Baseball: Gulls, Fisherman earn all-league honors
Published 2:44 pm Sunday, June 12, 2022
- Jarred White, Seaside
Despite rough seasons on the field, the Astoria and Seaside baseball teams still placed a combined eight players on the Cowapa League’s all-league team.
League champion Banks had eight all-leaguers, including two juniors, three sophomores and a freshman, as the Braves finished their last season at the 4A level as the No. 1-ranked team in the final Oregon School Activities Association rankings. The Braves will drop into the 3A Coastal Range League next school year.
Banks seniors Colten Hesselman and Charlie White were selected as both the Cowapa’s Players of the Year and Pitchers of the Year, while Joe Baumgartner of Banks and Matt Strang of Tillamook were Coaches of the Year.
Astoria and Seaside had four players each earn all-league honors.
The 66-player 4A all-state team included Astoria junior pitcher Niko Boudreau (honorable mention).
The complete Cowapa all-league team:
Players of the Year: Colten Hesselman, Banks; Charlie White, Banks
Pitchers of the Year: Colten Hesselman, Banks; Charlie White, Banks
Coaches of the Year: Joe Baumgartner, Banks; Matt Strang, Tillamook
First Team
Colten Hesselman, Sr., Banks
Charlie White, Sr., Banks
Merrick Benesch, So., Astoria
Niko Boudreau, Jr., Astoria
Ashton Crossen, So., Banks
Ben Cupani, Jr., Valley Catholic
Connelly Fromwiller, Jr., Astoria
Junior Gonzalez, Sr., Tillamook
Bryce Hamerl, Jr., Tillamook
Wyatt Hesselman, So., Banks
Drew Ilg, Sr., Valley Catholic
Logan Kind, Jr., Banks
Trevor Leonnig, Jr., Tillamook
Parker McKibbin, Jr., Tillamook
Nik Radosavljevic, Sr., Valley Catholic
Cade Ross, Jr., Tillamook
Lawson Talamantez, Sr., Seaside
Justin Walters, So., Banks
Honorable Mention
Will Erickson, Fr., Valley Catholic
Harry Gardner, Fr., Banks
Karson Hawkins, Jr., Astoria
Tanner Kraushaar, Jr., Seaside
Seth Landolt, Jr., Tillamook
James Pearson, So., Valley Catholic
Wyatt Selleck, Jr., Banks
Jake White, Fr., Seaside
Jarred White, Sr., Seaside
Trevor Yee, Fr., Valley Catholic