Area athletes honored by THSBCA

Several players from Aledo and Weatherford received postseason honors from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association recently.

Named to the Class 5A All-State Team from Aledo was senior outfielder Ethan Jaques. From Weatherford, also a senior outfielder, Jake Williams was selected. Both were named third team.

Jaques helped the Bearcats to a 29-12 record, the District 5-5A championship, and into the Region I final, where they fell in three games to Mansfield Legacy. 

Prior to the postseason, the Bearcats entered the THSBCA state rankings at No. 10 in the poll. Their run ended against No. 5 Legacy.

Williams played a key role in helping the Weatherford Kangaroos to a 22-7-2 record and the championship of District 6-3A. The Kangaroos were upset in bidistrict by Haslet Eaton, with all three games having identical 5-4 scores.

Weatherford senior first baseman Dayton Tockey was named to the 5A/6A North All-Star Team. The game, played at Dell Diamond in Round Rock last month, was won by the South, 7-3.

The Kangaroos also had three seniors named academic all-state, pitcher Josh Goree, second baseman Nick Gutierrez and pitcher/outfielder Andrew Ortiz.