By John Cackowski
State Director

2A DISTRICT PREVIEW

It is tournament time in Colorado and all classifications will be underway this weekend with District and State Tournament play.  Continuing our look at post season play is the 2A classification where it is a new season and same chapter heading into this weekend. 

District 1 (Adams State College 5-13-16)
G1 Sargent (16-2): Bye
G2 Sanford (5-7) vs Center (2-17)

District 2 (Various Cities 5-14-16)
G1 Paonia (18-1): Bye
G2 Meeker (7-11) vs. Dolores (0-15)

G3 Hotchkiss (16-1): Bye
G4 Ignacio (13-4) vs. Cederedge (12-7)

District 3 (Various Cities 5-14-16)
G1 Peyton (14-3) vs Ellicot (7-9) 10:00 AM
G2 Calhan (7-10) vs. Kiowa/Simla (9-7) 12:30 PM

District 4 (Greeley, CO 5-14-16)
G1 Dawson School (13-4) vs. Lyons (6-11) 9:30 AM
G2 Resurrection Christian (11-6) vs. Dayspring Christian Academy (13-3) 11:30 AM

District 5 (Various Cities 5-13-16)
G1 Rye (14-3) vs. South Park (1-8) 10:00 AM
G2 John Mall (4-11) vs. Cripple Creek-Victor (1-11) 12:30 AM 

District 6 (Various Cities 5-14-16)
G1 Swink (15-4) vs. County Line (13-4) 10:00 AM
G2 Crowley County (13-6) vs. Rocky Ford (11-5) 12:30 AM

District 7 (Akron 5-13-16)
G1 Sedgwick County (17-1) vs. Wiggins (5-13) 9:30 AM
G2 Holyoke (9-9) vs. Haxtun (14-5) 12:00 PM
G3 Yuma (12-7) vs. Wray (7-12) 2:30 PM
G4 Caliche (6-12) vs. Akron (15-4) 5:00 PM

District 8 (Visa Peak 5-14-16)

G1 Limon (14-4): Bye
G2 Front Range Christian (14-3) vs. Burlington (5-6) 12:30 PM

Players to Watch:
2016 P Evan Finley (Peyton), 2017 Trevor Smith (Paonia), 2018 Kayden Seriani (Paonia) 2016, 2018 Jaden Smith (Paonia) 2016 Emmit White (Sargent), 2018 Trevor Mine (Sargent), 2017 Ty Harrison (Sargent), 2016 INF/P Wyatt Workman (Haxtun), 2017 Bailey Benz (Rye) 2017 P Gunnar Kroeger (Holyoke), 2016 P Joe Stephen (Akron) 2019 P Derek Jung (Front Range Christian), 2018 P Trey Redner (Swink)

Stats that Stand Out:

Bailey Benz of Rye leads 2A with a .750 Batting Average

Emmitt White of Sargent is hitting .725 on the season, and has two teammates Trevor Mine and Ty Harrison who are both hitting over .650. 

Kayden Seriani of Paonia is leading 2A with 13 homeruns, and his teammate Trevor Smith is second in 2A with 9 . Both also are first and second in RBI's. Smith leads 2A with 44, and Seriani has 42. 

Wyatt Workman of Haxtun hit .455 with 8 homeruns, and 40 RBI's. 

Levi Basler of Akron leads 2A with 30 stolen bases

Evan Finley of Peyton has 6 wins on the season and in 33 innings pitched he has 66 strikeouts while carrying a 0.21 ERA. 

Gunnar Kroeger of Holyoke leads 2A with 81 strikeouts in 45 innings pitched. 

Trey Redner of Swink pitched 41 innings this year and did not give up an earned run