13 June 2024
The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference (KVAC), Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) and Aroostook League have named their all-conference teams for the 2024 baseball season.
Players, coaches and teams of the year were also recognized.
KVAC, Class A
Bangor baseball’s offense is averaging 7.1 runs per game in 2024. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN
First team: Jack Schuck, Bangor; Grady Vanidestine, Brewer; Hunter Bell, Camden Hills; TJ Kramarz, Edward Little; Collin Peckham, Hampden Academy; Michael Achorn and Dennis Martin, Messalonskee; Brady Truman, Oxford Hills; Silas Tibbetts, Skowhegan.
Second team: Kyle Johnson and Scott Sockabasin, Bangor; Liam Scholl, Brunswick; Kaysen Wildman, Hampden Academy; Ethan Blue, Lewiston; Ty Bernier and Garrett Card; Messalonskee; Nolan Leso, Mt. Blue; Nick Binette, Oxford Hills; Brendan Dunlop, Skowhegan.
Player of the Year: Collin Peckham, senior P/OF, Hampden Academy
Coach of the Year: Jon Perry, Hampden Academy
League Champion: Hampden Academy (15-1)
KVAC, Class B
First team: Landon Foster and Parker Morin, Cony; Noah Carpenter, Luke Gladu and Will Keach, Leavitt; AJ Giberson and Lucas Houghton, Lincoln Academy; Owen Moore, MCI; Noah Hurd, Mount View; Jacob Neumayer, Nokomis; Levi Philbrook, Oceanside.
Second team: Ethan Abbott, Belfast; Gavin White, Gardiner; Jacob Frazee, Cole Quirion and Maddox Santone, Lawrence; Porter Gahagan, Medomak Valley; Calin Gould and Oscar Nelson, Morse; Dakota Harriman, Mount View; Connor Sides, Nokomis; Gavin Ripley, Oceanside.
Player of the Year: Noah Carpenter, senior P/C/3B, Leavitt
Coach of the Year: Corey Pelletier, Lawrence
League Champion: Lawrence (14-2)
PVC, Class B
Ellsworth pitcher Dawson Curtis celebrates after striking out an Old Town batter for the third out of the first inning in the Class B North regional championship at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on June 14, 2023. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
First team: Brayden Brescia, Caribou; Dawson Curtis and Kyle Kenney, Ellsworth; Danny Fowler, Hermon; Jay Haney and Colin Sullivan, MDI; Julian Duty, Jackson Lizotte and Brendan Mahaney, Old Town.
Hampden senior Zach McLaughlin takes a cut, with junior Andrew Cote on deck and Old Town senior Jackson Lizotte behind the dish. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN
Second team: Matt Pelletier, Caribou, Jackson Barry and Miles Palmer, Ellsworth; Max Hopkins and Mason Kinney, Hermon; Aiden Ouellette, John Bapst; Nick Jacobs and Preston Tripp, MDI; Preston Vose, Old Town.
Player of the Year: Colin Sullivan, sophomore 2B/SS, MDI
Pitcher of the Year: Jay Haney, senior, MDI
Coach of the Year: Dan Curtis, Ellsworth (15-1)
PVC, Class C
Gavyn Holyoke is congratulated by coach Josh Jackson as he rounds third base after hitting a two-run homerun against Orono in April 2023. Bucksport won the game 9-8. Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
First team: Gavyn Holyoke and Ayden Maguire, Bucksport; Jadon Richard, Thomas Day and Hayden Strout, Foxcroft Academy; Brady Pert, GSA; Owen Harper, Mattanawcook Academy; Trevor Shimabukuro, Colby Moholland and Carson Prout, Washington Academy.
Second team: Trent Gross, Bucksport; Will Spratt, Dexter; Jack Day and Calvin Landry, Foxcroft Academy; Avery Jordan, Mattanawcook Academy; McKade Robertson, Narraguagus; Logan Williams, Kason Bagley & Caden Gray, Orono; Caden Schwinn, Washington Academy.
Third team: Jason Terrill, Bucksport; Bryce Caudieux, Central; Jack Caruso, Foxcroft Academy; Haven Smith & Breton Label, GSA; Thadon Gentle, Houlton; James Trott and Bradley Dill, Mattanawcook Academy; Manny Absalom, Narraguagus; James Welch, Washington Academy.
Honorable Mention: Chase Farnsworth, Dexter; Miles Worcester, Narraguagus; Dylan McKenzie, Penquis Valley.
Player of the Year: Jadon Richard, senior P/IF, Foxcroft Academy
Foxcroft senior Jadon Richard delivers a pitch during his five-inning no-hitter versus Orono on May 13, 2024. He only needed to throw 70 pitches. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN
Pitcher of the Year: Trevor Shimabukuro, freshman, Washington Academy
Coach of the Year: Josh Jackson, Bucksport (10-6)
PVC, Class D
Senior Caden “Bobby” Raymond pitched six no-hit innings for Stearns, with nine strikeouts and four earned runs. He went on to walk the game off in the ninth on a ground ball to first base. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN
First team: Evan Curtis, Woodland; Caden Raymond, Stearns; Finn Knowles and Andrew Giden, Lee Academy; Brady Gaw and Noah Kain, PCHS/Greenville; Ashton Ellis and Drew Bagley, Searsport; Cole Payne, Bangor Christian; Cameron Atkinson, Schenck.
Second team: Gaige Farrar and Isaiah Nicholas, Woodland; Owen Wilson, Zach Doyle and Caleb Shearer, Stearns; Blaze Morris, Bangor Christian; Scott Chadbourme, PCHS/Greenville, Mickey Fitzsimmons, Machias; Austen Jipson and Cohen Noble, Lee Academy.
Third team: Brayden Osborne and Owen Wyman, Schenck; Aiden Jamieson, Stearns; Chase Osgood, Scott Lane and Cooper Lindquist, PVHS; Jackson Sabattus, Lee Academy; Brevan Kenney, Jonesport Beals.
Player of the Year: Evan Curtis, Woodland,
Pitcher of the Year: Evan Curtis, Woodland,
Coach of the Year: Ryan Lincoln, Woodland (13-2)
Aroostook League, Class B/C
Caribou juniors Edison Sleeper and Brayden Brescia embrace at home plate after the Vikings scored two on a Keegan Bell single in the third. Ellsworth sophomore pitcher Dawson Curtis pictured right. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN
Keegan Bell, Brayden Brescia, Bryce Dillon, Matt Pelletier, and Edison Sleeper, Caribou;
Max Bois, Ethan Daigle, Kaden Theriault, Carter Desjardins, and Isaiah Martin, Fort Kent;
Thaden Gentle, Bronson Hanning, and Mark Thibodeau, Houlton/GHCA; Ryan Blackstone, Jack Boone, Evan Chapman, and Eli Jandreau, Presque Isle.
Aroostook League, Class D
Blake Vincent, Ashland; Jonathan McDonald, Central Aroostook; Cayden Ala and Graedon King-Rosado, Fort Fairfield; Hunter Duttweiler, Oisin Gardiner and David Tuttle, Hodgdon;
Joshua Martin and Connor Edwards, Katahdin; Isaac Beaulieu and Chris Boucher, Madawaska;
Ethan Collier, Southern Aroostook; Damian DuMont and Blake King, Washburn/Easton; Joel Desjardins, Wisdom/Van Buren.