Prep Baseball- The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) released their All-State teams for all four classes and four of our local players found a spot on their respective teams.
Class 1A
Burlington Notre Dame, who earned their 10th state tournament appearance, put a pair of Nikes on the All-State list with Landry Haberichter earning 1st Team honors, while Eli Oleson found a spot on the 2nd Team. This is Haberichter’s third consecutive season making the All-State team, as the senior batted 0.429 for the year and led the conference in home runs, RBIs, and stolen bases. Oleson touted the 8th best batting average in the state at 0.562. The Nike also added 33 RBIs and a conference-leading 14 doubles in a season that awarded him SEISC-South Player of the Year honors.
Cal Heydon of Coon Rapids-Bayard was named the Class 1A Captain.
Class 2A
The Class 2A Captain honor was given to a pair of players in Judd Jirovsky of Grundy Center and JJ Phillips of Pleasantville.
Class 3A
Over in Class 3A, Fairfield’s Archer Kreuter made it back on the All-State team as a 2nd Teamer, while DeAndre Taylor of Burlington claimed his first All-State honor as a member of the 3rd Team. Kreuter led the Southeast Conference in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, and RBIs, and finished second in walks. Taylor had the second-best batting average in the conference to go along with four doubles, three triples, and 21 RBIs at the plate.
Assumption’s Nolan Dittmer claimed Class 3A Captain honors, as the Knight will be playing baseball for Southeastern Community College next spring.
Class 4A
Indianola’s George Blake was named Class 4A Captain.
Super Team
Pitcher: Ryan Stedman (WDM Valley)
Pitcher: Judd Jirovsky (Grundy Center)
Pitcher: Lincoln Dalton (Pleasant Valley)
Pitcher: Brayden Moore (Waukee)
Catcher: Brett Harris (Western Dubuque)
Catcher: Xavier Perez (CR Prairie)
1B: Cal Heydon (Coon Rapids-Bayard)
2B: Evan Schmierer (Iowa City Liberty)
SS: Cal Jepsen (Sioux City East)
3B: Reid Miller (Waukee NW)
OF: Charlie Sarsfield (Linn-Mar)
OF: JJ Phillips (Pleasantville)
OF: Brandon Bea (Davenport North)
OF: George Blake (Indianola)
UT: Nolan Dittmer (Assumption)
UT: Gavin DeJesus (Waukee)
UT: Bryce Pauli (Davenport North)
UT: Tait Tierney (CR Prairie)
UT: Matt Meeker (Waukee)