All-South Jersey baseball first and second teams
Pitchers Eli Atiya of Cherry Hill West, Dylan Heine of Haddonfield, Jayson Hoopes of St. Augustine, Matt Orlando of Bishop Eustace, and Jackson Balzan of Shawnee lead the way.
Here is The Inquirer’s All-South Jersey baseball team.
First Team
P: Eli Atiya, senior, Cherry Hill West: He was 10-0 with an 0.63 ERA and 88 strikeouts.
P: Jackson Balzan, senior, Shawnee: He was 6-1 with an 0.96 ERA with 55 strikeouts.
P: Dylan Heine, senior, Haddonfield: He was 9-1 with an 0.79 ERA with 74 strikeouts and seven walks.
P: Jayson Hoopes, senior, St. Augustine: He was 6-0 with a 1.66 ERA and 65 strikeouts.
P: Matt Orlando, senior, Bishop Eustace: He was 6-1 with a 0.91 ERA and 57 strikeouts.
C: Cade Hunter, senior, Lenape: He batted .463 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs.
C: Staus Pokrovsky, senior, Schalick: He batted .559 with 10 home runs.
IF: Chris Brown, senior, Haddonfield: He batted .536 with 27 RBIs and 10 extra-base hits.
IF: Connor Coolahan, senior, Shawnee: He batted .350 and excelled on defense.
IF: Luke Lesch, senior, Gloucester Catholic: He batted .455 with 32 RBIs and hit a home run in the state final.
IF: Lillo Paxia, senior, Gloucester Catholic: He batted .508 with 32 RBIs.
IF: Alec Rodriguez, senior, Cherry Hill East: He batted .472 with seven doubles.
OF: Dylan Maria, senior, Highland: He batted .507 and led South Jersey with 11 home runs.
OF: R.J. Moten, junior, Delran: He batted .507 with 12 extra-base hits.
OF: Robbie Petracci, senior, Egg Harbor Township: He batted .464 with 10 doubles and 32 RBIs.
OF: Scott Shaw, senior, Cherry Hill West: He batted .470 with 32 RBIs, 31 walks and 14 extra-base hits.
Utility: Brandon Lashley, senior, Ocean City: He batted .451 and was 6-1 on the mound with an 0.74 ERA and 50 strikeouts.
Utility: Mike Shannon, senior, Triton: He batted .427 and was 9-0 on the mound with an 0.95 ERA.
DH: Jake Andrey, senior, Kings Christian: He batted .519 with 48 RBIs.
DH: Noah Putney, junior, Glassboro: He batted .430 with 40 hits and 34 RBIs.
Second team
P: Cole Boyan, junior, Eastern
P: Alex Margot, senior, Collingswood
P: Brian McMonagle, senior, Moorestown
P: Steve Restuccio, senior, Hammonton
P: Anthony Solometo, sophomore, Gloucester Catholic
C: Jake Guglielmi, senior, Buena
C: Nick Koehn, senior, Bishop Eustace
IF: Erv Bogan, senior, Vineland
IF: Roberto Bonifacio, senior, Pennsauken
IF: Tyler Cannon, senior, Gloucester Catholic
IF: Kenny Levari, junior, St. Augustine
IF: Sean Szestowicki, senior, Kingsway
OF: Elijah Dickerson, senior, Rancocas Valley
OF: Kevin Foreman, junior, St. Augustine
OF: Johnny Piacentino, senior, Bishop Eustace
OF: Nick Squazzo, senior, Haddon Township
Utility: Sam Daggers, senior, Absegami
Utility: Jack Murphy, senior, West Deptford
DH: Dylan Wood, senior, Bordentown
DH: R.J. Mason, junior, West Deptford