2011 All-Southwest District Baseball Team

[tbgfan 856]

Printed in today's June 4th Bristol Herald Courier:

 

 

First Team

 

Pitcher - Mike Wood (Sr.), Tazewell; James Patton (Sr.), Richlands

 

Catcher - Taylor Gearhart (Sr.), Graham

 

First Base - Brandon Lineberry (Jr.), Carroll County

 

Second Base - Reece Strong (Jr.), Richlands

 

Shortstop - Bradley Strong (Sr.), Richlands

 

Third Base - Johnathan Kelly (Sr.), Grundy

 

Outfield - Josh Mitchem (Sr.), Tazewell; Heath Shelton (Jr.), Abingdon; Blake Bowman (Sr.), Carroll County

 

DH - Zak Wasilewski (Jr.), Tazewell

 

Utility - Luke Hilt (Sr.), Abingdon

 

 

Player of the Year - Bradley Strong (Richlands)

 

Coaching Staff of the Year - Richlands

 

 

Second Team

 

Pitcher - Alexander Nadler (Sr.), Abingdon; Lee Underwood (Sr.), Carroll County

 

Catcher - Zach Yates (So.), Richlands

 

First Base - Ryan Hankins (Jr.), Tazewell

 

Second Base - Jordan Lamb (Sr.), Carroll County

 

Shortstop - Cody Justus (Sr.), Grundy

 

Third Base - Christian Boyd (Jr.), Tazewell

 

Outfield - Michael Horton (So.), Richlands; Cody Rife (Sr.), Grundy; Matthew Rosenbaum (Jr.), Marion;

 

DH - Cody Hahn (So.), Abingdon

 

Utility - Blake Hash (Jr.), Tazewell

 

 

Honorable Mention

 

Grundy - Ben Rife, Asher McGlothlin, Nick Travis, Chris Kelly

 

Richlands - Josh Compton, Jonathan Cochran, Chase Ray, Tanner Smith, Brandon White, Ben Brown, Taylor McGhee, Logan Salyers, CJ Witt

 

Abingdon - Seth Kegley, Cade Berry, Travis Shrewsbury

 

Marion Grayson Moore, Branson Bowman, Trey Ayres, Colin Gullion

 

Graham - Gray Baker, Logan Kirk, Seth Gearhart, Ryan Monnigar, Spencer Sheets

 

Tazewell - Dylan Crouse, Gavin Yates, Heath Harris, Chris Peery, Matthew Kincer

 

Carroll County - Morgan Edwards, Jared Cox, Tyler Snow, Garrett Nelson

 

 

 

Life has many choices---eternity two

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Now, I don't mean to be demeaning, but it looks like 80% of the district's players not mentioned in the First/Second teams made Honorable Mention. Has this, too, become an example of the "everyone's a winner" mentality? My apologies, but Graham has SIX people on the First/Second/Honorable Mention teams. That's 2/3 of the starters, and 4 more people than they had wins.

 

Seems ludicrous.

[futbolking 766]

If player gets nominated and gets at least one vote, they'll get an honorable mention. A few years back, soccer went to naming a 1st team and a 2nd team and as a result of the voting process....Having a 1st team and a 2nd team to vote on led to a lot of kids being nominated and getting at least one vote....and an honorable mention....

 

I say just vote on POY, 1st team and the kids receiving at least one vote get honorable mention, like the old days....makes it a little more meaningful to make the team.

 

That being said......some of those kids that made honorable mention could've easily been replaced by somebody that didn't make it at all...couple of kids that I can think of that got a raw deal....but that would happen regardless of how many they let on the team..

[futbolking 766]

Now, I don't mean to be demeaning, but it looks like 80% of the district's players not mentioned in the First/Second teams made Honorable Mention. Has this, too, become an example of the "everyone's a winner" mentality? My apologies, but Graham has SIX people on the First/Second/Honorable Mention teams. That's 2/3 of the starters, and 4 more people than they had wins.

 

Seems ludicrous.

 

And a couple of the kids that transferred from Graham to play for Tazewell....don't forget them...

 

Seems like there is always a Hankins and a Crouse on Tazewell's team doesn't it....I remember one time when Eddie Crouse threw a curve ball at me that looked like it was gonna bean me in the head....I dove and was laying on home plate when I heard the umpire call strike.....I got up and started arguing with the ump....but my teammates told me to shut up....it was a strike....Dude had some wicked stuff....those were the days....

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And a couple of the kids that transferred from Graham to play for Tazewell....don't forget them...

 

Seems like there is always a Hankins and a Crouse on Tazewell's team doesn't it....I remember one time when Eddie Crouse threw a curve ball at me that looked like it was gonna bean me in the head....I dove and was laying on home plate when I heard the umpire call strike.....I got up and started arguing with the ump....but my teammates told me to shut up....it was a strike....Dude had some wicked stuff....those were the days....

 

You mean the token 2-3 kids that have transferred out for the last 2 decades?

 

Tazewell had 3 dominant pitchers when I was playing. I hit 2 of them fairly well, could never hit Casey Herald. Closest I came was being on the wrong end of a "WVVA Play of the Day", when the Tazewell CF made a snow-coned diving catch.

[tbgfan 856]

Seems like there is always a Hankins and a Crouse on Tazewell's team doesn't it....I remember one time when Eddie Crouse threw a curve ball at me that looked like it was gonna bean me in the head....I dove and was laying on home plate when I heard the umpire call strike.....I got up and started arguing with the ump....but my teammates told me to shut up....it was a strike....Dude had some wicked stuff....those were the days....

 

Dylan Crouse who made honorable mention for Tazewell is Eddie's son--believe he may be a sophomore.

 

Ryan Hankins who made second team, his Dad, Donnie, was a good player for the Dawgs.

 

 

Tazewell had 3 dominant pitchers when I was playing. I hit 2 of them fairly well, could never hit Casey Herald. Closest I came was being on the wrong end of a "WVVA Play of the Day", when the Tazewell CF made a snow-coned diving catch.

 

Not many could hit Casey--when you needed a sure win he was the "go to" guy.

 

Life has many choices---eternity two