Cole Schoenwetter from San Marcos of Santa Barbara (left) had 0.91 ERA with 108 strikeouts in 61 2/3 innings. The UC Santa Barbara signer may be picked high in upcoming MLB Draft. Isac Mandujano of Dos Palos (right) is first team small schools pick who hit .563 with 10 HRs & 50 RBI plus he was 7-0 with 1.12 ERA. Photos: noozhawk.com & Shawn Jansen / Merced Sun-Star.
It’s time for the next post in the release of the 41st edition of the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams and these players are the ones selected from schools that were in CIF section or regional playoffs during the 2022 spring season that made them medium or small school in class. We already did the underclass teams and still have the overall first and second teams plus third team (seniors only & large schools only) to be announced.
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It may be medium schools and small schools, but several of the players who are being honored on this year’s Cal-Hi Sports All-State Teams for those categories have already received major honors in their local areas. This is California after all, too, the biggest and best state for baseball of them all by far. There are a lot of great players to evaluate from all corners of the state.
Among those on first team medium schools are CIF San Diego Section pitcher of the year Destin Allen-Fox from Santana of Santee, CIF L.A. City Section Player of the Year J.B. Dalumpines from Birmingham of Lake Balboa, Redwood Empire Player of the Year Austin Steeves from Casa Grande of Petaluma, Ventura County Star Player of the Year Tanner Beltowski from Buena of Ventura, San Diego Section Athlete of the Year Jake Jackson from Madison of San Diego (he also starred in football & basketball) and Modesto Bee Large Schools Player of the Year Braxton Thomas from Central Catholic of Modesto.
Evan Williams from Branham of San Jose was among the reported state leaders with 13 pitching wins. Photo: Twitter.com.
That doesn’t include the two players listed below who already have been selected as the Cal-Hi Sports State Players of the Year for medium schools and small schools — Toby Twist from Bakersfield Christian and Cody New of Hesperia Christian.
It also doesn’t include two players from medium schools first team who may be selected in a higher round on Sunday night in the MLB Draft in Seattle — pitchers Cole Schoenwetter from San Marcos of Santa Barbara and Joey Volchko from Redwood of Visalia.
All players from medium and small schools can be selected first team all-state overall or second team all-state overall, but would not be eligible for third team, which we reserve for large schools and seniors only since we have separate categories for medium, small and underclassmen.
Those teams have already begun to be chosen.
The only team on either medium or small that was able to have more than two players on either first team or second team was final D2 state No. 1 Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa. The Cardinals were D1 for the CIF NorCal playoffs, but were D3 for their section and have been medium schools for all-state consideration for many years. D3 final state No. 1 Central Catholic of Modesto also has two on first team medium schools.
Final Note: Other than a few exceptions, schools that were eligible to be in the Cal-Hi Sports Division IV or Division V state rankings are considered small. Most baseball teams that were D2 were considered large except for a few. Those that were in Division III and a few that were in D4 are medium. In our system, some schools with large enrollments in lower playoff divisions are just too big to be small schools. There is no all-state large schools team, but there is a third team added to the overall teams in which only players from large schools are eligible.
Here are the 2023 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Baseball Teams for medium schools and small schools:
FIRST TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS CATCHERS
Gavin Taylor (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) Sr.
Ryan Tayman (Arroyo Grande) Sr.
Tanner Beltowski of Ventura Buena was the Ventura County Star Player of the Year. He batted .458 with 5 HRs & 27 RBI and he went 4-1 on the mound with 67 strikeouts in 56 1/3 innings. Photo: SportsRecruits.com.
FIRST TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS PITCHERS
Destin Allen-Fox (Santana, Santee) Sr.
Damon Anderson-Wolf (Aliso Niguel, Aliso Viejo) Sr.
Jacob Ayala (Nogales, La Puente) Sr.
Mason Brassfield (Bakersfield Christian) Jr.
J.B. Dalumpines (Birmingham, Lake Balboa) Jr.
Mason Lerma (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa) Sr.
Hunter Long
(Capistrano Valley Christian, SJ Capistrano) Sr.
Cole Schoenwetter (San Marcos, Santa Barbara) Sr.
Austin Steeves (Casa Grande, Petaluma) Jr.
Joey Volchko (Redwood, Visalia) Sr.
Evan Williams (Branham, San Jose) Sr.
FIRST TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS INFIELD
Nick Allred (La Serna, Whittier) Sr.
Tanner Beltowski (Buena, Ventura) Sr.
Dean Curley (Northview, Covina) Sr.
Sam Marr (Rio Americano, Sacramento) Jr.
Carl Schmidt (Marin Catholic, Kentfield) Sr.
FIRST TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS OUTFIELD
Houston Hirschkorn (Kingsburg) Jr.
Jake Hixenbaugh (Atascadero) Sr.
Jake Jackson (Madison, San Diego) Sr.
Owen Martin (Narbonne, Harbor City) Sr.
Matt Moses (Del Campo, Fair Oaks) Sr.
Braxton Thomas (Central Catholic, Modesto) Sr.
FIRST TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS
MULTI-PURPOSE (Hit & Pitch)
Cohen Gomez (Canyon, Anaheim) Jr.
Logan Reddemann (Quartz Hill) Sr.
Landon Rota (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa) Sr.
Carson Timothy (Pioneer, Woodland) Sr.
Toby Twist (Bakersfield Christian) Sr.
J.P. Wentworth (Central Catholic, Modesto) Jr.
SECOND TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS CATCHERS
Tanner Caranza (Brawley) Sr.
Liam Mahoney (Lowell, San Francisco) Sr.
Khalyl Perez (Montgomery, San Diego) Jr.
Reed Woodland (Peninsula, RH Estates) Sr.
Kurt Marton was All-Metro by the Sac Bee and helped Oakmont of Roseville win CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D4 title. Photo: GoldCountryMedia.com.
SECOND TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS PITCHERS
Justin Cuellar (Tulare Western, Tulare) Jr.
Andrew Cuervo (Granada Hills Charter) Sr.
Lucas Dennis (Saratoga) Sr.
Gabe Gaeckle (Aptos) Sr.
Andrew Habermann (Westlake, Westlake Village) Jr.
Kurt Marton (Oakmont, Roseville) Sr.
Jose Mendoza (Montgomery, San Diego) Jr.
Rory Minty (Redwood, Larkspur) Sr.
Jack O’Malley (Crean Lutheran, Irvine) Sr.
Jordan Riley (Pleasant Valley, Chico) Sr.
SECOND TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS INFIELD
Leo Asfar (Berkeley) Sr.
Ryan Burton (Capuchino, San Bruno) Jr.
Luke Caruso (Sage Creek, Carlsbad) Sr.
Johnnie Debrum (Atascadero) Sr.
Anthony Scheppler (San Marin, Novato) Jr.
McGuire Smith (Liberty, Madera Ranchos) Jr.
Connor Sunderland (Fullerton) Sr.
SECOND TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS OUTFIELD
Hunter Backstrom (Serra, Gardena) Sr.
Jack Hafercamp (Santa Fe Christian, Solana Beach) Jr.
Nate Niehaus (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa) Sr.
Davis Phillips (Menlo-Atherton, Atherton) Sr.
SECOND TEAM MEDIUM SCHOOLS
MULTI-PURPOSE (Hit & Pitch)
Tyler Albanese (Redlands East Valley) Sr.
Jacob French (Benicia) Sr.
Talin Gardini (Patrick Henry, San Diego) Jr.
Tomas Lopez (Redondo, Redondo Beach) Sr.
Nathan Tichy (Pioneer, San Jose) Jr.
J.J. Sanchez (Carmel) Jr.
Anthony Vasquez (Charter Oak, Covina) Sr.
Ganesha of Pomona had a historically great season going by run differential and one of its two all-state small school players was junior catcher Isiah Ibarra. He has committed to USC. Photo: Twitter.com.
FIRST TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS CATCHERS
Isiah Ibarra (Ganesha, Pomona) Jr.
Peyton Van Worth (Dos Palos) Jr.
FIRST TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS PITCHERS
Jagger Beck (Sutter) Jr.
Gavin Farinha (Turlock Christian) Sr.
Troy Frazier (Fremont Christian) Sr.
Joseph Keldsen (Monte Vista Christian, Watsonville) Sr.
Marcus Maeder (Colfax) Sr.
Cody New (Hesperia Christian) Sr.
Devin Saltzgaber (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton) Soph.
FIRST TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS INFIELD
J.T. Cox (Linden) Sr.
Ben Fabbian (Nordhoff, Ojai) Sr.
Adrian Lopez (Ganesha, Pomona) Sr.
Nico Newhan (Maranatha Christian, San Diego) Sr.
Micah Nicholson (Bradshaw Christian, Sacramento) Jr.
Drew Perry (LeRoy Greene Academy, Sacramento) Jr.
Blake Schaaf (Head-Royce, Oakland) Sr.
Wyatt Smith (St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Vallejo) Sr.
Eddy Stone (St. Vincent de Paul, Petaluma) Sr.
Gus Toffanelli (Calaveras, San Andreas) Sr.
Trent Toole (Stevenson, Pebble Beach) Sr.
Owen Wilbur (Ripon) Sr.
FIRST TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS OUTFIELD
Jacob Ogilby (Mariposa County, Mariposa) Sr.
Joji Sakata (Castaic) Sr.
Grant Sonke (Ripon Christian) Jr.
FIRST TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS
MULTI-PURPOSE (Hit & Pitch)
Tyler Dimmick (St. Bernard’s, Eureka) Sr.
Luke Kalfsbeek (Colusa) Jr.
Tanner Mahon (Campbell Hall, North Hollywood) Sr.
Isac Mandujano (Dos Palos) Sr.
Eric Segura (Soledad) Sr.
Bryce Zavala (Santa Paula) Sr.
SECOND TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS CATCHERS
Cole Ayala (Fortuna) Sr.
Mason Chetcuti (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton) Sr.
Atticus Gonzalez (St. Joseph Notre Dame, Alameda) Sr.
Landon Sable (Sutter) Sr.
Isaac Salazar (St. Anthony, Long Beach) Sr.
In addition to striking out 117 batters in 42 1/3 innings, Noah Wong of United Christian Academy batted .620 with 31 hits in 50 at-bats. He also was All-CIFSS for his last two seasons. Photo: Courtesy school.
SECOND TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS PITCHERS
Luke Bradley (University, San Francisco) Sr.
Max Brunngraber (Flintridge Prep, La Canada) Sr.
Kyler Freude (Castaic) Sr.
Mason Medina (Minarets, O’Neals) Jr.
Blake Moore (California City) Soph.
Andrew Tejada (Bloomington) Jr.
Joey Wittig (Maranatha Christian, San Diego) Sr.
Craig Yanagihara (Redwood Christian, San Lorenzo) Sr.
SECOND TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS INFIELD
Jacob Acosta (Desert Christian, Lancaster) Sr.
Daniel Flores (Rosamond) Sr.
Dylan Koscielniak (East Nicolaus, Nicolaus) Sr.
Logan Mooneyham (Stone Ridge Christian, Merced) Sr.
Luke Skinner (Hesperia Christian) Sr.
SECOND TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS OUTFIELD
Dylan Buzard (Bloomington) Jr.
Erich Goebel (Carpinteria) Sr.
Avery Pope (University Prep, Victorville) Jr.
SECOND TEAM SMALL SCHOOLS
MULTI-PURPOSE (Hit & Pitch)
Tanner Abbott (Gridley) Fr.
Trey Bennett (Etna) Sr.
Adam Delgado (Kerman) Jr.
Colin Dhaliwal (Menlo School, Atherton) Sr.
Dustin Hoekstra (Ripon Christian) Jr.
Matt Moore (University, San Francisco) Sr.
Jackson Nichols (Valley Christian, Roseville) Sr.
Joseph Romero (St. Joseph Academy, San Marcos) Sr.
Micah Sweeton (Cornerstone Christian, Camarillo) Jr.
Noah Wong (United Christian Academy, Rancho Cucamonga) Sr.
State Medium Schools
Player of the Year:
Toby Twist (Bakersfield Christian) Sr.
State Small Schools
Player of the Year:
Cody New (Hesperia Christian) Sr.
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