Mission Valley Mariners garner postseason honors
Mission Valley Mariners player Xavier Fisher hits a single line drive in the seventh inning against the Missoula Mavericks during the Class A Legion Baseball Western District Tournament on Thursday, July 30 in Florence. (Whitney England/Lake County Leader)
Mariners' Dawson Dumont makes contact with the ball for a single against the Missoula Mavericks during the Class A Legion Baseball Western District Tournament on Thursday, July 30 in Florence. (Whitney England/Lake County Leader)
Three Legion A baseball Mission Valley Mariners were accentuated with accolades for their athletic apptitude among the recently released postseason list sponsored by Universal Athletic.
Shortstop Xavier Fisher was conferred with dual all-state/all-conference recognition not only for his role in anchoring the infield defense, but for the contributions of his arm on the mound as well as his bat at the plate.
Receiving all-conference recognition was Dawson Dumont, who consistently baffled opposition hurlers with his penchant for punching their best pitches into play.
Acknowledged as an honorable mention was versatile Alex Muzquiz for his multiple roles on the mound, in the field and at the plate.
Eric Dolence was the lone 2019 all-conference recipient last year.
Winner of the Class A scholarship was Keyan Dalbey, a back-to-back performance coupled with his reap last season. Dalbey was also awarded the Boyd Nelson Memorial MVP at the Libby Big Buck$ Tournament earlier in the season.
2020 Legion A West District postseason accolades
Bitterroot Bucs – (a-s): *Colby Kohlman, *Jake Scully; (a-c): Colby Kohlman, Brendan Schneiter; (hm): Zack Chrisopherson, Andrew Scully.
Bitterroot Red Sox – (a-c): Mitch Spinetta; (hm): Tyler Davis.
Glacier Twins – (a-s): *Stevyn Andrachick, *Zach Veneman; (a-c): Austyn Andrachick, Mason Peters; (hm) Trenton Tyree, Payton Davisson.
Libby Loggers – (a-s): *Tripp Zhang; (a-c): Caden Williams.
Kalispell Lakers – (a-c): Joe Schlegel, Max Holden; (hm): Caleb Morgan.
Mission Valley Mariners – (a-s): *Xavier Fisher; (a-c): Dawson Dumont; (hm): Alex Muzquiz.
Missoula Mavericks – (a-c): Nico Peterson; (hm): Nick Breem.
Class A Awards
COY: Calvin and Eric Bjorgum, Billings Blue Jays.
Batting champion: Kruz Slevira, Billings Blue Jays.
MVP: Lance Schaaf, Billings Blue Jays.
Scholarship winner: Keyan Dalbey, Mission Valley Mariners.
ACRONYM KEY: a-s (all-state), a-c (all-conference), hm (honorable mention), coy (coach of year), mvp (most valuable player)
Asterisk (*) denotes nom who also receives concomitant all-conference recognition.
All-state/all-conf lists can be viewed online at < montanalegionbaseball.org > or other media outlet postings. A print version of the West District list was featured in the Wednesday issue of the Daily InterLake (August 12, 2020)A9.
