Northern Tier West Sports ReportTIOGA COUNTY — The NTWSR 2026 All-Tioga County Baseball Team is led by Wellsboro senior Marek Mascho as the ‘Player of the Year’.
Mascho led Head Coach Kyle Smith's Hornets to a 14-1 league record, an 18-3 overall mark and a share of the NTL Large School title. The senior collected 36 base hits .. including 10 doubles and a home run .. while batting .456 with 35 runs scored, 27 runs-batted-in, eight stolen bases and a .500 on-base-percentage. On the mound, Mascho went 3-1 over 26 innings of work with a 5.19 ERA and 22 strikeouts.
Wellsboro relied heavily on ace Max Mascho, the All-Tioga County ‘Pitcher of the Year’, who went 7-1 with a 2.68 ERA and 71 strikeouts. The junior also produced at the plate, hitting .327 with 18 hits, 24 runs scored, 16 RBI and 20 walks drawn to finish with a .519 OBP.
The All-Tioga County ‘Offensive Player of the Year’ is North Penn-Mansfield’s Andy Hermansen, who hit .475 for the 8-12 Tigers with 29 base hits .. including two home runs, three triples and nine doubles .. and added 29 runs scored, 22 stolen bases, 14 RBI and got on base at a .569 clip. The senior also went 2-0 from the mound, throwing 19 innings and going 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA and 17 strikeouts.
Wellsboro catcher Coen Tennis repeats as the All-Tioga County ‘Defensive Player of the Year’, committing a single error and allowing just over a stolen base per game throughout the Hornets’ championship season. The junior backstop hit .463 with 31 hits .. including three home runs, a triple and five doubles .. 31 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .537 OBP.
Cowanesque Valley senior William Kies is the All-Tioga County ‘Breakout Player of the Year’ after helping the Indians to a repeat Small School title by improving his batting average 193 points (.333), his OBP 373 points (.536) and collecting 10 more hits (16), 11 more runs (22) and seven more RBI (15) from a season ago.
The All-Tioga County ‘Co-Rookies of the Year’ are freshmen Gage Baltzley from Wellsboro and North Penn-Mansfield’s Ryder Breon.
Baltzley hit .362 with 17 base hits, 20 runs scored, 25 RBI, 18 stolen bases and a .557 OBP and went 4-0 on the mound with 30 innings pitched, a 2.40 ERA and 32 strikeouts.
Breon hit .338 with 22 base hits, 13 runs scored, 12 RBI and a .403 OBP and threw 16 innings with 15 K’s and a 3.94 ERA.
2026 All-Tioga County Baseball
FIRST TEAMMarek Mascho, Wellsboro, sr. - see above
Andy Hermansen, North Penn-Mansfield, sr. - see above
Coen Tennis, Wellsboro, jr. - see above
Max Mascho, Wellsboro, jr. - see above
Ayren Morgan, Cowanesque Valley, sr. - .426 BA, 26 H, 27 R, 24 RBI, 13 SB, .537 OBP; 23 IP, 2-3, 4.26 ERA, 25 K
Gabe Cuneo, Wellsboro, so. - .328 BA, 22 H, 25 R, 15 RBI, 5-2b, 9 SB, .432 OBP
Dave Hess, Cowanesque Valley, jr. - .392 BA, 29 H, 32 R, 21 RBI, 5-2b, 3-3b, 30 SB, .434 OBP; 24 IP, 3-1, 3.21 ERA, 22 K
Griffin Morral, Wellsboro, so. - .323 BA, 21 H, 30 R, 12 RBI, 5-2b, 20 BB, 17 SB, .488 OBP
Lucas Hamilton, Cowanesque Valley, jr. - .375 BA, 24 H, 25 R, 19 RBI, 4-2b, 1 HR, .461 OBP
Levi Stahli, Cowanesque Valley, sr. - .328 BA, 22 H, 14 R, 19 RBI, .439 OBP, 7 SB; 19 2/3 IP, 1-0, 0.36 ERA, 2 SV, 30 K
Ryder Breon, North Penn-Mansfield, fr. - see above
Gage Baltzley, Wellsboro, fr. - see above
SECOND TEAM
William Kies, Cowanesque Valley, sr. - .333 BA, 16 H, 22 R, 15 RBI, .536 OBP, 14 SB
Collin Oakes, North Penn-Mansfield, jr. - .328 BA, 19 H, 20 R, 11 RBI, .438 OBP
Hunter Simonds, Cowanesque Valley, sr. - .283 BA, 17 H, 21 R, 12 RBI, .469 OBP, 12 SB; 13 2/3 IP, 2-0, 1.54 ERA, 13 K
Jason Harer, North Penn-Mansfield, sr. - .339 BA, 20 H, 13 R, 19 RBI, .373 OBP
Cameron Owlett, Wellsboro, sr. - .328 BA, 20 H, 19 R, 19 RBI, .423 OBP
Brody Bruce, Cowanesque Valley, so. - .372 BA, 16 H, 12 RBI, 9 R, .509 OBP
Kohen VanDelinder, Williamson, so. - .304 BA, 14 H, 11 R, 10 SB, .484 OBP; 40 IP, 3-4, 3.50 ERA, 42 K
Brock Dietrick, North Penn-Mansfield, jr. - .326 BA, 15 H, 11 R, 5 RBI, 5-2b, .439 OBP
Gavin Churchill, Cowanesque Valley, jr. - .333 BA, 18 H, 18 R, 14 RBI, .493 OBP; 12 1/3 IP, 3-0, 2.27 ERA, 18 K
Noah Musser, North Penn-Mansfield, so. - 3-1, 23 IP, 1.52 ERA, 1 SV, 33 K; .242 BA, 15 H, 6 R, 8 RBI, .254 OBP
Syler Pietrzyk, Wellsboro, jr. - 4-0, 26 2/3 IP, 1.01 ERA, 26 K
Isaac Sparks, North Penn-Mansfield, so. - .288 BA, 15 H, 12 R, 9 SB, .383 OBP; 1-4, 36 1/3 IP, 2.70 ERA, 42 K
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