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SPORTSwww.TheNewsHerald.comSection C Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Trenton hosts Roar on theRiver Page 5-B
All-News-Herald Baseball Team
Keathley Bronson MattVyletelSalinas
Name Wilk WillettsContiDarin
The Dream Team
Dream TeamBlake Wojtala, Trenton
Gino Darin, Richard
Erik Wilk, Cabrini
Jordan Conti, TrentonChase Keathley, Truman
Joe Salinas, Allen Park
Devon Bronson, Anderson
Nick Willets, Allen Park
Hunter Matt, Roosevelt
Mark Vyletel, Kennedy
All-News-Herald
Blake Wojtala
Jordan Frayer
Tim Lyons
Meet the members of this yearsAll-News-Herald Baseball DreamTeam:
Devon Bronson, Anderson:Bronson had a monstrous senior sea-
son for the Titans both on the moundand at the plate. The Anderson acewas a perfect 8-0 with six completegames and posted a 2.19 ERA with 86strikeouts in 60.2 innings. Bronsonwas equally dangerous at the plate andhit .466 with 32 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
Jordan Conti, Trenton: TheTrojan first baseman earned Division2 second-team all-state honors with a.336 average with team-highs in homeruns (four) and RBI (27). The three-year starter was also named to theall-league, all-district and all-regionteams.
Gino Darin, Richard: A near-.500hitter, Darin hit .494 for the Pioneersduring the regular season, coming upwith 39 hits, 34 runs and 30 RBI in 79at-bats. Darin topped off the year byearning all-academic, all-Catholic, all-
district and all-region honors.
Chase Keathley, Truman: Thesenior hurler ended his career atTruman in impressive fashion witha .388 batting average and 21 RBI to
go with a 6-5 record on the mound.Keathley has signed to attend and playfor Indiana Tech next year.
Hunter Matt, Roosevelt: The foot-ball standout had another solid seasonfor the Bears with a .419 batting aver-age and a .476 on-base percentage. Thesenior led the Bears with 39 hits.
Jose Salinas, Allen Park: Salinaswas one of the most dangerous hittersin the area and hit .459 with 26 RBI anda team-leading 50 hits.
Mark Vyletel, Kennedy: Vyletelhad another strong season for theEagles and hit over .400 for the secondtime in the last three years. A playerwho can hit anywhere in the order, thethree-year captain led Kennedy with a.412 batting average with 23 RBI and 10steals.
Eric Wilk, Cabrini: The seniorleft fielder and pitcher went 4-2 on themound with 38 strikeouts and a 2.84ERA. At the plate, Wilk hit .458 with44 hits, 43 RBI, and 24 runs. He also
stole 14 bases and bombed four homeruns. The standout was named to theAll-Catholic League team and was All-State in Division 3 a season ago.
Nick Willetts, Allen Park: Willettswas one of the most dominant pitchersin the Downriver League this seasonand posted a 9-2 record, a miniscule1.00 ERA and recorded 51 strikeouts in70.1 innings of work.
Blake Wojtala, Trenton: Wojtaladid a bit of everything for the Trojansthis season, but made his biggestimpact on the mound. In 71.2 innings,the senior posted a 7-2 record with a1.56 ERA and 77 strikeouts. When hewasnt on the mound, he was a solidshortstop and hit .354 with 19 RBI.Wojtala was named to the all-league,all-district and all-region teams andwas named team MVP.
Derek Berger, Trenton; Jeremy Hardesty.Lincoln Park; John Schrieber, Carlson;Garrett Vandenberg, Trenton; JakeSomenauer, Richard; Tyler Shumake,Anderson; Zane Belisle, Cabrini; NoahSmykowski, Richard; Eric Trombley,Trenton; Luke Brithinee, Cabrini; TylerBates, Kennedy, Brett Hall, Kennedy;Jason Doyle, Melvindale; JacobMorrow,Truman; Jake Makowski AllenPark; Devon Jones, Roosevelt; PaulSullivan, Anderson; Kyle Collett, Truman;Jordan Frayer, Huron, Zach Tallman,Woodhaven; Tom Condon, Riverview;Adam Fiema, Inter-City; Evan Kraatz,
Inter-City; Anthony Mousseau, Riverview;Tim Lyons, Riverview; Tom Daly, GrosseIle; Anthony Saenz, Inter-City; BrianChristen, Grosse Ile; Daniel Eubank,Baptist Park; Zach Zsolczak, Woodhaven
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winsThree-sportstar Bronsonis headingto EMUsdiamondBy Sara PerezThe News-Herald
Decision time came a few months agofor Southgates Devon Bronson.
The multi-sport star at AndersonHigh School had to decide which sportto concentrate on in college.
And although he is a great wrestler andhad excellent football potential, in the end, hewent with the game he loves baseball.
Bronson, a left-handed pitcher and afine hitter, will attend Eastern MichiganUniversity next year on a baseball scholar-ship.
Bronson won 11 varsity letters during hisfour years at Anderson.
He was on varsity baseball as a fresh-man and received four varsity letters asAndersons pitcher and centerfielder.
Bronson led his team to three district base-ball championships.
My most exciting game was this years dis-trict finals, Bronson said. Winning districts
my senior year was the best. I felt like it wasthe best game I had played.Bronsons four-year varsity baseball coach
Dave Fast said, Devon was a three-sport ath-lete and as a freshman you could tell he wasgoing to be a pretty special athlete.
He really grew up as a person and a stu-dent through high school; once he got hisacademics squared away he was set.
To top offthe end ofBronsonssenior yearhe wasselectedto playin the 31stMichiganHigh SchoolBaseball CoachesAssociationEast-West All-StarGame at ComericaPark last month.
Bronson didnot just play highschool baseball, he alsograced the summer teamsthe Downriver Hawks andthe Taylor Storm.
And his accomplish-ments did not stop at thehigh-school level.
With the Taylor Storm wewon the C.A.B.A World Series,he said. I was named to first-team all-tournament team and Iwon the home run derby.
Fast said, There are a lot ofgood athletes, but the thing about
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