whiteoak), Thomas Barnhart (Manchester) , Brandon Malone (Ports. Clay), John Free (Paint Valley), Cody Frost (Fairfield), Ethan Kingrey (Notre Dame), Carson Free (Paint Valley), Dustin Bailey (Sciotoville East), Dylan Morton (Beaver Eastern),

Honorable Mention West: Drew Kennedy (Manchester) , Mike Bennett (Western), Corbin Willey (Fairfield), Christian Smith (Beaver Eastern)

Special Mention West: Dakota Clift (Whiteoak), Gavin Kingrey (Paint Valley), Wyatt Willey (Fairfield), Carson Holschun (Ports. Clay), Jayden Jones (Western), Luke Smith (Western), Braxton Consschafsky (Green), Ace Thompson (Green), Cameron Justice (Sciotoville East), Chris Escumilla (Sciotoville East), Braylon Lameron (Beaver Eastern), Nate Havens (Beaver Eastern)