2017 Mercury All-Area Baseball Selections
In addition to Conor Larkin being named The Pottstown Mercury’s 2017 Baseball Player of the Year, The Mercury released its 2017 All-Area Baseball selections on Friday evening. Among the selections are First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention. See below:
All-Area First Team
| Position | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | Brock Helverson | Perkiomen Valley |
| Conor Larkin | Spring-Ford | |
| Logan Mabry | Pope John Paul II | |
| Catcher | Brendan Rivoli | Daniel Boone |
| Designated Hitter | Ethan Hellberg | Spring-Ford |
| Infielders | Nolan Graber | Upper Perkiomen |
| Patrick O’Neill | Methacton | |
| Josh Fulmer | Owen J. Roberts | |
| Tyler Kreitz | Boyertown | |
| Outfielders | Jake Kelchner | Spring-Ford |
| Adam Girafalco | Pottsgrove | |
| Christian Wagner | Pope John Paul II |
All-Area Second Team
| Position | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | Tyler Strechay | Perkiomen Valley |
| Kevin Cushing | Phoenixville | |
| Zach Brightbill | Daniel Boone | |
| Catcher | Sam Barletta | Spring-Ford |
| Designated Hitter | Anthony Rota | Boyertown |
| Infielders | Joe Gorla | Perkiomen Valley |
| Colt Narciso | Pope John Paul II | |
| Nick Guadarrama | Perkiomen School | |
| Ryan Schwab | Pope John Paul II | |
| Outfielders | Nick Brauer | Spring-Ford |
| Devon Garner | Daniel Boone | |
| Andrew Fisher | Owen J. Roberts |
All-Area Honorable Mention
| School | Name |
|---|---|
| Boyertown | Michael Raineri Pat Hohlfeld Quinn Mason Jake DiCesare Mitchell Peers |
| Daniel Boone | Joey Moyer Matt Henderson Carson Zuber Ty Esenwein Matt Stevens Brett Goodrich |
| Hill School | Danny Monzo |
| Methacton | Ben Christian |
| Norristown | Tyler Pastella |
| Owen J. Roberts | Brian Siket Dawson Stuart Austin Levengood Joe Skonieczny |
| Perkiomen School | Chris Pow David Smith Nathaniel Urbina Jayden Kemp |
| Perkiomen Valley | Matt Szczesny Dylan Boyd DJ Jampo Mikey Gama |
| Phoenixville | Nick Opalkowski Luke LeBeau Matt Osisek-Byrne Trip Shoemaker |
| Pope John Paul II | Dan Cirino Mike Kelly AJ Stento Ryan Lynn Matt Ahmad |
| Pottsgrove | Nick DeCurtis Alex Stump Spencer Mitchell |
| Pottstown | Jake Eagle Owen Morton |
| Spring-Ford | Sean McHugh Ryne Moore |
| Upper Merion | Mike Hutchinson Ryan McAteer Matt Choi Jake McGrath |
Coach of The Year
Ryan Hinkle, Perkiomen Valley
Hinkle, in his fifth year at helm, led the program to its first ever PIAA playoff appearance where the Vikings picked up a win in the opening round. Mixing in strong pitching with timely hitting, Perk Valley was 10-3 in games decided by two runs or less and out-scored opponents 112-80 on the year.
