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Joey Wentz repeats as Sunflower League Player of the Year; All-League teams packed with Lancers

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SM East's Joey Wentz is Sunflower League Player of the Year for the second year in a row.
SM East’s Joey Wentz is Sunflower League Player of the Year for the second year in a row.

This year’s SM East baseball team has its sights set squarely on breaking through to bring the Lancers’ third state baseball title to the school. But the accolades for this year’s fearsome roster are already starting to roll in.

Senior Joey Wentz, who is projected to be taken fairly high in the first round of this summer’s Major League Baseball draft, repeated as All-Sunflower Player of the Year. Wentz was also named to the league’s First Team All Sunflower list with teammates Zebulon Vermillion and Jake Randa.

Pitcher and slugger Luke Anderson made Second Team All Sunflower alongside catcher Henry Churchill. And Trevor Thompson, Jonah Watt and Cameron Fritz all made the Honorable Mention list.

Weather permitting, SM East is scheduled to open regionals play against SM South at 4 p.m. today on Field 1 of the 3&2 complex in Lenexa. SM East faced the Raiders in two of their final three games, walking away with two wins to finish the regular season. The Lancers would face the winner of SM West and Blue Valley West tonight at 6 p.m. should they make it past the Raiders.

Coach Jerrod Ryherd said last week that Wentz and Vermillion will likely start today’s games.

Jake Randa was named First Team All Sunflower in his junior year.
Jake Randa was named First Team All Sunflower in his junior year.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, where he earned the Calder Pickett Award. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

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