South Iowa Cedar League names baseball elite

The South Iowa Cedar League has released its All-Conference teams for the 2021 season in baseball.

The league champion Sigourney Savages were led by head coach Lee Crawford, who won Coach of the Year.

Four other Savages were first team selections.

Keota had five players garner honors. Two Eagles were picks for first team honors in Colten Clarahan and Brady Duwa. Carson Sprouse was chosen for the second team. Patrick Clarahan and Max Johnson received honorable mention.

On the mound, Clarahan led the South Iowa Cedar League in strikeouts, but at the plate, he was one of three players in the SICL who struck out three times or less.

Duwa led the South Iowa Cedar League in home runs with twice as many as second place. Clarahan batted in more runs (32) than everyone in the league except Cade Striegel (36) of Sigourney. Duwa was 12th with 21. Duwa was eighth in total bases and Clarahan 10th. Clarahan tied for second in triples and Duwa eighth.

Duwa was 10th in slugging percentage at .592 and Clarahan 12th at .583.

Clarahan batted .417, which was 11th in the league. Sprouse batted .373 (20th) and Duwa was at .329 (30th). Sprouse was 10th in on base percentage at .533, Clarahan 16th at .517 and Duwa .414.

Keota had two of the four top pitchers with Sprouse and Clarahan. The earned run average of Clarahan was second (1.26) and Sprouse’s was fourth (1.59). Opponents batted .068 against Clarahan, best in the league. Sprouse was 10th at .172.

Clarahan, who had a 7-1 record, was sixth in innings pitched. Sprouse threw 44 innings, eighth most.

Clarahan struck out 113 opponents, walked 27 and gave up 14 hits. He hit more batters than anyone (12) in the league. Sprouse plunked seven, struck out 61 and walked 20.

Clarahan’s walks plus hits per inning pitched was first in the South Iowa Cedar League at 0.82. Sprouse was at 1.27, 11th best.

All-South Iowa Cedar League baseball

FIRST TEAM

Pitcher — Colten Clarahan, junior, Keota

Pitcher — Blake Readshaw, senior, North Mahaska

Pitcher — Beau York, junior, HLV

Catcher — Dylan Klinker, senior, North Mahaska

Catcher — Cade Streigle, junior, Sigourney

Infielder — Josh Mohr, senior, Sigourney

Infielder — Sam Terpstra, junior, North Mahaska

Infielder — Conner Maston, sophomore, Lynnville-Sully

Infielder — Cole Watts, senior, Montezuma

Infielder — Ethan Kupka, senior, HLV

Outfielder — Cade Molyneux, junior, Sigourney

Outfielder — Brady Duwa, senior, Keota

Outfielder — Jaxon Kressley, senior, Belle Plaine

Outfielder — Cole Stephenson, senior, English Valleys

Utility — Boston York, freshman, HLV

Utility — Eddie Burgess, junior, Montezuma

Utility — Bo Schmidt, junior, Sigourney

Coach of the Year — Lee Crawford, Sigourney

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher — Ty Kelderman, senior, North Mahaska

Pitcher — Owen Cook, sophomore, Montezuma

Pitcher — Trase Kriegel, senior, BGM

Catchers — Corder Noun Harder, freshman, Lynnville-Sully

Catchers — Jake Moel, junior, BGM

Infielder — Levi Crawford, junior, Sigourney

Infielder — Caleb Rea, sophomore, Lynnville-Sully

Infielder — Carson Sprouse, senior, Keota

Infielder — Dayton Pace, senior, Tri County

Infielder — Ty Alcott, eighth, Belle Plaine

Outfielder — Cole Bracewell, junior, Colfax Mingo

Outfielder — Caden Knapp, sophomore, Iowa Valley

Outfielder — Grant Smith, senior, North Mahaska

Outfielder — Cole Fontinel, freshman, HLV

Utility — Connor Van Zee, junior, Montezuma

Utility — Jacob Maurer, sophomore, BGM

HONORABLE MENTION

BGM — Joe Irlbeck, junior; Shamus Keller, sophomore

Belle Plaine — Keaton Parrott, sophomore; Jackson Tegeler, senior

Colfax-Mingo — Cael Bracewell, freshman, Zach Steenhoek, senior

HLV — Marcus Kolesar, senior; Max Henstorf, freshman

Iowa Valley — Evan Kearney, sophomore; Eli Slaymaker, senior

Keota — Max Johnson, senior; Patrick Clarahan, senior

English Valleys — Ty Moore, junior; Kaden Hall, junior

Lynnville-Sully — Braden Alberts, junior; Owen Norrish, junior

Montezuma — Cam Johnson, senior; Colton Benson, sophomore

North Mahaska — Nash Smith, sophomore; Jaydyn Steil, junior

Sigourney — Jake Moore, junior; Max Phillips, sophomore

Tri-County — David Gillam, sophomore; Eli Molyneux, sophomore

South Iowa Cedar League Final Standings

Team SICL Overall

Sigourney 13-3 19-6

North Mahaska 12-4 22-6

Lynnville-Sully 12-4 18-11

Keota 11-5 15-8

Montezuma 10-6 13-7

HLV 10-6 12-11

Belle Plaine 8-8 10-15

Colfax-Mingo 5-11 8-15

BGM 5-11 6-15

English Valleys 6-10 6-16

Iowa Valley 4-12 4-16

Tri-County 0-16 1-19