Four Montezuma Braves have been chosen to various all-SICL conference teams by the league’s coaches.
Junior outfielder-pitcher Garrett Watts was a unanimous first team selection.
Senior Owen Cook made the second team as a pitcher.
Senior infielder-pitcher Colten Benson earned honorable mention, as did freshman utility player and pitcher Luke Erselius.
Watts was a .452 hitter for the Braves, going 28-for-62 on the season, with an on base percentage of .469 and a slugging percentage of .576.
His 12 runs and 32 total bases led the Braves.
Watts hit four doubles and drove in 6 runs. He was 16-for-18 on stolen bases, tops on the team, and fielded .880 on 25 chances.
As a pitcher, he appeared in seven games, six of them as the starter. His won-loss record was 2-3. He pitched 29.1 innings, allowing 29 hits and 25 runs, 14 of them earned.
Watts walked 28 batters and struck out 30, and had an earned run average of 3.34 per seven innings.
Owen Cook appeared in and started 8 games as a pitcher, with a 4-3 record.
Probably his most notable feat was an earned run average of .068. He yielded 19 runs, but just five were earned.
Cook pitched 51.0 innings and opponents batted just .162 against him . He walked 18, and struck out 78.
Cook as a batter hit .292, with four doubles and five runs batted in. He was seven-for-eight on stolen bases. He was a .918 fielder on 61 chances.
Senior Colton Benson was a .236 hitter with three doubles and five runs batted in. He was three-for-three in stolen bases.
A first baseman and pitcher, Benson was a .973 fielder on 75 chances.
As a pitcher, Colton appeared in six games, with one start. He didn’t figure in a decision.
Benson pitched 9.0 innings, and opponents hit .421 against him. He allowed eight runs, six of them earned and had an earned run average of 4.67.
Freshman Luke Erselius was a .256 hitter, with two doubles and four runs batted in. He scored 10 runs, which was second on the team, and went four-for-five in stolen bases. He was a .765 fielder on 34 chances.
As a pitcher, Luke appeared in eight games with one start and had a 1-1 won-loss recod.
He worked 12.2 innings. Opponents hit .258 against him. His earned run average was 6.08.
Luke walked nine hitters and struck out nine.
1 st Team SICL Baseball
Pitchers
Lynnville Sully – Connor Maston *
Sigourney -Caden Clarahan
Belle Plaine Keaton Parrot
Catchers
Lynnville Sully – Corder Noun-Harder
North Mahaska – Ben Johannes
Infielders
Lynnville Sully – Lannon Montgomery
Sigourney – Jake Moore *
North Mahaska – Nate Sampson
BGM – Jake Maurer
HLV – Max Henstorf
Outfielders
Lynnville Sully – Caleb Rea *
Sigourney – Reid Molyneaux *
North Mahaska – Nash Smith *
Montezuma – Garrett Watts *
Utility
Lynnville Sully – Bryce Richards
Belle Plaine – Jack Schwenn
2nd Team – SICL Baseball
Pitchers
Lynnville Sully – Lucas Sieck
Montezuma – Owen Cook
Belle Plaine – Ty Alcott
Catchers
HLV – Boston York
BGM – Mason Maschmann
Infielders
Lynnville Sully – Carson Maston
Sigourney – Brady Clark
Belle Plaine – Nate Hoover
Iowa Valley -Caleb Haack
BGM – Beau Burns
Outfielders
Lynnville-Sully – Blake VanWyk
Sigourney – Isaac Bruns
Belle Plaine – Connor Timm
Keota – Evan Vittetoe
Iowa Valley – Caden Knapp
English Valleys – Landon Montross
Utility
Sigourney – Ty Shafranek
Keota – Aiden Anderson
Honorable Mention
HLV
Kyler Gorsh
Bryer Jack
Lynnville Sully
CJ Nikkel
Reese Dunsbergen
Iowa Valley
Nolan Kriegel
Beau Long
BGM
Dom Coleman
Kieran Sacora
Colfax-Mingo
Cael Bracewell
Nathan Sloan
Sigourney
Cole McKay
Keota
Caleb Waterhouse
Tanner Waterhouse
Montezuma
Colton Benson
Luke Erselius
English Valleys
Levi Molyneux
Luke Moore
Belle Plaine
Brock Dodd
Kanyon Schwab
North Mahaska
Jack Kelderman
Nolan Andersen
Coach of the Year
Lynnville Sully – Scott Alberts
Golden Award
Joe Earles – Colfax-Mingo
* denotes unanimous selection