{"id":40148,"date":"2026-06-10T07:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40148"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:53:24","slug":"newton-players-named-to-little-illini-all-conference-baseball-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/40148-newton-players-named-to-little-illini-all-conference-baseball-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton Players Named To Little Illini All-Conference Baseball Teams"},"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 Little Illini All-Conference Baseball Teams were named.<\/p>\n<p>Listed as members of the First Team were Dominic Baltzell (Newton), Carson Barthelme (Newton), Quincy Fulton (Newton), Drake Wolf (Newton), Daryn Hupp (Casey-Westfield), Jackson Julius (Casey-Westfield), Tyler Volk (Casey-Westfield), Emery Ivers (Lawrenceville), Garrett Pugh (Marshall), Brendan Bowser (Mount Carmel), Asher Coston (Mount Carmel), Ryder Closs (Mount Carmel), Carter Eastham (Paris), Owen Cycholl (Richland County), Brody Redman (Richland County), Gavin Root (Richland County), Brody Snyder (Richland County) and Graysen Brown (Robinson).<\/p>\n<p>Second Team members were David Ferguson (Newton), Hayden Lovell (Casey-Westfield), River Deisher (Mount\u00a0 Carmel), Santiago Guanipa (Mount Carmel),\u00a0 Marcus Hutchings (Paris), Gabe Roush (Paris), Cooper Hires (Richland County), Nolan Seels (Richland County) and Gunner Hoalt (Robinson).<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention went to Gavin Meinhart (Newton), Chase Whaley (Casey-Westfield), Hunter Gray (Lawrenceville), Payton McGuire (Marshall), Jayden Smith (Mount Carmel), Sean Dunn (Paris), Jack Thomann (Richland County) and Braylon Murray (Robinson).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Illini All-Conference Baseball Teams were named. 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