Standard-Examiner All-Area: 2026 Baseball First Team
TRE ASAY, Special to the Standard-Examiner
Clearfield High's Ryan Frei (11) dives into second base as Box Elder's Bryson Wight reaches to apply a tag during a Region 5 baseball game on Friday, April 24, 2026, in Clearfield.The 2026 Standard-Examiner All-Area Baseball First Team
Wyatt Penrod, POY
West Field
Infielder • Junior
Led Class 5A at the plate, hitting .535 BA with 50 RBIs | 53 hits, 11 doubles, four triples and eight home runs | Region 5 MVP
Stephen Starnes
Bear River
Pitcher/Outfielder • Senior
9-2 on the mound | 85 strikeouts | 54.0 IP | .390 BA | 39 hits
Tad Grange
Fremont
Pitcher/Infielder • Junior
9-2 on the mound | 58.0 IP | 47 strikeouts | 12 walks | 2.76 ERA
Ryan Frei
Clearfield
Pitcher/Infielder • Senior
4-2 on the mound | .405 BA | 25 RBI | 7 doubles | 18 runs
Will Hoffman
Layton
Infielder • Senior
.379 BA | six home runs | 31 RBIs
Sam Smith
West Field
DH/Outfielder • Senior
42 hits | .549 OBP | .457 BA | 38 RBIs | 15 doubles | five home runs
Dallen Rice
Bear River
Outfielder • Senior
.357 BA | 40 hits | 12 doubles | three home runs | 37 RBIs
Jowell Dasni
Layton
Outfielder • Senior
.430 BA | 9 home runs | 40 RBIs
Nik Bielaczyc
Layton
Pitcher/Outfielder • Senior
.424 BA | three home runs | 21 RBIs | nine doubles | 4-2 on the mound | 4.02 ERA
Grady Garrett
West Field
Catcher • Senior
.433 BA | 38 RBIs| .472 OBP | 45 hits | 10 doubles | seven triples | four home runs | Region 5 Offensive MVP
Chipper Hawes
Bear River
Catcher • Junior
.377 BA | 1.053 OPS | 32 hits | eight doubles | two triples | four home runs | 31 RBIs | 196 innings caught of 201 total played | .988 fielding


