Winkelman receives All-State honor

Alden-Hebron senior Mark Winkelman was selected to the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 1A-2A All-State team released over the weekend.

Winkelman, a 6-foot-2 lefthander, was a standout for the Giants at the plate and on the mound. He helped A-H to its best season ever, as the Giants advanced to the IHSA Class 1A Lena-Winslow Sectional championship game, where they lost to Lanark Eastland, 4-3, in eight innings.

Winkelman, who will attend Creighton on a baseball scholarship, was 10-2 as a pitcher, with an ERA of 0.61, 131 strikeouts and 11 walks in 68 1/3 innings. At the plate, Winkelman hit .588 with six home runs, 30 RBIs and 43 runs scored.

- Joe Stevenson