Success on pitch, baseball diamond leads to All-WB6 honors for Blue Devils

QUINCY — To the winner go the spoils.

So it’s only fitting the Quincy High School girls soccer team landed the most players of any program on the All-Western Big 6 Conference teams.

The Blue Devils placed three on the first team, two on the second team and five on honorable mention after they went 7-0 in conference play.

Making the All-WB6 first team were sophomore midfielders Bri Lannerd and Rian Moore and sophomore goalkeeper Taylor Fohey. Lannerd had eight goals and eight assists in WB6 play, while Moore had four goals and 11 assists. Fohey had five shutouts and allowed only two goals.

Sophomore forward Taylor Routh, who also scored eight goals in league action, and freshman midfielder Sydney Welsh both were on the second team.

Receiving honorable mention were junior defenders Maddie O’Brien, Anna Morrison, Ava Soltwedel and Mariah Crist, and junior forward Breighlyn Thomas.

Moline forward Caroline Hazen, who led the league with 11 goals, was named the WB6 MVP.

Cook, Harbin, Mettemeyer earn first-team All-WB6

Senior infielder Grayson Cook, senior pitcher Noah Harbin and senior catcher Luke Mettemeyer received first-team All-WB6 baseball honors after helping the Blue Devils tie for second with an 8-6 league record.

Cook hit .409 in league play, tying for the WB6 lead in doubles with six and finishing second in home runs with three, third in RBIs with 17 and third in slugging percentage at 1.221. Mettemeyer hit .383 in WB6 play and was the league’s best defensive backstop. Harbin finished second in ERA at 1.00 and tied for second in strikeouts with 43, while fashioning a 2-0 record.

Senior infielder Connor Schwindeler, senior outfielder Kenny Taylor and junior infielder Joe Schroeder each earned honorable mention.

Moline ace Kyle Fuller, who fashioned a 0.19 ERA, was named MVP of the league.

Blue Devils put two on All-WB6 second team

A pair of QHS softball players — senior pitcher Brynn Krutmeier and junior infielder Jaylen Lubbert — were named to the All-WB6 second team.

Kruitmeier went 2-8 with a 3,25 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 63 ½ innings. Lubbert hit .382 with two home runs and eight RBIs.

Rock Island senior infielder Taylor Pannell was named the league’s MVP.