Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S has several holes to fill in 2024 baseball lineup
Members of the 2024 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team are front row, from left to right: Riley Mattingly, Anthony Olvera, James Carlin, Hunter Daggett, Owen Tifft, Brody Meendering, Easton Teal, Brayden Moore and Victor Rodriguez. Second row: Jackson Brower, Talan Zearing, Jack Mastbergen, Aidan Espeland, Jonah Moore, Dominic Tripp, Mykle Meyers and Riley Wiersma. Third row: Ricky Smith, Jacob Cates, Blake Meendering, Aiden Bush, Caden Douma and Grant Kunzman. Not pictured: Lawton Schiphoff.
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team has several positions to fill for the 2024 season. Graduation and other player losses have created several lineup openings to be filled by a young group of players.
The most experienced returning player is senior Jacob Cates, a four-year starter and two-time all-War Eagle Conference first-team selection. Cates, who has signed with Grandview University as a catcher, was H-M-S's leading hitter in 2023 and compiled a 4-4 record as a starting pitcher.
Other players with varsity experience are junior Aiden Bush, an outfielder who also made one varsity pitchi...
