Darlage, Garland, Perry earn All-State recognition

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The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association released its All-State teams this week from the 2023 baseball season.

Three Jackson County players earned recognition as Brownstown Central’s Carson Darlage and Ethan Garland were honorable mention for Class 2A and Seymour’s Bret Perry was honorable mention for Class 4A.

According to the IHSBCA, the ballots were compiled via nominations submitted by member head coaches, and final results were determined by voting of their memberships.

The latest All-State recognition for Darlage and Perry adds to their already long list of accolades and accomplishments this past spring. Earlier this week, the two were named The Tribune’s Co-Baseball Players of the Year, and Garland was on the All-County team.

Darlage and Garland helped lead Brownstown to a record of 24-9 this season, which featured the third sectional championship in program history, the first regional title and a semistate semifinal appearance.

Darlage hit .471 with 40 hits, including seven doubles, two triples and four home runs. He had 32 RBI, 39 runs, an on-base percentage of .626, a slugging percentage of .741 and an on-base slugging percentage of 1.103.

Darlage pitched 38.1 innings with 69 strikeouts and a 2.191 ERA. In his eight starts, he went 5-0, including one no-hitter and one one-hitter. He also made the all-Mid-Southern Conference team, all-district team and all-sectional team.

Garland hit .416 with 47 hits, 27 RBI and 47 runs. He had an OBP of .492, SLG of .611 and OPS of 1.103.

He had a 2.62 ERA with 40 strikeouts over 53.1 innings pitched. He also was all-MSC and made the all-sectional team.

The 2A IHSBCA All-State team consists of Owen Wanner (South Adams, pitcher), Corbin Snyder (Eastern, pitcher), Clayton Weisheit (Forest Park, pitcher), Kevin Corcoran Jr. (Illiana Christian, pitcher), Jake Dill (Cardinal Ritter, catcher), Logan Gibbs (Cascade, catcher), Braxton Betancourt (Bluffton, first base), Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, second base), Jordan DeAtley (Southwestern Hanover, third base), Quinton Frasure (North Judson, shortstop), Isaac VanderWoude (Illiana Christian, shortstop), Andrew Wiggins (Heritage Christian, outfielder), Chase Long (Dephi, outfielder) and Owen Imel (Lapel, outfielder).

Darlage and Garland were two of 19 players to get honorable mention.

For Perry, he was Seymour’s leadoff hitter and helped lead the Owls to a 23-5 record, which is the most wins since 1991, and the first Hoosier Hills Conference championship.

He hit .391 with 34 hits, including six doubles, one triple and one home run. He had 19 RBI, 34 runs and an OBP of .523, SLG of .540 and OPS of 1.058.

Perry pitched 32.2 innings with 22 strikeouts and a 2.14 ERA. He set the season record for lowest walks with seven, and he had a record of 3-1. When he didn’t pitch, he played shortstop, where he had a fielding percentage of .910.

He also was all-HHC and the team’s offensive player of the year.

The 4A IHSBCA All-State team was Bryce Riggs (Noblesville, pitcher), Adam Lehman (Penn, pitcher), Cameron Tilly (Castle, pitcher), Hogan Denny (Mooresville, catcher), Charlie Baker (North Central, first base), Kevin Hall Jr. (Munster, second base), Josh Adamczewski (Lake Central, third base), Drew Culbertson (Center Grove, shortstop), Max Clark (Franklin, outfielder), Gavin Collins (Northridge, outfielder), Micah Rienstra-Kiracofe (North Central, outfielder) and Jack Brown (Fishers, outfielder).

Perry was one of 21 players to receive honorable mention.

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