TRAER – Under first year head coach Dalton Hulme, North Tama baseball ended the 2023-24 season with not only a winning record (15-12) but with the Iowa Star Conference All-South Division championship.

The Redhawks went 15-12 overall, and 10-5 in the conference by beating out Baxter (8-7) and Collins-Maxwell (8-7) which tied for second. In the postseason, North Tama advanced through the first round by beating Springville 10-2 before losing to Maquoketa Valley 4-3 in the second round.

Redhawks Kolt Knaack and Kayler Morris received All-Conference first team honors.

At the plate, Knaack notched a .324 average in his junior season including four doubles and two triples, while batting in 23 runs, scoring 17 times, and stealing 23 bases. As the team’s catcher, he made only one error across 166 chances and threw out seven attempted base stealers.

Morris, a sophomore, was an outfield pick. He had a .302 average including one double and one triple, 13 runs batted in, 22 runs scored, and 20 stolen bases. In the outfield, he had a perfect fielding percentage – notching zero errors across 36 total chances.

North Tama pitcher Josh Dostal along with infielders Gavin Rausch and Henry Hansen earned second team picks this season.

Dostal hit .293 with 14 runs batted in, 20 runs scored, and 22 stolen bases. On the mound, the junior pitcher was 3-1 with a 1.85 ERA, striking out 39 and walking six

Rausch, also a junior, hit .361 with 12 runs batted in and 15 runs scored. He led the team in stolen bases with 24.

In his final season, Hansen, a senior, hit .275 with 11 runs batted in and 11 runs scored. As the team’s starting pitcher, he had a 6-4 record and a 3.00 ERA, striking out 65 and walking 33.

Rounding out the Redhawks’ All-Conference selections this year, senior Tyler Popelka earned honorable mention.

All-Iowa Star Conference Baseball Teams

SOUTH DIVISION

Player of the Year — Colton Moffit, so., Baxter.

Coach of the year — Matt Zoske, BCLUW.

FIRST TEAM

Colton Moffit, so., P, Baxter

Kolt Knaack, jr., C, North Tama

Ben Richardson, sr., INF, Baxter

Cooper Wierson, so., INF, Collins-Maxwell

Cael Keller, sr., INF, BCLUW

Colin Teske, jr., INF, GMG

Kayler Morris, so., OF, North Tama

Perrin Sulzle, jr., OF, Baxter

Josef Dvorak, jr., OF, Collins-Maxwell

Drew Banks, sr., UT, Colo-NESCO

Calvin Zoske, sr., UT, BCLUW

Cael Wishman, so., UT, Baxter

SECOND TEAM

Josh Dostal, jr., P, North Tama

Hayden Burdess, 8th, C, Baxter

Gavin Rausch, jr., INF, North Tama

Henry Hansen, jr., INF, North Tama

Aiden Johnson, jr., INF, Baxter

Landon Gjerde, so., INF, Colo-NESCO

Liam Trent, 8th, OF, Baxter

Lane Oswaldt, sr., OF, Collins-Maxwell

Eathan Petermeier, fr., OF, BCLUW

HONORABLE MENTION

Baxter — Cody Spurgeon, so.

BCLUW — Owen Myers, jr.

Collins-Maxwell — Austin Boege, so.

Colo-NESCO — Trenton Beard, sr.

GMG — Rider Kupka, so.

North Tama — Tyler Popelka, sr.

Final Conference Standings

North Tama 10-5

Baxter 8-7

Collins-Maxwell 8-7

BCLUW 6-9

Colo-NESCO 5-10

GMG 4-11