Six local baseballers named to Pacific League First Team

Also: 1A Coastal All-League Team inside

By Ryan Sparks • May 26, 2023 3:00 am
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHRONICLE Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Garrett Keeton, seen here in a file photo from April 25, was named to the 2B Pacific League’s First Team for the 2023 season.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHRONICLE Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Garrett Keeton, seen here in a file photo from April 25, was named to the 2B Pacific League’s First Team for the 2023 season.

Six Twin Harbors athletes were named to the 2B Pacific All-League Baseball team for the 2023 season.

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Garrett Keeton and Riley Pearson were named to the league’s top squad as was Raymond-South Bend’s Ty Reidinger, Nolan Miller and Jarrod Gunderson.

Ocosta standout Andrew Martin was also named to the first team.

Earning Second Team honors were Ocosta’s Frederick Bishop and PWV’s Wil Clements, Connor “Cheese” Keeton and Blake Howard.

The full all-league team is as follows:

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHRONICLE Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Riley Pearson, seen here in a file photo from April 25, was named to the 2B Pacific League’s First Team for the 2023 season.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHRONICLE Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s Riley Pearson, seen here in a file photo from April 25, was named to the 2B Pacific League’s First Team for the 2023 season.

2023 2B Pacific All-League Baseball Team

MVP: Boston Caron, Ilwaco

Sportsmanship Award: Pe Ell-Willapa Valley

Coach of the Year: Bret Hopkins, Ilwaco

First Team

Garrett Keeton, PWV; Jacob Rogers, Ilwaco; Andrew Martin, Ocosta; Gunner Rogers, Forks; Cannon Johnson, Ilwaco; Ty Reidinger, Raymond-South Bend; Nolan Miller, RSB; Ethan Hopkins, Ilwaco; Riley Pearson, PWV; Jarrod Gunderson, RSB.

Second Team

Derrick Cutting, Ilwaco; Aiden Salazar, Forks; Kaemon Sawa, Ilwaco; Frederick Bishop, Ocosta; Wil Clements, PWV; Connor Keeton, PWV; Dylan Micheau, Forks; Landen Olson, Forks; Blake Howard, PWV; Kyle Morris, Ilwaco.

Honorable Mention

Daniel Medeiros, RSB; Gabe Matthews, Ocosta; Emmanuel Hernandez-Stansbury, Forks.

All-Academic Team

Isaiah Meyer, Forks; Landen Olson, Forks; Ryan Rancourt, Forks; Gunner Rogers, Forks; Gage Romberg, Forks; Blake Howard, PWV; Derek Fluke, PWV; Wil Clements, PWV; Riley Pearson, PWV; Garrett Keeton, PWV; Aiden Young, PWV; Nathan Fluke, PWV; Brayden Ruddell, PWV; Liam Smaciarz, PWV; Connor Keeton, PWV; Kannyon Clements, PWV; Blane King, PWV; Allen Xie, RSB; Zander Becerra-Souza, RSB; Matthew Wyland, Ocosta.

1B Coastal All-League Baseball Team

League MVP: Kolten Lindstrom, Naselle

Sportsmanship Award: Lake Quinault

Coach of the Year: Keith Samplawski, Lake Quinault

First Team

Keegan Kolb, Mossyrock; Clay Bergeson, Naselle; Jesse Ferry, Lake Quinault; Tim Bowes, Mossyrock; Jacob Lindstrom, Naselle; Jack Strange, Naselle; Cooper Young, Mossyrock; Easton Kolb, Mossyrock; Haezen Charles-Cayenne, Oakville.

Honorable Mention

Dean Helvey, Naselle; Jake Comer, Mossyrock; Zackary Munoz, Mossyrock; Hunter Isom, Mossyrock; Wylde Greisen, Mossyrock; Brenden Cornelius, Mossyrock; Daniel Ceja Ortiz, Lake Quinault; Aiden Ferry, Lake Quinault; Luis Farias, Lake Quinault.