There were plenty of new faces with Van-Far baseball this season.
Two of them were named to the all-conference team in the Eastern Missouri Conference team. Carson Huff and Malik Douglas each …
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There were plenty of new faces with Van-Far baseball this season.
Two of them were named to the all-conference team in the Eastern Missouri Conference team. Carson Huff and Malik Douglas each were junior transfers in from Wellsville-Middletown and Fulton, respectively, and both made the first team for the district champion Indians. Huff and Douglas made the Class 2 District 5 team along with juniors Reece Culwell and Gibson Condie.
Huff made the all-conference team as a utility player and owned a state line that included a .450 batting average, a .529 on-base percentage, a slugging percentage of .600, an OPS of 1.129, 21 singles, three doubles, three triples, 18 RBI and 28 stolen bases while in that role.
Douglas is a first-team outfielder that finished with a .500 batting average, a .630 on-base percentage, a .648 slugging percentage and an OPS of 1.278, 21 singles, four doubles, two triples, 15 RBI and 33 stolen bases.
As a pitcher, Culwell owned an ERA of 5.90, a record of 5-7, 83 strikeouts and 19 walks in 52⅔ innings pitched and 13 games started. At the plate, he had a batting average of .349, an on-base percentage of .562, a slugging percentage of .488, an OPS of 1.051, nine singles, six doubles, six RBI and 23 stolen bases.
Condie also had big roles on the mound and at the plate for Van-Far. On the mound, he had a 6.80 ERA, a 3-5 record, 43 strikeouts and 37 walks in 37 innings pitched and four games started. As a hitter, Condie had a 339 batting average, an on-base percentage of .473, a slugging percentage of .407, an OPS of .880, 17 singles, two doubles, one triple, 11 RBI and 22 stolen bases.
The Indians were named academic all-state as a team with the ninth-best team GPA of 3.44 in Class 2. Huff, senior Gage Gibson and sophomore Easton Sharp earned academic all-state individual honors.
Gibson was also invited to Illinois vs. Missouri All-Star game for seniors on July 13 in Hannibal.
