SPORTS: Area basketball players earn all-league recognition

SPORTS: Area basketball players earn all-league recognition

Many North Olympic Peninsula basketball players have been selected to all-league teams or named honorable mention by their leagues’ coaches.

Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby and Gabe Carter and Port Angeles’ Maddy Hinrichs and Macy Walker all received Olympic League first-team recognition. As reported in the Feb. 13 edition of the Peninsula Daily News, Braden Decker of Forks also earned first-team honors from the SWL-Evergreen Division first team.

Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter was named the Olympic League girls coach of the year.

Here are the all-league lists for the Olympic League boys and girls, the SWL-Evergreen Division boys and girls and the Nisqually League girls:

Olympic League Boys All-League

MVP: Quentin Phillips, Senior, Olympic

First Team

Jayson Brocklesby, Senior, Sequim

Deonti Dixon, Junior, Bremerton

KT Deam, Senior, Kingston

Andrew Shadle, Senior, Bremerton

Gabe Carter, Senior, Sequim

Second Team

Brian Tyson, Senior, Olympic

Connor Wall, Senior, Kingston

Hans Shippers, Senior, Kingston

Kendal Gill, Senior, North Kitsap

Michael Ward, Senior, Klahowya

Honorable Mention

Tarence Mosely , Junior, Olympic

Kyle Setten, Junior, Olympic

Hayden Gunderson, Junior, Port Angeles

Anthony Pinza, Junior, Sequim

Shaq Jones, Senior, Bremerton

Cody Russell, Junior, Port Townsend

Anthony Price , Senior, North Mason

Riley McKean, Senior, North Mason

Jacob Sheets , Senior, Klahowya

Josh Ganowski, Senior, Klahowya

Jacob Hill, Senior, North Kitsap

Riley Lindsey, Senior, North Kitsap

Coach of the Year: Devin Huff, Olympic

Team Sportsmanship: Olympic

Olympic League Girls All-League

MVP: Ashli Payne, Senior, Olympic

First Team

Sawyer Kluge, Junior, Bremerton

Rebekah Baugh, Sophomore, North Kitsap

Maddy Hinrichs, Junior, Port Angeles

Kristin Brown, Junior, North Kitsap

Jewel Johnson, Junior, Port Townsend

Macy Walker, Senior, Port Angeles

Second Team

Olivia Williams, Sophomore, Olympic

Codi Hallinan, Senior, Port Townsend

Kori Holt, Senior, Klahowya

Eboni Harpes, Senior, Bremerton

Katelyn Carper, Sophomore, Kingston

Krista Johnson, Junior, Port Angeles

Jennifer Hicks, Senior, North Mason

Honorable Mention

Savannah Turrieta, Senior, Kingston

Leah Baugh, Senior, North Kitsap

Annie Lever, Senior, Klahowya

Mariah Frazier, Senior, Port Angeles

Julie Johnson, Senior, North Mason

Alexas Besand, Junior, Sequim

Shania Anderson, Junior, Olympic

Coach of the Year: Michael Poindexter, Port Angeles

Team Sportsmanship: North Mason

SWL-Evergreen Division Boys All-League

MVP: Devante Harris, Senior, Tenino

First team

Braden Decker, Senior, Forks

Ronnie Espedal, Senior, Hoquiam

Cole Smith, Senior, Hoquiam

Justin Conklin, Senior, Tenino

Zach Froembling, Junior, Rainier

Second team

Kenny Roy, Junior, Montesano

Layne Bruner, Senior, Montesano

Chance Bremer, Junior, Elma

Ray Stark, Junior, Elma

Tyler Gedney, Junior, Rochester

Honorable mention

Leo Gonzales, Junior, Forks

Mark Jacobson, Senior, Forks

Elma: Ryan Collin, Junior, Elma

Rochester: Colton Smith, Senior, Rochester

Tenino: Ben Peterson, Senior, Tenino

Dustin Hammond, Senior, Tenino

Gabe Egge, Senior, Tenino

Coach of the year: Rod Enos, Tenino

SWL-Evergreen Division Girls All-League

MVP: Megan Finger, Elma, Senior

First Team

Brooke Goldsmith, Elma, Junior

Keeli Demers, Rochester, Sophomore

Megan Choate, Montesano, Sophomore

Kelsey Eygabroad, Rainier, Senior

Chelsy Stewart, Hoquiam, Senior

Second Team

Sydney Smythe, Elma, Junior

Jillian Raben, Forks, Senior

Brandi Creviston, Hoquiam, Junior

Kelli Brown, Rainier, Senior

Sierra Seymour, Rochester, Sophomore

Honorable Mention

Ellie Quercia, Sophomore, Hoquiam

Miranda McDonald, Senior, Elma

Mackinzie Malizia, Senior, Montesano

Ashley Honaker, Junior, Rainier

Joni Lancaster, Freshman, Rochester

All-Nisqually League Girls

MVP: Kaycee Creech, Cascade Christian, Senior

First Team

Laura Goodnight, Cedar Park Christian, Junior

Kaelyn Voss, Eatonville, Junior

Shoni Pritchett, Charles Wright, Freshman

Katie Rozumny, Cascade Christian, Junior

Hailey Latherow – Eatonville, Senior

Vanessa Davis- Charles Wright, Junior

Second Team

Ashley Osborn, Bellevue Christian, Sophomore

Madelyn Weber, Seattle Christian, Sophomore

Chloe Read, Cascade Christian, Senior

Alayna Gleason, Seattle Christian, Senior

Noelle Crosby, Bellevue Christian, Senior

Alyssa Kaler, Seattle Christian, Junior

Honorable Mention

Bellevue Christian, Rachel Williams, Junior

Cascade Christian- Olivia Tuttle, Junior

Mallori Cossell, Chimacum, Senior

Lauren Thacker, Chimacum, Junior

Eatonville, Kayley Bass, Senior

Taylor Boles, Life Christian, Sophomore

Johnnise Moore, Life Christian, Junior

Anya Quig, Vashon Island, Junior

Taegan Lynch, Vashon Island, Junior

Coach of the Year: Bryan Peterson, Cascade Christian

Team Sportsmanship: Bellevue Christian

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