Sports Shorts from Around the Valley: Week of June 10th

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Miller Garners All-American Status

Congratulations to Gage Miller on being named an All-American by two different organizations. The Palmyra product was named a 2nd Team All-American by Perfect Game College and a 3rd Team All-American by the National College Baseball Writers Association. These impressive accolades follow the recent announcement that he was named a Division 1 All-Southeast Region 2nd Team selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

After transferring to the University of Alabama from Bishop State Community College, Miller immediately made an impact for the Crimson Tide. In 55 games, Miller batted .381 with 18 home runs, 56 RBI, and 72 runs scored. He touted an on-base % of .474 and a .702 slugging %. These lofty stats led Alabama in hits, home runs, RBI, runs scored, total bases, OBP, and SLG.

Miller’s outstanding play has not gone unnoticed by decision-makers at the highest levels of the sport. Several MLB teams have him on their radar for this year’s draft, which is set to take place in mid-July. We wish Miller all the best as he prepares to hear his name called.  (Published 6/10 @ 11 pm)

To learn more about Miller’s season, check out our College Baseball Tracker.

Beard Named All-American

In 2022, Austin Beard graduated from Cedar Crest High School. He bet on himself by going the JuCo route to play College Baseball and selected Northampton Community College as his home for the past two seasons. This past season, he was 10-1 for the Spartans, posting a 3.80 ERA and striking out 104 batters. Beard was also called upon to save two games in key situations. His win and strikeout total are single-season records for the school.

As a starter, he was 4-1 against ranked teams, including victories over the #1 and #3 teams in the country over the span of eight days. That performance earned National Player of the Week honors for Beard.

On Monday, he added another accolade to his resume when he was named a 1st Team All-American.

For his JuCo career, Beard set Northampton’s all-time career strikeouts record (135) and finished second all-time in career wins (14). His next stop is Monmouth University, where he accepted an athletic scholarship continue his playing career at the NCAA Division I level. Great work, Austin!

(Published 6/10 @ 6 am)

Aguirre Takes Gold in Colombia

Last week, local Taekwondo prodigy Joshua Aguirre traveled to Cartagena, Colombia, to compete in the Caribbean Classic Cartagena Open. His luggage on the return flight was a bit heavier, as he traveled back with four gold medals. Aguirre was also awarded the title of Grand Champion at the event.

The uver talented twelve-year-old member of the AAU Taekwondo National Team was also recently nominated as one of seven young male martial artists up for the AAU Traditional Forms Athlete of the Year. Congrats, Joshua!

(Published 6/10 @ 6 am)

Wolford, Seidel Impress at Elite Club Wrestling Event

This past weekend, Aaron Seidel and Sam Wolford competed at the Ultimate Club Duals at Ursinus College. The event drew wrestlers from over twenty states. The two Viking wrestlers competed for the Reading-based club Stellar Trained Krayt and aided the club to a 3rd place finish in the Gold Level High School Elite bracket. Wolford went 5-0, outscoring his opponents 53-0 across the five victories. Competing in the heavier 60 kg division (132 pounds), Seidel also went 4-1. Seidel’s only loss was to a top-ranked wrester from Virginia. Awesome work, gentlemen!

(Published 6/10 @ 6 am)

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