With an 8-0 record, the Pequot Lakes Patriots captured the Mid-State Conference title this season and landed five players on the all-conference team.
Those players include Ethan Lehman (senior, 2B) batted .452 and was 4-0 with a 0.78 ERA.
Zach Sjoblad (junior, outfield), hit .438 with a home run. Tyler Manley (sophomore, 3B) batted .483 with two home runs. Marcus Klein (sophomore, catcher), hit .560. Austin Meister (sophomore, SS) hit .300 and was 4-0 with a 2.22 ERA.
The Crosby-Ironton Rangers finished 3-5 in the conference and were represented by Jake Larson (senior, CF), who hit .455 with 18 stolen bases; Noah Gindorff (senior, LF), who hit .417 with nine doubles, four triples, 28 RBIs and one home run; Austin Davis (senior, pitcher) who went 3-3 with a 2.8 ERA and 45 strikeouts; and Beau Sanford (junior, 3B) who hit .352.
Staples-Motley was 2-6 against conference opponents and landed Reid Busker (junior, 1B/P) on the all-conference team with his .297 batting average and .438 on-base percentage.
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Earning honorable mention were Pequot's Deven Psyck (junior, outfield), who hit .300; Crosby-Ironton's Eli Winegarner (junior, SS), who hit .333; and Staples-Motley's Trey Skeesick (senior, 3B/P), who hit .277 with a .388 on-base percentage.
