Carson High, Douglas High baseball players named to all-region first team

Carson High sophomore Casey Martensen had a breakout season for the Senator baseball team while Douglas High’s Andrew Rangel’s versatility helped lead the Tigers. The two were named to the all-Northern 4A Region first team.

Martensen was named to the first team as a first baseman after a season in which he hit .430 (32-for-96) with 25 RBI. Rangel also had an outstanding season offensively and as a pitcher and for that he was named to the first team as a utility player. Rangel hit .458 and also finished with a 3-1 record and a 3.16 earned run average on the mound.

Named to the all-region second team were Carson’s Kahle Good and Garritt Benevidez and the Tigers Eli Hinojosa, Ayden Murphy and Chris Thacker.

Good was named to the second team as a shortstop after hitting well over .300 during league play. Benevidez was also a valuable player for CHS as a hitter and pitcher and was named to the second team as a utility player.

Murphy was a second team choice at third base after hitting .348 for the Tigers. Thacker was named to the second team as a pitcher after an outstanding season in which he posted a 2-0 record with a 0.90 E.R.A. with 37 strikeouts in 31 innings.

Hinojosa also made the second team as a pitcher with 55 strikeouts in 37 2/3 innings.

Named as all-region honorable mention choices were Carson’s Max Fontaine and Justin Nussbaumer and the Tigers’ Eli Lyons.