3 Whitefish players picked for All-Star baseball game

Area baseball players dot both the East and West rosters for the first annual Monana High School All-Star Game, set for 4 p.m. on Aug. 16 in Butte’s 3 Legends Stadium. 

Christian Schwaderer, Ryan Conklin and Avery Caton of Whitefish are on the West All-Stars, along with Wyatt Butchjer of Plains-Hot Springs and Bryson McCormick of Noxon-Thompson Falls. 

AJ Hill of Browning and Brady Matson of Columbia Falls are on the East All-Stars.  

The teams report to Butte on Aug. 14, have two practices the next day and play on Saturday.  

There is also a banquet honoring the All-Stars at 6:30 p.m. at the Butte Civic Center on Aug. 15. For more info go to tickets.butteciviccenter.com. 

West All-Stars 

Bryson McCormick, SS, Noxon-Thompson Falls 

Christian Schwaderer, OF/1B, Whitefish 

Patrick Davis, OF, Missoula Sentinel 

Drew Wagner, 2B, Florence 

Landon Ramsey, 2B, Missoula Big Sky 

Jospeh Alexander, C/OF, Frenchtown 

Cole Germane, OF/SS, Stevensville 

Owen Marston, OF, Corvallis 

Joey Wheeler, 3B/C, Stevensville 

Ryan Conklin, SS/1B, Whitefish 

Avery Caton, C, Whitefish 

Isaiah Testerman, P, Florence 

Henry Wilson, P, Missoula Big Sky 

Reese Earp, 3B/C, Corvallis 

Wyatt Butcher, U, Plains-Hot Springs 

Mason Arlington, P, Florence 

Jacob Finch, OF, Missoula Hellgate 

Kaden Blowers, U, Frenchtown 

Atticus Southwell, 1B, Hamilton 

Elijah McNair-Neal, U, Hamilton 

Kody Evans, P/1B, Missoula Big Sky 

Coaches: Miles O’Connell, Josh Criner and Jeff Brabank of Miles Community College. 

East All-Stars 

Kai Richey, OF, East Helena 

Chase Wise, IF, Billings West 

Sawyer Olson, P/OF, Belgrade 

Matthew Donaldson, P/3B, Butte 

Gage Banks, P/3B, Belgrade 

AJ Hill, SS/3B, Browning 

Killian Snarr, P/SS, East Helena 

Conner Smith, P/2B, Billings Skyview 

Ryas Olson, 2B/SS, Belgrade 

Jack Laxson, U, Lone Peak 

Owen Schneider, P/1B, Billings West 

Mason Sheppard, C, Columbus 

Brady Matson, OF/C, Columbia Falls 

Nick Martin, P/1B, Billings West 

Brady Randall, OF, Billings West 

Hunter McCartney, 1B, Townsend 

Marcus Lagunas, 3B/1B, Dillon

Coaches: Kyle Fultz, Caleb Frare and Sebastian Figgs, Dawson Community College; JM Kelley, Dodge City CC. 

    Whitefish pitcher Christian Schwaderer (88) delivers against Columbia Falls at Smith Fields on Friday, May 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Whitefish's Luke Dalen (10) celebrates with catcher Avery Caton (12) after Dalen scored in the fifth inning against Columbia Falls at Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Field on Friday, April 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Columbia Falls Brady Matson (32) drives in two runs against Whitefish at Smith Fields on Friday, May 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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