Area Players Receive 2023 Baseball All-State Honors
Several area baseball players were named to the 2023 Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association (MHSBCA) All-State teams. In Class 1 Green City and Community R-6 had multiple players receive All-State honors. First-team honors went to Community pitcher Mason Carroll and utility player Gavin Allen, along with Green City infielder Aaron Peavler. Community outfielder Ayden Meranda was named to the second team. Green City catcher Grant O’Haver and infielder Ty Hall were the Gophers’ second-team representatives. Higbee pitcher Derek Rockett also earned second-team honors. Green City pitcher Jaden O’Haver was the lone local honorable mention in Class 1.
Salisbury, Harrisburg, Putnam County, Knox County, Milan and Scotland County all had representatives in Class 2. Putnam County infielders Brayden McReynolds and Mason Morris received first-team honors along with Salisbury pitcher Eli Wekenborg and outfielder Eli Jackson, Knox County catcher Robert Dooley and Scotland County catcher Ian Wilson. Second-team honors went to Salisbury pitcher Ethan Hamilton, Milan pitcher Keaton Weter and Harrisburg infielder Brayden Ott. Knox County had two players receive honorable mention status in pitcher Rylan Roberts and infielder Braxton McCurren. Putnam County pitcher Vinnie Jones was also received an honorable mention.
South Shelby had the lone local representatives in Class 3. Infielder Lucas Magruder was named to the first team while pitcher PJ Schmidt was an honorable mention.
In Class 4 Fulton, Macon, Hallsville, Southern Boone, Centralia and Father Tolton were all represented. Father Tolton had the lone first-teamer with pitcher Cam Lee. Fulton pitcher Dustin Hagens and infielder Gabe Defily were both named to the second team. Honorable mentions went to Hallsville pitcher Andrew Orscheln, infielders Gage Lewis of Macon, Lucas Wietholder of Father Tolton and Jace Reynolds of Southern Boone, and outfielders Jack Romine of Centralia and Austin Evans of Southern Boone. Utility player Ryker Zimmerman of Southern Boone also received an honorable mention.
2023 MHSBCA CLASS 1 ALL STATE TEAM
PITCHERS – FIRST TEAM
SR CALEB OLIGSCHLAEGER ST. ELIZABETH
SR MEMPHIS BLILEY PLATTE VALLEY
SR LUKE BARNES COOTER
JR MASON CARROLL COMMUNITY R-6
PITCHERS – SECOND TEAM
SR GAVIN KILLION NORTHWEST HUGHESVILLE
SR KOLTEN PAYNE ORAN
JR ISAAC GREEN ST. ELIZABETH
SOPH HADEN TERRILL WELLINGTON NAPOLEON
PITCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR GRANT BURSON NORTHWEST HIUGHESVILLE
SOPH JADEN O’HAVER GREEN CITY R-1
SR CODY SHACKELFORD LEETON
JR LANDON KROHN PRINCETON
CATCHERS – FIRST TEAM
SR JACE KESEL ST. ELIZABETH
SR CARTER DALTON NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN
JR CARTER RICE SACRED HEART
CATCHERS –SECOND TEAM
SR NIC MASSEY ORAN
SR WYATT MILLER PLATTE VALLEY
SR GRANT O’HAVER GREEN CITY R-1
CATCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
JR KALEB COLEMAN LIBERAL
SR JUSTIN FLOYD LEETON
SOPH COLE MEDSKER SOUTH HOLT
INFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SOPH BLAKE WOBBE ST. ELIZABETH
JR JUSTIN PAYNE LIBERAL
SR ISAAC NIETERS NORTHWEST HUGHESVILLE
JR HANK EGGERMAN LOCKWOOD
SR LEVI HOLTMEYER ST. ELIZABETH
SR AARON PEAVLER GREEN CITY R-1
INFIELDERS –SECOND TEAM
SOPH JOE HEATER WELLINGTON NAPOLEON
FR AIDEN DUNAGAN NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN
SOPH KOLE WILES LIBERAL
SOPH TY HALL GREEN CITY R-1
JR CONNER RICE SACRED HEART
INFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
JR BRODIE WILSON LIBERAL
SR TANNER DAMLO SACRED HEART
SR RADER BOYD LOCKWOOD
SOPH LEE LAMBETH WEAUBLEAU
OUTFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SOPH GAVIN WILLIAMS ST. ELIZABETH
SR PAYTON MORROW LIBERAL
SR RHOADS LYNN COOTER
JR ALEX MATTSON PLATTE VALLEY
OUTFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SR CHASE RAY LIBERAL
SOPH NOAH CHIPMAN ST. ELIZABETH
SR AYDEN MERANDA COMMUNITY R-6
JR BRANDON MCQUEEN PLATTE VALLEY
OUTFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR LUKE PETERSON ORAN
SR DYLAN SNIDER LOCKWOOD
JR BLANE DURNELL WEAUBLEAU
DH/UTILITY – FIRST TEAM
FR ELI KEMNA ST. ELIZABETH
SR HAYDEN NAZARENUS COOTER
SR DAVIN SAWYER WHEATLAND
SR GAVIN ALLEN COMMUNITY R-6
DH/UTILITY – SECOND TEAM
JR DEREK ROCKETT HIGBEE
SR NATE SMITH LIBERAL
SR CONNOR RHORER PILOT GROVE
DH/UTILITY – HONORABLE MENTION
JR GAVIN CALDWELL SACRED HEART
SOPH LANDON WIEDERHOLT PLATTE VALLEY
SR EMMETT FINKELDEI SANTA FE
CLASS 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR –
JACE KESEL ST. ELIZABETH
2023 MHSBCA CLASS 2 ALL-STATE TEAM
PITCHERS – FIRST TEAM
SR BROCK MOONEYHAM ASH GROVE
JR LEVI MCKINNIE CHAFFEE
SR ELI WEKENBORG SALISBURY
SR CHADE NOBLE SEYMOUR
PITCHERS – SECOND TEAM
SOPH TANNER PATTERSON IBERIA
SOPH LUCAS CASHMAN TIPTON
SR ETHAN HAMILTON SALISBURY
SOPH KEATON WETER MILAN
PITCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SOPH VINCENT JONES PUTNAM COUNTY
SR RYLAN ROBERTS KNOX COUNTY
SR JACOB SAFFLE EAST CARTER
SR GARRETT HOGARD EUGENE
CATCHERS – FIRST TEAM
JR ROBERT DOOLEY KNOX COUNTY
SR WYATT MORAN PLATTSBURG
SR IAN WILSON SCOTLAND COUNTY
CATCHERS – SECOND TEAM
JR COY SOBOTKA MAYSVILLE
SR JON ROLLHAUS ASH GROVE
JR TYLER BAER TIPTON
CATCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR BOSTEN GOETZ PURDY
SR JAKE SCHULTE RUSSELLVILLE
JR LOGAN SEEL IBERIA
SR BRADY JOHNSON MILLER
INFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SR BRAYDEN MCREYNOLDS PUTNAM COUNTY
SR JACKSON LEWIS PLATTSBURG
JR TREY PORTER GREENVILLE
SR EZEQUIEL GARCIA PURDY
SOPH MASON MORRIS PUTNAM COUNTY
INFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SOPH WYATT DUCOS CREST RIDGE
SR CLAYTON RALEY PIERCE CITY
SOPH EASTON FOWLER CHAFFEE
SOPH DILLON WILLIS MAYSVILLE
SR BRAYDEN OTT HARRISBURG
INFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SOPH HUNTER LUNA GAINESVILLE
SOPH SAM SCHULTE EUGENE
JR TALAN MCDANIEL GREEENVILLE
SR JARED JACKSON NEW COVENANT
SR BRAXTON MCCURREN KNOX COUNTY
OUTFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SR PARKER CROW ASH GROVE
SR ANTHONY ALICEA HARRISBURG
JR ELI JACKSON SALISBURY
SR CHRISTOPHER SEAVER RUSSELLVILLE
OUTFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SR TYLER TUMMONS ASH GROVE
JR MAX HEINTZ MAYSVILLE
JR EASTON EVANS GREENVILLE
SR TRAVIS HUGHES PURDY
OUTFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR AIDEN YARGER GAINESVILLE
JR LUKE RASMUSSEN SEYMOUR
JR CARSON SPIES CHAFFEE
SR DYLAN HENRY SEYMOUR
DH/UTILITY – FIRST TEAM
JR BRYCE DAVIS ASH GROVE
SR CONNOR LYNDE LINCOLN
SR CHARLIE MILLER RUSSELLVILLE
DH/UTILITY – SECOND TEAM
SOPH NOAH RIEMENSNIDER IBERIA
JR CHRISTIAN BOBZIN ST. PAUL-CONCORDIA
SR TRISTON BRUEGMAN MARION C. EARLY
SR GAVIN LOCKE CONCORDIA
DH/UTILITY – HONORABLE MENTION
JR AVYN BURKHART WINDSOR
SR JOSH BROWN PURDY
SR JESSE DANIEL RUSSELLVILLE
CLASS 2 PLAYER OF THE YEAR –
PARKER CROW ASH GROVE
2023 MHSBCA CLASS 3 ALL STATE TEAM
PITCHERS – FIRST TEAM
JR KELLAR DAVIS LICKING
SR JACOB MARTIN SOUTH CALLAWAY
JR GAVIN WOODSON ELSBERRY
JR TRISTAN HUNTER FORSYTH
PITCHERS – SECOND TEAM
JR KEYTON COOK LICKING
SR PEYTON HODGES EAST PRAIRIE
JR LANE CHAPMAN LAWSON
SR JOSIAH GOLDEN LAFAYETTE COUNTY
PITCHERS- HONORABLE MENTION
JR GRANT FALLERT VALLE CATHOLIC
SR AARON GROSS FORSYTH
SR PJ SCHMIDT SOUTH SHELBY
SR PHILLIP PELTES DUCHESNE
CATCHERS – FIRST TEAM
SR MALACHI ANTLE LICKING
SOPH CALE JOHNSON STOCKTON
SR NICK BAGLEY WARSAW
CATCHERS – SECOND TEAM
JR ALEX VIOX VALLE CATHOLIC
SR BRYAN PAYNE BOURBON
SOPH SAM JOST DUCHESNE
CATCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
JR OWEN REES SOUTH CALLAWAY
SOPH JAKE MAXWELL CONWAY
SR RYAN WOLFE HOUSTON
INFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
JR RYAN LEPPER SOUTH CALLAWAY
SOPH WILL GEARY VALLEY PARK
SR GARYN HALL HOUSTON
SR LUCAS MAGRUDER SOUTH SHELBY
JR MASON ADAMS PORTAGEVILLE
INFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SOPH HUDSEN DUNLAP WEST COUNTY
SOPH BRAXTON GROSS FORSYTH
SR BROXTON COLE LAWSON
SR HARRISON BISHOP MONTGOMERY COUNTY
JR BLAKE HENRY BELLE
INFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
FR JACKSON NIKODYM DUCHESNE
SR CHASE FALLERT VALLE CATHOLIC
SR THOMAS FRAKES PORTAGEVILLE
SOPH CAYDEN WOLFE DUCHESNE
JR GAGE BUSBY EAST BUCHANAN
OUTFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
JR AARON DUNLAP PORTAGEVILLE
JR GAVIN MOORE HERMANN
SR KADEN KINSLER ELSBERRY
SR CALEB BRIGGS ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
OUTFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SR GAGE WHITAKER WARSAW
SOPH BRIXON BILYEU CONWAY
JR AIDEN KELLY HOUSTON
SR JEFF CHITWOOD VALLEY PARK
OUTFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
JR REID HARRISON COLE CAMP
SR WYATT DOWNS STOCKTON
JR LEVI MARSHALL PLEASANT HOPE
SR CHASE VONHOLTEN COLE CAMP
DH/UTILITY – FIRST TEAM
SR PARKER ANDERSON HERMANN
JR RUSTY BUCKNER LICKING
SR CADEN MERRILL WEST COUNTY
DH/UTILITY – SECOND TEAM
SR TREY BENTHAL PORTAGEVILLE
JR CARTER KINKAED BELLE
SOPH EASTON HUBBARD STOCKTON
JR JACE ELLIS MONTGOMERY COUNTY
DH/UTILITY – HONORABLE MENTION
JR DANE DAUGHERTY SOUTH CALLAWAY
SR GARRETT SMITH HOLDEN
SOPH KENDALL BAGLEY WARSAW
CLASS 3 PLAYER OF THE YEAR –
PARKER ANDERSON HERMANN
2023 MHSBCA CLASS 4 ALL STATE TEAM
PITCHERS – FIRST TEAM
SR BOWEN BRANTINGHAM JOHN BURROUGHS
SR WIL LIBBERT BLAIR OAKS
SR BEN SMITH SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC
SR CASEN MURPHY CENTRAL PARK HILLS
PITCHERS – SECOND TEAM
SR DUSTIN HAGENS FULTON
SR JACKSON MURRY ODESSA
SR BRODY MCNEIL LOGAN ROGERSVILLE
SR COLEMAN MORRISON SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC
PITCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR ANDREW ORSCHELN HALLSVILLE
SR AIDEN MOFFETT ST. JAMES
SR MARCUS YOUNG MONETT
JR JACOB TELLMAN BLAIR OAKS
CATCHERS – FIRST TEAM
JR CHARLIE KARLOVIC JOHN BURROUGHS
SR LOGAN RIPPER SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC
SR MASON DANNER EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
CATCHERS – SECOND TEAM
SR NOAH CARROW LOGAN ROGERSVILLE
SR JACOB HOERNSCHMEYER FATHER TOLTON
JR BRYCE WILLIAMS WRIGHT CITY
CATCHERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SOPH JAXON JONES CENTRAL PARK HILLS
JR CADE BESHORE NEVADA
SR JUDE GREAVES OAK GROVE
INFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SR CURRY SUTHERLAND LOGAN ROGERSVILLE
SS DREW VAUGHAN MOUNTAIN GROVE
SR NICK MOORE WRIGHT CIYT
JR CALVIN GELLE JOHN BURROUGHS
SR HAYZE HOFFMAN AURORA
INFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
SR JACK ENGER JOHN BURROUGHS
SOPH GABE DEFILY FULTON
JR GAVIN SCHMIDT SULLIVAN
SR BROC DUSEK EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
JR BRADY CREECH WINFIELD
INFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
SR GAGE LEWIS MACON
SOPH LUCAS WIETHOLDER FATHER TOLTON
JR JACE REYNOLDS SOUTHERN BOONE
SR JASON GARNER MONETT
JR DREW SALLEE ODESSA
OUTFIELDERS – FIRST TEAM
SR JULIAN SCHENCK JOHN BURROUGHS
JR CAM LEE FATHER TOLTON
JR NOAH GRAMLING ST. CHARLES WEST
JR HENRY CORDES MICDS
OUTFIELDERS – SECOND TEAM
JR GRIFFIN BARNETT JOHN BURROUGHS
JR BEN RUTER SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC
SR BRENDAN BLACKBURN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
SR KOLE STARLIN PLEASANT HILL
OUTFIELDERS – HONORABLE MENTION
JR HEATH HOFFMAN AURORA
SR JACK ROMINE CENTRALIA
JR AUSTIN EVANS SOUTHERN BOONE
SOPH AIDAN CLAPPER MONETT
DH/UTILITY – FIRST TEAM
SR CASE SANDERSON NEVADA
SR LUCAS DILLMAN EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
SR JACK ROLLO MICDS
DH/UTILITY – SECOND TEAM
SOPH BRENAN GOERING ST. CHARLES WEST
JR QUINTON JONES UNIVERSITY ACADEMY
JR HUNTER HEES ELDON
DH/UTILITY – HONORABLE MENTION
JR HOYT MATHEWS MOUNTAIN GROVE
JR RYKER ZIMMERMAN SOUTHERN BOONE
SR COLSON MOORE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
CLASS 4 PLAYER OF THE YEAR –
BOWEN BRANTINGHAM JOHN BURROUGHS
