{"id":179585,"date":"2024-05-21T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=179585"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:21:59","slug":"all-wbl-baseball-softball-teams-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/05\/21\/all-wbl-baseball-softball-teams-named\/","title":{"rendered":"All-WBL baseball, softball teams named"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s Brylen Parker has been named first team All-WBL, while three other Cougars also earned all-league honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayden Davis and Sam Houg were named second team All-WBL, while Briston Wise was named honorable mention in balloting done by league coaches and released this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a breakdown of all-league baseball players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert’s Brylen Parker was named first team All-WBL. Bob Barnes\/VW independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First team:<\/strong> Quintin Collins, Skyler Lhamon, Bath; Brady Steinbrunner, Nick Steinbrunner, Celina; Brezlen Zipfel, Noah Gomez, Defiance; Ryan McGue, Elida; Brylen Parker, Van Wert; Grant Jolly, Taylor Echols, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second team:<\/strong> Joel Rasor, Bath; Dale Secrest, Brodee Schulte-Arnold, Celina; Cody Shaw, Brady Borton, Defiance; Kyle Thrush, Kenton; Joel Kogge, St. Marys Memorial; Hayden Davis, Sam Houg, Van Wert; Ryan Price, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third team:<\/strong> Tyson McGee, Bath; Caleb Stephenson, Celina; Cohen Stockman, Torin Long, Defiance; Gabe Adcock, Elida; Grady Kleman-Beasley, Kenton; Grant Leopold, Ottawa-Glandorf; Jacob Kaiser, Preston Rupert, St. Marys Memorial; Zac Niekamp, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable mention:<\/strong> Clay Boedicker, Bath; Max Baumstark, Celina; Kahlil Ligon, Defiance; Seth Sharp, Elida; Luke Leffler, Kenton; Jordan Metzger, Ottawa-Glandorf; Derek Lyons, Shawnee; Kasey Gross, St. Marys Memorial; Briston Wise, Van Wert; Drew Bailey, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Echols of Wapakoneta was named WBL Player of the Year, while Jason Brandt (Wapakoneta) and Rick Weaver (Defiance) were named WBL co-Coaches of the Year. The Bulldogs and Redskins tied for this year\u2019s league championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Van Wert softball players earned all-WBL honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Emma Kennedy was named second team All-WBL, Emma West was named third team all-league and Alexis Pangle was named to the honorable mention team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a breakdown of all-league softball players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First team:<\/strong> Anne Oliver, Claire Armentrout, Bath; Campbelle Gass, Celina; Taighen Zipfel, Ayvah Cullen, Defiance; Lilly Sifrit, Leah Ramirez, Elida; Brynn Butler, Emily Pees, Kenton; Adyson Vanderkeere, St. Marys Memorial; Addison Fisher, Emily Vanhorn, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second team:<\/strong> Olivia Foster, Bath; Colbie Kinney, Celina; Bella Gutierrez, Defiance; Liv Walters, Elida; Riley Totten, Kenton; Addie Kitchen, Ottawa-Glandorf; Anna Menke, Shawnee; Ava Klosterman, St. Marys Memorial; Emma Kennedy, Van Wert; Aubryn Schnarre, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third team: <\/strong>Addison Gibson, Bath; Taylor Bibler, Defiance; Carly Chiles, Elida; Macee Heckathorn, Kenton; Riley Rhoades, Shawnee; Mackenzie Henning, Cadence Hirshfield, St. Marys Memorial; Emma West, Van Wert; Ellie Prenger, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable mention:<\/strong> Tea Sibert, Bath; Maddie Allen, Celina; Vida Casarez, Defiance; Kayla Hunter, Elida; Brayla Butler, Kenton; Hailey Leopold, Ottwa-Glandorf; Gabby Jones, Shawnee; Alexis Shadrach, St. Marys Memorial; Alexis Pangle, Van Wert; Kambrie Meier, Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapakoneta\u2019s Addison Fisher was named WBL Player of the Year and Brooke Austin (Kenton) and Dennis Parrish (Defiance) were named WBL co-Coaches of the Year. Kenton and Defiance tied for the league championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports Van Wert\u2019s Brylen Parker has been named first team All-WBL, while three other Cougars also earned all-league honors. Hayden Davis and Sam Houg were named second team All-WBL, while Briston Wise was named honorable mention in balloting done by league coaches and released this week. Here is a breakdown of all-league baseball […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 14:55:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179588,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179585\/revisions\/179588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}