Baseball, softball players get nod for strong seasons in Marawood Conference

ATHENS - Seth Coker led Athens in nearly every offensive category this past prep baseball season and is a reason the Bluejays were able to defend their WIAA Division 4 state championship.

The junior finished the season with a .580 batting average and .870 slugging percentage and drove in 38 runs to earn the Marawood Conference North Division player of the year honor.

It is among the highlights for the athletes who were named all-Marawood Conference for baseball and softball in the North and South divisions this spring. 

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Coker was one of three unanimous all-conference selections for the Bluejays, who won the league title. Seniors Marshall Westfall and Klay Ellenbecker also received the nod. 

All 10 members for the first team all-Marawood North squad were unanimous picks, including Abbotsford senior Cody Friedenfels. 

Both Chequamegon (Dawson Weik, Alec O'Mera) and Phillips (Collin Krause, Ben Edwards) had two players on the first team. Juniors Trace Brayton and Zane Mencheski of Prentice and Rib Lake, respectively, round out the team. 

Assumption's Ethan Peters leads the All-Marawood South baseball team as he was named the league's player of the year and was one of eight unanimous selections to the first team. 

Marathon, which won the Marawood South title, had three unanimous picks with senior Riley Anderson and juniors Carter Hanke and Mitchell Kurtz. 

Auburndale senior Cam Ertl and junior Colton Wright were unanimous picks as was Edgar's Austin Miller and Stratford's Eli Drexler. 

Assumption senior Jake Sullivan and Stratford senior Mark Handrick were selected to the first team as well. 

SOFTBALL

Assumption had four unanimous selections to the all-Marawood South squad, led by the league's player of the year — sophomore Kendall Schill.

Schill, a pitcher and third baseman, posted a 14-4 record and a 2.60 ERA and a .375 batting average for the Royals, who captured the Marawood South title and reached the WIAA Division 5 state semifinals. 

Schill was joined on the all-conference squad by senior teammates Erin Sullivan and Ellie Schill and junior Ellie Leberg for a Royals team that went 16-5 overall. 

Assumption's Charlie Nelson shared the Marawood South coach of the year honor with Marathon's Chad Thurs. 

Marathon had three unanimous selections to the all-conference squad in seniors Sasha Hornung and Kenya Kaldunski and sophomore Hannah Hornung.

Auburndale junior Mackenzie Raab and Stratford senior Kiana Weiler were also unanimous selections. Stratford sophomore Paige Kolbeck rounded out the 10-player first team. 

Athens had two unanimous selections to the all-Marawood North team — senior Kaitlyn Brooks and junior Kenadi Diedrich. Bluejays teammate, junior Carley Lipinski also was selected to the 10-player first team. 

Chequamegon junior Hannah Borne was the Marawood North player of the year and a unanimous selection to the all-conference squad along with teammates Mackenzie Dane and Josi Orr. Chequamegon's Ken Discher was named the top coach as he led his team to an undefeated conference record. 

Phillips had three unanimous selections — seniors Ashley Kilty and Lorren Sauter and freshman Rachel Callow. Rib Lake junior Sam Rodman was a unanimous pick as well. 

ALL-MARAWOOD CONFERENCE BASEBALL

FIRST TEAM

SOUTH DIVISION

*Ethan Peters, sr., Assumption; Jake Sullivan, sr., Assumption; *Cam Ertl, sr., Auburndale; *Colton Wright, jr., Auburndale; *Austin Miller, so., Edgar; *Riley Anderson, sr., Marathon; *Carter Hanke, jr., Marathon; *Mitchell Kurtz, jr., Marathon; *Eli Drexler, jr., Stratford; Mark Handrick, sr., Stratford.

NORTH DIVISION

*Cody Friedenfels, sr., Abbotsford; *Marshall Westfall, sr., Athens; *Klay Ellenbecker, sr., Athens; *Seth Coker, jr., Athens; *Dawson Weik, sr., Chequamegon; *Alec O’Meara, so., ,Chequamegon; *Collin Krause, sr., Phillips; *Ben Edwards, sr., Phillips; *Trace Brayton, jr., Prentice; *Zane Mencheski, jr., Rib Lake.

*-unanimous selection

South player of the year: Ethan Peters, Assumption.

North player of the year: Seth Coker, Athens.

SECOND TEAM

SOUTH DIVISION

Joe Grundhoffer, sr., Assumption; Tyler Schmidt, sr., Assumption; Nick Smits, jr., Assumption; Cason Schmutzer, sr., Auburndale; Cooper Weinfurter, so., Auburndale; Myles Williamson, sr., Marathon; Hunter Seubert, jr., Marathon; Brock Warren, fr., Marathon; Ben Leischer, jr., Newman Catholic; Lance Heidmann, jr., Stratford.

NORTH DIVISION

Austin Sundermeyer, sr. Abbotsford; Connor Westfall, so., Athens; Guyler Luther, sr., Athens; Jaedyn Eder, jr., Chequamegon; Hunter Minneman, jr., Chequamegon; Austin Edwards, jr., Phillips; Jake Giannoni, sr., Phillips; Logan Parisi, jr., Prentice; Sean Schreiner, sr., Rib Lake; Levi Ewan, so., Rib Lake.

HONORABLE MENTION

SOUTH DIVISION

Cameron Kopacz, jr., Assumption; Ryan Isaacson, sr., Auburndale; Fletcher Rabb, so., Auburndale; Tyler Westfall, so., Edgar; Brock Handrick, jr., Edgar; Caleb Koeller, sr., Marathon; Kole Kaldunski, so., Marathon; Dylan Ackermann, fr., Newman Catholic; Kasey Kalafice, jr., Newman Catholic; Matt Handrick, so., Stratford; Dawson Moen, so., Stratford.

NORTH DIVISION

Ean Rau, sr., Abbotsford; Adam Seefluth, sr., Abbotsford; Dakota Willemssen, jr., Athens; Javon Penney, so., Athens; Blake Richard, so., Chequamegon; William Graf, so., Chequamegon; Seth Gehrke, sr., Phillips; John Fraundorf, sr., Phillips; Tristan Johnson, sr., Prentice; Trent Heikkinen, fr., Prentice; Cody Matyka, sr., Rib Lake; Cullin Peterson, sr., Rib Lake.

ALL-MARAWOOD CONFERENCE SOFTBALL

FIRST TEAM

SOUTH DIVISION

*Erin Sullivan, sr., Assumption; *Ellie Schill, sr., Assumption; *Kendall Schill, so, Assumption; *Ellie Leberg, jr., Assumption; *Mckenzie Raab, jr., Auburndale; *Hannah Hornung, so, Marathon; *Kenya Kaldunski, sr., Marathon; *Sasha Hornung, sr., Marathon; *Kiana Weiler, sr., Stratford; Paige Kolbeck, so., Stratford.

NORTH DIVISION

*Kaitlyn Brooks, sr., Athens; *Kenadi Diedrich, jr., Athens; Carley Lipinski, jr., Athens; *Mackenzie Dane, sr., Chequamegon; *Hannah Borne, jr., Chequamegon; *Josi Orr, so., Chequamegon; *Ashley Kilty, sr., Phillips; *Lorren Sauter, sr., Phillips; *Rachel Callow, fr., Phillips; *Sam Rodman, jr., Rib Lake.

*-unanimous selection.

South player of the year: Kendall Schill, so., Assumption

South coach of the year: Charlie Nelson, Assumption; Chad Thurs, Marathon.

North player of year: Hannah Borne, Chequamegon.

North coach of the year: Ken Dischler, Chequamegon

SECOND TEAM

SOUTH DIVISION

Samantha Nelson, fr., Assumption; Claire Preuss, sr., Assumption; Colette Stoflet, sr., Assumption; Ellie Shaw, jr., Assumption; Hannah Bolder, sr., Auburndale; Mary Volm, so,. Edgar; Jenna Dick, sr., Marathon; Molly Mohr, so., Marathon; Kenzie Krach, jr., Nemwan Catholic; Angela Rouget-Donath, fr., Newman Catholic.

NORTH DIVISION

Paula Lira, so., Athens; Shauna Belter, fr., Athens; Brooklyn Hanson, jr., Chequamegon; Korrie Herbst, sr., Chequamegon; Kayla Herbst, sr., Chequamegon; Miranda Dane, so., Chequamegon; Brook Bogdanvic, so., Phillips; Bailey Burcaw, sr., Prentice; Alyssa Schellin, jr., Prentice; Erin Probst, sr., Rib Lake.

HONORABLE MENTION

SOUTH DIVISION

Sydney Gotz, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Teryn Lau, jr., Auburndale; Maggie Willfahrt, so., Auburndale; Angela Riehle, sr., Edgar; Makenna Guden, fr., Edgar; Bailey Karlen, so., Marathon; Breanna Karlen, so., Marathon; Lilly Nowinsky, sr., Newman Catholic; Stevie Samuels, fr., Newman Catholic; Courtney Kaiser, sr., Stratford; Mariah Zawislan, jr., Stratford.

NORTH DIVISION

RaeJean Stowe, sr., Athens; Dayna Ellenbecker, so., Athens; Elicia Ericksen, jr., Prentice; Chelby Hartmann, jr., Prentice; Mia Parisi, sr., Prentice; Cami Scheithauer, jr., Rib Lake; Brittney Staab, jr., Rib Lake.