PV's McKeown named MVP as All-League teams announced
The battle between Chico and Pleasant Valley High School was tight all year long. The Vikings won the Eastern Athletic League title, but it was the Panthers who battled their way through the loser's bracket to claim the Northern Section Division II title in dominant fashion against Foothill.
Pleasant Valley's Scott McKeown, a senior and captain for the Vikings, was an integral part to the Vikings' success, and was ultimately rewarded with EAL All-League co-MVP as voted on by Northern Section coaches. McKeown shared the honors with Foothill's Blake Schwerdt. McKeown finished with a .429 batting average with three doubles, three triples and 16 RBIs. He had six stolen bases in seven attempts and a .918 fielding percentage on defense.
McKeown is joined by teammates Braedon Tatreau, Brayden Wynkoop, Holden Franks, Benni Montgomery and Brayden Borges on the All-League selection list. Catcher Hudson Hack was named Honorable Mention.
Chico, the NSCIF D-II champs, had four All-League selections, as well as one Honorable Mention selection. Giuseppe Bianchi, who had two home runs in the section championship game, joins Jaxxon Tweedt, Vincent Boatright, Tanner Horn and Honorable Mention selection Jorden Neugebauer.
For Horn it is a special honor, as he and his sister Annalee Horn, a sophomore pitcher for Durham softball, were both awarded All-League selections.
Other area MVPs included West Valley's Gunner Church for the Northern Athletic League, Gridley's Tanner Abbott for the Westside League, Durham's Landon Lynch for the Sacramento Valley League, Etna's Clayton Harris for the Shasta Cascade League, Maxwell's Colt Montgomery from the Mid-Valley League, Los Molinos' Parker Heitman for the Five Star League and Loyalton's Thor Corcoran from the Evergreen League.
Below are the area selections for All League honors provided by the leagues and voted on by the high school coaches, with MVPs and Coach of the Year honors shown when selected.
Eastern Athletic League: Scott McKeown, Pleasant Valley, Sr, co-MVP; Blake Schwerdt, Foothill, IF, Sr, co-MVP; Braedon Tatreau, Pleasant Valley, IF, Soph; Brayden Wynkoop, Pleasant Valley, OF, Jr; Holden Franks, Pleasant Valley, P, Jr; Benji Montgomery, Pleasant Valley, P, Sr; Brayden Borges, Pleasant Valley, Ut, Jr; Giuseppe Bianchi, Chico, IF, Jr; Jaxxon Tweedt, Chico, OF, Soph; Vincent Boatwright, Chico, P, Jr; Tanner Horn, Chico, Ut, Sr.
Honorable Mention: Jorden Neuegebauer, Chico; Hudson Hack, Pleasant Valley.
Westside League: Tanner Abbott, Gridley, Sr, P/OF/1B, MVP; Roy Alexander, Orland, Sr, P/1B; Luke Schager, Orland, Sr, SS/P; Dominic Pacheco, Orland, Sr, 2B
Victor Guerrero, Orland, Sr, Utl; Kannon Gunness, Orland, Sr, OF; Colton Rosauer, Las Plumas, Sr, OF; Wyatt Denton, Las Plumas, Sr, C; Hunter George, Las Plumas; Sr, OF
Kooper Hancock, Las Plumas Jr, C/OF; Eli Punzo, Gridley, Sr, OF/P; Trey Rosser, Gridley, Soph, RHP; Jeremy Crossman, Corning, Jr, IF; Casey Long, Corning, Jr, IF; Carlos Sandoval, Oroville, Sr, UT.
Sacramento Valley League: Landon Lynch, Durham, MVP; Nolan Ring, Durham; Ely Martinez, Durham; Brevan Ring, Durham; Jack Drake, Durham; Rhett Rabo, Durham; David Gleason, Willows; Clint Girard, Willows; Aydrik Stolz, Paradise.
Mid-Valley League: Colt Montgomery, Maxwell, MVP; Forrest Bateman, Maxwell, Coach of the Year; Hayden Boles, Hamilton; Patrick Matthews, Hamilton; Austin Studybaker, Hamilton; Dylan Joksch, Hamilton; Dennis Dewhurst, Biggs; Jaiden Bandy, Biggs; Collin Beck, Biggs.
Northern Athletic League: Gunner Church, West Valley, Jr, 2B/P, MVP.
Shasta Cascade League: Clayton Harris, Etna, Sr, MVP; Bruce Lewis, Modoc, Soph, Defensive MVP; Josh Oates, Weed, Coach of the Year.
Five Star League: Parker Heitman, Los Molinos, MVP; Nathan Stelzriede, Los Molinos, Coach of the Year.
Evergreen League: Thor Corcoran, Loyolton, MVP.
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