Baseball's Best: All-Bayside South awards recognize season's top players

The 2023 Bayside South baseball season brought plenty of thrills, and it also delivered a state champion to the Eastern Shore, as Parkside grabbed the Class 2A State Championship after also winning the Bayside Conference. With the year wrapped up, All-Bayside Conference recognition was awarded to the season's best players.

Stephen Decatur's Lukas Loring and Snow Hill's Cole Swift were named Co-Bayside South Players of the Year, as they stood out all around the field for their teams. And Parkside ace pitcher Aidan Brinsfield was named the Pitcher of the Year, as he helped lead the Rams to their first state championship with his dominance on the mound. Washington head coach Brain Laird was named Coach of the Year for the Bayside South after leading the Jaguars to a successful season.

Here are the All-Bayside South Teams for the 2023 Baseball season:

First Team

• Cole Swift (Snow Hill)

• Gavin McIntyre (Washington)

• Stacey Fisher (Mardela)

• John Smith (Parkside)

• Aidan Brinsfield (Parkside)

• Casey Parsons (Parkside)

• Gus Croll (Stephen Decatur)

• Ryan McLaughlin (Stephen Decatur)

• Lukas Loring (Stephen Decatur)

• Owen Kneer (Stephen Decatur)

• AJ Kolb (Stephen Decatur)

• Eli Scott (Pocomoke)

• Cory Fisher (James M. Bennett)

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Second Team

• Danner Swift (Snow Hill)

• Garrett Williams (Snow Hill)

• Finn Mahoney (Snow Hill)

• Waylon Hobgood (Stephen Decatur)

• Caden Shockley (Stephen Decatur)

• Nick Rosetta (Washington)

• Doug Fisher (Washington)

• Zack Robinson (Parkside)

• Connor Bailey (Parkside)

• Storm Hartman (Parkside)

• Brian Schmidt (Wicomico)

• Zion McIntosh (Wicomico)

• Evan Birch (Mardela)

• Dawson Daniels (Washington)

• Ethan Scott (Pocomoke)

Honorable Mention

• Raiden Leonard (Snow Hill)

• Anthony Hulslander (Snow Hill)

• Dominic Kuipers (Snow Hill)

• Kolten Zender (Snow Hill)

• Steven Wade (Stephen Decatur)

• Matt Wright (Stephen Decatur)

• Ryder Swanson (Stephen Decatur)

• Brooks Kendall (Stephen Decatur)

• Ethan Roberts (Mardela)

• Colby Colwell (Mardela)

• Mason Rudd (Mardela)

• Gino Meienschein (Parkside)

• Tyler Janeski (Parkside)

• Blake Ford (Parkside)

• Ethan Holland (Parkside)

• David Harkins Jr. (Parkside)

• Eric Braica (Parkside)

• Chris Jones (Wicomico)

• Cooper Hooks (Pocomoke)

• Tony Martin (Pocomoke)

• Roman Holland (Pocomoke)

• Jalen Wigfall (Washington)

• Cole Miles (Washington)

• Evan Dryden (Washington)

• Trevin Whitlock (James M. Bennett)

• Caden McKinney (James M. Bennett)

• Wayne Howard, Jr. (Crisfield)

• AJ Swift (Crisfield)

This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Baseball's Best: All-Bayside South awards recognize top players