Storm Lake stars sweep final Lakes Conference baseball honors
Davíd Gonzalez-Santos and Brock Edwards swept the Lakes Conference’s top baseball awards as Storm Lake closed out the league’s final season with seven all-conference selections.
Storm Lake’s last Lakes Conference baseball team left the league’s final season with its biggest individual honors in hand. Catcher Davíd Gonzalez-Santos was named Player of the Year and pitcher Brock Edwards was chosen Pitcher of the Year, while the Tornadoes placed seven players on the all-conference lists.
The league’s coaches put Gonzalez-Santos, Edwards and infielder Trey Boettcher on the first team. Azael Garcia and Carson Taylor landed on the second team, and Rylan Richardson and Bobby Boeckman earned honorable mention. For Storm Lake High School, the spread across three different tiers showed a roster built on more than one or two headline names.
The recognition carried extra weight because it came in the final baseball season for the Lakes Conference, a league that traces back to 1925 and is set to disappear as its remaining schools move to the Siouxland Conference for the 2026-27 school year. Storm Lake and Spencer shared the last championship, and coach Michael Knapp said the title was the school’s 11th in Lakes Conference baseball history.
That championship was clinched when Storm Lake beat Spencer 3-0 in Spencer on June 25, 2026. The Tornadoes entered the postseason at 12-10, then saw their run end in the IHSAA Class 3A substate first round with a 7-0 loss to Bishop Heelan on July 10, 2026. Even with that finish, the conference honors gave the season a permanent place in the school’s record book.
Gonzalez-Santos’ season numbers matched the award. The Bound roster page listed him at .500 with 35 hits, 19 RBI, 10 doubles, three triples and three home runs. Edwards was listed with a 2.28 ERA, 46 innings pitched and 66 strikeouts, while Boettcher hit .397 and Richardson finished with five wins. Gonzalez-Santos also earned all-district recognition beyond the conference, making the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association’s Class 3A first team at catcher, while Edwards was named to the second team as a pitcher.
For Storm Lake, the final Lakes Conference team did what championship teams are supposed to do: it won the title, filled out the stat sheet and left the league with names that will be attached to the last chapter of a century-old rivalry structure.
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