tbgfan 856 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Congrats to Jordy Barnett and the rest of the players. Barnett earns SWD player of year honors Staff reports Bluefield Daily Telegraph Thu, Jun 05 2008 — Richlands senior pitcher Jordan Barnett has been selected as the Southwest District Player of the Year for the second season in a row. Barnett, who will next play for Limestone College, led the Blue Tornado to a 23-1 record and an SWD regular season and tournament title. Richlands junior catcher Joel Elswick and Tazewell’s Taylor Herald and T.J. Taxley were first team honorees. All-Southwest District Baseball First Team P—Jordan Barnett, Richlands; Zack Witt, Abingdon; C—Joel Elswick, Richlands; 1B—Taylor Herald, Tazewell; 2B—Cody Billiter, Grundy; 3B—Mike Kelly, Carroll County; SS—Justin Malone, Abingdon; OF—Nathan Hagy, Abingdon; T.J. Martin, Carroll County; Tyler Nicely, Marion; DH—T.J. Taxley, Tazewell; UTL—Matt Rasnake, Abingdon. Player of Year: Jordan Barnett, Richlands Coach of Year: Brad Strong and staff, Richlands Second Team P—Ethain Keene, Richlands; Brent Hall, Carroll County; C—Bruiser Moore, Tazewell; 1B—Eric Stiltner, Richlands; 2B—Michael Ascue, Tazewell; 3B—Christian Hearl, Richlands; SS—Tyler Kitts, Tazewell; OF—Dustin Dean, Tazewell; John Hagy, Grundy; Ethain Keene, Richlands; DH—Jacob Rife, Richlands; UTL—David Marrs, Graham. Honorable Mention Abingdon—Casey Payne, Josh Barker, Taylor Read; Carroll County—Chris Lineberry, Drew Webb, Tyler Reavis, Cody Robinson; Marion—Matt Jones, Ronnie Funk, Tyler Thomas; Graham: Tyler Barreras, Jake Miller; Grundy—Cody Cantrell, Cody Justus, Johnathan Kelly; Richlands—Cody Thomas, Ben Mulkey, Eric Hess, Brad Strong, Blayke Wilson, Taylor Sizemore; Tazewell—Trevor Sargent, Bobby Dingus, Mike Wood, Trey Lambert, Cody Lockhart, Jason Canning. Copyright © 1999-2008 cnhi, inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfan 43 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 That first team is the biggest joke I have looked at in a long time there is no way that a team that swept their district games should only have half as many players on the first team as another team, Richlands went undefeated they should have the most people on the first team this voting was done long before the regionals so that could not have came into play. This is not only a joke it should be close to an outrage no possible way Abingdon deserved to double Richlands on the first team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 just like a Richlands fan...cant you be happy for the kids and the COACHING STAFF...Barnett got player of the year...the Coaching Staff got coaching staff of the year...just because your team is perfect doesnt mean everyone is good on the team...its a TEAM SPORT..i guess heres how it should look... FIRST TEAM RICHLANDS ENTIRE TEAM... Second Team...everyone else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfan 43 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 No I dont think it should be all Richlands but I dont see how a team goes undefeated and gets half as many first teamers as the second place team and yes it is a team sport and they were clearly the dominant team while the voting was going on so that should speak for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMoney55 11 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 The teams are named out of individuals. Maybe those players from the other teams were just as good and dominant against teams they played as those from Richlads were. You dont put the whole Richlands infield on the first team if your first baseman is batting .187 when Tazewells is batting .560 (just an example). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHS_85 10 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Richlands first baseman hit .457..the whole thing is political. Richlands catcher Joel Elswick last year started every game and the Tazewell catcher started half the games and still beat out Elswick for 1st team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneWarning 212 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Richlands first baseman hit .457..the whole thing is political. Richlands catcher Joel Elswick last year started every game and the Tazewell catcher started half the games and still beat out Elswick for 1st team. [/ QUOTE ] Elswick from Richlands did make the first team. They Tazewell catcher is on the second team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMoney55 11 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 If he had better stats in half the games, why not put him on the first team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHS_85 10 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Richlands first baseman hit .457..the whole thing is political. Richlands catcher Joel Elswick last year started every game and the Tazewell catcher started half the games and still beat out Elswick for 1st team. [/ QUOTE ] Elswick from Richlands did make the first team. They Tazewell catcher is on the second team. [/ QUOTE ] I said last year not this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHS_85 10 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 [ QUOTE ] If he had better stats in half the games, why not put him on the first team? [/ QUOTE ] Maybe cause he had half the at bats? No offense to the Tazewell catcher, but the whole thing is political. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs86 10 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] If he had better stats in half the games, why not put him on the first team? [/ QUOTE ] Maybe cause he had half the at bats? No offense to the Tazewell catcher, but the whole thing is political. [/ QUOTE ] Thats the sad thing about all of this... But thats life haha.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfan 43 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah thats the thing Richlands first baseman was the second leading hitter on the team (.457), had very few errors at first base and was either 6-0 or 7-0 on the mound he should have been on there for sure either as a utility player or at first base no question about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 well he wasnt so just quit whining about it and get over it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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