Area players well represented on all-district teams
There may be only 32 teams left in all of the classes playing for a placing at the state tournament, but a couple of local boys are making some noise on a different team, the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches All-District First and Second Teams.
Still in the hunt for another state championship, the Lenox Tigers had two players named to first team all-district and two more put on the second team.
The main man on the mound Ethan Westphal and his counterpart behind the plate Tyler Peterson both received first team honors. Westphal is 13-0 this season with two saves from the rubber and batting .598. On the basepath, the sophomore has totaled eight doubles, four triples and 21 stolen bases.
In his final season as a Tiger, Tyler Peterson is batting .585 and broke the single-season home run record for Lenox with 12. Peterson will continue his education at Iowa State University this fall.
Making second team for the Tigers were juniors Robert Brown and Eric Hensley. Brown has scored 29 runs for Lenox and is maintaining a perfect fielding percentage. Hensley has been a utility man this season, playing multiple spots in the infield and doing a little bit of pitching. He is batting .379 and has a pitching record of 4-1.
Orient-Macksburg
After his senior season was cut short in the first round of districts by conference-rival Elk Horn-Kimballton, Antonio Cruz has been placed on the all-district first team. Cruz was 34-for-34 for stolen bases this season for Orient-Macksburg and led the Bulldogs with three home runs.
Cruz will be in Spartan blue next season on the baseball rooster at Southwestern Community College.
Murray
Caleb Byers, the lone senior on the Murray Mustang lineup, led the team on offense with three home runs and 33 stolen bases.
On defense, Byers was very mobile, playing shortstop and taking on some of the pitching responsibilities most of the season. In this first round of districts, he even did some catching for the Mustangs.
Conference teams
Besides Cruz, the Rolling Hills Conference had four representatives from Iowa Christian Academy, who won their first-ever conference title this season. The Eagles were led by first team selection Keaton Schut, a junior pitcher.
In the Pride of Iowa, Bedford's Jarek Sefrit and Chris Lindenmeyer were placed on the southwest first team and teammates Tim Schweitzer and Cole Park earned second team honors. Interstate-35 had three players on first team for Class 2A and two more on second team, including Sam McKinney, who will be running for Southwestern Community College this fall.
Nathan Cunningham of Wayne was also a first team player and Jacob Schletzbaum and Cass Lester of Pleasantville and Ben Andereson of Central Decatur also represented the POI.
In Class 2A, Carroll Kuemper's Ethan Schoeppner was a second team utility player and teammate Cody Williams was second team outfield. Also from the Hawkeye 10, Denison, Carroll, Glenwood and Harlan all had first and second team nominations and Atlantic had one player make first team. Lewis Central's Denver Lohnes was the lone Triton to make second team in Class 4A.
Class 1A
Northeast District First Team
Pitchers — Cole Welter (Don Bosco, Jr.); Tanner Cooke (NU High, Jr.); Alex Yancey (Lisbon, Sr.); Kyle McCann (Mason City, Newman, Sr.).
Catchers — Jordan Adams (Mason City, Newman, Sr.); Collin Frampton (Don Bosco, Sr.).
1B — Cory Becker (Don Bosco, Sr.).
2B — Kyle Denning (NU High, Soph.).
SS — Brad Denning (NU High, Sr.).
3B — Bo Murley (Janesville, Sr.).
Outfield — Klayton Breitbach (Don Bosco, Sr.); Luke Brace (Janesville, Sr.); Thomas Weber (Mason City, Newman, Sr.).
Utility — Logan Dumolien (Lisbon, Sr.); Jon Lewerke (Mason City, Newman, Sr.); Jordan Reindl (Northwood-Kensett, Sr.).
Northwest District First Team
Pitchers — Griffin Hatten (North Sentral Kossuth, Sr.); Jacob Lehnhoff (Marcus-Mer. Cleghorn, Sr.); Austin Stille (Alta, Sr.); Jake Rus (Spalding Catholic, Sr.).
Catchers — Jeff Gacke (Central Lyon, Sr.); Mark Cronin (Galva-Holstein, Sr.).
1B — Andrew Allerdings (Alta, Sr.).
2B — Jeremy Lambert (Alta, Sr.).
SS — Brock Beadle (North Sentral Kossuth, Jr.).
3B — Jordan Gacke (Central Lyon, Sr.).
Outfield — Tanner Kockler (Remsen St. Marys, Jr.); Jack Mills (Alta, Sr.); Brian Patterson (Bishop Garrigan, Sr.).
Utility — Parker Wells (Newell-Fonda, Sr.); Tyler Johnson (Akron-Westfield, Jr.); Will Hanson (Marcus-Mer. Cleghorn, Jr.).
Central District First Team
Pitchers — Keaton Schut (Iowa Christian Academy, Jr.); Jake Wall (GMG, Sr.); Houston Harreld (Northest Hamilton, Jr.).
Catcher — Cody Matthewson (Madrid, Sr.).
1B — Arley Beane (GMG, Sr.).
2B — Jon Koob (North Tama, Soph.).
SS — Travis Aikey (CAL, Sr.).
3B — Caleb Edwards (North Tama. Jr.).
Outfield — Brendon Boerm (North Tama, Soph.); Brett Johnson (CAL, Jr.); Marcus Mechaelsen (Northeast Hamilton, Frosh.).
Utility — Alex Herink (North Tama, Sr.); Zac Seaman (Northeast Hamilton, Sr.).
Central District Second Team
Pitcher — Colton Barton (Iowa Christian Academy, Soph.).
2B — Nic Schroeder (Iowa Christian Academy, Soph.).
OF — Andrew Klenk (Iowa Christian Academy, Soph.).
Southwest District First Team
Pitchers — Ethan Westphal (Lenox, Soph.); Alex Whigham (Standon, Jr.); Nick Maguire (Treynor, Sr.).
Catchers — Tyler Peterson (Lenox, Sr.); Grant Seuferer (Southeast Warren, Jr.).
1B — Jarek Sefrit (Bedford, Sr.).
2B — Austin Putz (Southeast Warren, Sr.).
SS — Bodhi Cox (Van Meter, Soph.).
3B — Dillon Coates (Martensdale St. Marys, Soph.).
Outfield — Bryce Deeth (Coon Rapids-Bayard, Sr.); Antonio Cruz (Orient-Macksburg, Sr.); Grant Foche (Stanton, Sr.).
Utility — Jake Allen (Treynor, Soph.); Alex Cabbage (Stanton, Sr.); Chris Lindenmeyer (Bedford, Jr.).
Southwest District Second Team
SS — Caleb Byers (Murray, Sr.).
3B — Tim Schweitzer (Bedford, Jr.).
Outfield — Robert Brown (Lenox, Jr.); Cole Parker (Bedford, Sr.).
Utility — Eric Hensley (Lenox, Jr.).
Southeast District First Team
Pitchers — Danny Hershberger (Iowa Mennonite, Sr.); Collin Gingrich (Iowa Mennonite, Sr.); Ryan Powers (Calamus-Wheatland, Jr.); Jordan Hohensee (BGM, Sr.).
Catchers — Logan Goettsch (Calamus-Wheatland, Jr.); Kirk Salnabe (Montzuma, Soph.).
1B — Andy Thomas (Tri County, Jr.).
2B — Bryce Hasley (HLV, Sr.).
SS — Jake McCulley (North Mahaska, Sr.).
3B — Colton Millard (Cardinal-Eldon, Sr.).
Outfield — Ridge Hobbs (New London, Sr.); Jake Davis (North Mahaska, Sr.); Brady Roth (Holy Trinity Catholic, Frosh.).
Utility — Aaron Brown (New London, Sr.); Jessey Ney (Iowa Mennonite, Sr.); Grant Hinrichs (HLV, Sr.).
Class 2A
Northeast District First Team
Pitchers — Evan Felton (Monticello, Sr.); Eric DeSousa (Dyersville, Jr.); Nolan Nuss (Sumner-Fredricksburg, Sr.); Kyle Moses (St. Ansgar, Sr.).
Catchers — Logan Cimmiyotti (St. Ansgar, Sr.); Tom Nesvik (North Fayette, Jr.).
1B — Dallas Hendrickson (St. Ansgar, Sr.).
2B — Franklin Bush (Central Springs, Sr.).
SS — Jordan Howe (Northeast, Sr.).
3B — Matt McCullough (Cascade, Sr.).
Outfield — Reid Hannam (St. Ansgar, Sr.); Eric Rettinger (Dyserville, Sr.); Scott Vierow (North Fayette, Sr.); Nate Trumm (Cascade, Sr.).
Utility — Nick Svare (Garner-Hafield, Jr.); Chance Chilote (Hudson, Sr.); Taylore Ingels (Columbus, Sr.); Issac Willenbring (Dyersville, Jr.).
Northwest District First Team
Pitchers — Marcus Heimstra (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Jr.); Cody Ege (Cherokee, Jr.); Ray Zalabowski (Okoboji, Jr.); Matt Koch (Cherokee, Sr.).
Catchers — Tyler Jones (Cherokee, Sr.); Gabe Wingert (Westwood, Jr.).
1B — Keaton Grevengoed (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Jr.).
2B — Adam Nilles (Sheldon, Jr.).
SS — Taylor Zeutenhorst (Sheldon, Jr.).
3B — Greg Scott (Sloan, Sr.).
Outfield — Trevor Tiefenthaler (Sioux Central, Sr.); Josh Mouw (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Jr.); Kyle Schuett (Cherokee, Sr.).
Utility — Stu Goslinga (Sioux Central, Sr.); Drew McDonough (East Sac County, Sr.); Randy Kippley (West Lyon, Sr.); Nic Bakker (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Jr.).
Central District First Team
Pitchers — Scott Benson (Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Sr.); Joey Flattery (St. Edmound, Sr.); Joe Goodman (Gilbert, Soph.); Tyler Tiffany (Ogden, Sr.).
Catchers — Patrick Flattery (St. Edmound, Sr.); Nick Hutchens (BCLUW, Sr.).
1B — Joe Disney (West Marshall, Sr.).
2B — Eric Kist (Eagle Grove, Sr.).
SS — Wade Morris (BCLUW, Sr.).
3B — Cole Muhlenbrunch (West Fork, Sr.).
Outfield — Jon Flattery (St. Edmound, Sr.); Nick Crawford (BCLUW, Sr.); Josh Arment (Des Moines Christian, Jr.); Kyle Twait (Manson-NW Webster, Jr.).
Utility — John Engler (St. Edmond, Sr.); Eric Swain (Jefferson-Scranton, Sr.); Levi Peters (Twin River Valley, Soph.); Joe Stoker (Gilbert, Sr.).
Southwest District First Team
Pitchers — Blake Brommel (I-35, Jr.); Jake McGruder (St. Alberts, Sr.); Brad Prewitt (Underwood, Sr.); Evan Mikels (Logan-Magnolia, Soph.).
Catchers — Brian Henderson (Underwood, Sr.); Sean Urzendowski (St. Alberts, Sr.).
1B — Cory Cunard (Missouri Valley, Jr.).
2B — Dillon Wickett (I-35, Jr.).
SS — Jake Waters (St. Alberts, Sr.).
3B — Paul Johnson (St. Alberts, Jr.).
Outfield — Quinton Stanaford (Pleasantville, Sr.); Nick Monzu (Missouri Valley, Jr.); Andrew Brown (St. Alberts, Jr.).
Utility — Jake Daniels (I-35, Sr.); Clayton Michael (Riverside, Jr.); Nathan Cunningham (Wayne, Sr.).
Southwest District Second Team
Pitchers — Jacob Schletzbaum (Pleasantville, Jr.); Cory Starble (I-35, Soph.).
Catcher — Cass Lester (Pleasantville, Sr.).
1B — Brandon DeCook (Pleasantville, Sr.).
SS — Ben Andereson (Central Decatur, Sr.).
Outfield — Cody Willams (Carroll Kuemper, Soph.).
Utility — Sam McKinney (I-35, Sr.); Ethan Schoeppener (Carroll Kuemper, Jr.).
Southeast District First Team
Pitchers — Drew Freie (Wilton, Sr.); Alec Crawford (Wilton, Jr.); Brandon Shulista (Solon, Soph.); Calvin Matthews (Davis County, Frosh.).
Catchers — Trent Tappan (Mid-Prairie, Sr.); Trenton Northun (Pekin, Jr.).
1B — Drew Yoder (Mid-Prairie, Sr.).
2B — Cole Schreurs (Louisa-Muscatine, Jr.).
SS — Ben Weeks (Solon, Sr.).
3B — Zach Mosbey (Pekin, Jr.).
Outfield — Cody Strang (Solon, Sr.); Dustin Guihan (West Burlington, Sr.); Abe Kos (Mid-Prarie, Sr.); Ian Hamilton (West Liberty, Sr.).
Utility — Derrick Loveless (Solon, Soph.); Ben Bergman (Solon, Sr.); Colin Brenneman (Mid-Prairie, Sr.); Tyler Nelson (Iowa City Regina, Jr.).
Class 3A
Northeast District First Team
Pitcher — Jordan Kaiser (Benton, Sr.); Landon Lostermann (Western-Dubuque, Sr.); Andy Briggs (Waverly-Shell Rock, Sr.); Adam Feller (Charles City, Sr.).
Catcher — Tony Stenberg (Benton, Sr.); Mitch Gotto (Western Dubuque, Sr.).
1B — Nathan Becker (Center Point-Urbana, Soph.).
2B — Joe Leibfried (Western Dubuque, Sr.).
SS — Josh Becker (Charles City, Sr.).
3B — Dan Marshall (West Deleware, Sr.).
Outfield — Ethan Brown (Benton, Sr.); Robb Jewel (Decorah, Jr.); Jordan Rewerts (Waverly-Shell Rock, Sr.).
Utility — Tyler Smith (Decorah, Jr.); Matt Kastli (Oelwein, Jr.); Daniel Charlier (Dubque Wahlert, Sr.).
Southeast District First Team
Pitchers — Kelly O'Rourke (Williamsburg, Soph.); Ethan Deyo (Keokuk, Sr.); Jay Schmidt (Centerville, Sr.).
Catchers — Zach Posey (Central DeWitt, Sr.); Jake McAllister (Assumption, Sr.).
1B — Henry Krieger-Coble (Mount Pleasant, Soph.).
2B — Greg Oldsen (Central Dewitt, Sr.).
SS — Jake Dunbar (Fairfield, Jr.).
3B — Kaleb Rich (Washington, Jr.).
Outfield — Jordan McCoy (Centerville, Jr.); Jared McIntosh (Assumption, Sr.); Danny Lee (Knoxville, Sr.).
Utility — Ryan Cady (Central DeWitt, Sr.); Michael Kauzlarich (Centerville, Sr.).
Central District First Team
Pitcher — Blane Reutter (Boone, Jr.); Derek Dunn (Carlisle, Jr.); Matt Dermody (Norwalk, Sr.); Zach Roth (Saydel, Jr.).
Catchers — Mikey Henrichs (Carlisle, Sr.); Chris Ely (Boone, Sr.).
1B — Ryan Mertens (Grinnell, Sr.).
2B — Elliot Neuberger (Clear Lake, Soph.).
SS — Josh Frank (Boone, Sr.).
3B — Ben Byriel (Boone, Sr.).
Outfield — Mike Eckhard (Boone, Sr.); Sam Stetzel (Perry, Sr.); Jeremy Sigmund (Dallas Center-Grimes, Jr.).
Utility — Alex Davis (Webster City, Sr.); Jake Kruger (Perry, Soph.); Nyle Larsen (Algona, Jr.); Damon Moran (Boone, Jr.).
West District First Team
Pitchers — Brandon Scherff (Denison, Jr.); Jake Landon (Carroll, Jr.); Tyler Lefeber (Harlan, Sr.).
Catchers — Toam Pertzborn (Storm Lake, Sr.); Eric Croghan (Harlan, Sr.).
1B — Nathan Bruck (Denison, Sr.).
2B — Keith Fandel (Estherville-LC, Sr.).
SS — Jordan Huffman (Sgt. Bluff-Luton, Sr.).
3B — Cody VanNess (Denison, Sr.).
Outfield — Taylor Kaufman (Glenwood, Soph.); Jon Deharn (MOC-Floyd Valley, Sr.); Tyler Candor (LeMars, Sr.).
Utility — Corey Van Gorp (MOC-Floyd Valley, Sr.); Jay Penning (LeMars, Sr.); Taylor Peterson (Atlantic, Jr.).
West District Second Team
Pitchers — Drake Ruth (Glenwood, Soph.); Bobby Sievert (Harlan, Sr.).
Catcher — Bryan Harless (Glenwood, Jr.).
2B — Taylor Starman (Denison, Jr.).
3B — Jeff Hastert (Harlan, Sr.).
Outfield — Kerry Fineran (Denison, Sr.).
Utility — Taylor Ostrich (Carroll, Soph.); Brian Gossett (Carroll, Jr.).
Class 4A
Northeast District First Team
Pitchers — Dakota Freese (CR Washington, Soph.); Chad Christensen (CR Washington, Sr.); Jremy Gerardy (Dubuque, Sr.).
Catchers — Mike Andries (CR Xavier, Sr.); Neil Madsen (Iowa City West, Jr.).
1B — Ryan Murray (CR Washington,Sr.).
2B — Connor McClain (Waterloo West, Jr.).
SS — Kellen Sweeney (CR Jefferson).
3B — Bobby Dean (Dubuque, Sr.).
Outfield — Josh DeBooer (Iowa City West, Sr.); Adam Prybil (Iowa City West, Soph.); Derek Thomas (CR Kennedy).
Utility — Scott Schebler (CR Prarie, Sr.); Sean Moore (Iowa City West, Jr.); Austin Christensen (CR Kennedy, Soph.).
Southeast District First Team
Pitchers — Willie Dodds (Dav. West, Sr.); Darryle Sexton (Clinton); Greg Daniels (North Scott, Sr.)
Catchers — Trevor Kenyon (Dav Central, Jr.)
1B — Billy Dittmer (North Scott, Sr.)
2B — Brock Anderson (Burlington, Sr).
SS — Jake Mangler (Clinton, Jr. ).
3B — Mitch Overstreet (Bentendorf, Sr.).
Outfield — Tyler Gustafson (Burlington); Keigan Scott (Bettendorf, Sr.); Zach Rohlf (Dav. North, Sr.).
Utility — Joey Schlader (Dav. North); Zach Glasgow (Burlington, Sr.).
Central District (South) First Team
Pitchers — Ben Ryder (Ottumwa, Jr.); Jonathan Musser (Dowling, Jr.); Alex Brouwer (Des Moines East, Jr.)
Catchers —Brad Lamberti (Southeast Polk, Jr.); Spencer Navin, (Dowling Jr.)
1B — Josh Otten, (Dowling, Sr.)
2B — Ben Sigmund, (Des Moines East, Jr.)
SS — Ben Lott, (Ottumwa, Jr.).
3B — Matt Widlund, (Des Moines East).
Outfield — Dalton Parrott, (Dowling, Soph); Jeff Woody, (Southeast Polk); Marshal Mahr, (Indianola, Jr.).
Utility — Nate Clark, (Des Moines Hoover); Gage Rhoades, (Des Moines East, Sr.).
Central District (North) First Team
Pitchers — Ryan Torgerson, (Johnson, Sr.); Ricky Sanquist, (Fort Dodge, Sr.); Jimmy Six, (Marshaltown, Sr.)
Catchers —Shaun Miller, (Johnston, Sr.); Andy Smith, (Fort Dodge, Sr.)
1B — T.J. Flanagan, (Marshaltown, Sr.)
2B — Jonathan Nelson, (Johnston, Sr.)
SS — Tyler Crandell, (Ames, Sr.).
3B — Dustin Brisel, (Newton, Sr.).
Outfield — Greg Larpenter, (Johnston, Sr.); Eddy Diosdado, (Fort Dodge, Sr.); Brendton Fifer, West DM Valley, Sr.).
Utility — Tyler Craig, (Urbandale, Jr.); Jake Peter, (Mason City, Soph.).
West District First Team
Pitchers — John Keilman, (Sioux City East, Sr.); Dean McArdle, (Sioux City North); Eric McGlauflin, (Sioux City North, Jr.)
Catchers —Chad Piersma, (Sioux Cit North)
1B — Collin Crowl (Abe Lincoln-Council Bluffs)
2B — C.J. Nolen, (Sioux City West, Sr.)
SS — Damek Tomscha, (Sioux City North).
3B — Trevor Ryba (Lewis Central, Jr.).
Outfield — Eric Toole, (Lewis Central, Soph); Nick Tillo, (Sioux City North, Soph); Britt Anderson, Sioux City East, Jr.).
Utility — Jerad Barth, (Sioux City East, Sr.).
