Three Kernels earn Class A baseball all-region status
May 18—MITCHELL — A trio of players from the Mitchell High School spring baseball team were tabbed as Class A all-region performers by the South Dakota High School Baseball Association on Monday. Seniors Jacob Ebert and Jaxson Hartman and junior Lincoln Bottum were the Kernel selections. Ebert pitched 27 2/3 innings with a 4-1 record in five starts, recording a 1.
51 earned-run average and 22 strikeouts along the way. Hartman, who was listed as a utility player, had 16 hits with a . 327 batting average in addition to 14 runs batted in and 13 runs scored.
Bottum, who primarily played third base, tallied 21 hits with a . 344 average while tacking on 12 runs scored and 11 RBIs. He also drew 13 walks.
Mitchell finished the spring with a 14-13 overall record, falling in the regional qualifying round as the No. 11 seed to No. 6 Pierre, which swept the best-of-three series.
Harrisburg, Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Jefferson and Yankton — the top four seeded teams in the Class A playoffs — led the division with five selections apiece on the 60-player honor list.