Beechwood's Chase Flaherty was selected to the KHSBCA All-State first team. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association announced their selections for the All-State baseball teams.

They consist of three teams with Corbin’s Kade Elam winning Mr. Baseball. Elam is a University of Louisville signee.

As for Northern Kentucky baseball players, Beechwood’s Chase Flaherty, Simon Kenton’s Tyler Ruete and Campbell County’s Tyler Schumacher made the first team.

The Ryle pair of Anthony Coppola and Dylan McIntyre made the second team while Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman made the third team.

*Note: In order to make the All-State teams, the head coach of a respective team must be a KHSBCA member.

Flaherty was the Tigers ace this season, going 10-2 with a 2.20 ERA. He struck out 89 batters in 63.2 innings pitched. He was the second leading hitter in the Beechwood lineup with a .357 batting average as he collected 35 hits, scored 23 runs, drove in 26 runs and knocked six doubles with nine walks.

Simon Kenton’s Tyler Ruete was selected to the KHSBCA All-State first team. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

Ruete was the Pioneers ace and one of their leading hitters. He went 5-1 with a 2.74 ERA and struck out 75 batters in 46 innings pitched. At the plate, he was second on the team with a .413 batting average and led the Pioneers in home runs (7), doubles (10), RBI (36) and walks (20).

Campbell County’s Tyler Schumacher was selected to the KHSBCA All-State first team. Photo Provided | Will Jones, 10th Region

Schumacher was unblemished on the bump for the Camels with a 6-0 record and a 1.04 ERA. He struck out 78 batters in 47 innings pitched and allowed just seven earned runs. He hit .455 on the year with a team-high four home runs and 33 RBI.

Ryle’s Anthony Coppola was a KHSBCA All-State second team selection. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

Coppola got things going for the Raider offense as the primary leadoff hitter and batted a team-high .462. He led the Raiders in hits (48), runs (43), walks (25) and stolen bases (41). He struck out just nine times in 104 official at-bats.

Ryle senior Dylan McIntyre was selected to the KHSBCA All-State second team. Photo Provided | Charles Bolton

McIntyre was regarded as the best pitcher in Northern Kentucky by many, going 7-1 this season with a 0.62 ERA. The hard-throwing righty struck out 84 in 56.2 innings pitched. He gave up just five earned runs all season. He was also one of the Raiders leading hitters with a .361 batting average with 35 hits on the season, 16 of them going for extra bases. He tied for the team lead in home runs (3) and RBI (19).

Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman was selected to the KHSBCA All-State third team. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

Fryman led the Tigers in hitting with a .436 batting average. He also led Beechwood in at-bats (117), hits (51), runs (44), RBI (36), doubles (19), triples (3), home runs (4) and stolen bases (34), while manning centerfield.

Mr Baseball:

Kade Elam (Corbin)

1st Team:

Brayden Bruner (Pleasure Ridge Park), Brayton Coomer (Adair County), Brodie Benefield (St. Xavier), Carson Shee (Eastern), Chase Flaherty (Beechwood), Cole McLean (Taylor County), Colin Sander (Trinity), Eli Fletcher (Lawrence County), Isaac Duty (Pikeville), Jashon Lewis (Harrison County), Jordan Powell (Bullitt Central), Kade Elam (Corbin), Kadin Shore (Raceland), Kendrick Dunning (McCracken County), Kevin Moore (Ballard), Kole Grundy (Somerset), Korben Lucas (Lyon County), Kyler Claunch (Boyle County), Owen Jenkins (Lexington Catholic), Tyler Ruete (Simon Kenton), Tyler Schumacher (Campbell County), Zach Davis (Greenwood)

 2nd Team: 

Andrew Houck (Green County), Anthony Coppola (Ryle), Brady Marushi (Ashland Blazer), Brian Vaughn (Harrison County), Caeden Patterson (Boyle County), Carter Stapp (Russell County), Chase Preece (Johnson Central), Dylan McIntyre (Ryle), Eli Hampton (Owensboro), Ethan Carroll (Eastern), Gary Gibson (Sayre), Grant Slater (Boyd County), Gray Davis (Trinity), Grayson Willoughby (Trinity), Griffin Rardin (South Warren), Hudson Meredith (Trinity), Jack Sams (Lexington Catholic), Kobe Howard (Pleasure Ridge Park), Mikey Coradini (South Warren), Nicholas Ballard (DuPont Manual), Rayvon Lee (Pleasure Ridge Park), Ryan Sanders (North Oldham) 

 3rd Team: 

Barrett Evans (Owensboro Catholic), Blake Campbell (Lexington Christian), Caden Kern (McCracken County), Caleb Cadle (East Jessamine), Camden Oliver (Wolfe County), Cayden Ray (Owensboro), Charlie Slabaugh (Sayre), Ethan Allen (Whitley County), Ethan Jackson (Clay County), Ethan Reynolds (South Warren), Foster Whisman (Shelby County), Hayden Thompson (Graves County), Hunter Holland (Bullitt East), Jack Willhite (Scott County), Kaine Samuels (Ballard), Koltyn Perez (Carlisle County), Kyle Mokas (Russell), Luke Hayes (Taylor County), Nolan Hosking (Trinity), Rowen Burton (North Bullitt), Sebastian Howard (Breathitt County), Tyler Fryman (Beechwood)

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