The Augusta area was well represented in the 2023 Georgia Dugout Club’s all-state teams that were unveiled Friday afternoon.
In all, 12 players from the Georgia side of the CSRA were named to classification-specific all-state teams, with Greenbrier leading the way with six players in all who were named to the Georgia Dugout Club’s Class AAAAA all-state squad.
Of those, outfielders Bryson Bell, a sophomore, and junior Jamie Daly were pegged to the Class AAAAA first team. Second team selections from Greenbrier are pitchers Brody Cleveland and Mark Abell along with junior Logan Brogdon, an infielder. Senior Hunter Knutson was selected second team all state as a designated hitter.
Daly led the team with a .426 batting average and drove in a team-leading 39 RBI. He tied Gage Kirkland for team lead with five home runs for a team that went yard cumulative 21 times. Bell paced Greenbrier with 25 stolen bases.
Cleveland notched a 7-1 record with a 1.94 ERA in 14 appearances on the mound for Greenbrier while recording 65 strike-outs. Abell was just as impressive with an 8-2 record in 14 showings while fanning 64 batters and compiling a 2.05 ERA.
Brogdon was second on the team with a .406 batting average
The “Greenbrier Six” helped the Wolfpack to a 30-8 record overall and a 14-1 mark in region play which was tops in the regular season standings. Greenbrier bowed out of the state playoffs after a two-game series loss to Loganville in the Class AAAAA Final Four.
Class AAA state champions Harlem named five players to the first and second teams. They were sophomore Will Holder and junior Caiden Coile, both pitchers, senior infielders Tryston McCladdie and Emery Burnett on the first team, and junior outfielder Tyler Simmons who was named to the second team. The five all-staters helped the Bulldogs to their first baseball state title since 1986.
Evans infielder Hunter Thompson was selected to the Class AAAAAA second team. The junior was one of the biggest bats on a Knights’ team that finished 19-12 overall and 14-4 in Region 2-AAAAAA, and the only Evans player to be chosen.
