OA News All-Area baseball 2009…Get you some more
Those three at the top are Beauregard’s Hayden Hillyer and Auburn High’s Reid Carter and Matt Cimo.
They won the OA News All-Area baseball 2009 sweepstakes. Their prize? A picture in the paper and junk.
Hillyer, a senior outfielder, is the Hitter of the Year. Read more about him here.
Carter? Well, he’s the Pitcher of the Year. Read more about the senior right here.
And Cimo is the Coach of the Year. And more information pertaining to his person can be found at this location.
For a word on my methodology in picking these teams, check out my softball post from yesterday.
And here is your first team (you can also look at it here):
— Brett Bowers, Sr., OF, Glenwood (AISA): 1st-team All-State, hit .466, set school records in hits (62) and triples (8).
— Kyle Brown, Jr., 1B/P, Beauregard (5A): Honorable mention All-State, hit .339 with nine home runs, 46 RBI and went 7-2.
— Cameron Carleton, Soph., P, Dadeville (3A): Honorable mention All-State, went 6-1 with a 1.02 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
— Reid Carter, Sr., P, Auburn (6A): 1st-team All-State, OA News Pitcher of the Year, went 9-2 with a 2.02 ERA and 57 strikeouts.
— Tanner Cimo, Soph., 2B, Auburn (6A): 1st-team All-State, hit .356 with 11 doubles, four home runs and 26 RBI.
— Jesse Dodgen, Sr., SS/P, Valley (5A): Hit .434 with three home runs and 21 RBI, went 6-2 with a 2.23 ERA.
— Drew Eiland, Jr., P, Auburn (6A): Honorable mention All-State, went 7-1 with a 0.79 ERA and led team with four saves.
— Jace Harper, Sr., 2B, Lee-Scott (AISA): Honorable mention All-State, hit .398 with four home runs and 11 doubles.
— Zach Helewski, Jr., P, Smiths Station (6A): Went 4-3 with a 2.01 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 62 innings.
— Hayden Hillyer, Sr., OF, Beauregard (5A): 1st-team All-State, OA News Hitter of the Year, hit .478, set school records in hits (55) and doubles (18).
— David Langley, Sr., OF, Glenwood (AISA): 1st-team All-State, hit .437 with six home runs, 22 doubles and 58 RBI.
— Grant Massey, Soph., 3B, Auburn (6A): Honorable mention All-State, hit .403 with six home runs, 39 RBI and slugged .677.
— Jordan Moran, Sr., 1B, Dadeville (3A): Honorable mention All-State, hit .427 with 16 doubles, 28 RBI and a .526 OBP.
— Scott Norrell, Sr., P, Auburn (6A): Went 8-0 with a 1.98 ERA, allowed 4.6 hits per seven innings.
— Tyler Sheridan, Sr., OF, Opelika (6A): Hit .384 with two home runs and a .463 OBP.
— Todd Thompson, Jr., OF, Auburn (6A): Honorable mention All-State, hit .328 with 53 runs, 37 walks and a .488 OBP.
— Mathew Tooker, Sr., 3B/P, Glenwood (AISA): 1st-team All-State, AISA MVP, hit .452 with 51 RBI, went 10-0 with 1.96 ERA.
— Cody Weems, Sr., C, Beauregard (5A): 1st-team All-State, hit .340 with 10 home runs, slugged school-record .777.
As with softball, there were a couple of players that it pained me just a little to leave off the team. Here are my top three near misses:
— Stevie Argo, Sr., OF/P, Glenwood (AISA): Honorable mention All-State, hit .416 and went 9-2 with a 2.20 ERA.
— Quinn Harrelson, Jr., OF, Dadeville (3A): Honorable mention All-State, hit .395 with three home runs and 39 RBI.
— Rory Spurlock, Sr., P, Springwood (AISA): Went 5-1 with a 0.89 ERA and 80 strikeouts.
So there you have it. Thanks again to all the coaches for all the information and players for making themselves available for the pictures.
And again Vasha Hunt and Cliff Williams for being able to figure out aperture width, lighting and all that good stuff. Because I sure can’t.
