Steenhoek, Houser lead four Mustangs on all-HOIAC baseball squad

Senior Trigg Steenhoek led the PCM baseball team in batting average, hits, doubles and total bases in conference play and sophomore Jaden Houser batted .326 in his first season as a varsity starter.

Both Mustangs earned second-team all-conference honors recently. The Heart of Iowa Activities Conference baseball teams were announced last week after Saydel lost in the semifinals of the Class 3A state baseball tournament.

Steenhoek was a first-teamer in the outfield despite playing most of his games on the infield. Houser earned his recognition as an infielder and seniors Kaleb DeVries and Trenner Van Dyke were the honorable mention selections.

All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only. All four Mustangs started all 15 conference games.

Steenhoek led the Mustangs with a .381 batting average. He also finished with a team-best 16 hits, 20 total bases and four doubles and added 10 runs, nine walks, seven RBIs and four steals.

Steenhoek had an on-base percentage of .481.

Houser batted .326 and had an OBP of .420. He totaled 14 hits, nine runs, three doubles, five RBIs, seven walks, 17 total bases and four steals.

DeVries made a case for at least second team after ranking in the top 10 in the conference in OBP, walks and hit by pitches.

DeVries batted .325 and his .526 OBP ranked ninth in the HOIAC. He led the league with 13 walks, ranked tied for seventh with four hit by pitches and finished with 13 hits, 13 runs, three doubles, eight RBIs, 16 total bases and five steals.

DeVries was one of six players in the league with at least 23 chances to not commit an error in HOIAC play.

He was 2-2 as a pitcher with an earned run average of 2.95. Opponents batted .202 against him and he fanned 31 batters in 21 1/3 innings.

Van Dyke batted .216, had an OBP of .340 and finished with eight hits, three runs, one triple, one homer, seven walks, 17 total bases and led the team with 12 RBIs and four doubles.

Van Dyke’s fielding percentage was .962. He was 2-3 as a pitcher with an ERA of 4.15. Opponents batted .182 against him and he ranked ninth in the conference with 35 strikeouts and tossed 28 2/3 innings, which ranked tied for fifth in the league.

Heart of Iowa Activities Conference

Final Standings

Baseball

Team Conference Overall

Saydel 13-3 29-8

West Marshall 13-3 24-10

Roland-Story 10-5 22-10

Grand View Christian 10-5 16-12

PCM 7-8 9-14

Nevada 6-8 12-13

Greene County 4-12 7-15

South Hamilton 3-12 5-17

Perry 3-13 3-24

All-Conference

First Team

Pitchers: Brady Hicks, so., Saydel; Luke Jordan, so., Grand View Christian.

Catcher: AJ Dee, sr., West Marshall.

Infielders: Owen Meyers, sr., Perry; Kamden Jorgensen, jr., Saydel; Austin Jordan, sr., Grand View Christian; Drake Hinson, jr., Nevada.

Outfielders: Beckham DeSotel, sr., West Marshall; DJ Ridout, sr., West Marshall; Jackson Burlage, sr., Nevada.

Utility: Anthony Eaton, sr., Nevada; William DeSotel, sr., West Marshall; Tate Moulton, jr., Grand View Christian.

Second Team

Pitchers: James Tounsley, sr., Saydel; Cael Faber, jr., Roland-Story.

Catcher: William Zamzow, sr., Roland-Story.

Infielders: Jaden Houser, so., PCM; Braydon Boston, so., Saydel; Caden Pfantz, sr., West Marshall; Crew Conner, sr., Greene County.

Outfielders: Trigg Steenhoek, sr., PCM; Dawson Bear, sr., West Marshall; Aiden Frey, so., Roland-Story.

Utility: Braden Wallace, so., Roland-Story; Braden Young, sr., South Hamilton; Jaron Jacobs, so., Greene County.

Honorable Mention

Kaleb DeVries, sr., PCM; Trenner Van Dyke, sr., PCM; Titus Jordan, so., Grand View Christian, Thomas Childs, jr., Grand View Christian; Noah Hinote, sr., Greene County; Gavyn Winters, sr., Greene County; Gabe Kramer, sr., Nevada; Clay Franzen, jr., Nevada; Geren Kenney, sr., Perry: Colin Willis, fr., Roland-Story; Jake Knoll, so., Roland-Story; Adam Mein, sr., Saydel; Cooper Lindahl, sr., Sadel; Landon Sogard, sr., South Hamilton; Garrett Johnson, fr., South Hamilton; Holden Simms, sr., West Marshall; Evan Siegert, jr., West Marshall.