PORT ANGELES — A trio of Olympic Peninsula high school boys and girls basketball seniors were picked this week to participate in state basketball all-star games Saturday.
The boys all-star games are being held by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches’ Association. They will be held at Curtis High School.
Selected to play in the 2A game is Port Angeles’ Wyatt Dunning. Dunning,a. 6-foot-6 shooting forward, led the Roughriders in scoring this year and was a big part of the team’s sixth-place finish at the state 2A basketball tournament.
Two of Dunning’s teammates will be former opponents from North Kitsap. The Riders had three tough games against the Vikings this season, winning one of them. Jonny Olmstead and Jonas LaTour from North Kitsap will be part of Dunning’s team. Another familiar opponent for Dunning is John John Barbee of Franklin Pierce. Port Angeles played Franklin Pierce twice in the postseason, winning both games. Barbee was also selected to be part of the 2A team.
The 2A boys will play the 1A state boys team beginning at 2 p.m.
For the girls, Eve Burke of Port Angeles was named to the 2A team by the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches’ Association. Burke led the Riders girls’ team in scoring at more than 20 points a game.
Ocean Aguirre of Neah Bay, the only senior on a squad that finished second in the state, was named to the girls 1B team. Aguirre will also have some familiar teammates. Mount Vernon Christian beat Neah Bay in the state title game and the Tri-District tournament championship, and MVC has two girls on the all-state team — Kylee Russell and Emma Droog.
Another familiar opponent, Lola Baerlocher of Colton, is on the all-state team. Neah Bay upset Colton in the 1B state semifinals.
The game between the 1A girls and 2A girls will be played at 4 p.m. at Kings High School. The girls 1B vs. 2B game will be played at 2 p.m.
Neah Bay dominates NOL all-league teams
JOYCE — The Neah Bay girls basketball team, which won the North Olympic League and finished second at the 1B state tournament, dominated the NOL All-League selection, with all five starters making first team.
Neah Bay’s Allie Greene, the leading scorer for the Red Devils, was also named the NOL Most Valuable Player.
NOL first-teamers include Greene, Oceana Aguirre, Amber Swan, Ryana Moss and Ezrah Ray, all with Neah Bay.
The second team includes Kaylen Mason, Makiah Clark and JoCy Kazlauskas of Crescent. This trio led the Loggers to their first postseason berth in a number of years. Also making the second team was Abigail Flories of Clallam Bay.
Making the honorable mention team were Venessa Jimmicum and Simon Cruz-Lopez of Clallam Bay and Payton Fieldsend of Crescent.
Clallam Bay was awarded the league’s sportsmanship award and Justin Grimes-Brown of Neah Bay was named coach of the year for the league.
For the boys, Julian Carrick of Neah Bay was named the league’s MVP. Also making the first team were Makyah Chambers of Neah Bay and Conner Ferro-May of Crescent.
Making the second team were Jaden Halttunen, Jodell Wimberly and Kaeden Butterfield from Neah Bay and Hayden Ferrel and Austin Sage of Crescent.
Named to the honorable mention team were Daniel Cumming, Jeremiah Signore and Colton Hess of Clallam Bay, and Brayden Emery of Crescent.
Clallam Bay was recognized for sportsmanship and the NOL coach of the year was Chris Ferrier.
