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Larned, Hoisington earn All-CKL baseball honors
Logan Erway
Larned Indian Logan Erway is thrilled to start the season with a homer followed by a standup triple against Pratt. - photo by Janet Fleske Courtesy Photo

Larned’s Erway earns first-team honor


Larned first baseman Logan Erway earned first-team All-Central Kansas League baseball honors. Larned (9-12, 7-11 CKL) reached the 3A regional final by upsetting Russell 12-5 and Ellsworth 9-8 before losing 11-3 to Hays Thomas More Prep.

Earning second-team honors were Hoisington shortstop Tony Moore and oufielder Leyton Haxton.

Hoisington second-baseman M.J. Aylward and Larned shortstop Brady Hope earned honorable mention honors.

Central Kansas League champion Pratt featured four first-team and seven second-team selections.    

CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE

FIRST TEAM CKL

PRATT—P Cesar Espino, 12; 2B Cesar Espino, 12; SS Blake Coss, 12; Utility—Matthew Shanline, 12 

HALSTEAD—P Chandler Drake, 12; 3B Kaleb Wise, 11

HAVEN—P D.J. Miller, 11; C Karter Cooprider, 12

HESSTON—P Whit Rhodes, 10; OF Brett Cox, 11

LYONS—Dawson Stover, 12; DH Brian Bernhardt, 12

HILLSBORO—Matthew Potucek, 12

LARNED—1B Logan Erway, 12

SMOKY VALLEY—OF Kade Blanchat, 11

SECOND TEAM CKL

PRATT—P Dyllan Lunsford, 12; C Koda Dipman, 12; 1B Dru Lunsford, 12; 3B Matthew Hook, 12; OF John Martinez, 11; OF Jayden Mies, 10; DH Fernando Fernandez, 12

HOISINGTON—SS Tony Moore, 10; OF Leyton Haxton, 11

LYONS—P Reece Bressler, 12; 2B Jaiden Diasio, 10

HALSTEAD—Utility—Jackson Swift, 12

HAVEN—P Karter Cooprider, 12

NICKERSON—OF Colton Morrell, 11

SMOKY VALLEY—P Kade Blanchat, 11

HONORABLE MENTION CKL

HALSTEAD—P Jase Mueller, 10; P Kaleb Wise, 11; C Austin Radke, 12; 2B Keenan McCune, 11; OF Adler Davison, 11

HAVEN—1B Brant Sipe, 11; 3B D.J. Miller, 11; OF Dustin Loughrie, 10; SS Nash Wray, 9

HESSTON—SS Gunnar Lewis, 10; Utility Whit Rhodes, 10

HILLSBORO— P Alex Caldwell, 12; Utility Hunter Navrat, 12

LYONS—C Solomon Goforth, 10; Utility Ethan Luck, 9

NICKERSON—1B Bronson Nuss, 10; SS Camden Cornelius, 10

HOISINGTON—2B M.J. Aylward, 11

LARNED— SS Brady Hope, 10

SMOKY VALLEY—Utility Trayton Miller, 12 

CKL BASEBALL

Pratt 15-1 17-2

Haven 14-4 18-5

Halstead 11-7 15-9

Hillsboro 9-7 12-8

Hesston 10-8 10-9

Lyons 9-9 10-10

Larned 7-11 9-12

Hoisington 5-11 7-12

Smoky Valley 5-11 5-14

Nickerson 1-17 2-20

LARNED (7-11, 9-12)—LL Pratt 5-17, 1-11; LL Hesston 0-9, 2-6; WL Haven 7-6, 9-17; LL Hillsboro 3-4, 7-8; WL Halstead 4-3, 0-7; WL Smoky Valley 15-4, 5-6; W Hoisington 14-4, 6-5; WL Nickerson 14-4, 8-9; WL Lyons 12-9, 6-7; W Russell/Victoria 12-5; W Ellsworth 9-8; L Hays TMP 3-11 

HOISINGTON (5-11, 7-12)—L Lyons 8-18, 2-20; LL Pratt 0-10, 1-7; WL Hesston 11-10, 11-16; LL Haven 0-15, 6-14; WL Hillsboro 13-3, 8-9; WL Halstead 10-8, 8-9; WW Ellinwood 16-6, 14-8; L Larned 4-15, 4-3 (suspended); WW Nickerson 11-2, 23-13; L Beloit 1-4