Wilson leads quartet of Hannibal baseball players who earn all-conference honors

HANNIBAL, Mo. — A record-setting regular season landed Hannibal junior shortstop Kane Wilson and three teammates on the All-North Central Missouri Conference baseball team.

Wilson established new single-season program records for hits and RBIs and takes a .400 average into the postseason. He is joined on the All-NCMC team by freshman first baseman Cooper Scott, sophomore second baseman Colton Dryden and senior pitcher Evan Harsell.

Wilson, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound right-handed hitter, finished the regular season with 44 hits, 13 doubles, five home runs and 44 RBIs. He also scored 27 runs. Moved to first base when Scott pitched, Wilson committed just four errors defensively.

Scott stepped in as the Pirates’ leadoff hitter and became an immediate offensive force. He hit .379 with 39 hits while leading the team with five triples, 32 runs scored and 18 stolen bases. He was second behind Ryan Ross in walks drawn with 19 and did not commit an error in 189 chances in the field.

Dryden hit .333 with nine doubles, five home runs, 28 RBIs and 25 runs scored. Harsell went 4-4 in nine starts with a 3.59 ERA and 31 strikeouts over 50.2 innings.

The Pirates finished the regular season with a 17-16 record. Hannibal is the host for the Class 5 District 4 tournament, which begins next Thursday. The sixth-seeded Hannibal faces third-seeded St. Dominic at 6:30 p.m. in the opening round at Veterans Field.