Wave baseball nabs 3 all-state honors

Fallon catcher Tyler Bagby was named first-team all state and the Northern Division I-A's Most Valuable Player last week.

Fallon catcher Tyler Bagby was named first-team all state and the Northern Division I-A's Most Valuable Player last week.

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The Fallon baseball team nabbed a trio of Division I-A all-state selections last week.

Tyler Bagby, Dalton Frank and Cody Long lead the contingent of postseason awards for the Greenwave.

Bagby, a catcher, was named to the division’s first state and also gathered the Northern DI-A’s Most Valuable Player award. Frank (outfield) and Long (infield), meanwhile, each were selected to the state’s second team in addition to earning first-team all league honors.

Joe Pyle (infield) and Tristen Salazar (pitcher) each were named to the second-team all league, while Mo Coverston and Branden Beeghly were honorable mention.

Fallon’s seven representatives led the Wave to a state runner-up finish in May. Fallon lost to Faith Lutheran, 9-2, in the DI-A championship game.

The Wave, though, finished second in the Northern DI-A and swept through the regional tournament en route to their first regional title under the new format.

For Fernley, pitcher Kevin Montgomery also earned second-team all state honors plus first-team all league status.

Gavin Henderson was named to second-team all league for the Vaqueros, while Erik Wilson, Kyle Bryce, Carlos McIntyre and Anfernee Sloan each were honorable mention.

In a show of respect, the Northern DI-A coaches voted Truckee’s Mike Ellis as Coach of the Year. Ellis died April 5 due to a heart condition. He was 46.