All-Gazette baseball
Jake Taylor
Good Counsel, Senior, first base/pitcher
Radford (Va.) University-bound slugger punished opponents at plate (.518, 9 HR, 49 RBI), also on mound (6-1, 2.32 ERA, 3 saves) for WCAC champions.
Coach of the Year
Billy Goodman
Sherwood, 11th year
Guided Warriors (18-3) to second 4A state crown in three years with mix of steady defense, stingy pitching, just enough clutch hitting.
First team
Will Bouey
Sherwood, Jr., P
Threw nine no-hit innings in state playoffs; went 7-1, 1.52 ERA in 2010.
Peter Bowles
Quince Orchard, Jr., Util.
Excellent defender at many spots. Hit .410 with 20 RBI, five triples.
T.J. Brockway
Good Counsel, Jr., C
Displayed cannon-like arm, plus ability to hit (.460 avg., 24 RBI).
Tommy Cunningham
Blake, Sr., 3B/P
Hit .538 with 26 RBI, 13 extra-base hits; 4-1, 3.09 ERA on mound.
Michael Flack
Whitman, Soph., SS
Brilliant defender batted .453 with four home runs, 19 RBI, 19 runs.
Brandon Grove
Good Counsel, Sr., 3B
Slugging corner infielder batted .465 with four homers, 37 RBI, 10 doubles.
Ryan McGuigan
Damascus, Sr., SS
West Virginia-signee produced .502 average, seven homers, 32 RBI.
Brody Milligan
Clarksburg, Jr., 1B
Exploded for seven homers, 31 RBI, 13 extra-base hits; batted .492.
Austin Richards
Georgetown Prep, Sr., C
Maryland signee crushed opposing pitching (.544 avg., 8 HR, 49 RBI).
Nick Riley
Gaithersburg, Sr., P
Responsible for seven of team's 17 wins with 1.54 ERA, 76 strikeouts.
Bryce Shemer
Churchill, Sr., SS/P
Won all seven starts; hit .508 with 20 RBI, 20 runs, 15 extra-base hits.
Max Simon
Wootton, Sr., P/OF
Compiled 6-1 record, 1.31 ERA, .436 avg., 20 RBI, eight doubles.
Rob Tatum
Georgetown Prep, Sr., P/1B
Had six wins, 51 strikeouts to go along with .485 average, 10 doubles.
Sean Van Gieson
Rockville, Soph., OF/P
Breakout season included .554 avg., 30 runs, 17 steals, 4-3 record.
Second team
-Cody Acker
Blake, Soph., 1B
Hit .547 with 27 runs, 15 RBI.
-Chris Betts
Damascus, Sr., OF
Had five home runs, 29 RBI.
-Lucas Bremerman
Wheaton, Sr., P/SS
Put up 21 RBI, 5-2 record.
-Coki Cruz
Wootton, Sr., OF
Hit .431 with 15 RBI, four HR.
-Alex Egber
Wootton, Sr., C
Defensive wizard had 18 RBI.
-Harrison Fanaroff
Churchill, Sr., 1B
Hit .464 with 30 RBI, 24 runs.
-Matt Fiedelholtz
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Sr., OF
Hit .500 with 17 RBI, two HR.
-Alex Hindman
Wootton, Sr., P
Went 6-1 with 1.66 ERA.
-Carson Kenney
Walter Johnson, Sr., C
Defensive ace hit .482, 22 RBI.
-Harry Klein
Avalon, Jr., P
Had six wins with 1.85 ERA.
-Greg Price
Quince Orchard, Sr., 3B
Hit .422 with 20 RBI, 21 runs.
-Jack Simons
Bullis, Soph., Util.
Hit .456 with 5 HR, 20 RBI.
-Brett Sliwiak
Quince Orchard, Sr., P
Went 7-1 with 2.43 ERA.
-George Smith Jr.
Good Counsel, Sr., OF
Had 36 runs, 35 walks.
-Kevin Taney
Northwood, Sr., SS
Had 26 steals, 25 runs, 14 RBI.
Honorable mention
Lucas Babinec, Blair, Sr., OF
Richard Brandao, Kennedy, Jr., Util.
Chris Brown, Rockville, Jr., C
Jamie Detjer, Sherwood, Jr., P
Nick Karis, Northwest, Sr., OF
Alex Kelly, Wootton, Sr., SS
Miles Lieder, Wheaton, Sr., C
Robin Mowatt, Walter Johnson, Sr., P
Mike Norton, Georgetown Prep, Sr., SS
Cal Richards, Landon, Sr., OF