19 Chargers and Greyhounds named all-district in baseball

A total of 19 Chargers and Greyhounds earned All-District 26-5A baseball honors this past season and two of them, one Charger and one Greyhound, earned superlatives.

Champion junior Owen Kuhl was named Co-District 26-5A MVP and Boerne High’s Jackson Grimes was voted the unanimous Pitcher of the Year.

For the Chargers, junior Cal Isley was a unanimous first team outfielder, senior Brody Bendele was a first-team first baseman, senior Austin Garritano was a first-team third baseman and junior Ethan Coleman was a unanimous first-team pitcher, while Boerne High senior Jake Perez was a first team outfielder Champion junior Zak Al-Arashi was a second- team outfielder and Charger senior Garland Whitehead was a second- team shortstop, while Boerne High senior Ronnie Scarbrough was a second-team catcher and Greyhound senior Eli Srp was a second-team pitcher.

For the Greyhounds, senior Otis Skubal, junior Josh Kory, senior Colton Shaver and junior EJ Goolsby were named honorable mention.

For the Chargers, senior Jaedyn Yamaguchi, senior Blake Ott, sophomore Lyndon Austin and junior Brody Eisert were named honorable mention.

Both Boerne ISD baseball teams made the playoffs this year after the Chargers claimed their third straight district title at 13-3, while the Greyhounds rallied to finish third in 26-5A at 11-5.

Boerne High (20-13 overall) faced Cedar Park in the first round and dropped the first game, won the second game and then fell in Game 3.

Champion (34-8-1) beat Buda Hays in the first round in three games and defeated Southwest in three games before sweeping La Joya Palmview.

The Chargers faced Leander Rouse in the fourth round for the regional title and the right to advance to the state semifinals. The Raiders took the first game, Champion evened it by winning the second game and then Rouse closed it out by claiming the third game.