Phillips hits, pitches way to MVP

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Although Brock has lost several high-caliber baseball players from its projected 2013 roster due to graduation, junior (now senior) Shay Phillips, the 2012 All-Parker County MVP, offers the Eagles coaching staff some solace in having his arm, bat and baseball savvy available, again. GREG WEBB/DEMOCRAT PHOTOS
Trooper Reynolds doled out a .791 slugging percentage, 23 extra-base hits and collected 21 walks, making for a tough out for opposing pitchers in 2012. Named the All-Parker County Offensive Player of the Year, Reynolds will be the worry of the North Central Texas Junior College Athletic Conference pitchers in the fall, and Weatherford baseball fans will get to witness more of his bat wizardry, as he joins the Weatherford College Coyotes. KAY BIGGS/DEMOCRAT PHOTO

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July 1, 2012

Phillips hits, pitches way to MVP

Greg Webb sports@weatherforddemocrat.com The Weatherford Democrat Sun Jul 01, 2012, 08:06 AM CDT

WEATHERFORD —

In a particularly tough year to hand out kudos equitably for the 2012 All-Parker County roster because of the storehouse of prep baseball talent in the area, tie-breakers were often hard to find due to the inflated stats players compiled.

But Brock junior Shay Phillips made the Most Valuable Player nod a relatively easy task, pitching the Eagles all the way to the state tourney, while also producing plenty of offense at the clean-up spot in the batting order.

Phillips finished the year with a 14-1 record on the mound and a 1.70 earned-run average. He rang up opposing hitters with 109 strikeouts with 16 walks, nearly a 7 to 1 K to BB ratio. The right-hander hit over .500 at the plate, driving in 52 runs and scoring 53, with seven of those runs coming from homers.

The margin of talent, and subsequent recognition, from the Superlatives list through the Honorable Mention rolls is as close as it has ever been for the APC overall roster, and the success of the teams across the county attests to the high quality of area players.

Weatherford slugger Trooper Reynolds, headed to Jeff Lightfoot’s Weatherford College Coyotes in the fall, hit safely in 50 percent of his at bats and is a worthy selectee for the county’s top offensive player. Crossing home plate 44 times during the 2012 season, the player who handled third-base duties for the Roos drove in 54 runs, leading the Roos in RBIs.

Callaway Kirkpatrick, a southpaw from Aledo, and right-hander Ben Dickmann, the second ace on the Brock pitching staff, shared Pitcher of the Year kudos.

2012 All-Parker County Baseball Roster

Superlatives

Most Valuable Player

Shay Phillips Brock Junior Co-Pitchers of the Year

Callaway Kirkpatrick Aledo Senior

Ben Dickmann Brock Senior

Catcher of the Year

Garrett Busby Brock Senior

Offensive Player of Year

Trooper Reynolds Weatherford Senior

Defensive Player of the Year

Ty Hanson Weatherford Senior

Utility Player of the Year

Walker Daily Brock Senior

Newcomer of the Year

Asa Menchaca Peaster Freshman

Freshman of the Year

Beau Burrows Weatherford Freshman

Coaching Staff of the Year

Brock Head Coach - Chad Massey

First Team

Matt Walker Aledo Junior

Austin Hilton Weatherford Senior

Tate Erwin Peaster Senior

Devan Watts Aledo Senior

Corbin Taylor Springtown Junior

J.D. Stinnett Brock Senior

Grant McCullough Peaster Senior

Jered Rhodes Weatherford Senior

Tyson Mauser Aledo Sophomore

Keith Steel Brock Senior

Zayne Willems Aledo Sophomore

Second Team

Tanner Garrett Springtown Senior

Mason Taylor Aledo Senior

Jordan Wooten Peaster Senior

Blake Aldridge Brock Senior

Foster Sawyer Aledo Sophomore

James Hensley Peaster Junior

John Bodine Millsap Sophomore

Taylor Johnson Weatherford Senior

Jake Davis Weatherford Senior

Dustin Williams Weatherford Junior

Baker Roberson Aledo Junior

Honorable Mention

Matt Riney Weatherford Junior

Dalton Norris Millsap Sophomore

Matt Bishop Aledo Senior

Beau Lindsay Peaster Senior Tyler Nelson Brock Junior

Garret Gains Brock Junior

Will Young Weatherford Junior

Tyler Davis Weatherford Senior

Austin Byrd Aledo Senior

Dylan Burton Millsap Sophomore

Chance Rodgers Peaster Senior

Brent Pendergraft Brock Senior

Brock Riebe Weatherford Junior Cody Mathews Weatherford Senior

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