Spring baseball made its return in 2021.
After the 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19, the Blair Bears (12), Arlington Eagles (nine) and Fort Calhoun Pioneers (seven) combined for 28 victories. It was a solid start to Washington County's prep baseball year, which continues into American Legion play later this month.
To prepare for that second season — the summer season — let's take a look who led the county during high school ball. Tylan Conner was a force at the plate for the Pioneers with a .482 batting average, while the Bears' Dex Larsen — who recently earned BHS' Rufus Olson Award — hit five homers in his return to the diamond. Players like Dustin Kirk, Jake Seina, Justin Myer, Josh Miller, Tyler Andersen, Brady Brown and J'shawn Unger shined, too.
The stats go on-and-on, so here they are. They are all according to maxpreps.com.
See you at a ballfield this summer.
Batting average (minimum 20 at-bats)
Tylan Conner, FCHS .482
Dustin Kirk, AHS .430
Jake Seina, FCHS .419
Nick Smith, AHS .388
Dex Larsen, BHS .384
Cade Ulven, BHS .361
Nolan Osterhaus, BHS .359
Morgan Rump, BHS .353
Ty Hallberg, FCHS .354
Zach Faucher, FCHS .328
Home runs
Larsen, BHS 5
Brady Brown, BHS 2
Conner, FCHS 2
Justin Myer, FCHS 2
Osterhaus, BHS 2
Ulven, BHS 2
Shea Wendt, BHS 2
Matt Burns, BHS 1
Tristan Fuhrman, FCHS 1
Kirk, AHS 1
Zane Schwarz, FCHS 1
Smith, AHS 1
J'shawn Unger, BHS 1
RBIs
Larsen, BHS 25
Smith, AHS 22
Seina, FCHS 18
Trevor Denker, AHS 18
Osterhaus, BHS 17
Aiden Foreman, AHS 16
Wendt, BHS 15
Kirk, AHS 15
Josh Miller, AHS 15
Kaden Pittman, AHS 14
Stolen bases
Brown, BHS 20
Miller, AHS 17
Fuhrman, FCHS 13
Kirk, AHS 10
Pittman, AHS 10
Foreman, AHS 10
Osterhaus, BHS 9
Larsen, BHS 9
Seina, FCHS 8
Smith, AHS 7
Pitching wins
Myer, FCHS 4
Tyler Andersen, BHS 3
Zach Vanek, AHS 3
Pittman, AHS 2
Jack Bang, AHS 2
Unger, BHS 1
Hallberg, FCHS 1
Larsen, BHS 1
Seina, FCHS 1
Bo Nielsen, BHS 1
Conner, FCHS 1
Wendt, BHS 1
Canton Lippincott, BHS 1
ERA (minimum 5 appearances)
Unger, BHS 1.14
Zach Faucher, FCHS 1.78
Bang, AHS 2.33
Brown, BHS 2.47
Andersen, BHS 2.83
Myer, FCHS 3.59
Vanek, AHS 3.76
Pittman, AHS 4.10
Dylan Swanson, BHS 4.90
Nielsen, BHS 4.94
Strikeouts
Myer, FCHS 56
Vanek, AHS 47
Kirk, AHS 43
Seina, FCHS 28
Andersen, BHS 27
Brown, BHS 19
Wendt, BHS 19
Conner, FCHS 18
Unger, BHS 17
Ulven, BHS 12
Denker, AHS 12
