{"id":20734,"date":"2025-10-16T10:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=20734"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:24:48","slug":"ntc-all-conference-baseball-teams-coach-of-the-year-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/20734-ntc-all-conference-baseball-teams-coach-of-the-year-named\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC All-Conference Baseball Teams, Coach of the Year, Named"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The National Trail All-Conference baseball teams were named.<\/p>\n<p>Named as the Coach of the Year was St. Anthony&#8217;s Blake Malatestinic.<\/p>\n<p>Earning First Team honors were Kade Milleville (Altamont), who also was named the Most Valuable Player, Cody Zimdars (North Clay), Jack Compton (North Clay), Aiden Lauritzen (St. Anthony), Ian Jones (North Clay), Jackson Icenogle (Dieterich), Chase Dorris (St. Anthony), Zaine Miller (Altamont) and Carter Verdeyen (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg).<\/p>\n<p>Second Team members were Henry Brent (St. Anthony), Cayden Craig (North Clay), Malik Coy (Neoga), Grayson McCray (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg), Will Bierman (St. Anthony), Dodge Willms (Brownstown\/St. Elmo), Andrew Hall (Dieterich), Aiden Hoover (South Central), Jayce Gillespie (Brownstown\/St. Elmo) and Kale Hardimon (Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City).<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention went to Gavin Meinhart (Dieterich), Braylon Sparrow (Neoga), Trenton Ingram (North Clay), Trevan Sidwell (North Clay), Xander Beals (St. Anthony) and Charlie Spour (St. Anthony).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20737 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MALATESTINIC-BLAKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MALATESTINIC-BLAKE.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MALATESTINIC-BLAKE-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>St. Anthony&#8217;s Blake Malatestinic was named Coach of the Year.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Trail All-Conference baseball teams were named. 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