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Area players named to
all-Idaho football teams
Five Coeur d’Alene Vikings were named to the 5A first team as the all-Idaho football teams in all six classifications were announced this week by The Idaho Statesman newspaper of Boise.
Vikings honored on the first team included quarterback Colson Yankoff, tight end Cole Ramseyer, offensive tackle Noah Gunn, and linebackers Ross Chadderdon and Caleb Beggerly. All are seniors.
Named to the 5A second team were Post Falls linebacker Coleton Kazmierczak and Coeur d’Alene defensive back Sam Matheson, both seniors.
In 3A, Timberlake senior kicker Isaiah Higbee was named to the second team, as were a pair of Kellogg Wildcat seniors — linebacker Ryan Morgan and defensive back Chase Jerome.
In 1A Division II, sophomore Skye Gallaway of Mullan was named to the second team.
See the full all-Idaho teams at idahostatesman.com
Locals honored on
all-state volleyball teams
A handful of area athletes were named to the inaugural all-state volleyball teams, as voted on by coaches statewide.
In 5A, senior Arlaina Stephenson, and juniors Ashley Kaufman and Klaire Mitchell of Lake City made the first team.
Senior Allison Munday of Post Falls was named to the second team, and seniors Ashley Reyes of Lake City and Sydney Parks of Post Falls were named to the third team.
In 4A, junior Grace Hicks of Sandpoint earned honorable mention.
In 3A, junior Kenzie Dean and sophomore Kylie Marneris of Timberlake were named to the second team, and junior McKeeley Tonkin of Timberlake was named to the third team.
In 2A, junior Dakotah Wilks of St. Maries was named to the second team.
The Press (and, before that, the Daily Bee in Sandpoint) have compiled state volleyball all-tournament teams nearly every year for more than three decades.
CLASS 5A
FIRST TEAM — Arlaina Stephenson, Lake City; Ashley Kaufman, Lake City; Emily Greer, Eagle; Klaire Mitchell, Lake City; Lexi Garner, Madison; Makayla Sorensen, Bonneville; Miranda Lamb, Timberline; Sade Williams, Bonneville.
SECOND TEAM — Alexis McMurtrey, Bonneville; Allison Munday, Post Falls; Hannah Wilson, Madison; Kalli Harris, Bonneville; Mahala Bradburn, Kuna; McKenzie Lee, Eagle; Sadie Lott, Bonneville; Sarah Lyons, Rocky Mountain.
HONORABLE MENTION — Ashley Reyes, Lake City; Avery Turnage, Hillcrest; Hannah Belveal, Rocky Mountain; Jaidyn Kinneeveauk, Eagle; Jet Taylor, Rigby; Sadie Brooks, Hillcrest ; Sydney Parks, Post Falls.
CLASS 4A
FIRST TEAM — Annie Kiminski, Wood River; Dani Nay, Skyview; Kennedi Evans, Twin Falls; Morgan Bower, Skyview; Olivia Bradley, Skyview; Tori Edwards, Twin Falls; Whitney Bower, Skyview; Zoe Thiros, Century.
SECOND TEAM — Brynn McKnight, Middleton; Chinma Nijoku, Century; Jozie Crawford, Middleton; Karen Murphy, Skyview; Kennedee Tracy, Burley; Kylie Baumert, Twin Falls; Makayla Tolman, Burley; Natalie Sullivan, Bishop Kelly.
HONORABLE MENTION — Grace Hicks, Sandpoint; Harley Carlile, Preston; Jessica Whitely, Preston; Taylia Stimpson, Minico; Zoey Wright, Pocatello.
CLASS 3A
FIRST TEAM — Camber Dodson, Sugar-Salem; Celina Adams, Sugar-Salem; Desi Overacre, Kimberly; Harlee Speth, South Fremont; Kate Hardy, Fruitland; Olivia LeCheminant, South Fremont; Savanah Crane, Sugar-Salem; Zoey Brown, Kimberly.
SECOND TEAM — Ellie Chastain, Parma; Emilee Clark, Priest River; Grace Parker, Gooding; Kayla Luke, Sugar-Salem; Kenzie Dean, Timberlake; Kylie Marneris, Timberlake; Micah Whittaker, Bonners Ferry; Molly Erskine, Fruitland.
HONORABLE MENTION — Amaya Carter, Homedale; Harlee Meek, Priest River; Laken Wolf, Gooding ; McKeeley Tonkin, Timberlake; Miranda Wenke, Bonners Ferry; Sarah Lundberg, Weiser.
CLASS 2A
FIRST TEAM — Abby Schiess, Firth; Ashlee Adams, Firth; Britlynn Hubbard, Malad; Cammie Gee, Firth; Emma Clark, Melba; Halli Hannah, Malad; Kori Pentzer, Melba; Megan Yett, Nampa Christian.
SECOND TEAM — Hailey Gee, Firth; Holly Golenor, Cole Valley ; Jordi Holdaway, West Jefferson; Dakotah Wilks, St. Maries; Madison Bowers, Nampa Christian; Mauri Wade, West Side; Reagan Yamauchi, Soda Springs; Saige Kirkpatrick, West Jefferson.
HONORABLE MENTION — Aidrie Voile, New Plymouth; Bayla Tripp, Malad; Elia Burgan, New Plymouth; Jessica Raysten, West Side ; Karissa Parker, Bear Lake; McKenna Gabriel, Cole Valley Christian; Morgan Laird, West Jefferson.
CLASS 1A DIVISION I
FIRST TEAM — Amanda Smith, Ambrose; Jade Warren, Horseshoe Bend; Laura Parkinson, Challis; Lindsey Kwate, Troy; Madi Chesnut, Horseshoe Bend; Olivia Nelson, Troy; Rachael Mittion, Oakley; Syringa Riley, Horseshoe Bend.
SECOND TEAM — Anna Duffel, Genesee; Courtney Burt, Genesee; Jaclyn Wybenga, Oakley; Leah Higgins, Prairie; Makinlee Cranney, Oakley; Monce Rivas, Shoshone; Rylee Smith, Carey ; Shantell Chavez, Carey.
HONORABLE MENTION — Allysen Hygar, Ambrose; Blakely Payton, Oakley; Brogan Mangum, Hagerman; Quincie Christiansen, Dietrich; Raechel Wallen, Potlatch; Sage Wootan, Glenns Ferry; Yolanda Alaniz, Hansen.
CLASS 1A DIVISION II
FIRST TEAM — Abigail Yadon, Watersprings; Brooke Stevens, Clark Fork; Chevelle Shepherd, Salmon River; Conlin Coburn, Butte County; Haylee Grossmen, Lighthouse Christian; Joanna Hayes, Watersprings; Meg Buxton,, Butte County; Sabrina DeJong, Lighthouse Christian.
SECOND TEAM — Bea Whitling, Logos; Brittany Schon, Council; Elaina Kiebert, Clark Fork; Emily Diaz, Salmon River; Gracie Cover, Lighthouse Christian; Maddie Wintz, Logos; Sherawn Brownlee, Butte County; Tausha Cummins, Butte County.
HONORABLE MENTION — Cheslie Testa, Council; Evie Waite, Rockland; Jaxen Eggleston, Dietrich; Keidi Anderson, Logos; Kinsey Isham, Butte County; Madalyn Permann, Rockland; Rosie Meyer, Logos; Rylee Mathison, Watersprings; Shantell Chavez, Carey.
Whitworth baseball coach
takes minor league job
Dan Ramsay, who has guided the Whitworth University baseball program for the last nine years, is leaving the school to become the manager of the Minnesota Twins’ minor league team in the Gulf Coast League.
Ramsay will begin his duties next month at the Twins’ spring training facility in Fort Myers, Fla.
Whitworth assistant coach CJ Perry was named the Pirates’ interim head coach for the 2018 season.
The Twins contacted Ramsay earlier this month about the possibility of becoming a traveling coach within their system. Ramsay impressed the Twins with his character, intelligence and his understanding of the culture they intend to build throughout their organization enough that they instead decided to offer him the managerial position for their Gulf Coast League squad.
The Gulf Coast League is a rookie-level minor league that operates in Florida. Teams in the league train and compete at the spring training complexes of their parent major league club.
Ramsay went 183-181 in his nine years guiding the Pirates. Hired as Whitworth’s baseball coach immediately after he graduated from the school in 2008, Ramsay guided the Bucs to three appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament and to the NCAA Division III World Series in Appleton, Wis., in 2012. He was the NCAA Division III West Region Coach of the Year in 2012.