Seven area baseball players add postseason honors

Lynnville-Sully senior Carson Maston and Baxter junior Colton Moffit ranked in the top five in pitching wins, starts, strikeouts and total pitches this past summer.

The duo headlined a pair of all-district squads as seven area players were recognized by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association recently.

Maston also was named a first team all-state pitcher in Class 1A by the IHSBCA on Friday and grabbed one of the four Gary and Sandy Nyhus Leadership Awards.

Moffit and junior teammate Cael Wishman were first-team selections in the 1A Central District and Maston earned first-team honors in the Southeast District.

Four of Maston’s teammates — seniors Lannon Montgomery and Terran Gosselink and juniors JD Richards and Jack Bowlin — all were second-team choices.

Moffit (9-2) and Maston (9-1) were first-team all-district pitchers. Both hurlers tied for fourth in 1A with nine wins.

Maston ranked second in 1A with 117 strikeouts, third with 1,055 pitches, tied for fourth with 12 starts and tied for eighth with 61 1/3 innings.

Maston, who also grabbed first team academic all-state recognition, posted an earned run average of 1.71 in his final season, opponents batted .129 against him and his fielding percentage was .975.

Moffit’s 70 1/3 innings, 119 strikeouts and 1,128 total pitches led 1A and he finished tied for second with 13 starts. He finished with an ERA of .90 and opponents batted .156 against him.

Moffit’s fielding percentage was .990 and Wishman had a fielding percentage of .970.

Wishman, who made the all-district squad as a catcher, batted .411, had an on-base percentage of .494 and tied for third in 1A with five home runs.

Wishman added 30 hits, 25 runs, five doubles, 24 RBIs, nine walks, 50 total bases and 16 steals and he was hit by four pitches. He also struck out only two times in 73 at-bats, which ranked tied for second in the class.

Bowlin also earned his all-district honor as a pitcher. He was 5-0 with an ERA of 2.68. He started five of the nine games he pitched in, opponents batted .142 against him and he fanned 53 batters in 31 1/3 innings.

Richards earned all-district recognition as a second baseman. He batted .381, had an OBP of .500 and led the Hawks with 33 runs and 20 steals.

He added 32 hits, three doubles, 22 RBIs, 15 walks, 35 total bases and he was hit by six pitches.

Richards also struck out only three times in 84 at-bats, which ranked tied for fourth in 1A. He had a fielding percentage of .938.

Montgomery earned all-district honors as an outfielder. He batted .386, registered an OBP of .486 and ranked 13th in 1A with 38 RBIs.

He also totaled 32 hits, 31 runs, 46 total bases, 19 walks, six doubles, two homers and eight steals. His fielding percentage was .962.

Gosselink grabbed all district as a utility player. He batted .400, finished with an OBP of .520 and led the Hawks with three triples and 14 hit by pitches and led 1A with 276 putouts.

Gosselink totaled 30 hits, 14 runs, three doubles, two homers, 33 RBIs, eight walks, 45 total bases and 11 steals. His fielding percentage was .990.