(Coon Rapids, IA) — The All State Baseball teams were released on Thursday and Senior Cal Heydon of Coon Rapids Bayard was named Captain of the 1A team plus he was the only 1A player who was selected by the Baseball Coaches Association on their Super Team which is composed of all classes. Heydon had the numbers to support their decision — hitting .545 with 7 HR and 42 RBI plus scored 68 runs, had an on base percentage of .652 and a slugging percentage of 1.020. Heydon says it was something he wanted all along
His brother Ty Heydon was named First Team All State at Utility for his work as Pitcher and Shortstop and Cal Heydon says it makes it all the more special to be All State players together
Cal Heydon is also a great pitcher but only got on the mound a handful of games this season because of a lingering injury from track and field season. The Crusaders made it to state for the first time since 2019 but were upset in the first round at state by Moravia. Heydon wonders what might have been
Heydon will take a lot of memories of playing baseball at Coon Rapids Bayard
Cal Heydon will be attending Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs this fall to play baseball with the goal to transfer to a D-I school after two years.
Complete Interview with Cal Heydon
