KHSAA baseball 6th, 7th and 8th region postseason awards, including Players of the Year

High school baseball coaches from the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Regions have selected top players from the 2023 season in their respective districts and regions.

DeSales senior Carmine Fichetola was named Sixth Region Player of the Year. He batted .367 with eight home runs, 10 doubles and 33 RBIs for a Colts team that finished 28-10. On the mound, Fichetola was 2-0 with a 1.53 ERA and seven saves in 18 1/3 innings.

Manual junior Bennett Holdener was named Seventh Region Player of the Year. He batted .430 with two home runs, 10 doubles and 18 RBIs for a Crimsons team that finished 29-7. On the mound, Holdener was 5-1 with a 0.90 ERA and one save in 39 innings.

Woodford County junior Taylor Penn was named Eighth Region Player of the Year. He batted .421 with 12 doubles and 26 RBIs for a Yellow Jackets team that finished 26-12. On the mound, Penn was 8-0 with a 0.82 ERA and 98 strikeouts over 60 innings. He has committed to Western Kentucky University.

Coach of the Year honors went to DeSales’ Tim Sievert (Sixth Region), Manual’s Ryan Blackwell (Seventh Region) and Spencer County’s Stuart Dill (Eighth Region).

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Here are the complete all-region and all-district teams for the Louisville area:

Sixth Region

All-region: 1B – Carmine Fichetola (DeSales); 2B – Hunter Robinson (Pleasure Ridge Park); SS – Jacob Hand (Holy Cross); 3B – Brody Mangis (DeSales); OF – Brayden Bruner (Pleasure Ridge Park), Dax Raney (Bullitt East), Ryan Priest (North Bullitt); C – Luke Renfrow (Bullitt East); P – Brayden Ernspiker (DeSales), Evan Brite (DeSales), Colin Knoop (Fern Creek), Kendall Henson (Bullitt East), Carson Allen (Fern Creek), Brady Wooldridge (North Bullitt), Richard Hernandez (Southern); Utility – Alex Galan (Southern), Parker Nellums (North Bullitt), Dylan Pierce (Bullitt Central); Player of the Year – Carmine Fichetola (DeSales); Head Coach of the Year – Tim Sievert (DeSales); Assistant Coach of the Year – Justin Stinson (North Bullitt).

21^st District: 1B – Brad Myers (Fairdale); 2B – Hunter Robinson (Pleasure Ridge Park); SS – Jacob Hand (Holy Cross); 3B – Mike Trusty (Pleasure Ridge Park); OF – Collin Williams (Holy Cross), Luke Embry (Pleasure Ridge Park), Brayden Bruner (Pleasure Ridge Park); C – Riley Prisk (Fairdale); P – Tyler Manning (Holy Cross), Ayden Fields (Fairdale), Tannor Fentress (Pleasure Ridge Park), Dalton Hicks (Fairdale); Utility – Logan Strong (Pleasure Ridge Park), Hunter Drake (Holy Cross); Player of the Year – Jacob Hand (Holy Cross).

22^nd District: 1B – Carmine Fichetola (DeSales); 2B – D.J. Wright (Butler); SS – Dylan Wells (Butler); 3B - Brody Mangis (DeSales); OF – Alex Wallace (DeSales), Isaiah Hayes (Butler), Caleb Thompson (DeSales); C – Evan Hess (DeSales); P – Brayden Ernspiker (DeSales), Evan Brite (DeSales), Jayden Lundie (Butler), Landon Sims (Butler); Utility – Ayden Clemmons (Butler), Justin Wilkins (DeSales); Player of the Year – Carmine Fichetola (DeSales).

23^rd District: 1B – Luke Deitchman (North Bullitt); 2B – Rowan Burton (North Bullitt); SS – Alex Galan (Southern); 3B – Lariel Torres (Southern); OF – Odriel Robles (Southern), Ryan Priest (North Bullitt), Kevin Cruz (Southern); C – Shane Carnes (Bullitt Central); P – Grayson Reichert (Bullitt Central), Brady Wooldridge (North Bullitt), Jordan Powell (Bullitt Central), Richard Hernandez (Southern); Utility – Parker Nellums (North Bullitt), Dylan Pierce (Bullitt Central); Player of the Year – Ryan Priest (North Bullitt).

24^th District: 1B – Ashton Prechtel (Fern Creek); 2B – Jackson Zurkhulen (Fern Creek); SS – Andrew Beickman (Whitefield Academy); 3B – Cade Owen (Bullitt East); OF – Dax Raney (Bullitt East), Bradley Jones (Fern Creek), Jack Willard (Bullitt East); C – Luke Renfrow (Bullitt East); P – Colin Knoop (Fern Creek), Carson Allen (Fern Creek), Kendall Henson (Bullitt East), Cole Halbrook (Whitefield Academy); Utility – Keaton Starks (Jeffersontown), Landon Troklus (Bullitt East); Player of the Year – Dax Raney (Bullitt East).

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Seventh Region

All-region: Austyn Peak, Bennett Holdener, Chase Chamberlain (Manual); Landon Ingram (Male); Jake Gregor, Cooper Smith, Landon Acres (St. Xavier); Truman Neuner, Jed Hamilton (Highlands Latin); Dane Morrow, Jake Schweitzer, Kyle Campbell (Trinity); Nathan King (Christian Academy); Kaine Samuels, Lavon Thomas (Ballard); Ben Brown, Jake Lind (Eastern); Jack Stodghill (Kentucky Country Day); Player of the Year – Bennett Holdener (Manual); Head Coach of the Year – Ryan Blackwell (Manual); Assistant Coach of the Year – Mike Pasley (Ballard).

25^th District: Austyn Peak, Bennett Holdener, Isaac Miller, Chase Chamberlain, James Cameron, Jackson Brown, Nick Ballard, Owen Walker, Jonah Lawrence, Zach Morris (Manual); Braden Aulick, Dawson Mathis (Portland Christian); Xavier Brown (Central); Sam Hillis (Francis Parker); Player of the Year – Bennett Holdener (Manual).

26^th District: Landon Ingram, Cayden Perry, D.J. Grinter, Lucas Cobler, Evan LeGrand (Male); Ty Starke, Brodie Benefield, Ben Breunig, Landon Acres, Zach Marks, Jake Gregor, Kyle Krupp, Cooper Smith (St. Xavier); Player of the Year – Cooper Smith (St. Xavier).

27^th District: Hudson Herron, Mason Howell (Atherton); Truman Neuner, Jed Hamilton, Bo Hamilton (Highlands Latin); Jake Schweitzer, Cam Warfield, Hayden Trier, Evan Boeckmann, Colin Sander, Hayden Rader, Jake Wilson, Dane Morrow, Kyle Campbell (Trinity); Player of the Year – Kyle Campbell (Trinity).

28^th District: Lavon Thomas, Brady Lysher, Nick Kaelin, Kevin Moore, Kaine Samuels (Ballard); Carson Shee, Ben Brown, Jake Lind, Henry Craig (Eastern); Nathan King, Alex Yarberry, Noah McCarty (Christian Academy); Jack Stodghill, Jake Figa (Kentucky Country Day); Player of the Year – Kaine Samuels (Ballard).

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Eighth Region

All-region: Cole Dycus, Alex Coyle (Woodford County); Donavin Carroll (Collins); Bradley Coulter (Spencer County); Chance Edmonds, Liam Hutson (North Oldham); Mason Howard, Lance Coleman (Walton-Verona); Dakota Brown (Simon Kenton); Kian Vorster (South Oldham); Kemper Whisman, Foster Whisman (Shelby County); Cameron Fitzgerald (Owen County); Coen Ball (Oldham County); Aaron Robinson (Anderson County); Player of the Year – Taylor Penn (Woodford County); Head Coach of the Year – Stuart Dill (Spencer County); Assistant Coach of the Year – Terry Landrum (Simon Kenton).

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.

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