adminbaberuth Posted June 13, 2010 Report Posted June 13, 2010 Angelle named MVP of All-Orange Leader Baseball TeamBy Gabriel PruettThe Orange LeaderIt took a long time again this year before Orange County was knocked out of the baseball playoffs.Orangefield went all the way to the regional finals while Bridge City was knocked out in the regional semi-finals.The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears were back in the playoffs again this year while the West Orange-Stark Mustangs placed third in District 21-3A.Vidor was also in yet lost in a one-game playoff against Crosby in the bi-district round.To name a MVP this year for The 2010 All-Orange Leader Baseball Team was as tough as it has ever been with so many players having banner years.Orangefield senior Chase Angelle was selected as the MVP for his non-stop consistency with the Bobcats.Angelle went 11-1 with one save on the mound with a 1.75 ERA in 66 innings. Angelle twice saved Orangefield’s season in the playoffs with a huge win over Robinson and two wins in the same day over WO-S.Angelle struck out 77 batters in 15 appearances and is now headed to Lamar University.Angelle hit .418 at the plate in a very crucial spot for Orangefield, right behind Jacob Felts.Angelle drove in a team-high 48 runs and scored 25 times with 10 doubles and five home runs.Not far below Angelle is our Offensive Player of the Year, Orangefield senior Jace Statum.Statum, a future Texas A&M Aggie, batted .486 on the year with 50 runs, 54 hits, 30 RBI, 14 doubles and was on base 58-percent of the time.Statum was notorious for scoring all the way from first on a routine single and being the leader of the potent Orangefield offense which scored 322 runs this year.Orangefield senior Jacob Felts is our Defensive Player of the Year for his efforts behind the plate.Teams simply did not run on Felts because it was not a very smart thing to do.There were only four times when a runner even attempted to steal when Felts was behind the plate and he got one of the runners out. Felts is now headed to the University of Texas.The 2010 Newcomer of the Year goes to LC-M’s Mason Dallas.Dallas did not play much last season with the Bears but showed a lot of promise.This year he backed it up.Dallas batted .324 with nine doubles and 23 RBI for the Bears.Dallas hit .426 in district and was on base 51-percent of the time.Matt Hicks is the Pitcher of the Year after going 11-3 with one save.Hicks, who will play at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, had 132 strike outs and 26 walks in 92 1/3 innings pitched. He only gave up 18 earned runs and teams batted .210 against him.LC-M legend Steve Griffith is our Coach of the Year.Time and time again Griffith finds a way to get his Bears in the playoffs no matter what. This year’s Bears could have used youth as an excuse to not compete but Griffith and the Bears fought their way into the playoffs.It was another great year of baseball in Orange County and next year is shaping up to be the same.MVP: Chase Angelle, OrangefieldOffensive Player of the Year: Jace Statum, OrangefieldDefensive Player of the Year: Jacob Felts, OrangefieldPitcher of the Year: Matt Hicks, Bridge CityNewcomer of the Year: Mason Dallas, LC-MCoach of the Year: Steve Griffith, LC-MFIRST TEAMP: Zane Anderson, WO-S1B: Shane Waddell, LC-M2B: Scott Vaughn, LC-M3B: Joe Robertson, Bridge CitySS: Quinton Evans, OrangefieldOF: Joe Mojica, VidorOF: Hunter Gonzales, LC-MOF: Mitchell Hubbard, Bridge CityC: Jordan Darnall, WO-SUtility Player: Hunter Hagler, VidorSECOND TEAMP: Trae Hester, Vidor1B: Clayton Gearhart, WO-S2B: Jonathan DeRamus, Orangefield3B: Ryan Waddell, LC-MSS: Justin Sparrow, WO-SOF: Forrest Zoch, Bridge CityOF: Corey Huckabay, OrangefieldOF: Derrick Evans, OrangefieldC: Mike Hester, VidorUtility Player: Taylor Turley, WO-S
East TX Posted June 13, 2010 Report Posted June 13, 2010 Great list of stout players....My favorite Freshman(if their were such a classification) would be Hayden Guidry. He was so instrumental in sending BC so deep in the playoffs. What a strong Freshman on the mound; this big boy will be playing in the Nationals some day! IMHO
adminbaberuth Posted June 13, 2010 Author Report Posted June 13, 2010 Congrats great list:7 Bobcats5 Mustangs5 Bears 4 Pirates4 Cardinals
AggiesAreWe Posted June 13, 2010 Report Posted June 13, 2010 [quote name="adminbaberuth" post="812205" timestamp="1276458326"]Congrats great list:7 Bobcats5 Mustangs5 Bears 4 Pirates4 Cardinals[/quote]What, no Deweyville Pirates?? ;) ;D
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