Two Hawks garner all-conference baseball honors
Two members of the Hartley-Melvin baseball team are among the War Eagle All-Conference Baseball selections for 2024. Named to the second team was freshman Grant Kunzman. Senior Jacob Cates received honorable mention.
First Team
Ashton McCully, SR, Nathan Gaswint, SO, Jack Terpstra, SR, Akron-Westfield; Landon Waldschmitt, JR, Collin Homan, JR, Daenon Loucks, JR, Hunter Pick, SR, Remsen St. Mary’s; Dane Lehman, SO, Dylan Poeckes, JR, Gehlen Catholic; Karver DeGroot, SO, Logan Kempema, SO, Hinton; Mitchell Schnepf, SR, Gage Johnson, SO, MMCRU; Javen Baumgarn, SR, Bowden Barnhart, JR, Harris-Lake Park; Evan De Jong, SR, Luke De Jong, SO, Trinity Christian; Blake Wiggins, SO, Carter Van Wyhe, SR, West Sioux; Drew Denekas, SR, George-Little Rock; Ben Woodall, SR, South O’Brien.
Second Team
Grant Kunzman, FR, HMS; Kasey Nielsen, SR, Arik Allard, SR, A-W; Brady Koenck, JR, Dalton Klein, 8th, RSM; Jaxten Kramer, SR, Jake Bogan, JR, Gehlen; Brogan Lake, JR, Kaden Barrett, JR, Hinton; Eli Schlenger, SO, MMCRU; Gabe Nicks, FR, HLP; Levi Maassen, SR, Trinity; Austin Van Engelenhoven, JR, West Sioux; Collin DeLeeuw, SR, GLR; Mitchell Enger, SR, South O’Brien.
Honorable Mention
Jacob Cates, SR, HMS; Connor Wendel, SR, A-W; Gabe Wiltgen, SR, Gehlen; Dawson Spies, FR, Hinton; Lucas Braun, JR, MMCRU; Lucas Ahrenstorff, SR, HLP; Dustin Hoksbergen, SR, Trinity; Kolton Koopmans, JR, West Sioux; Jack Krull, JR, GLR; Damian Villarreal, SO, South O’Brien.
War Eagle Baseball Final Standings
Akron-Westfield 10-0
Remsen St. Mary’s 9-1
Gehlen Catholic 7-3
Hinton 7-3
MMCRU 6-4
Harris-Lake Park 5-5
Trinity Christian 3-7
West Sioux 3-7
George-Little Rock 2-8
South O’Brien 2-8
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1-9
