Willapa Valley guard Matt Pearson put together an impressive senior campaign, earning the senior 2B Pacific League MVP honors as the league announced its all-league team for the 2018-19 campaign.
Pearson led the Vikings with 18.2 points per game and shot just over 50 percent from the field to help Willapa Valley to a 17-4 record this season.
The Vikings’ Logan Walker also received first-team honors after averaging 16.7 points a game.
For the girls team, Raymond freshman Kyra Gardner got her high school career off to an impressive start by earning first team all-league honors. Gardner was the go-to player for the Seagulls this season, leading Raymond in almost every major statistical category. The freshman averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and nearly seven steals per game this season.
Ocosta also appeared twice in the first team category with point guard Kjirstin Hopfer and center Kristi Raffelson recognized among the top players in the league. Hopfer and Raffelson were two of the leading scorers per game, averaging 16.6 and 12.8 points per game, respectively. Raffelson also grabbed more than 11 rebounds a game.
Ocosta’s Kjirstin Hopfer, seen here against Willapa Valley on Jan. 22, was one of four Wildcats named to the 2B Girls All-Pacific League Team for the 2018-19 season. Hopfer was named to the league’s First Team. (Ryan Sparks | Grays Harbor News Group)
The 2B girls First Team was dominated by Twin Harbors-area athletes, as South Bend forward Karley Reidinger and Willapa Valley guard Brooke Friese also received first-team honors.
Veteran Willapa Valley head coach John Peterson earned Coach of the Year honors, leading the Vikings to a 17-4 record in his first year as head coach of the girls team.
Peterson’s coaching counterpart at Willapa Valley, boys head coach Jay Pearson, also won Coach of the Year honors, sharing the award with Northwest Christian’s Rick Tigges.
2B Boys All-Pacific League Team
MVP: Matt Pearson, Sr., Willapa Valley
First Team: Noah Robinson, Sr., Life Christian, Nick Tarabochia, Sr., Northwest Christian; Reese Tynkila, Sr., Ilwaco; Alex Kaino, Sr., Ilwaco; Logan Walker, Soph., Willapa Valley
Second Team: Omari Maulana, Soph., Life Christian; Tony Dominguez, Sr., Northwest Christian; Cole Hatton, Jr., Ocosta; Kahea Baker, Sr., Chief Leschi; Kobe Beck, Sr., Ocosta
Third Team: Drew Rose, Sr., South Bend; Tre’ Seydel, Fr., Raymond; Bradley Swillie, Fr., Life Christian; Devin Souvannavanh, Sr., Raymond; Reagan Harnagy, Jr., North Beach
Honorable Mention: Darnell Lewis, Jr., Chief Leschi; Landon Koukal, Soph., Northwest Christian; Richard Dueber, Sr., Ocosta; Derek Wallace, Jr. Northwest Christian; Peter Hamilton, Jr., Willapa Valley; Jeremiah Yost, Jr., Pe Ell; Daishaun, Fr., Life Christian; John Glenn, Sr., Ilwaco; Jude Phillips, Soph., Northwest Christian; Tyler Fox, Sr., Life Christian; Chad Flemetis, Jr. Willapa Valley; Marcus Pope, Sr., North Beach; Dana Isham, Sr., Pe Ell; Chance Beck, Sr., North Beah; Parker Kaech, Jr. Ilwaco; Max Smith, Jr., Pe Ell; Alex Bailey, Sr., Ocosta
Coaches of the Year: Jay Pearson, Willapa Valley and Rick Rigges, Northwest Christian
Sportsmanship Award: Pe Ell
Academic All-league: Ilwaco – Blake Kukula, Jaden Turner, Alex Kaino, Parker Kaech, John Glenn, Jeb Sheldon; Life Christian – Ian Coates-White, Ben Comfort, Joseph Hall ; North Beach – David Nessa, Reagan Harnagy, Kyle Fry; Northwest Christian – Tony Dominguez, Davis Yates, Cooper Walker ; Ocosta – Cole Hatton, Jayden Matthews; Pe Ell – Dana Isham, Max Smith, Wyatt Bush, Jeremiah Yost, Kollin Jurek, Joey McCalden; Raymond – Cole Enslow, Brian Sida, Tre’ Seydel; South Bend – Jacob Lush; Willapa Valley – Tyler Adkins, Peter Hamilton Sam Western, Joey Simpson, Logan Walker, Matt Pearson, Frank Roonsburg, Carter Pearson, Cole Buchanan
2B Girls All-Pacific League Team
MVP: Erika Glenn, Soph., Ilwaco
First team: Kyra Gardner, Fr., Raymond; Kjirstin Hopfer, Soph., Ocosta; Kristi Raffelson, Sr., Ocosta; Karley Reidinger, Sr., South Bend; Brooke Friese, Sr., Willapa Valley
Second Team: Hannah Cook, Sr., Willapa Valley; Jessica Sanchez, Sr., South Bend; Ebby McMullen, Sr., Ilwaco; Kaylee Barnum, Sr., Ocosta; Alicia Pluff, Jr., Chief Leschi
Third team: Sunny Kemmer, Jr., Ilwaco, Britney Patrick, Jr., Willapa Valley; Estella Sheldon, Jr., Ilwaco; Charlie Caper 8th grade, Pe Ell; Katie Adkins, Jr., Willapa Valley; Lorin Cox, Jr., North Beach
Honorable Mention: Hannah Miller, Soph.; Raymond; Cynthia La Plante, Jr., Chief Leschi; Mylina Pluff, Fr., Chief Leschi; Carolanne Baldwin, Soph., Pe Ell; Layne Martin, Jr., Ocosta; Arianna Bell, Sr., Ilwaco; Hannah Byington; Sr., South Bend; Naja Whitehead, Sr., Life Christian; Katie Davus, Sr., Pe Ell; Natalie Dingman, Soph., Life Christian
Coach of the Year: John Peterson, Willapa Valley
Sportsmanship Award: Northwest Christian
Academic All-league: Ilwaco – Ebby McMullen, Estella Sheldon, Erika Glenn, Sunny Kemmer; Life Christian – Grace Bigler, Natalie Dingman, Genesis Perez, Cameron Shamp; North Beach – Letty Carcaise, Lorin Cox, Skylar Langston, Adelina Desamours; Northwest Christian – Savannah Frey, Makayla Lanham, Becca Sowers, Gretchen Stottlemyre, Whitley Stepp; Ocosta – Kjirstin Hopfer, Lillyan Barnum; Pe Ell – Katie Davis, Megan Krafczyk; Raymond – Sadie Warnstadt, Maddie Silvernail, Izzy Slvernail, Olivia Stigar; South Bend – Jessica Sanchez, Karley Reidinger, Alise Rohr, Alathia Markwell, Zaira Medina, Brooklynne Johnson, Blakeli Jerles; Willapa Valley – Britney Patrick, Hallee Layman, Olivia Matlock, Cami Swartz, Hannah Cook, Katie Adkins, Katelyn McGough, Brooke Friese, Chayse Coady, Olivia Betrozoff, Ana Chavez, Jeorgi Ritzman
