Adams County schools earn nine spots on SHAC baseball team

Adams County baseball finished the spring with proof spread across the SHAC awards sheet. The conference named 19 players to its All-Conference Baseball Team, and nine of those selections came from Adams County schools, a haul that tied local recognition directly to the county’s depth across four programs.

The county’s share of the list was more than just strong, it was concentrated. Peebles, North Adams and Manchester each placed three players on the team, while West Union added one more. That meant 47 percent of the all-conference roster came from Adams County, leaving 10 spots for the rest of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference and underscoring how heavily the league’s baseball talent ran through local dugouts this season.

Manchester’s season gave those numbers even more weight. The Greyhounds finished 13-9 overall and 9-4 in conference play, good enough to claim a second straight small-school title under coach Trey Meade. That championship had already been settled by a head-to-head tiebreaker, with Manchester sweeping its two meetings against Peebles after both teams ended conference play at 9-4.

Peebles was right there until the end, finishing the regular season 15-9 overall and tied for the top spot in the small-school division before the tiebreaker sent the crown to Manchester. North Adams also turned its season into recognition, landing three spots on the all-conference team, while West Union added another selection to keep the county’s presence broad rather than confined to one or two schools.

Taken together, the awards pointed to a county-wide baseball run rather than a one-team spike. Adams County schools supplied nearly half of the SHAC’s honored players, and the list matched the standings, where Manchester and Peebles were already separated by the thinnest of margins. The 2026 results also fit a recent pattern: last year’s SHAC baseball honors likewise featured a strong Adams County presence. For local programs, that suggests the county’s top end remains high and its depth is still producing results that travel well beyond the spring schedule.