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All-County baseball

Oxford’s Maniscalo Calhoun County 4A-6A player of the year, and Piedmont’s Austin takes top honors in 1A-3A. Alexandria’s Welch, PV’s Turner take coaching honors..

Class 4A-6A All-Calhoun County baseball team

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Rocco Maniscalco, Oxford

Oxford’s Rocco Maniscalco is East Alabama Sports Today’s choice as Class 4A-6A All-Calhoun County player of the year. The Mississippi State signee batted .330 with a .506 on-base percentage, .606 slugging percentage, four home runs, 39 RBIs. He also drew 41 talks and stole 45 bases in 47 attempts. (Photo by Brad Campbell/sport-shutter.com)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Zac Welch, Alexandria.

Alexandria’s Zac Welch is East Alabama Sports Today’s choice as Calhoun County Class 4A-6A coach of the year. The Valley Cubs finished 27-12 and reached the Class 4A quarterfinals. (Photo by Brad Campbell/sport-shutter.com)

FIRST TEAM
P: Sawyer Goggins, Alexandria, Fr. (IF)
P: Ayden Noyola, Oxford, Jr.
P: Colby Jones, White Plains, So.
C: Canaan Whitman, Oxford, Sr.
IF:.Cole Wheeler, Alexandria, Jr.
IF: Cam Johnson, Alexandria, So. (P)
IF: Rocco Maniscalco, Oxford, Sr.
IF: Marcus Lawler, Oxford, Sr.
OF: Cooper Smith, Alexandria, So.
OF: Garrett Haynes, Alexandria, Sr.
OF: Crew Martin, White Plains, Jr.
DH/Utility:
Chase Williams, Oxford, So.
Matthew Salmon, Jacksonville, Sr.
Luke Richardson, Jacksonville, Jr.
Bryson Bradford, Oxford, Sr.

SECOND TEAM
P: Emmett Waldrep, Alexandria, Jr.
P: Brodie Barber, Alexandria, Jr.
P: Asher Turner, Oxford, Fr.
C: Knox Faulkner, Alexandria, So.
IF: Jeremiah Heathcock, Alexandria, Sr.
IF: Nick Johnson, Jacksonville, Sr.
IF: John Ducar, Jacksonville, Sr.
IF: Logan Laube, White Plains, Sr.
OF: Keaton Lindsey, White Plans, So.
OF: Sam Parker Wagoner, Jacksonville, Sr.
OF: Asa Burns, Oxford, So.
DH/Utility
Zakaree Newton, Oxford, Sr.
Charlie Maniscalco, Oxford, Jr.

HONORABLE MENTION
Alexandria: J.D. Copeland (Sr., P).
Anniston: Zamari Hawkins (Sr., P/C), Ha’raggi Harris (P/IF), Cameron Williams (Fr., P/C).
Oxford: Noah Oswalt (Sr., P), Ethan Pate (Fr.,.P).
White Plains: Caden Foster (Jr., OF), Jacob Stamm (Jr., IF).

Class 1A-3A All-Calhoun County baseball team

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Cole Austin, Piedmont, So.

Piedmont’s Cole Austin is East Alabama Sports Today’s choice as Class 1A-3A Calhoun County player of the year. He batted .379 with a .513 on-base percentage, 15 doubles, one home run and 41 RBIs. He also went 11-1 on the mound with a 2.44 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 97 strikeouts and 11 walks in 77 1/3 innings, helping the Bulldogs reach the Class 3A semifinals. (Photo by Brad Campbell/sport-shutter.com)

COACH OF THE YEAR: Dalton Turner, Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley’s Dalton Turner is East Alabama Sports Today’s choice as Calhoun County Class 1A-3A coach of the year. He guided the Raidrs to a 20-10 record, and they reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2017. (Photo by Brad Campbell/sport-shutter.com).

FIRST TEAM
P: Tucker Michaels, Weaver, So.
P: Jackson Acker, Pleasant Valley, Jr.
P: Charlie Sparks, Piedmont, Jr.
C: Carson Cleveland, Piedmont, So.
IF:.Kaleb Brunner, Ohatchee, So.
IF: Brenan Hurst, Piedmont, Jr.
IF: Dallas Roper, Pleasant Valley, Fr.
IF: Tanner Ingram, Wellborn, Sr.
OF: Peyton Mann, Pleasant Valley, Sr.
OF: Jaxson Howard, Piedmont, Jr.
OF: Carson Sanders, Piedmont, Jr.
DH/Utility
Dixon Duncan, Pleasant Valley, So.
Ben Dempsey, Piedmont,  Sr.
Sam Montgomery, Donoho, Sr.
Nic Acker, Pleasant Valley, Jr.
Alex Bass, Piedmont, So.
Wesley Wheeler, Pleasant Valley, Jr.
Ethan Tidwell, Piedmont, So.
Eli Johnson, Piedmont, Jr.
Cooper Dougal, Pleasant Valley, Jr.

SECOND TEAM
P:.Sawyer Beegle, Ohatchee, 8th
P: Jake Barnwell, Pleasant Valley, Jr.
P: Crawford Mallett, Piedmont, Fr.
C: D.J. Tuck, Saks, Fr.
IF:.Xavier Luna, Ohatchee, Sr.
IF: Ashton Woodard, Wellborn, Sr.
IF: Landon Free, Weaver, Jr.
IF: Landon Beason, Pleasant Valley, So.
OF: Aliandre Wright, Piedmont, So.
OF: Owen Watts, Donoho, 8th
OF: Jackson Clark, Wellborn, Jr.
DH/Utility
Zach Pressley, Wellborn, Sr.
Luke Farrell, Donoho, So.
Ethan Jones, Ohatchee, Sr.
Tanner Smith, Faith Christian, Jr.
Bryson Dowdey, Jacksonville Christian, Jr.
Nick Glover, Piedmont, So.
Connor Hyatt, Weaver, So.
Brody Barnwell, Pleasant Valley, Sr.

HONORABLE MENTION
Donoho: Hartwell Church (So., C/IF), Fisher White (Fr., IF), Cooper Christopher (Sr., OF).
Faith Christian:.Paul Kaiser (Jr., C/P), Levi Wells (8th, OF).
Jacksonville Christian: Anthony Gooch (Sr., P).
Ohatchee: Alex Boling (So., IF).
Weaver: Tracen Jones (Fr., IF).
Wellborn: J.D. Talley (Sr., P/Utl), Dalton Dillard (Jr., C), Sawyer Thomas (Jr., P/IF), Eli Wicklund (Jr., P/OF).

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