Big Nine baseball notes

Big Nine co-champion Owatonna has six All Conference players. Plus coach Cummins is co-coach of the year with 'Dutch' at John Marshall.

BIG NINE ALL CONFERENCE PLAYERS FOR THE HUSKIES

Owen Carlson, sr
Ian Langeberg, sr
Carter McCauley, sr
Riley Thompson, sr
Luke Wanous, sr
Dexter Leer, jr

OWATONNA HONORABLE MENTION

Isaac Rocha, jr

BIG NINE CONFERENCE CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR

Tate Cummins, Owatonna
Terry 'Dutch' Hiederscheit, Rochester JM

DICK SELTZ 'PLAYER OF THE YEAR'

Brad Mathiowetz, Mayo - led the conference in home runs (13), batting average (.581), RBI (44), On-base percentage, slugging percentage, doubles (11), hits and runs! He had more homers than singles! There were 21 total home runs hit in conference games this season, and he hit 13 of them.

BIG NINE CONFERENCE STANDINGS

Owatonna 15-3
Rochester JM 15-3
Rochester Mayo 14-4
Mankato West 10-8
Century 10-8
Mankato East 8-10
Faribault 5-13
Winona 4-13
Austin 4-13
Albert Lea 3-13

TEAM STAT LEADERS

Batting Average

Owatonna .350
Rochester JM .316
Mankato West .314

E.R.A.

Owatonna 1.91
Mankato West 2.83
Mankato East 2.93

OWATONNA PLAYERS AMONG THE STAT LEADERS IN BIG 9

Runs scored

2. Dexter Leer, 24
4. Riley Thompson, 22

Hits

3. Owen Carlson, 30
6. Riley Thompson, 27

Singles

2. Owen Carlson, 25
6. Luke Wanous, 20

Doubles

4. Riley Thompson, 8

Triples

2. Riley Thompson / Carter McCauley, 2

Home Runs

2. Riley Thompson, 3

RBI

2. Riley Thompson, 26
4. Owen Carlson, 17

Batting Average

4. Owen Carlson, .462
6. Cater McCauley, .457

On Base Percentage

2. Carter McCauley, .609

Slugging Percentage

2. Riley Thompson, .831
5. Carter McCauley, .630

Base on Balls

1. Carter McCauley, 14
1. Dexter Leer, 14
3. Andrew Beede, 13

Stolen Bases

2. Carter McCauley, 18
3. Dexter Leer, 16

Pitching Wins

3. Ian Langeberg, 5
3. Riley Thompson, 5

E.R.A.

1. Isaac Rocha, .96

Innings Pitched

6. Riley Thompson, 30
8. Ian Langeberg, 28

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