Kingco Baseball All-Stars -- Newport Lands Five On All-Star Team

Top-ranked Newport, a state semifinalist, placed five players on the KingCo Conference's Crest Division all-star baseball team.

Names from the Knights were catcher Burke Eathorne, third baseman Lee Evans, shortstop Adam Rittenhouse and outfielders Dominic Crispo and Mike Wirrick.

Eastlake placed four players on the Crown Division team - second baseman Chris Pelekoudas, shortstop Ole Vigeland, outfielder Brant Ust and designated hitter Gavin Hare. The Wolves, who did not qualify for the KingCo playoffs, placed sixth in the Crown Division at 8-10 and wound up 10-10 overall in the school's second year of existence.

Lake Washington's Jeremy Deshazer led KingCo in hitting with a .547 average and five home runs. The top pitcher was Issaquah's Lindsay Gulin with a 6-0 record and a 0.16 earned-run-average. Both were named to the all-star team.

Issaquah's Dave Verschueren and Ken Ferguson also were selected on the first team.

All-KingCo baseball

CROWN DIVISION FIRST TEAM

Pitcher - Jason Lakman, Woodinville; Brian Falkenborg, Redmond.

Catcher - Mark Tyler, Bothell.

First base - Kyle Bowers, Bothell.

Second base - Chris Pelekoudas, Eastlake.

Third base - Kip Madsen, Juanita.

Shortstop - Ole Vigeland, Eastlake; TJ Garry, Lake Washington.

Outfield - Brandt Ust, Eastlake; Clint Cameron, Bothell; Jeremy DeShazer, Lake Washington.

Designated hitter - Gavin Hare, Eastlake.

Utility - Brian Kertson, Woodinville.

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher - Rich Kuehn, Woodinville; Brian Newton, Juanita.

Catcher - Scott Box, Inglemoor.

First base - Tom Linarelli, Juanita.

Second base - Jeff Thompson, Bothell.

Third base - Adam Allred, Lake Washington.

Shortstop - Marques Tuiasosopo, Woodinville.

Outfield - Clint Sharpe, Bothell; Jared Sotelo, Inglemoor; Jon Eide, Juanita.

Utility - Jadon Lavik, Redmond.

HONORABLE MENTION

Inglemoor - Evin Sagen, Tim Kim, Evan Herring, Jon Howell, Mike Reese.

Juanita - Rudy Zarfas, Mark Allaway, Ryan McConville, Ryan Penhallegon, Sundar Cook.

Lake Washington - Dana McCracken, Colin Robinson, Clayton Larson, Tom Jerome, Matt Sundby, John Gregory, Jason Conover.

Bothell - Rod Westman, Brian Trofolz.

Redmond - Greg Martineau, Brian Eichorn, Zach Wehner, Geoff Linville, Ban Murdock.

Woodinville - B.J. Ore, Nate Binz, Greg Whitsell.

Eastlake - Mike Cappelletti, Brent VanAntwerp, Kevin Smith.

CREST DIVISION FIRST TEAM

Pitcher - Phil Boos, Mercer Island; Lindsay Gulin, Issaquah.

Catcher - Burke Eathorne, Newport.

First base - Dave Verschueren, Issaquah.

Second base - Ryan Mayer, Interlake.

Third base - Lee Evans, Newport.

Outfield - Jordon Nielsen, Bellevue; Ken Ferguson, Issaquah; Domanick Crispo, Newport; Mike Wirrick, Newport.

Designated hitter - Steve Curran, Bellevue.

Utility - Scott Rye, Mercer Island.

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher - Mike Wirrick, Newport; Dave Kuiper, Bellevue.

Catcher - Jason Koehler, Mercer Island; Zach Bode, Issaquah.

First base - Brian Brown, Interlake.

Second base - Ramsey Coulson, Mercer Island.

Third base - Ryan Schmidt, Mercer Island.

Shortstop - Ryan haug, Interlake.

Outfield - James Close, Issaquah; Casey Thompson, Mercer Island.

HONORABLE MENTION

Newport - Mark Thomas, Pete Lucarelli.

Mercer Island - Tyler Engvall.

Interlake - Brian Hargrove, Alex Papadpolus, Dusty Trevino, Greg Lester.

Bellevue - Jeff Martineau, Brian Rognier, Matthew Matsuda, Tom Ryan, Tim Pugh.

Sammamish - John Vernon, Mike Wuellner.

Issaquah - Will Sullivan, Ryan Luther, Brad Tercero.