For each age level, 2018 through 2022, they will have two teams. The top team is Black and the second team is Royal.
A few impressions:
Iowa Select 2018 Black
Tony Barreca (North Scott) - C
Ian Bedell (Davenport Central) - RHP
Jarrett Blunt (Ottumwa) - RHP
Trevor Burkhart (Davenport West) - MIF
Will Christopherson (Pleasant Valley) - RHP
Evan Crawford (Pleasant Valley) - OF
Casey Day (CR Prairie) - RHP
Brayden Frazier (CR Jeff) - SS
Luke Ira (Solon) - MIF
Austin Krob (Lisbon) - LHP
Nic McCay (Carlisle) - RHP
Clayton Nettleton (Davenport West) - RHP
Jaden Rolffs (Pella) - C
Ryne Schooley (IC Regina) - LHP
Tynan Shahidi (Ames) - SS
Levi Usher (CR Prairie) - OF
Connor Van Scoyoc (CR Jeff) - RHP
Landon Vander Leest (Pella) - UT
Kade Vander Molen (Pella Christian) - SS
Tyson Williams (Lisbon) - 1B
Iowa Select 2018 Royal
Riley Beck (Xavier) - SS
Jared Beck (Davenport North) - LHP
Blake Berns (IC Regina) - 1B
Jacob Bockenstedt (CR Wash) - RHP
Wil Courtney (Hempstead) - OF
Connor Crabill (Hempstead) - RHP
Ben DeKruyf (Urbandale) - IF
Ryan Doran (Harlan) - 1B
Keaton Duckett (Johnston) - RHP
Trent Hoogerwerf (IC Regina) - C
Mason Hook (CR Prairie) - RHP
Braden Houston (IC West) - RHP
Trey Jacobson (ELC) - SS
Ryan Manternach (Monticello) - IF
Hogan McIntosh (Bondurant-Farrar) - C
Britt Noel (New London) - OF
Travis Reyhons (IC High) - SS
Casey Steen (Urbandale) - 3B
Jack Wilson (IC West) - RHP
Graham Woods (CR Kennedy) - LHP
Notables on 2019 Black: Sam Goodman (Western Dubuque), Harrison Cook (CR Prairie), Lorenz Elion (Chicago Simeon), Josh Fitzgerald (MC Newman), Clayton Hromidko (CR Prairie), Max Slavens (Pleasant Valley), Peyton Williams (Johnston).
To see all the teams, here's the link: https://www.perfectgame.org/events/Rosters.aspx?event=5757.
I'll be following the 2018 teams this fall. If anyone is interested, I'll keep posting some weekly updates along with some of the snippets I see and hear about the other teams.
A few impressions:
- There are some darn good pitchers on the 2018 second team. Steve James says this is the deepest crop of pitchers in Iowa since he started with Perfect Game in 2004. No doubt several of the Royal pitchers (Bockenstedt, Duckett, Hook, Houston, Wilson) very possibly would have been on Black in different years.
- If the Black 2018 team can score some runs, they will be a very good team facing the top travel teams in the midwest (Hitters, Chicago Scouts Association, White Sox ACE, Top Tier, Cangelosi, St. Louis Pirates, & Reds Midwest Scout) and even better national programs at the WWBA World Championships in Jupiter, FL.
- There aren't a bevy of LHP options for the 2018 class.
- Jackson Bennett (Beckman) was at the tryouts, but I don't see his name on the roster. Not sure what's going on with that, but he certainly would have been on the Black team.
- Rolffs & Barreca are excellent choices at catcher, but Hoogerwerf (Regina) also had an argument for the Black team, in my opinion.
Iowa Select 2018 Black
Tony Barreca (North Scott) - C
Ian Bedell (Davenport Central) - RHP
Jarrett Blunt (Ottumwa) - RHP
Trevor Burkhart (Davenport West) - MIF
Will Christopherson (Pleasant Valley) - RHP
Evan Crawford (Pleasant Valley) - OF
Casey Day (CR Prairie) - RHP
Brayden Frazier (CR Jeff) - SS
Luke Ira (Solon) - MIF
Austin Krob (Lisbon) - LHP
Nic McCay (Carlisle) - RHP
Clayton Nettleton (Davenport West) - RHP
Jaden Rolffs (Pella) - C
Ryne Schooley (IC Regina) - LHP
Tynan Shahidi (Ames) - SS
Levi Usher (CR Prairie) - OF
Connor Van Scoyoc (CR Jeff) - RHP
Landon Vander Leest (Pella) - UT
Kade Vander Molen (Pella Christian) - SS
Tyson Williams (Lisbon) - 1B
Iowa Select 2018 Royal
Riley Beck (Xavier) - SS
Jared Beck (Davenport North) - LHP
Blake Berns (IC Regina) - 1B
Jacob Bockenstedt (CR Wash) - RHP
Wil Courtney (Hempstead) - OF
Connor Crabill (Hempstead) - RHP
Ben DeKruyf (Urbandale) - IF
Ryan Doran (Harlan) - 1B
Keaton Duckett (Johnston) - RHP
Trent Hoogerwerf (IC Regina) - C
Mason Hook (CR Prairie) - RHP
Braden Houston (IC West) - RHP
Trey Jacobson (ELC) - SS
Ryan Manternach (Monticello) - IF
Hogan McIntosh (Bondurant-Farrar) - C
Britt Noel (New London) - OF
Travis Reyhons (IC High) - SS
Casey Steen (Urbandale) - 3B
Jack Wilson (IC West) - RHP
Graham Woods (CR Kennedy) - LHP
Notables on 2019 Black: Sam Goodman (Western Dubuque), Harrison Cook (CR Prairie), Lorenz Elion (Chicago Simeon), Josh Fitzgerald (MC Newman), Clayton Hromidko (CR Prairie), Max Slavens (Pleasant Valley), Peyton Williams (Johnston).
To see all the teams, here's the link: https://www.perfectgame.org/events/Rosters.aspx?event=5757.
I'll be following the 2018 teams this fall. If anyone is interested, I'll keep posting some weekly updates along with some of the snippets I see and hear about the other teams.