Tuesday March 19th, 2024 3:43AM

Baseball: Panthers, Dragons dominate Region 8-AAA All-Region selections

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

Region 8-AAA continued to be a major player in Class AAA in 2016 with Jackson County getting within one win of the state championship round.

The Panthers and Jefferson combined for eight of the 14 first team selections and 14 of the 28 total first- and second-team selections.

With that in mind, the Region 8-AAA All-Region baseball team was announced Friday.

First team:

Taylor Wilkes - P - Jefferson
Noah Mejias - P - Oconee Co
Zane Corley - P - Jackson Co
Coleman Barbee - P - Jackson Co
Joel Ellis - 1B - Jackson Co
Cole Tate - 2B - Oconee Co
Tyler Sartain - 3B - Jackson Co
Conner Tate - SS - Oconee Co
Champ Bell - OF - Oconee Co
Hunter Thompson - OF - Jefferson
Turner Banks - OF - Elbert Co
Zach Boobas - C - Jefferson
Justin Cole - DH - Jefferson
Chris Griggs - UT - Jackson Co

Second team:

Asher Standridge - P - Jefferson
Leland Jones - P - Hart Co
Cody Frye - P - Hart Co
Jeremy Cook - P - Jackson Co
Lane Watkins - 1B - Jefferson
Blake Sowell - 2B - Hart Co
Kole Faulkner - 3B - Oconee Co
Jeremy Hicks - SS - Hart Co
Andrew Miller - OF - Jackson Co
Joshua Hutch - OF - Jefferson
Matt Ross - OF - Hart Co
Brett Carey - C - Hart Co
Ty Smith - DH - Jackson Co
Tanner Hamby - UT - East Jackson

Honorable mention:

Colton Moon (P, Elbert Co), Tanner Mills (P/IF, Elbert Co), Hunter Lane (P/IF, Morgan Co), Connor Gunby (UT, P, Oconee Co), Jase Latty (P, Jackson Co), Cody Nix (P/OF, East Jackson), Bryce Bowen (1B Elbert Co), Austin Rapier (2B, Morgan Co), Brett Bowen (2B/SS, Jackson Co), Zach Corbin (3B, Jefferson), Josh Adair (C, East Jackson), Sam Couch (OF, Morgan Co), Caleb Mathews (OF, Jackson Co),  Cole Hart (DH, Elbert Co), Eric Brown (C, Elbert Co), Nathan Pruschen (UT, East Jackson), Austin Thomas (OF/P, East Jackson), Branson Harris (OF, Elbert Co), Hunter Martin (3B, Elbert Co), Avery Hunt (SS, Elbert Co), Will Breese (2B, Jefferson), Luke Hadded (P, East Jackson)

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