MENDOTA – Two Mendota Trojan baseball players were recognized for their accomplishments on the diamond by being named Big Northern Conference all-conference performers for the 2019 season.

Senior Austin Robinson was selected to the BNC second team and classmate Joel Escatel earned honorable mention honors. For the season, Robinson led the Trojans in batting average (.368) and runs batted in (12), while Escatel was second in average (.338) and first in hits (26).

FIRST TEAM

Byron – Austin Buser; Dixon – Oscar Van Sickle, Payton Lawrence, Tucker Cole; Genoa-Kingston – Will Franson; North Boone – Cooper Baden; Rock Falls – Jay Scheuler, Chase Chappell, Grant Wasson; Rockford Christian – Lucas Domberg; Stillman Valley – Adam Wenberg, Noah Wenberg; Winnebago – Connor Anderson

SECOND TEAM

Byron – Colton Ingram; Dixon – Joseph Heckert; Genoa-Kingston – Logan Kribs; Mendota – Austin Robinson; North Boone – Nolan Zajac; Oregon – Dalton Hermes; Rock Falls – Jared Rasmussen, Noah Schueler; Rockford Christian – Peyton Skeel, Collin Truitt; Rockford Lutheran – Tag Habendank; Stillman Valley – Matthew Mandzen; Winnebago – Jared Roberts

HONORABLE MENTION

Byron – Ben Schultz, Tyler Elsbury; Dixon – Dentrell McGlown, Owen Rick; Genoa-Kingston – Jackson Blank, Ben Franson; Mendota – Joel Escatel; North Boone – Matthew Hutchinson; Oregon – Breccan Burns; Rock Falls – Austin Sandrock; Rockford Christian – Evan Brown, Luke Diverdi; Rockford Lutheran – Grant Lawson, Brock Guse; Stillman Valley – Luke Robert, Tyler Lamer; Winnebago – Scott Sneider, Caleb Randolph