Raymond’s Freeman named league MVP after stellar sophomore season

Seagulls junior guard Kyndal Koski named First Team; North Beach earns Sportsmanship Award

By Ryan Sparks • February 23, 2023 6:00 am
DAILY WORLD FILE PHOTO Raymond sophomore Karsyn Freeman (24) glides to the basket in a game against Morton-White Pass on Feb. 4 in Montesano. Freeman was named the 2B Pacific League MVP by the league’s coaches for the 2022-23 season.
DAILY WORLD FILE PHOTO Raymond sophomore Karsyn Freeman (24) glides to the basket in a game against Morton-White Pass on Feb. 4 in Montesano. Freeman was named the 2B Pacific League MVP by the league’s coaches for the 2022-23 season.

Raymond sophomore Karsyn Freeman was named the 2B Pacific League Most Valuable Player after a spectacular 2022-23 regular season.

In her third year wearing a Seagulls uniform after starting since eighth grade, Freeman scored 23 points per game and surpassed the 1,000 point benchmark this season in helping Raymond finish in a three-way tie for the top spot in the league.

The hard-charging Raymond guard was also stellar on the defensive end, averaging 5.9 rebounds and 4.6 steals per game and led the Gulls by averaging three assists a game this season.

Raymond junior guard Kyndal Koski joined Freeman on the league’s First Team by averaging 9.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.6 assists per game for the 19-6 Seagulls.

Raymond freshman Kassie Koski and South Bend senior Raydynn Morley were both named to the league’s Second Team while the North Beach Hyaks won the Sportsmanship Award.

The complete all-league list is as follows:

DAILY WORLD FILE PHOTO Raymond junior guard Kyndal Koski, seen here in a game on Feb. 4, was named to the 2B Pacific League First Team for the 2022-23 season.

DAILY WORLD FILE PHOTO Raymond junior guard Kyndal Koski, seen here in a game on Feb. 4, was named to the 2B Pacific League First Team for the 2022-23 season.

2B Pacific All-League Girls Basketball Team

MVP: Karsyn Freeman, soph., Raymond

Coach of the Year: Ned Bittner, Ilwaco

Sportsmanship Award: North Beach

First Team

Keira Johnson, jr., Forks; Tala Mitchell, sr., Chief Leschi; Mikaila Warfield, 8th, Ilwaco; Olivia McKinstry, sr., Ilwaco; Kyndal Koski, jr., Raymond; Kyra Neel, sr., Forks.

Second Team

Kadie Wood, sr., Forks; JoAnne Satiacum-Billie, sr., Chief Leschi; Kassie Koski, fr., Raymond; Zoey Zuern, sr., Ilwaco; Raydynn Morley, sr., South Bend.

Honorable Mention

Ione Sheldon, sr., Ilwaco; Anna Eastman, sr., North Beach; Sophia Bittner, fr., Ilwaco; Anna Davis, fr., Ocosta; Malia Cox, sr., North Beach; Alia Enlow, sr., Raymond; Brooklyn Avalon, 8th, Ilwaco; Ava Pine, fr., South Bend.

All-Academic Team

North Beach: Malia Cox, sr.; Kaci Osborne-Hansen, sr.; Anna Eastman, sr.; Jalen Goldman, sr.; Piper Fleming-Engler, jr.; Jazmine Goldman, fr.; Macenzie Osborne, fr.

Ocosta: Alexandria Matthews, sr.; Gabriella Ness, soph.; Penny Park, fr.

Raymond: Alia Enlow, sr.; Tymber Livingston, sr.; Kyndal Koski, jr.; Megan Kongbouakhay, fr.; Emma Glazier, fr.; Kassie Koski, fr.; Ava Baugher, fr.

South Bend: Makaylee Kuiken, sr.; Berklee Morley, soph.; Mackenzie Kuiken, jr.; Summer Stigall, soph.; Raydynn Morley, sr.; Fatima Delgado, soph.; Ava Pine, fr.; Sophia Markwell, jr.