Plateau athletes receive all-league honors

Enumclaw’s Josh Erickson was honored as the South Puget Sound League 3A co-Player of the Year, heading the list of Hornet honorees.

Editor’s note: All-league football selections, for both the SPSL 3A and 2A divisions, will be made this week. Local honorees will be noted in next week’s edition.

 

Enumclaw High Golf

Enumclaw’s Josh Erickson was honored as the South Puget Sound League 3A co-Player of the Year, heading the list of Hornet honorees.

He was joined on the all-league first team by teammates Carson Erwin, Jared Beals and Bill Miller. Dylan Miller and Caleb Coulter were named to the second team.

On the girls side of the ledger, Enumclaw’s Faith Hardersen, Kelsey Cunningham, Meagan Johnson and Lexi Dechon all received first-team honors.

The EHS golfers were successful in the classroom as well. Hardersen, Johnson, Dylan Miller, Beals and Bill Miller were named to the SPSL all-academic team and the Hornet boys won the academic title with a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.5. For the EHS girls, Rylie McCann was an all-academic second-team selection.

If success starts at the top, the EHS programs are on solid footing. The Hornets’ Bob Kilmer was named SPSL 3A Boys Coach of the Year and Steve Murphy was honored as the SPSL 3A’s Girls Coach of the Year.

 

White River golf

A trio of White River girls – Amanda Lance, Sydnee Scott and Maci Goethals – were first-team, all-league performers. Jordanne Fray and Georgia Lavinder were second-team picks and Sofia Lavinder and Dani Barbee received honorable mention.

The White River boys also had three players – Cooper Franklin, Matt Walker and Bryce Dahl – named to the SPSL 2A first team. Drew Kacer was a second team selection and honorable mention went to Niko Dymarczyk and Trent Buchanan.

Both Dahl and Buchanan made the Class 2A all-academic team.

After guiding their teams to undefeated regular seasons and league championships, boys coach Mike Williams and girls coach Todd Miller were accorded SPSL 2A Coach of the Year honors.

 

Enumclaw soccer

Senior forward Katie Christensen was named to the SPSL 3A first-team, all-league soccer squad.

A pair of teammates – senior defender Shey Thompson and junior midfielder Casey Ranft – earned second-team honors. And three more Hornets – junior defender Mariah Bone, senior forward Tayler VanDyke and senior midfielder Payton Hodgman – received honorable mention.

The Enumclaw High crew received the league’s sportsmanship award and Shawn Tobius shared Coach of the Year honors.

 

White River soccer

Hornet goalkeeper Sam Kelley was named Most Valuable Player in a vote of SPSL 2A coaches.

Midfielder Mack Breeden and defender Maddie Morris received first-team honors and a pair of teammates – forward Annabelle Hall and defender Ariel Saylor – earned second-team recognition.

 

Enumclaw volleyball

Enumclaw High was represented by two players on the all-league first team. Chosen for top honors were Barbie Becker, an outside hitter, and Victoria Hernandez, libero. Both are juniors.

Senior outside hitter Hayley Sorenson was named to the all-league second team.

 

White River volleyball

A pair of White River players, senior defender/setter Ashlea Mills and junior setter Mahealani Stone, earned first-team honors.

Named to the second squad were a pair of junior outside hitters, Taylor Keating and Kelsey Williams. Receiving  honorable mention were Angela Tavete and Abbie Eppard.

 

Enumclaw tennis

Enumclaw’s Derek Thomsen, who maintains a perfect, 4.0 grade-point average, was named to the SPSL 3A all-academic team.

 

White River tennis

White River High’s Christian Armstrong, Tyler Meadows and Logan Geehan were named to the SPSL 2A all-league first team following the fall season. Teammates Marcus Berg and Hayden Grimm received honorable mention.

Also, Armstrong and Meadows combined to place sixth at the West Central District tournament and, in the process, qualified to play in the Class 2A state tournament. Berg and Grimm placed eighth at district and are alternates to state play.

The 2A state tournament is slated for May 29-30 at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.

 

Enumclaw cross country

The Hornets’ top runner all season, Samantha Engebretsen, was rewarded with selection to the SPSL 3A all-league first team. Teammate Hunter Storm joined her as a first-team selection.

Chayce Weiman was named to the second team.