Gates named to OKC area baseball team

 

Publisher Note: Hunter Gates, who played left field, finished the game with a base hit in his only at bat. The game ended in the eighth inning (scheduled 9 innings) due to weather with the game tied at 4-4. 

Guthrie senior Hunter Gates will be among elite company Thursday evening when his North all-star squares up against the South all-stars from the Oklahoma City area.

Hunter Gates was 4-2 on the mound and added 32 strike-outs.

Gates and the senior all-stars were selected by the Oklahoma City Area Baseball Coaches Association and will play at 6:00 on Palmer Field inside Dolese Park.

The North will be loaded with Deer Creek’s Michael Fulmer and Brian Anderson, Edmond Santa Fe’s Connor Costello and Clayton Blackburn, and Putnam City North’s Jace James just to name a few.

Gates, who was the lone BlueJay senior, finished his senior campaign with a 4-2 record on the mound and a respectable 5.65 ERA in nearly 40 innings of work.

Gates and the Jays earned a state tournament berth this season for the first time since 2005.

North
Pitchers — Brad Honeycutt, Edmond Memorial; Conor Costello, Edmond Santa Fe; Michael Fulmer, Deer Creek.
Catchers — Jace James, Putnam City North; Clayton Blackburn, Edmond Santa Fe.
Infielders — Ross Stracke, Deer Creek; Jeff Stursa, Jones; Josh Blair, OKC Broncos; Brian Anderson, Deer Creek.
Outfielders — Kyle Lacy, Edmond Santa Fe; Dylan Keester, Edmond Memorial; Brian Brightwell, Putnam City.
Utility — Jack Decker, OKC Broncos
Reserves — Brandon Carr, Putnam City West; Anthony Stancampiano, McGuinness; Hunter Gates, Guthrie; Robert Irons, El Reno; Brian Rhodes, Piedmont; Vu Nguyen, Northwest Classen; Hunter Daylor, Edmond North; Garrett Massey, Classen; Jeremy Seaton, Cashion; Bob Kraft, Heritage Hall.
Coaches — Grant Ledbetter and Brent Hardin, NW Classen

South
Pitchers — Kevin Hill, Tecumseh; Kyle Vail, Moore; Matt Southard, Norman North.
Catchers — Caleb Teel, Southmoore; Denver Johnston, Midwest City.
Infielders — Anthony Frazier, Carl Albert; Tanner Hessman, Choctaw; A.J. Wilson, Carl Albert; Josh Terrell, Westmoore.
Outfielders — Torey Hart, Westmoore; Cisco Factor, Yukon; Aaron Johnson, Midwest City.
Utility — Caleb Simpson, Norman North. Designated hitter — Ty Ash, Choctaw.
Reserves — Chance Lay, McLoud; Michael Critchfield, Del City; Brian Strother, Capitol Hill; Hunter Wood, Western Heights; Jace Chestnut, Mustang; Josh Covert, Santa Fe South; Colin Foster, Blanchard; Erick Cummings, Tuttle; Travis Remillard, Norman; Dakota Sutton, Southeast; Cooper Ansell, Shawnee.
Coaches - Jarod Freeman, Westmoore; Dean Hodges, Moore

Wehrenberg signs with Southwestern Christian

 

Josh Wehrenberg signs to play with Southwestern Christian University.

Josh Wehrenberg will be going from a BlueJay to an Eagle here in a few weeks and on Wednesday afternoon made it official when he signed with Southwestern Christian University in Bethany.

The senior played in all four years of the state tennis tournament while playing doubles for the BlueJays.

Southwestern Christian (formerly known as Southwestern College of Christian Ministries) plays in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference and is a member of the NAIA.

Southwestern Christian tennis is coached by Jenny Marcos and was on hand for the signing along with Guthrie head coach Mary Hudson and Wehrenberg’s parents Mark and Leslie Wehrenberg.

Suburban Conference baseball awards

 

The Suburban Conference flexed its muscles again this season on the diamond by landing five teams in the eight team 5A state tournament field.

Chickasha and Carl Albert made their sixth straight tournament while Deer Creek made their fifth in a row. Shawnee was back for the seventh time in nine seasons and Guthrie was back for the first time since going back-to-back in 2004 and 2005.

As one could imagine, the all conference team was composed of many Deer Creek Antlers, who as a team finished with a 33-6 record. Headlining he selections, who were made by the 10 conference coaches, was Deer Creek’s shortstop Brian Anderson who was named the conference player of the year.

Joining Anderson was teammate Michael Fulmer, who was named the pitcher of the year. Both players helped lead their team to the state championship game and both have signed to play at Arkansas next season. Their head coach, Ron Moore, was selected as the coach of the year.

2011 Suburban Conference All – Conference Team

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL	CLASS
P	Colin Hightower	Chickasha	Sr
P	Dylan Johnson	Shawnee	Sr
P	Chris Nye	Chickasha	Sr
P	Jordan Hammer	Carl Albert	Sr
P	Mark Meadors	Carl Albert	Sr
P	Cameron Warren	Carl Albert	Fr
C	Landry Chappell	Guthrie	Jr
C	Cole Davis	Piedmont	Jr
C	Devin Shepperd	Chickasha	Sr
1B	Ross Stracke	Deer Creek	Sr
1B	Anthony Frazier	Carl Albert	Sr
1B	Tanner Heatley	Shawnee	Sr
IF	Isaac Hellbusch	Deer Creek	Jr
IF	Bryan Dutton	Guthrie	So
IF	Cameron Hill	El Reno	Jr
IF	Alex Polston	Carl Albert	Jr
IF	A.J. Wilson	Carl Albert	Jr
OF	Jon Wilson	Deer Creek	Sr
OF	Bryan Rhodes	Piedmont	Sr
OF	Cooper Ansell	Shawnee	Sr
OF	Korbin Polston	Carl Albert	Jr
OF	Luke Davis	Guthrie	Jr
UTILITY	Taylor Hawkins	Carl Albert	Jr
UTILITY	John Mitchell	Chickasha	Jr
UTILITY	Bo Fields	Western Heights	Sr
DH	Hayden Seifert	Guthrie	Jr
DH	Austin Ferguson	El Reno	Jr
DH	Hunter Holley	Shawnee	Sr

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Sr. Brian Anderson- Deer Creek­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

PITCHER OF THE YEAR

Sr. Michael Fulmer- Deer Creek­­­­­­­­­­­­

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Fr. Gavin Lavalley- Carl Albert

COACH OF THE YEAR

Ron Moore- Deer Creek