Buchanan, Travis make first-team chosen by Northwest Oregon Conference coaches

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Two Scappoose Indians have been chosen for the all-Northwest Oregon Conference first team in baseball.

Senior infielder Jordan Buchanan and junior outfielder Logan Travis made the squad by vote of coaches in the Class 5A league.

Travis also was chosen for honorable mention as a pitcher.

St. Helens had two players picked for the all-NWOC second team: senior outfielder Chris Beatty and senior pitcher Jacob Klein.

Scappoose had one second-teamer: senior Breeler Mann, as an outfielder.

Mann also was one of five Indians earning honorable mention in six spots. Along with Mann and pitcher Travis, the Scappoose HM selections were senior Quincy Cleveland (utility), senior Gavin Larson (first base) and junior Ben Anicker (infield and pitcher).

St. Helens had three players on the honorable mention list. Sophomore catcher Jacobi Allen made it, as did junior infielder Garrett Harris and senior first baseman Justin Olson.

Both NWOC first-teamers from Scappoose led by example and in preparation for the season, as well as in the classroom, pulling down GPAs over 3.5, notes Scappoose coach Cameron Webb.

Buchanan, a three-sport athlete throughout his high school career (cross country and basketball as well) "was one of the first kids that would hit me up to go in the cage and work on his swing after I got the job," Webb says.

Buchanan played second base and gave the Indians consistently hard hitting.

"He has naturally fast hands, which is why he has explosive line-drive ability," Webb says.

Buchanan finished the year with 26 hits, about one per game, and opened the year with a big home run to help lift the Indians to a win against South Albany.

"He was our most consistent hitter throughout the season," Webb says. "We could count on him to hit the ball hard and hit a couple of line drives every game.

"And he was a very good teammate — the first guy to encourage somebody else when they were down."

Travis showed plenty of self-motivation and self-discipline, Webb says, as he came off the shelf and became a force at the plate, in the outfield and on the mound during league play.

"In January, he organized our long-toss and conditioning program and got guys out there, totally led all of that," Webb says.

While pitching is "probably his highest potential, hitting is where he earned his real accolades," Webb says. "If there's an optional practice, he's always in there and focused on every detail of his swing. He hit for a lot of power this season, hit one long home run to the street in left-center at home. Even with two strikes he found a way to hit a ball hard."

All-Northwest Oregon Conference

baseball

First team

Catcher

Kane Kiaunis, Hillsboro, junior

KJ Ruffo, Putnam, junior

Infield

Kammeron Mecham, Hillsboro, senior

Isaac Kersey-Bronec, La Salle Prep, senior

Kaden Middleton, Milwaukie, senior

Jordan Buchanan, Scappoose, senior

Trevor Antonson, Wilsonville, senior

Cole Hubka, Wilsonville, freshman

First base

Gavin Gately, La Salle Prep, senior

Outfield

Nolan Grogan, La Salle Prep, senior

Logan Travis, Scappoose, junior

Nolan Thebiay, Wilsonville, senior

Cole Kleckner, Wilsonville, junior

Designated hitter

Kyle Meyer, Hillsboro, freshman

Utility

Josh O'Neal, Hillsboro, senior

Pitchers

Kammeron Mecham, Hillsboro, senior

Matt Evans, La Salle Prep, senior

Gavin Gately, La Salle Prep, senior

Nick Geertsen, Putnam, junior

Nolan Thebiay, Wilsonville, senior

Second team

Catcher

Cade Edmondson, Wilsonville, senior

Infield

Matt Evans, La Salle Prep, senior

Nick Geertsen, Putnam, junior

First base

Keegan Shivers, Wilsonville, junior

Outfield

Logan Killian, Milwaukie, sophomore

Breeler Mann, Scappoose, senior

Chris Beatty, St. Helens, senior

Jack Kimball, Wilsonville, sophomore

Designated hitter

Kyle Meyer, Hillsboro, freshman

Pat Raschio, La Salle Prep, sophomore

Utility

Vinny Salvione, Putnam, freshman

Pitchers

Kane Kiaunis, Hillsboro, junior

Jayden Junta, Putnam, sophomore

Jacob Klein, St. Helens, senior

Braden Woodworth, Wilsonville, junior

Honorable mention

Catcher

Sean MacNeela, La Salle Prep, junior

Jacobi Allen, St. Helens, sophomore

Infield

Nick Cooper, Milwaukie, junior

Garrett Harris, St. Helens, junior

Liam Gwynn, La Salle Prep, sophomore

Ben Anicker, Scappoose, junior

First base

Gavin Larson, Scappoose, senior

Justin Olson, St. Helens, senior

Outfield

Spencer Paugh, La Salle Prep, senior

Jarrod Seibel, Wilsonville, junior

Utility

Jackson Price, Hillsboro, freshman

Peter Foulke, Milwaukie, junior

Quincy Cleveland, Scappoose, senior

Pitchers

Josh O'Neal, Hillsboro, senior

Perry Collman, La Salle Prep, senior

David Jensen, La Salle Prep, sophomore

Tanner Drog, Putnam, junior

Austin Hayes, Putnam, sophomore

Breeler Mann, Scappoose, senior

Logan Travis, Scappoose, junior

Ben Anicker, Scappoose, junior

Kaleb Edwards, St. Helens, sophomore

Andrew Classen, Wilsonville, junior

Pitcher of the Year

Matt Evans, La Salle Prep, senior

Player of the Year

Trevor Antonson, Wilsonville, senior

Coach of the Year

Nate Fogle, La Salle Prep