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2 Hawks named all-WEC in baseball

Two players from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn were named to the 2024 All-War Eagle Conference baseball teams.

Freshman Grant Kunzman was named to the second team. He is a first-time selection. Senior Jacob Cates was named honorable mention for 2024. He was previously named to the first team as a sophomore and a junior, and was honorable mention as a freshman.

The following is the complete list of 2024 all-War Eagle Conference baseball selections.

First Team: Akron-Westfield – Ashton McCully, Nathan Gaswint, Jack Terpstra. Remsen St. Mary's – Landon Waldschmitt, Collin Homan, Daenon Loucks, Hunter Pick. Gehlen Catholic – Dane Lehmann, Dylan Poeckes. Hinton – Karver DeGroot, Logan Kempema. MMCRU – Mitchell Schnepf, Gage Johnson. Harris-Lake Park – Javen Baumgarn, Bowden Barnhart. Trinity Christian – Evan De Jong, Luke De Jong. West Sioux – Blake Wiggins, Carter Van Wyhe. George-Little Rock – Drew Denekas. South O'Brien – Ben Woodall.

Second Team: Akron-Westfield – Kasey Nielsen, Arik Allard. Remsen St. Mary's – Brady Koenck, Dalton Klein. Gehlen Catholic – Jaxten Kramer, Jake Bogen. Hinton – Brogan Lake, Kaden Barrett. MMCRU – Eli Schlenger. Harris-Lake Park – Gabe Nicks. Trinity Christian – Levi Maassen. West Sioux – Austin Van Engelenhoven. George-Little Rock – Collin DeLeeuw. South O'Brien – Mitchell Enger. H-M-S – Grant Kunzman.

Honorable Mention: Akron-Westfield – Conner Wendel. Gehlen Catholic – Gabe Wiltgen. Hinton – Dawson Spies. MMCRU – Lucas Braun. Harris-Lake Park – Lucas Ahrenstorff. Trinity Christian – Dustin Hoksbergen. West Sioux – Kolton Koopmans. George-Little Rock – Jack Krull. South O'Brien – Damian Vilarreal. H-M-S – Jacob Cates.