EC's Bond, Hotze, Rising Sun's Merica Earn All-State Honors

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:06 AM

Prep Baseball Report Indiana released their All-State Teams on Wednesday.

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INDIANAPOLIS – Three high school baseball stars from southeastern Indiana have earned All-State honors.

Prep Baseball Report Indiana released their 2023 All-State Teams on Wednesday.

East Central catcher Sam Bond and pitcher Max Hotze were selected to the PBR 4A All-State Team.

Bond, the EIAC MVP, had a huge year. He hit .487 with 13 home runs and 39 RBI. Bond reached base 57 percent of the time and had a slugging percentage of 1.013.

Hotze was one of East Central’s top pitchers, going 7-0 with a 0.99 ERA.

Rising Sun pitcher Peyton Merica was selected to the PBR 1A All-State Team. Merica went 8-3 with a 1.33 ERA. He struck out 81 batters in 79 innings pitched.

See Prep Baseball Report Indiana’s All-State teams at https://twitter.com/PBRIndiana.

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