Cheney senior Reece Tolar was named to the Wichita Eagle’s All-Metro Baseball First Team.
Eagle sports writer Taylor Eldridge posted the All-Metro baseball list on Monday.
According to the All-Metro article, Tolar was one of the state’s most dominant two-way players, earning Central Plains League Player of the Year honors and 3A Player of the Year honors for an 18-win Cheney team.
The Missouri Southern football signee hit .407 with 18 extra-base hits, six home runs, 34 RBIs and 14 stolen bases, while also striking out 101 batters in 52 1/3 innings with a 1.74 ERA.
Other area athletes were named to the All-Metro Second Team and Third Team.
Second Team
Hunter Cox, Cheney freshman second base
Kaden Eck, Cheney junior third base
Owen Luper, Sedgwick senior outfield-pitcher
Gabe Mowry, Hesston senior third base
Noah Stanley, Andale-Garden Plain sophomore shortstop
Third Team
Reece Carmichael, Halstead junior shortstop
Gavin Healey, Halstead senior outfield
Jamey Joplin, Andale-Garden sophomore pitcher
Cruz Kaiser, Andale-Garden Plain sophomore outfield
Easton Linnens, Andale-Garden Plain senior outfield
Tanner McAllister, Hesston junior second base-pitcher
Gracen Radell, Cheney sophomore outfield-pitcher
Tim Rhodes, Hesston junior shortstop-pitcher
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