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Kilgore's Gus Witt, Spring Hill's Marshall Lipsey and Linden-Kildare's John Roberts earned superlative selections on the 2019 All-East Texas Baseball Team.
2019 All-East Texas Baseball Team
By News Journal Staff
MVP
Gus Witt
Kilgore
By the numbers: Witt helped lead the Bulldogs to the Class 4A State Tournament in Austin. The senior third baseman finished his year with a .477 average, 3 home runs, 10 doubles, 4 triples, 46 RBI, 50 runs scored and 15 of 17 bases stolen. The Weatherford commit was also 8-2 on the bump with a 1.83 ERA. Witt struck out 40 with just 16 walks in 53.1 innings of work.
Q&A
When do you first start playing baseball and what was the name of your team: First started playing when I could walk. My first game was when I was four. The name of my team was the Athletics.
Describe your routine on game day: Get in a couple games of ping pong. Once I'm in the locker room I'll get stretched out on the roller, then get my wrists wrapped Brandon Meyers.
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Hampton 16-4A MVP, honors all around
In the last few days, so many awards and honors have rolled in for members of the Kilgore High School baseball team, they're having to beat them off with a stick.
Or maybe a bat.
At any rate, Chase Hampton, a Texas Tech University commit who just finished his junior year, was named the overall most valuable player in District 16-4A, which the Bulldogs won for a third straight year; several of Hampton's teammates dominate the landscape of said all-district team; Jayce McFarland was named to the UIL Class 4A state tournament's all-tournament team; and Gus Witt will go back to the Austin area this weekend to compete in an all-star game.
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