Three Beavers Names All-State In Class 2A

DES MOINES — Three Wilton baseball players were named to All-State lists in recent weeks.  The Iowa Newspaper Association and the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association released their class 2A All-State teams.  Named to the teams were Wilton baseball players Evan Reifert, Collin McCrabb and Jared Townsend.

Reifert had top honors on both lists.  The North Iowa Community College signee was named to the first team INA class 2A team as an infielder.  He was also named the captain of the IBCA 2A All-State list.

Reifert batted .454 with 44 hits, 14 doubles, 9 home runs, 34 RBI’s and 20 stolen bases.  He had an on-base percentage of .571 and a sluggins percantage of .897.  Those stats minus the batting average led Wilton this year.  He also pitched, starting four games and appearing in three others.  He was 1-1 in 19 1/3 innings with a 0.72 ERA.

Sophomore Collin McCrabb was named to the IBCA first team as a pitcher and to the INA team as a 2nd team pitcher.  McCrabb was 12-1 in 69 innings to lead Wilton.  He had an ERA of 1.22 with 96 strikeouts against 27 walks.  Opposing batters, batted .120 against him.  He also had two saves.  At the plate, he batted .320- with 32 hits, 13 doubles, five home runs and 29 RBI’s.

Sophomore Jared Townsend was named to the IBCA 2nd team as an outfielder and to the INA team as a 3rd team outfielder.  At the plate, he batted .452 with a team best 47 hits.  He hit one home run with 32 RBI’s and 11 stolen bases.  He had an on-base percentage of .521 and a .606 slugging percentage.  In the field he had only two errors all season and had a fielding percentage of .974.  Townsend also pitched and was 3-1 in six starts and 24 innings.  He had a ERA of 5.25 with 43 strikeouts.

Wilton won the South Division conference title this season with a 16-2 record.  The Beavers advanced to a class 2A substate game and won 26 games this year.

Iowa Newspaper Association

Class 2A All-State Team

First Team

Pitcher - Jackson Bennett (Dyersville-Beckman), Ryne Schooley (IC Regina), Colby Seuntjens (Maple Valley-Anthon Oto).

Catcher - Jacob Manternach (Monticello).

1b - Noah Hopp (New Hampton).

INF - Evan Reifert (Wilton), Brett Daley (Treynor), Riley LeGrand (Dyersville-Beckman).

OF - Bryce Simon (Cascade), Trace Howard (Wapello), David Disney (West Marshall).

UT - Tyler Laing (Kuemper Catholic), Kaleb Harrison (Tri-Center).

Second Team

Pitcher - Conner McDermott (Dyersville-Beckman), Collin McCrabb (Wilton), Colton Shipman (Forest City).

Catcher - Treye Rinehart (Centerville).

1b - Brock Farley (Denver).

INF - Ross Randall (West Marshall), Will Dembski (Pella Christian), Anthony Lowman (Van Meter).

OF - Sam Stelken (Dyersville-Beckman), Izak Baumhover (Kuemper Catholic), Kyle Dell (NE Goose Lake).

UT - Zach Miller (Denver), Spencer Hanson (Woodward-Granger).

Third Team

Pitcher - Cater Stochl (New Hampton), Kendrick Humphreys (Treynor), Evan Olseen (Estherville-Lincoln Central).

Catcher - Brad Barkema (BCLUW, Conrad).

1b - Lowden Gabriel (Louisa-Muscatine).

INF - Gannon O’Brien (Cascade), Matt Eckard (Okoboji), Jaden Snyder (West Lyon).

OF - Blake Berns (IC Regina), Ben Midtgaard (Forest City), Jared Townsend (Wilton).

UT - Clayton Mapel (Dike-New Hartford), Kyle Sperfslage (Monticello).

Iowa Baseball Coaches Association All-State Team

Class 2A

Class 2A Captain - Evan Reifert, Wilton

First Team

Pitcher - Ryne Schooley (IC Regina), Collin McCrabb (Wilton), Connro McDermott (Dyersville-Beckman).

Catcher - Jacob Manternach (Monticello), Jordan Wendel (Alta-Aurelia).

1b - Noah Hopp (New Hampton).

2b - Evan Olesen (Esterville-Lincoln Central).

3b - Matt Rhodes (Woodward-Granger).

Outfield - Bryce Simon (Cascade), Izak Baumhover (Kuemper Catholic), Blake Berns (IC Regina), Carter Paterson (DM Christian).

UT - Jackson Bennett (Dyersville-Beckman), Tyler Laing (Kuemper Catholic), Spencer Hanson (Woodward-Granger).

Second Team

Pitcher - Kendrick Humphreys (Treynor), Carter Stochl (New Hampton), Trey Jacobson (Estherville-Lincoln Central).

Catcher - Trent Hoogerwerf (IC Regina).

1b - Justin Cox (Treynor).

2b - Kyle Sperfslage (Monticello).

SS - Riley LaGrand (Dyersville-Beckman).

3b - Kaleb Harrison (Tri-Center).

Outfield - Jared Townsend (Wilton), David Disney (West Marshall), Trace Howard (Wapello), Sam Stelken (Dyersville-Beckman).
UT - Treye Rinehart (Centerville), Clayton Mapel (Dike-New Hartford), Colton Shipman (Forest City).