Cowgirls picked for all-tourney squads
Published 11:54 am Saturday, November 16, 2013
Crook County senior outside hitter Hannah Troutman was the lone unanimous pick for the Class 4A all-tournament team after leading the Cowgirls to their eighth straight state volleyball championship in Eugene on Saturday.
Crook County’s Karlee Hollis was also a first-team selection, as was Nila Lukens, who helped Sisters to a third-place finish. Katie Nurge, who helped Ridgeview to the fourth-place trophy, was named to the second team, where she was joined by Sisters’ Isabelle Tara and Allie Spear. Crook County’s Kathryn Kaonis was also a second-team selection.
At the 5A state championships in Hillsboro, Bend High’s Alicia Todd and Callie Kruska were chosen to the all-tournament second team after leading the Lava Bears to fifth place. And at the 2A tournament in Redmond, first-team all-tournament selections included Shealene Little and Gabrielle Alley of third-place Culver.
All-league volleyball released: After leading Madras to its first Class 4A Tri-Valley Conference title since joining the league in 2010, junior outside hitter Shelby Mauritson was named the league’s player of the year and Rhea Caldwell was chosen coach of the year. Joining Mauritson on the all-TVC first team were Alexis Urbach and Elle Renault, while Keely Brown was named to the all-league second team. In the 4A Sky-Em League, Sisters’ Nila Lukens and Isabelle Tara were voted to the all-conference first team. Savannah Spear was a second-team selection, and Miki McFadden claimed her second straight Sky-Em coach of the year award. In guiding Trinity Lutheran to its first Mountain Valley League championship as well as its first 1A state tournament, Katie Murphy and Allison Jorge were named to the all-MVL first team, and the Saints’ Greg Clift was voted the league’s coach of the year.
Heffner, Robson highlight all-conference selections: Summit’s Kayanna Heffner and Laura Robson were selected to the all-5A North first team after helping the Storm to the girls water polo division title, while Summit teammates Vanessa Rodgers and Kaylin Ivy were named to the second team. Joining Heffner and Robson as first-team selections were Ridgeview’s Rachel Haney and Madras’ Sophie Gemelas and Aurora Gerhardt. Madeline Busby of Bend was voted to the second team, as were Ridgeview’s Haley Houghton and Madras’ Cirelle Frank. For the boys, Summit placed three players on the first team — Tommy Brewer, Zack Barry and Kyle Alhart — and they were joined by Mountain View’s Nate Cox and Noah Cox as well as Madras’ Ian Goodwin. Summit’s Quinn Rasmussen was a second-team selection, as were Mountain View’s Joseph Murphy and Tracy Pitcher, Bend’s David Rhine, and Madras’ Cade Boston.
Extra accolades for Mountain View: The Cougars captured their first-ever Class 5A boys water polo state championship Saturday in Corvallis, and three Mountain View standouts received all-state honors. The Cougars’ Noah Cox was named most valuable player at the state tournament, and he was joined on the all-state first team by teammate and brother Nate Cox. From Summit, which fell to Mountain View in the state final, Kyle Alhart and Tommy Brewer were first-team selections. The Cougars’ Tracy Pitcher, Joseph Murphy, Tim Gorman and Brandon Deckard were named to the all-state second team, as were the Storm’s Quinn Rasmussen and Zack Barry. Kayanna Heffner, Laura Robson and Vanessa Rodgers were voted to the all-state first team after leading Summit to a second-place finish at state, and second-team honors went to Storm teammates Annie Jarvis and Sydney Goodman.
Ambrose leads Sisters’ all-league picks: Senior midfielder Natalie Ambrose was named the Class 4A Sky-Em League girls soccer player of the year after guiding the Outlaws to a 10-0 mark in conference play and a Sky-Em title, and Sisters’ Audrey Tehan was tabbed as the league’s coach of the year. Joining Ambrose on the Sky-Em’s first team were Outlaws Liz Stewart and Molly Boyle. Also from Sisters, Emily Corrigan was a second-team selection, as were Haley Carlson, Michaela Miller and Hannah Ceciliani.
Storm dominates first-team all-IMC: Summit’s Alex Bowlin, Cameron Weaver, Alex Arnis, Eli Warmenhoven and Austin Cole were named to the all-Intermountain Conference first team, and Storm coach Ron Kidder was voted the league’s coach of the year. Zach Emerson, a sophomore midfielder for Mountain View, was chosen IMC player of the year. Cougar teammates Taylor Willman and Zel Rey were first-team selections, as were Bend’s Scott Bracci, Zach Hite and Tony Watters, Crook County’s Zane Abrams, and Ridgeview’s Chase Bennett and Raul Segoviano. Summit’s Luca Chiletti, C.J. Fritz and Conor Galvin were voted to the IMC’s second team, where they were joined by Bend’s Kelly Gieber and Sam Nelson, Mountain View’s Jacob Trask and Mario Torres, Crook County’s Diego Nunez and Ridgeview’s Nakoda Sanders, Aaron Zendejas, Nate Kandle and Dakota Curtis.
Mountain View recognized for academic achievement: The Cougars’ girls cross-country team — made up of Riley Nikolaus, Amelia Carmosino, Tia Hatton, Sage Hassell, Madison Leapaldt, Ciara Jones, Kennedy Thompson, Hilary Wyllie and Sidney Doyle — finished with a 3.97 unweighted grade-point average to earn the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic All-State Award for Class 5A. Mountain View’s GPA trailed only Grant of Portland and Forest Grove, each of which had 4.0 averages. Each Cougar runner will receive sweatshirts, pins and certificates from the Oregon School Activities Association and the Dairy Farmers of Oregon, and they will also be honored during a meeting next month of the Bend-La Pine School Board.
La Pine grad named player of the week: Kassi Conditt, a 2010 La Pine High School graduate now at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, was named the Red Lion women’s basketball player of the week as announced by the Cascade Collegiate Conference. The senior recorded a pair of double-doubles in leading the Owls to a 2-0 record at the William Jessup University Invitational Tournament Championship in California last weekend. Conditt posted 20 points and a career-high 22 rebounds in a 69-50 win last Friday over William Jessup, the first 20/20 game in OIT history. She followed that on Saturday with 15 points and 13 boards to lead the Owls to their fourth straight victory, a 74-63 decision over Master’s College, and the tourney championship.
Heinly tabbed as Summit golf coach: Andy Heinly, owner of Pro Golf of Bend, has been named the boys golf coach at Summit High School. Heinly, who has been an assistant coach with the Summit golf program for the past six years, takes over for Mark Tichenor, the longtime Storm coach who retired last spring.