Eighteen Midlands players picked for all-star baseball games
Eighteen Midlands players were selected to play in the South Carolina Baseball Coaches All-Star games.
Three of those players, A.C. Flora’s Josh Hernandez, Newberry’s Ryne Huggins and Dutch Fork’s T.J. Shook, were picked for the North Carolina-South Carolina Select game to be played at USA Baseball Training Complex in Cary, N.C., on June 15-16.
River Bluff’s Brandon Tillmon also was selected but can’t play because he will be enrolled at Liberty.
Lexington, River Bluff, Chapin and Airport each had two players selected for the North/South games, which will be held June 11-12 in Myrtle Beach. The Wildcats’ Brice Kirven and Bubba Bowers and the Gators’ Ryan Reynolds and Will Bradford will play on the South A/4A team. White Knoll’s Steven Estep also is on the South squad.
Blythewood’s Justin Greider is on the North A/4A team.
Airport’s Justin Tucker and Kyle Watts will be on the South 2A/3A team. They will be joined by Gilbert’s Caleb Watkins. Chapin’s Evan Estridge and Tyler White are on the North 2A/3A team. Other Midlands players on that roster are Camden’s Will Abott, Mid-Carolina’s Ryan Stoudemire, North Central’s Tyler Bowers and Pelion’s Quinton Driggers.
NC/SC Select team
Josh Hernandez (A.C. Flora); Dax Roper (BHP); Blake Holliday (BHP); Jakob Frishmuth (Carolina Forest); Tristen Campbell (Cheraw); Jacob Hennessy (Dorman); T.J. Shook (Dutch Fork); Jared Firmstone (Greenville); Malcolm Van Buren (Hanahan); Joe Satterfield (J.L. Mann); Patrick Frick (J.L. Mann); Colby Lee (Latta); Thomas Jones (Laurens); Ryne Huggins (Newberry); Alex Millssouth (Aiken); JD Davis (Stratford)
Class A/4A
North
Justin Greider (Blythewood); Clayton Caudell (Boiling Springs); Josh Stempihar (Boiling Springs); Cameron Hall (Dorman); Stone Pellegrino (Dorman); Josh Gregory (Gaffney); Carso Spiers (Greenville); Cameron Jensen (J.L. Mann); Bryce Leasure (J.L. Mann); Parker Vause (Lamar); Harrison Hawkins (McBee); Brandon Banks (Rock Hill); Connor Elkins (Rock Hill); Daniel Myers (Spartanburg); Alex Ellison (Whitmire); Aaron Harper (York).
South
Tim Ortega (Bluffton); Patrick Orlando (Carolina Forest); Reid Hardwick (Conway); William Ard (East Clarendon); Vic Cooper (Hannah-Pamplico); John Thelan (James Island); Weston Rogers (Lake View); Eric McGirt (Latta); Brice Kirven (Lexington); Bubba Bowers (Lexington); Rashad Byrd (North Augusta); Will Bradford (River Bluff); Ryan Reynolds (River Bluff); Rusty Grayson (Summerville); Bo Gobin (Summerville); Steven Estep (White Knoll).
Class 2A/3A
North
Austin Todd (BHP); Ethan Few (Blue Ridge); Eric Miles (Buford); Will Abbott (Camden); Dante Blakeney (Central); Evan Estridge (Chapin); Tyler White (Chapin); Payton Keadle (Chapman); Jacob Corn (Landrum); Ryan Stoudemire (Mid-Carolina); Tyler Bowers (North Central); Quinton Driggers (Pelion); Michael Green (Strom Thurmond); Padgett Sumner (Strom Thurmond); Chase McCroskey (Wren)
South
Josh Tucker (Airport); Kyle Watts (Airport); Caleb Nobles (Aynor); Dylan Brant (Barnwell); Josh Winningham (Berkeley); Austin Moody (Dillon); Caleb Watkins (Gilbert); Andrew Coker (Hartsville); Matt Lynch (Hartsville); Jay Newell (Johnsonville); Desmond Dozier (Loris); Connor Howell (Midland Valley); Michael Calamari (Myrtle Beach); Liam Bloom (St. James); Grayson Stoneking (St. James); Levi Almond (Waccamaw).
This story was originally published May 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM.