By John Rittenhouse
Two Hills-Beaver Creek High School seniors were honored by the Red Rock Conference baseball coaches this week.
David Top and Justin Van Maanen are two of 12 players to receive honorable mention when the 2002 All-Red Rock Conference Baseball Team was announced.
Along with the 12 honorable mention selections, 21 players were listed on the All-RRC squad.
Adrian, the league champion, led the list with six All-RRC picks. Juniors Pete Hohn, Dusty Henning and Joe Kruger, and sophomores Tyler Wolf and Brandon Wolf and freshman Levi Bullerman made the team from AHS.
Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin placed five players on the All-RRC roster. Seniors Dusty Schroeder and Adam Wright, junior Mitchell Schroeder, sophomore Mark DeYounge and freshman Grant Wall made the team for the Wolverines.
Red Rock Central-Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Murray County Central placed three players each on the all-league team.
Seniors Colby Pack, Corey Fishel and Travis Kottke made the team from RRC-W-WG. Senior Nick Bruning and juniors Joe Larson and Brandon Kathman cracked the list for MCC.
Rounding out the team are Edgerton seniors Brian Van Hill and Chad Ruiter, and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster-Southwest Star Concept juniors Tyler Leopold and Mitch Leopold.
Other players to receive honorable mention include Adrian junior Dusty Spieker, ML-B-O junior Kody Karschnik, RRC-W-WG seniors Ryan Baker and Matt Olsem and junior Dusty Trapp, Edgerton senior Jeremy Landhuis and juniors Chris Van’t Hof and Josh Eernisse, SV-RL-B-SSC senior Chad Frericks and MCC junior Weston Mahon.