{"id":49248,"date":"2026-10-15T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=49248"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:06:41","slug":"national-trail-all-conference-baseball-team-named-hacker-earns-coach-of-the-year-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/49248-national-trail-all-conference-baseball-team-named-hacker-earns-coach-of-the-year-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"National Trail All-Conference Baseball Team Named, Hacker Earns Coach Of The Year Honors"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49250 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kirk-hacker-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kirk-hacker-640.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kirk-hacker-640-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Neoga High School Coach Kirk Hacker.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Trail All-Conference baseball teams were named.<\/p>\n<p>Coach of the Year is Kirk Hacker of Neoga.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the First Team are Chase Dorris (St. Anthony) who was named the Most Valuable Player, Zaine Miller (Altamont), Blake Verdeyen (St. Anthony), Cooper Lewis (North Clay), Aiden Hoover (South Central), Grayson McCray (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg), Mason Manhart (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg), Gavin Meinhart (Dieterich) and Braylon Sparrow (Neoga).<\/p>\n<p>Second Team members are Garrett Ballinger (Neoga), Kale Hardimon (Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City), Luke Shumate (South Central), Jayce Gillespie (Brownstown\/St. Elmo), Carson Milleville (Altamont), Bryce Bohnhoff (Dieterich), Alex Mayer (St. Anthony), Jonny Gannaway (St. Anthony) and Collin Schnepper (North Clay).<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention went to Reed Stuemke (Altamont), Connor Vaughn (Cowden-Herrick\/Becher City), Mason Niemerg (Dieterich), Evan Fearday (Neoga), Colton Cartright (North Clay), Hayden Bushur (St. Anthony), Brody Barnard (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg) and Wyatt Wetherell (Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Neoga High School Coach Kirk Hacker. The National Trail All-Conference baseball teams were named. Coach of the Year is Kirk Hacker of Neoga. 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