Stoddard, Guerrette & Graham Win Legion Awards
Coffee News Bangor American Legion 3B/P Ethan Stoddard is Zone 1 Player of the Year as selected by coaches in the zone.
Stoddard, who played in high school ball at Old Town HS, hit .344 with 15 RBI for the zone champion Comrades. He also went 3-1 with a 2.20 ERA as a pitcher.
RH Foster Hampden Riverdogs pitcher Nick Guerrette is the Zone 1 Pitcher of the Year. He went 6-0 with an ERA of 2.13.
Brewer Falcons coach Shane Graham was selected Zone 1 Coach of the Year. Graham led the Falcons to an 8-7 regular season record and his team will play in the state tourney as zone runnerup.
ALL-ZONE 1 FIRST TEAM
P- Dustin Crawford Skw
P- Jesse Colford Bgr
P- Jack Corey Brw
C- Tyler Parke Bgr
1B- Noah Missbrenner Bgr
2B- Adam Turcotte Skw
3B- Zach Cowperthwaite Bgr
SS- Zach Ireland Bgr
OF- Casey Sudbeck Hampden
OF- Brandon Smith Hampden
OF- Derek Bowen Post 51
OF- Brendan Curran Skw
DH- Zach Murray Bgr
Util- Josh Palmeter Hampden
NOTE: The eight team, double elimination American Legion State Championship Tournament begins tomorrow at Winkin Complex at Husson University in Bangor. Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket/929theticket.com has live coverage of the 10am Bangor vs Fayette Staples game and the 7pm Brewer vs Wells game.