Shock, Sammons earn spots on All-MAL baseball 1st team

Aric Shock

Dillon Sammons

Seniors Aric Shock of Mohawk and Dillon Sammons of Carey were among the players named to the All-Midland Athletic League baseball first team.
Mohawk senior Jonathan Morter and junior Andrew Loose, as well as Carey freshman Satchel Strahm, were named to the second team, while Mohawk senior Nathan Weinandy and Carey junior Corbin Blair were honorable mention picks.
Hopewell-Loudon took both of the top honors with Brian Rothrock earning Coach of the Year honors and senior Tyler Tyree named as the Player of the Year.
Shock, a senior center fielder, hit .431 with 18 runs scored and 15 RBIs.
Sammons, Carey’s only senior, batted .400 with one home run, 12 RBIs and 16 runs scored. He held a 6.76 ERA with a 2-8 record and three saves on the mound.
Strahm, the only freshman named on the team, posted a .366 average with 17 runs scored and 12 RBIs. He went 4-1 on the mound with one save and a 4.20 ERA.
Morter, a senior catcher, hit .366 with 12 runs scored and 12 RBIs, while Loose, a junior pitcher and shortstop, was a .304 hitter with 21 runs scored and 11 RBIs. He also went 4-6 with a 3.27 ERA.
Weinandy, a senior, was a clutch power hitter with three home runs and a team-best 32 RBIs and .315 average. He went 5-1 with one save and a 2.63 ERA as the team’s No. 2 starter.
Blair, a junior third baseman, posted a .377 average with 13 RBIs and 15 runs scored.
The league’s top player Tyree was a .511 hitter with six home runs, 43 RBIs and 43 runs scored. He also went 8-1 with one save and a 1.19 ERA on the mound.
Rothrock led the Chieftains to a 25-2 overall record and the MAL championship with an 11-0 mark in league play. Hopewell-Loudon was downed in the district finals.

All-Midland Athletic League baseball
Coach of the year: Brian Rothrock, Hopewell-Loudon.
Player of the year: Tyler Tyree, sr., Hopewell-Loudon.
First team: Logan Sendelbach, sr., Hopewell-Loudon; Jordan Watson, jr., North Baltimore; Billy Diehm, sr., Seneca East; Angelo Jaso, jr., Lakota; Aric Shock, sr., Mohawk; Alex Ratchen, sr., Hopewell-Loudon; Alec Brickner, sr., Tiffin Calvert; Andrew Hohman, jr., New Riegel; Zach Yeckley, jr., Fremont St. Joseph; Jordan Bowerman, jr., Seneca East; Dillon Sammons, sr., Carey; Austin Kuhn, sr., Hopewell-Loudon.
Second team: Brady Hall, jr., New Riegel; Dalton Wise, jr., Seneca East; Skylar Hall, sr., North Baltimore; Matt Frank, sr., Tiffin Calvert; Brandyn Reinhart, jr., New Riegel; Eric Depinet, sr., Hopewell-Loudon; Jonathan Morter, sr., Mohawk; Brian Vamos, sr., Lakota; George Iannantuono, sr., Fostoria St. Wendelin; Andrew Loose, jr., Mohawk; Satchel Strahm, fr., Carey; Kyle Depinet, sr., Seneca East; Eric Tanner, sr., Hopewell-Loudon.
Honorable mention: Austin Harrison, sr., Hopewell-Loudon; Tommy Spader, sr., Fremont St. Joseph; Cole Davidson, jr., Old Fort; Ethan Caudill, so., Seneca East; Josh Nye, jr., New Riegel; Nathan Weinandy, sr., Mohawk; Ryan Huss, sr., Tiffin Calvert; Jordan Harrison, sr., Lakota; Dalton Ishmael, jr., North Baltimore; Dominic King, sr., Bettsville; Mason McWilliams, so., Seneca East; Jake Dryfuse, so., New Riegel; Jordan Reinhart, sr., Hopewell-Loudon; Corbin Blair, jr., Carey.

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