Kennewick’s Plew and Ayres, Southridge’s Morgan get top MCC baseball honors
Kennewick senior shortstop Dillon Plew was named the Mid-Columbia Conference baseball player of the year.
The Washington State signee helped lead the Lions (19-2) to the conference regular-season title with a 12-2 record, as well as the MCC district title.
First-year Kennewick coach Lenny Ayres, whose team will play Mt. Spokane at 1 p.m. Saturday at Roy Johnson Field for the Class 3A regional title and the No. 1 seed to state, was voted as the MCC coach of the year.
Southridge senior Bradley Morgan received his second consecutive pitcher of the year honor.
Plew was joined by Kennewick teammates TJ Rea (second base), Tyler Detloff (outfield) and Trent Sellers (pitcher) on the first team. But Southridge led the MCC with five first-team selections: Ryan Sanders (first base), Jake Kirchhoff (catcher), Jashaun Simon (outfield), Lane Hailey (designated hitter) and Morgan.
Class 4A district champion Walla Walla was represented on the first team by third baseman Mitch Lesmeister and catcher Futa Ikuma. Kamiakin had two first-teamers in Mike Jones (outfield) and Logan Smith (utility).
Mid-Columbia Conference baseball
Player of the year: Dillon Plew, sr., Kennewick.
Pitcher of the year: Bradley Morgan, sr., Southridge.
Coach of the year: Lenny Ayres, Kennewick.
First team
1B: Ryan Sanders, sr., Southridge. 2B: TJ Rea, sr., Kennewick. 3B: Mitch Lesmeister, jr., Walla Walla. SS: Dillon Plew, sr., Kennewick. C: Futa Ikuma, sr., Walla Walla; Jake Kirchhoff, sr., Southridge. OF: Tyler Detloff, sr., Kennewick; Mike Jones, sr., Kamiakin; Jashaun Simon, sr., Southridge. UTL: Logan Smith, sr., Kamiakin. DH: Lane Hailey, so., Southridge. P: Bradley Morgan, sr., Southridge; Trent Sellers, so., Kennewick.
Second team
1B: Andrew Townsend, sr., Kennewick. 2B: Ethan Sanders, sr., Southridge. 3B: Jake Harvey, so., Southridge. SS: Griffey March, sr., Richland. OF: Ramon Gutierrez, sr., Kennewick; Brayden Childs, so., Chiawana; Bryce Grigg, sr., Southridge. UTL: Anthony Vega, sr., Chiawana. DH: Garrett Dixon, sr., Kennewick. P: Joel Meinert, sr., Richland; Dexter Aichele, jr., Walla Walla.
Honorable mention
1B: Dominick Monville, sr., Pasco. 2B: Casey Perryman, so., Richland. 3B: Trent Sellers, so., Kennewick. SS: Anders Davidson, sr., Walla Walla. C: Charlie DeWitt, sr., Kennewick. OF: Blake Loftus, jr., Kennewick; Cory Dearing, sr., Kamiakin; Josh Mendoza, so., Richland. UTL: Adam Weissenfels, so., Richland. DH: Andrew Vargas, jr., Chiawana. P: Gerald Hein, sr., Kennewick; Easton Henke, sr., Kamiakin.
This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 5:33 PM with the headline "Kennewick’s Plew and Ayres, Southridge’s Morgan get top MCC baseball honors."