All-Montgomery Media Baseball and Softball Teams

By Andrew Marcus
Sportswriter for Montgomery Media

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With the help of my fellow sportswriters we have narrowed down the best baseball and softball players from this past spring.

This is the unofficial teams, as Montgomery Media has no affiliation with the picks, it just was the criteria to being selected. Players had to play on a team in our coverage area.

We have chosen players from multiple leagues and multiple classifications. While I know some players may have been left off, this is solely based on opinions from what my colleagues and I witnessed over the past three months.


Without further adieu...


BASEBALL

POY - Dave McInerney (UM)

Player of the Year: Catcher - Dave McInerney (Upper Moreland) - The Golden Bears would not be in the Class AAA District Championship game without the offense of McInerney. The future Cincinnati Bearcat hit close to .500 this season . You can get so lost in the magic he produces with the bat and forget about the work he has done with the Golden Bears pitching staff, as one of the defensive catchers in the area as well.
Catcher - Craig Lepre (North Penn)
Catcher - Chris Harvey (Germantown Academy)
First Baseman - J.T. Crits (Wissahickon)
Second Baseman - Matt Brown (Cheltenham)

Shortstop - Dylan Tice (Pennridge) - The two-time defending MVP of the Suburban One Continental Conference put up another MVP-type season as he led his Rams to their third straight league title. The IUP signee hit close to .400 and drove in 16 runs hitting leadoff. Tice has to be close to the school record for hits in a career.
Shortstop - Kyle McCrossen (Archbishop Wood)
Third Basemen - Stefan Swaintek (Lansdale Catholic)
Outfielder - Rory Clemens (Lansdale Catholic)
Outfielder - Casey Saverio (Hatboro-Horsham)

Outfielder - Ryan King (North Penn)  - King played a little third base as well, but mostly was penciled in as the Knights leadoff hitter, and right field cannon arm. He set the stage for the Knights powerful offense and scored a run in nearly every game they played.
Pitcher - Jared Schaffer (Pennridge)
Pitcher - Mike Janas (Upper Moreland)
Pitcher - Jeff Courter (Archbishop Wood) - The Vikings' horse just knows how to get outs. With great command of his mid-80s fastball the Villanova recruit can always reach back and pick up a strikeout when needed. He currently has more strikeouts than innings pitched on the season.

SOFTBALL

POY - Ashley Alden (WT)

Player of the Year: First Baseman - Ashley Alden (William Tennent) - An injury kept Alden out of the circle and stationed as the Panthers' first basemen. She did plenty to contribute. Alden was nearly an impossible out at the plate and led the league in home runs. The Rutgers recruit has become of the most feared hitters the Suburban One League has ever seen.
Catcher - Emily Hofmann (Pennridge)
Second Baseman - Heather Mintz (Upper Dublin)
Shortstop - Holly Seiz (Christopher Dock)
Third Baseman - Gabbie Berry (Norristown)  - This Millersville recruit plans on playing catcher at the collegiate level, but she was a tremendous fielder for the Eagles at the hot corner. She hit well over .400 and she was a big reason the Eagles were such a feared offense.
Outfielder - Sammi Kidd (Norristown)
Outfielder - Taylor Delmonte (Springfield)
Outfielder - Melissa Spinosa (Hatboro-Horsham)

Pitcher - Mary Cate Scott (Lansdale Catholic) - Scott outdid her first-team All Catholic honors as a sophomore by being nearly unhittable as a junior and leading the Crusaders to their first Philadelphia Catholic League title. It was well past the mid season mark before Scott allowed a run in a PCL game.
Pitcher - Nikki Alden (William Tennent)
Pitcher - Kellianna Bradstreet (North Penn)
Pitcher - Katie Zeigler (Wissahickon)
Pitcher - Maggie Schaffer (Hatboro-Horsham)
Pitcher - Liz Parkins (Souderton) - Parkins shared the circle with Brittany Bebee to begin the season. While Bebee was very good n her starts, Parkins was so locked in that coach Courtney Hughes could not take her out of the circle. Parkins nearly pitched the Indians to a league title and they still have a chance to earn state playoff berth.