Basketball: Glacier's Hashley, Bennett named to all-state teams

by The Daily Inter Lake
| March 17, 2015 11:36 PM

Glacier’s Jaxen Hashley and Hailee Bennett were named to the Class AA all-state basketball teams on Tuesday.

Hashley, a sophomore forward for the Wolfpack, earned his first all-state nod by averaging a team-high 10.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, one of just three players in the state to put up those numbers.

He was joined from the Western conference by Hellgate seniors Tres Tinkle and Rhett Baerlocher, Sentinel senior Zaccheus Darko-Kelly, Capital senior Keegan Syvrud and Helena junior Ragen Shein. State champion Billings Skyview had a pair of all-staters from the East, seniors Kendall Manuel and Nolan McHugh. Great Falls seniors Brendan Howard, Matt Wyman and Lukas Vining and Billings West seniors Jared Samuelson and Danny Betcher and Bozeman senior Adam Huse were also all-state.

This is the second time Bennett has been named to the all-state girls team. A junior point guard, she averaged 13.4 points and 3.8 assists per game in helping the Wolfpack to its best-ever finish at the state tournament. Glacier finished third, capturing the first basketball trophy in school history.

State champion Helena Capital had two all-staters in juniors Kenzie Johnston and Tjaden Pallister. Sentinel’s Shannon Worster and Lexi Steele and Big Sky senior Maddy Shaide also represent the West. Bozman’s Averie Collins and Emerald Toth, Billings Skyview’s Hailey Copinga, Great Falls’ Nora Klick, Billings West’s MorningRose Tobey and Great Falls C.M. Russell’s Taylor Edwards are the Eastern all-staters.

Glacier’s Sam McCamley and Flathead’s Matt Marshall were named honorable mention all-conference in the West for the boys. Glacier’s Katie Wiley and Flathead’s Tiana Johnson were named to the second-team all-conference for the girls. Glacier junior Taylor Salonen was honorable mention.

Class AA

BOYS

ALL-STATE

Tres Tinkle, sr., Missoula Hellgate; Ragen Shein, jr., Helena; Zaccheus Darko-Kelly, sr., Missoula Sentinel; Keegan Syvrud, sr., Helena Capital; Rhett Baerlocher, sr., Missoula Hellgate; Jaxen Hashley, so., Glacier; Kendall Manuel, sr., Skyview; Brendan Howard, so., Great Falls; Jared Samuelson, sr., Billings West; Danny Betcher, sr., Billings West; Adam Huse, sr., Bozeman; Matt Wyman, sr., Great Falls; Lukas Vining, sr., Great Falls; Nolan McHugh, sr., Billings Skyview.

ALL-CONFERENCE

Western AA

First team

Second team

Colin Bingham, sr., Missoula Big Sky; Devin Bray, sr., Missoula Hellgate; Chase South, sr., Helena; Sean Mulcahy, sr., Helena Capital; Casey Ebelt, sr., Helena Capital.

Honorable mention

Sam McCamley, sr., Glacier; Matt Marshall, so., Flathead; Henry Garrett, sr., Helena; Sam Beighle, fr., Missoula Sentinel; Jake Tabish, jr., Missoula Big Sky; Mark Lebsock, sr., Missoula Hellgate; Gus Chancy, sr., Helena Capital.

Eastern AA

First team

Kendall Manuel, sr., Skyview; Brendan Howard, so., Great Falls; Jared Samuelson, sr., Billings West; Danny Betcher, sr., Billings West; Adam Huse, sr., Bozeman; Matt Wyman, sr., Great Falls; Lukas Vining, sr., Great Falls; Nolan McHugh, sr., Billings Skyview.

Second team

Trevor Spoja, sr., Billings West; Tre’von Strong, sr., Billings Skyview; Bennett Hostetler, jr., Bozeman; Karl Tucker II, jr., Great Falls CMR; Brian Smith, sr., Butte.

Honorable mention

Aaron Weidenaar, jr., Bozeman; Mac Turner, jr., Billings Senior; RayQuan Evans, so., Billings Skyview; Dylan Cook, jr., Butte; Trace Bradshaw, jr., Bozeman.

GIRLS

ALL-STATE

Kenzie Johnston, jr., Helena Capital; Maddy Shaide, sr., Missoula Big Sky; Hailee Bennett, jr., Glacier; Shannon Worster, so., Missoula Sentinel; Lexi Steele, sr., Missoula Sentinel; Tjaden Pallister, jr., Helena Capital; Averie Collins, sr., Bozeman; Emerald Toth, jr., Bozeman; Hailey Copinga, sr., Billings Skyview; Nora Klick, jr., Great Falls; MorningRose Tobey, sr., Billings West; Taylor Edwards, sr., Great Falls CMR.

ALL-CONFERENCE

Western AA

First team

Second team

Shanna Floerchinger, jr., Helena; Kylie Frohlich, fr., Missoula Sentinel; Katie Wiley, sr., Glacier; Jenna Starke, sr., Helena; Rayna Pilgeram, sr., Helena Capital; Savanna Bignell, jr., Helena Capital; Tiana Johnson, so., Flathead.

Honorable mention

Lexi Duce, sr., Missoula Hellgate; Taylor Salonen, jr., Glacier; Kara Hogan, sr., Missoula Hellgate; McKenna Arledge, jr, Missoula Big Sky; Kendall Mooney, jr., Missoula Big Sky; Anna Gragg, jr., Missoula Big Sky.

Eastern AA

First team

Averie Collins, sr., Bozeman; Emerald Toth, jr., Bozeman; Hailey Copinga, sr., Billings Skyview; Nora Klick, jr., Great Falls; MorningRose Tobey, sr., Billings West; Taylor Edwards, sr., Great Falls CMR.

Second team

Caitlin Lonergan, jr., Bozeman; Jessi Zuroff, sr., Billings West; Haylea Elkin, jr., Billings West; Kortney McNeil, sr., Billings Senior; Alli Kieckbusch, sr., Billings Senior; Jeanann Lemelin, jr., Billings Senior.

Honorable mention

Ronnie Harris, sr., Billings Skyview; Hannah Collins, so., Great Falls; Cody Rogers, so., Billings West; Jordyn Wagner, sr., Billings Senior; Breanna Easton, sr., Great Falls CMR; McKaul Ori, sr., Butte.