HP’s Gardner Named 10-4A MVP

Highland Park senior right fielder Seth Gardner has been named the District 10-4A Most Valuable Player.

Gardner, who will play college baseball at Arkansas, led the Scots in hitting. Heading into last weekend’s regional semifinal series loss to Waxahachie, Gardner was hitting .504 with 49 RBI.

Scots junior left fielder Bryan Dickenson was named Co-Newcomer of the Year, along with Mesquite Poteet’s Jake Sutton.

HP, which finished 35-8 and broke the school record for victories in a season, had six players on the 10-4A first team — SS Joey Hainsfurther, CF Dutch Crews, P Jonathan Perlman, P Jess Barrett, 1B Nathan Venz (utility) and DH Will Landess.