Five Cougars, two Eagles named all-conference
Five members of the Burlington Cougars and a pair of players from the Stratton Eagles were named to the All-2A/1A Union Pacific League Team by the league’s coaches.
Honored from the Cougars were senior Ty Marcum, along with juniors Garrett Richardson, Matthew Gutierrez, Dominic Conrardy, and Henry Goodnow (honorable mention).
Stratton selections were juniors Cooper Seaman and Camden Bledsoe.
An infielder and pitcher, Marcum led the Cougars in runs scored (32) and tied for the team lead in runs batted in with 30. He was second in batting average (.491), stolen bases (14), hits (28), slugging percentage (.771) and triples (4) and was third in on-base percentage (.603). He was also a standout as a pitcher with a team-high 48 strikeouts in 38.2 innings.
Richardson, and infielder, catcher and pitcher, topped the team in batting average (.571), hits (32), slugging percentage (.964), doubles (9), triples (5) and tied for the team lead in RBI (30). He was also the top fielder with a 1.000 fielding percentage and was second on the team on-base percentage (.631), tied for second in home runs (1) and third in runs scored (28).
Conrardy, an outfielder/pitcher, was second on the Cougars with seven doubles and hits with 30. He was third on the squad in batting average (.484), stolen bases (11), RBI (27) and slugging (.693). As a pitcher he averaged almost a strikeout per inning with 21 in 24.1 innings.
Gutierrez played infield and pitched. He was third on the team with five doubles, along with posting a .327 average with 16 RBI and a pair of triples. He struck out 27 batters pitching 23.1 innings.
Goodnow was the team leader in on-base percentage (.646) and stolen bases with 21, and was second in runs scored with 31. He also had a .420 batting average and drove in a dozen runs.
The Cougars finished 17-6, were ranked as high as No. 6 in the state and advanced to the regional finals for a second straight season.
For Stratton (10-11), Seaman led the team in batting average (.442), on-base percentage (.574), hits (23), slugging percentage (.750) and doubles with 14, along with tying for the team lead in triples with one. He was second in RBI with 20 and third in stolen bases (18) and runs scored (24). As a pitcher, his 6-3 record led the squad, as did his 4.72 ERA and 69 strikeouts and 49 innings.
Bledsoe was second on the Eagles in fielding percentage (.923) and runs scored (25), along with being third in on-base percentage (.530). He also batted .354, drove in 11 runs and had three doubles.
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