Youth Sports May 3, 2023

Photo by KRISTEN DVORACEK Ellie Shupe (10) of CDA Peds throws it in against Idaho Forest in a 3-2 loss in a Coeur d'Alene Recreation Department soccer game on April 22.

Courtesy photo Avant Coeur Gymnastics Level 9s at Western National Championships in Galveston, Texas. From left: Conan Tapia, Dylan Coulson, Lance Mosher and coach Matt Auerbach.

Courtesy photo Avant Coeur Gymnastics Level 9 Grayson McKlendin competed in Galveston, Texas, at the Western National Championships.

Courtesy photo Avant Coeur Gymnastics Level 7s competed at Western Nationals in Galveston, Texas. From left: Collin Scott, Cayden Ptashkin and Felipe McAllister.

Courtesy photo Samantha Taub, 15, of Coeur d'Alene was named the youth official of the year for the Inland Empire Hockey Officials Association. Samantha referees in Coeur d'Alene and Spokane and did more than games this season. Samantha, a ninth grader who attends Coeur d'Alene Virtual Academy online, was also invited to a referee development camp in Dallas, Texas, later this month.

Courtesy photo The Thorns North FC 08 Girls Academy soccer team attended the 2023 DPL Showcase event in Tucson, Ariz., over the weekend. In the front row from left are Cameron Fischer, Ella Gates, Adysen Robinson, Allison Carrico, Ashley Breisacher, Isabella Grimmett and Avery Lathen; and back row from left, Alisa Grantham, Macy Walters, Alyvia Morris, Nora Ryan, Izabella Entzi, Kambrya Powers, Sloan Waddell, Leylah Hexum and coach Madison McLean.