MVC baseball: Cincinnati Christian’s Smith, Moak headline Gray squad

Cincinnati Christian won the 2018 Miami Valley Conference Gray Division prep baseball title with a 12-3 record and swept the top individual awards in the division.

Junior pitcher/shortstop Mitchell Smith is the Athlete of the Year and Curtus Moak is the Coach of the Year in the Gray Division for the Cougars.

In the Scarlet Division, Summit Country Day junior Eric Fisk is the Athlete of the Year, while Summit’s Triffon Callos and Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy’s Tony Schulz are the Coaches of the Year.

Summit and CHCA shared the Scarlet championship with 15-1 records.

Here is a full list of the MVC teams:

Gray Division

First Team

Cincinnati Christian — Alex Johnson, Mitchell Smith

Lockland — Kyle Runk, Milan Schilling

Miami Valley Christian Academy — Seth Henderson, Sam Smith

North College Hill — Kyair Stewart

Seven Hills — Andrew Brown, Nate Rising

Second Team

Cincinnati Christian — Alex Bertram, Jacob Carroll, Noah Jordan

Lockland — William Truitt

Miami Valley Christian Academy — Tucker Allen, Gavin Bangert

North College Hill — Anthony Johnson

Seven Hills — Nick Bean, Jonas Keller

St. Bernard — Dwayne Pottinger

Honorable Mention

Cincinnati Christian — Cody Anderson, Bryce Jungkunz

Lockland — Jonah Cromer, Kevin Jefferson

Miami Valley Christian Academy — Sam Buffenbarger, Aaron McCoy

North College Hill — John Stanley, DeVaugh Wagner

Seven Hills — Egan DeWitt, Luke Keller

St. Bernard — Isaac Drew, Kam Williams

Scarlet Division

First Team

Cincinnati Country Day — T.J. Brock, Trey Smith

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy — Clayton Brock, Cayse Osborne, Lucas Rotello, Blake Sheffer

Summit Country Day — Eric Fisk, Brennan Gick, Nick Nazzaro

Second Team

Cincinnati Country Day — Ethan Howard, Blake Lykins

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy — Max Ripperger

Clark Montessori — Josh Carr, Malachi Lawson

New Miami — Ronnie Bowman

Norwood — Dakota Depew, Connor Peace

Summit Country Day — Wil Eads, Chris Kahle

Honorable Mention

Cincinnati Country Day — Jacob Renner, Sam Schwartz

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy — Mason Bernhardt, Ryan Mueller

Clark Montessori — Jesse Jarrold-Grapes, Alex Schaefer

New Miami — Wayden McIntyre, Trey Robinette

Norwood — John Cole, Casey Ragle

Summit Country Day — Joe Collins, Nolan Seenberg

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