A Quad Cities Metro vs. Quad Cities Area High School All-Star Baseball Game is scheduled for tonight at Douglas Park in Rock Island. The double header starts at 5:00. It’s the first time since 2014 a high school all star baseball game will be played in the Quad Cities. The game will feature 34 local players from 12 different schools, including three coaches for each squad. The games will be seven innings each. All proceeds from the game will go toward the continued renovation of Douglas Park. An MVP for each team will awarded at the end of the night. Monmouth-area players on the Quad Cities area will include Zach Almaguer and CJ Johnson from Monmouth-Roseville and Nolan Leffer and Jon Smith from United High School. United Red Storm head coach Ryan Molek will be one of the coaches on the Area team. The Metro squad will be made up of five of the eight Western Big Six Conference schools.
Here are the rosters for each team….
Area Team
Coaches – Derek Peterson, Ryan Page, Ryan Molek
Mercer County – Damian Martinez
Monmouth-Roseville – Zach Almaguer, CJ Johnson
Orion – Andrew Meiresonne
Riverdale – Zach Duke, Gage Hugart, Sam Willems
Rockridge – Kaden Hall, Tyler Hendley, Aiden Leemans
Sherrard – Clayton Matkovic
United – Nolan Leffler, Jon Smith
Metro Team
Coaches – Jerry Burkhead, Jake Scudder, Johnny Marx
Alleman – Chance Carruthers, Nathan Noble, Jackson Praet
Geneseo – Andrew Cotty, Jake Nelms
Moline – Lorenzo Gomez, Noah Harrison, Davis Hoffstatter, Zach Holton, Shawn Lewis, Ethan Sountris
Rock Island – Eli Boeye, Zach DeMarlie, AJ Freeman, Xander George, Tyler Hansen, Brycen McGarry, Hunter Melody, Mateo Peña, Kenneth Thompson
United Township – Kyler Trueblood
