BASEBALL:
Shoutout to the following players for making The Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro high school baseball team for 2022 (Small School / AISA โ 3A):
Player of the Year: ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐
Led Macon-East to a 35-5 record and an AISA Class AA state title with his performance as a pitcher, hitter and outfielder. Threw a complete-game, three-hit shutout in Game 1 of the championship series against Patrician Academy, needing just 68 pitches.
First Team:
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ Pitcher
First-team AISA All-State. Went 8-0 with an 0.46 ERA in 60โ innings. Recorded 73 strikeouts to five walks and allowed an opposing batting average of .157. Six of his 10 starts were shutouts. Hit .366 with a .485 on-base percentage, 32 RBIs and 22 stolen bases. Two-time All-State and All-Metro.
๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ โ Catcher
First-team AISA All-State. Torched AISA pitching to the tune of a .545 average and 1.505 OPS. Hit six home runs, 14 doubles and drove in 54 runs. Made just three errors. Two-time All-State.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น โ Outfielder
First-team AISA All-State. Batted .378 with 39 RBIs and a .934 OPS. Was the Knightsโ starting pitcher during the state title-clinching game and went 7-2 with 49 strikeouts in 45โ innings.
๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ โ Outfielder
Honorable mention AISA All-State. Batted .365 with a .547 on-base percentage and .989 OPS. Scored 62 runs, drove in 19 runs and stole 18 bases.
Second Team:
๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น, Utility
SOFTBALL:
Congratulations to two of our Lady Knights for making The Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro high school softball team for 2022 (Small School / AISA โ 3A):
First Team: Kylee Smith Position: Utility
Why chosen: Second-team AISA All-State. She hit .421 with seven homers, 33 RBIs, 43 runs and 17 doubles. Stole eight bases. Pitched almost every game for the Knights, striking out 278 and posting a 2.81 ERA in 232 innings.
Second Team: Infielder: Jamya Powell, Macon-East, 8th