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The Max Bryant File:

A closer look at Player of the Year’s Max Bryant’s season

June 18, 2024 at 11:45 am CDT

Hall's Max Bryant poses for a photo at Foley Field at Kirby Park in Spring Valley. Bryant is the Bureau County Republican 2024 player of the year. — Hall's Max Bryant is the 2024 BCR Baseball Player of the Year. (Scott Anderson)

By Kevin Hieronymus

* BCR Player of the year

* ICA Class 2A All-State Team

* Unanimously Three Rivers East All-Conference

* Led area with going 8-0 record, 1.12 ERA and 75 strikeouts

* Led area with 23 stolen bases

* Batted .307 with 19 runs scored

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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL