Williamstown junior Maxwell Molessa appears to be like on all through a highschool baseball (generic term) this season. Molessa has been named first workforce All-Little Kanawaha Convention for the 3rd instantly season.
(Photograph by way of Jay W. Bennett)
PARKERSBURG — Tyler Consolidated senior Jayden Helmick used to be commemorated by way of league coaches because the Little Kanawha Convention’s participant of the 12 months.
Helmick, who no longer most effective helped the Silver Knights to back-to-back LKC crowns however a Magnificence A state runner-up end to Wahama, makes his 3rd look at the first workforce.
He’s joined at the most sensible unit for a 3rd consecutive spring by way of teammate and 2022 LKC POY Ty Walton in addition to Williamstown junior Maxwell Molessa.
“Those seniors, sophomore 12 months we misplaced to South Harrison, the champs, within the ultimate 4 and received the ultimate two,” stated TCHS skipper Rob Jones, who used to be named the LKC trainer of the 12 months after main the workforce to a school-best 32-7 document. “The ones are the one 3 journeys to the LKC ultimate 4. We performed within the ultimate 4 in 2017 within the OVAC and I performed within the OVAC ultimate 4 in 2002 as smartly.
“We’re in reality happy with the truth we had been ready to win the convention back-to-back and likewise ready to have two other convention avid gamers of the 12 months. Ty Walton his junior 12 months and Jayden Helmick his senior 12 months. Jayden put in combination a fantastic 12 months. A two-way participant. An overly dominant pitcher and most certainly the most productive heart fielder within the state, and the pitching numbers had been simply off the chart as smartly.”
Helmick went 9-1 with 105 strikeouts and a 1.46 earned run reasonable in 76 2-3 innings of labor. He allowed 57 hits, 28 walks and posted a 1.11 WHIP. Along side stealing 54 bases in 56 makes an attempt, the Silver Knight carried a .459 reasonable with 8 doubles, 5 triples, seven homers and 41 runs-batted-in.
Walton, who batted .306 with 4 doubles, seven steals and 21 RBIs, additionally went 9-1 with a 1.90 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. In 51 2-3 innings, he recorded 93 strikeouts towards 29 hits and 43 unfastened passes.
Molessa completed his junior 12 months for the Yellowjackets with 14 steals, 15 RBIs, 5 doubles, a triple, a homer and a .357 reasonable to earn a nod within the infield.
4 different avid gamers repeated at the all-LKC first workforce and that incorporated Yellowjacket senior outfielder Harbor Haught (.333 AVG, 4 2B, 1 3B, 15 RBIs, 14 SB), Wahama senior outfielder Logan Roach (.342 AVG, 13 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 27 RBIs, 16 SB), Ritchie County senior infielder Quentin Owens (.419 AVG, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 29 RBIs, 11 SB, .550 OBP) and Gilmer County senior infielder Caden Corridor (.443 AVG, 12 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 22 RBIs, 41 SB, .592 OBP).
Walton used to be joined at pitcher at the first workforce by way of Wahama senior Aaron Henry (9-3, 1.55 ERA, 98 Ks, 72 IP) and Calhoun County junior Bryant Yoak (2-5, 1.31 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, 106 Ks, 42.2 IP). Yoak had a .328 reasonable, 3 doubles, two triples, one house run, 15 RBIs and swiped 8 baggage. Henry drove in 32 runs, stole 16 bases and carried a .376 reasonable. The White Falcon had seven round-trippers, a trio of doubles and a part dozen three-baggers.
St. Marys junior Sam Miller (.413 AVG, 10 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 30 RBIs) and Doddridge County freshman Caleb Sutton (.347 AVG, 7 2B, 7 3B, 1 HR, 30 RBIs, 19 SB) additionally earned spots at the infield.
Helmick, Roach and Haught had been joined within the outfield at the first workforce by way of Gilmer County junior Colton Corridor, who had a .488 reasonable, .607 OBP, stole 29 bases, drove in 41 whilst hitting 8 doubles, 5 triples and 3 bombs.
Tyler Consolidated junior Zade Billings (1 error, 12 stuck stealing, .364 AVG, 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 35 RBIs, 29 SB) and Ravenswood senior Anthony Anglin (16 stuck stealing, .337 AVG, 3 2B, 3 HR, 32 RBIs) had been the catchers at the first unit.
The one different freshman to make first workforce used to be Gilmer County’s Caleb Corridor, who used to be the software pick out. The Titan went 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 30 1-3 innings. He drew 17 walks towards 4 strikeouts and completed with a .550 OBP and a .471 reasonable to head at the side of 13 doubles, 3 triples, 35 runs-batted-in and 25 stolen bases.
Ravenswood’s Brady Swain, Williamstown’s Braydin Coleman and South Harrison’s Layton Wageman had been tabbed as all-LKC 2nd workforce pitchers, whilst the freshman Corridor and St. Marys’ Josiah DeMoss had been decided on as catchers.
The infield for the second one workforce featured Clay County’s Noah Collins, Ravenswood’s Beau Bennett, Tyler Consolidated’s Ethan Clark, South Harrison’s Seth Achieve and Wahama’s Ethan Grey.
Wirt County’s Cole Winnell used to be the software pick out. The quartet of outfield spots went to St. Marys’ Shane Moran, Doddridge County’s Luke Rokisky, Ritchie County’s Isaiah Lambert and South Harrison’s Brevan Robinson.
Touch Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentinel.com
