PREP SPORTS: Sequim’s Shea, McMenamin, Port Angeles’ Wheeler win Olympic League MVPs

SEQUIM — Sequim golfers Jack Shea and Alex McMenamin have been named the Olympic League MVPs.

Shea, the boys MVP, is joined on the boys All-Olympic League team by teammate Travis Priest, Port Angeles’ Mason Jackson and Alex Atwell and Port Townsend’s Zack Glover.

Mitch Black of Chimacum and Mark Mitrovich of Port Angeles were named boys coaches of the year.

Brianna Kettel and Sarah Shea of Sequim made the girls All-Olympic League team along with McMenamin, the girls MVP.

Sequim coach Gary Kettel shared girls coach of the year honors with Bremerton’s Ivaly Alexander.

The Roughriders boys and Wolves girls won the team sportsmanship awards.

All-Olympic League Golf

Boys All-League

MVP: Jack Shea, Sequim

Aaron Holliday, Klahowya

Mason Jackson, Port Angeles

Travis Priest, Sequim

Alex Atwell, Port Angeles

Zack Glover, Port Townsend

C.J. Lagat, Olympic

Coaches of the Year: Mark Mitrovich, Port Angeles; and Mitch Black, Chimacum

Team Sportsmanship: Port Angeles

Girls All-League

MVP: Alex McMenamin, Sequim

Ellie Wolfe, Olympic

McKenna Kendall, Klahowya

Sarah Shea, Sequim

Brianna Kettel, Sequim

Tucker Alexander, Bremerton

Kindra Smith, Kingston

Coaches of the Year: Ivaly Alexander, Bremerton; and Gary Kettel, Sequim

Team Sportsmanship: Sequim

Softball

PA hurler Wheeler voted MVP

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles sophomore pitcher Nizhoni Wheeler was voted Olympic League 2A softball MVP by the league’s coaches.

Sequim and Port Angeles filled all but four spots on the first team.

For the league-champion Roughriders, freshman second baseman Natalie Steinman, senior outfielder Carly Gouge and senior utility player Alicia Howell were picked for the first team.

Sequim’s hard-hitting sophomore first baseman Kaylee Gumm, senior third baseman, junior outfielder Allysen Montelius and junior pitcher McKenzie Bentz all earned first-team honors.

Wolves senior shortstop Mary Lu Clift and senior outfielder Tia Bourm were named to the second team.

Port Angeles had three second-team honorees: junior third baseman Taylar Clark, freshman catcher Brennan Gray and junior pitcher Hunter-Anne Coburn.

Port Angeles coach Randy Steinman was voted coach of the year and the Riders received the team sportsmanship award.

Olympic League 2A Softball

First Team

MVP: Nizhoni Wheeler, fr., Port Angeles

1B: Kaylee Gumm, so., Sequim

2B: Natalie Steinman, fr., Port Angeles

3B: Olivia Kirsch, sr., Sequim

SS: Zoe Roberts, jr., Olympic

C: Adia Roberts, jr., Olympic

Utility: Alicia Howell, sr., Port Angeles

OF: Carly Gouge, sr., Port Angeles

OF: Allysen Montelius, jr., Sequim

OF: Abby Wetzsteon, jr., Kingston

P: Whitney Villalobos, sr., Olympic

P: McKenzie Bentz, jr., Sequim

Second Team

1B: Talia Black, jr., Kingston

2B:Kaley Bertel, jr., Kingston

3B: Kiara Cabato, fr., Olympic

3B: Taylar Clark, so., Port Angeles

SS: Mary Lu Clift, sr., Sequim

C: Brennan Gray, fr., Port Angeles

Utility: Samantha Keil, sr., Bremerton

OF: Kiki Mitchell, fr., Olympic

OF: Jadin Left, so., North Mason

OF: Tia Bourm, sr., Sequim

P: Hunter-Anne Coburn, jr., Port Angeles

Coach of the Year: Randy Steinman, Port Angeles

Team Sportsmanship: Port Angeles.

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