HCC: Millers baseball comes out on top

Noblesville’s Nolan Decker was one of four Millers players named to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference First Team All-Conference. Noblesville won the HCC championship this season with an 11-3 record. (Kent Graham/File photo)

The REPORTER

The Noblesville baseball team came out on top in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference this season for the first time in seven years.

The Millers completed conference play with an 11-3 record to win its first HCC championship since 2016 and its fourth overall title. Noblesville finished one game ahead of Fishers, the runner-up with a 10-4 record.

The conference’s four Hamilton County schools all placed in the top half of the standings. Westfield went 9-5 to take third place, while Hamilton Southeastern was fourth at 8-6. The Royals would go on to win sectional and regional championships, their first at both levels since 2019.

Overall, the Millers were 23-7 for the season, Southeastern was 20-15, the Tigers finished 19-12 and the Shamrocks went 17-11.

A list of the HCC All-Conference honorees now follows.

 

FIRST TEAM

Avon: Gerry Baltierra, Nate Simpson.

Brownsburg: Mason Tibbs.

Fishers: Jack Brown, Gavin Kuzniewski, Kyle Manship.

Franklin Central: Weston Harvey.

Hamilton Southeastern: Ty Bradle, Griffen Haas.

Noblesville: Trevor Corbett, Nolan Decker, Aiden Reynolds, Bryce Riggs.

Westfield: Ty Anderson, Brayden Hibler, Evan Russ.

Zionsville: Riley Agbonhese, Wrigley Bumgardner.

SECOND TEAM

Avon: Josh Heitert, Kyle Riley.

Brownsburg: Alec Murphy.

Fishers: Gavin Clayton, Huston Dunn.

Franklin Central: Max Thacker.

Hamilton Southeastern: Harrison Dilts, Brady Strawmeyer.

Noblesville: Hunter Corbett, Lucas Stephan.

Westfield: Matt Drozlek, Collin Lindsey.

Zionsville: Easton Moore, Chase Wagner.