Harvey, Young lead selections for All-Zone 1 4 Falcons earn first-team honors

BREWER – Jason Harvey of Brewer and Josh Young of Bangor head up the 2003 American Legion All-Zone 1 baseball team selected by the zone’s coaches at Brewer High School on Tuesday evening.

Harvey, a former Bucksport High School star now playing at Husson College, batted .475 during during the regular season for the South Division champions, who will take a 21-1 record into this week’s Zone 1 tournament at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor.

The Brewer shortstop also hit five home runs and had 30 RBIs, 29 runs scored, 12 doubles and four triples.

“Jason’s greatest asset,” said Brewer coach David Morris, “is that he makes the people around him better.”

Harvey was one of four Brewer players selected to the All-Zone 1 first team.

Young was named the Zone 1 Pitcher of the Year. He compiled a 5-2 regular-season record with a 0.95 earned run average, and had 55 strikeouts and just 19 hits allowed in 44 innings for Bangor, which won the zone’s North Division with a 14-8 record.

John Montgomery of Lincoln earned the zone’s Coach of the Year Award. Montgomery guided Lincoln to a 13-9 record and a Zone 1 playoff berth in his first year as head coach.

The six-team, double-elimination Zone 1 tournament begins Thursday with three games: No. 1 Brewer (21-1) vs. No. 6 Calais (11-11) at noon; No. 2 Bangor (14-8) vs. No. 5 Lincoln (13-9) at 4 p.m.; and No. 3 Trenton (14-8) vs. No. 4 Penquis (12-10) at 8 p.m.

American Legion

All-Zone 1 team

First team

Player of the Year: Jason Harvey, Brewer; Pitcher of the Year: Josh Young, Bangor; pitcher: Jeremy Ham, Lincoln; James Gray Penquis; Chad Gomm, Brewer; catcher: Joey Kane, Penquis; first base: Kyle Dalton, Brewer; second base: Scott Flannery, Lincoln; shortstop: Nick Arthers, Waldo; third base: Brian Hackett, Bangor; outfield: Jesse Johnson, Waldo; Kevin McAvoy, Brewer; Jason Weymouth, Penquis; Steve Colbeth, Calais; designated hitter: Ian Lee, Hampden; utility: Brian Worster, Bangor

Second team

Pitchers: Travis Tripp, Trenton; Ryan Brown, Orono; Pat Moran, Brewer; catcher: Devin Potvin, Waldo; first base: Matt Malone, Lincoln; Joe Footer, Calais; second base: Zach Bouzan-Kaloustian, Brewer; shortstop: Mark Clapp, Trenton; third base: James Macdonald, Calais; outfield: Josh Withee, Penquis; Jake Knight, Brewer; Nick Henry, Trenton; designated hitter: Jessefa Murphy, Bangor; utility: Nye Gifford, Brewer

Honorable mention

Bangor: P.J. Dowe, Billy Chapman, Alex Means, Nick Larochelle; Brewer: Adam Sheehan, Kevin Kotredes, Andy Wentworth, Kyle Mercer, Marcus Boober, Shawn Sutherland, Andrew Patterson; Calais: Scott Macdonald, Ben Maloney, Ryan McLay; Hampden: Kevin Brooks, Eric Libby, Mike Brown, Brian McGinley; Lincoln: Matt Leino, Matt Wark, Nate Cousineau; Orono: Brad Goody, Andy Pease, Dustin Thomas, Jeff Miller, Bo Thomas; Penquis: Adam Russell, Eric Day; Trenton: Garrett Hardison, Adam Cousins, Chris Sargent, Tony Conroy, Seth Mayo, Dustin Young, Arshwin Asjes; Waldo: Nate Clark, Jesse Rodgers, Kenton Spaulding, Willy Crichton

Coach of the Year: John Montgomery, Lincoln