Nine Washington County baseball players were recently recognized as Class B honorable mention recipients with the release of the Omaha World-Herald's All-State teams.
Blair's honorees were Shea Wendt, J'Shawn Unger and Brady Brown, while Arlington's Trevor Denker, Kaden Pittman and Braden Monke were recognized, too. Fort Calhoun's Ty Hallberg, Sam Genoways and Declyn Otte were credited as well.
Wendt hit at a .414 average during the Bears' spring season, while Brown (.409) and Unger (.404) also topped .400. Wendt hit six homers with a team-best 22 RBIs, while Brown stole 16 bases and Unger hit eight doubles.
Denker hit .407 with 20 RBIs for the Eagles. Pittman hit .338 with 18 runs scored, too, while Monke — a catcher — was behind the plate and hit .313 at it.
Hallberg led the Pioneers with a .367 batting average. He had a team-best 22 hits with Fort Calhoun's lone triple.
Genoways, meanwhile, hit .328 during his freshman season, while Otte went 4-0 on the pitching mound with a 3.07 ERA.
