All-state soccer teams announced
The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs had five players named Northwest A all-state, and the state champion Columbia Falls Wildcats had six on the list released Thursday.
Isabelle Cooke, Brooke Roberts, Olivia Genovese, Maya Lacey and Norah Schmidt were all-state and all-conference from Whitefish. Second team all-conference for Whitefish are Madeline Muhlfeld, Delaney Smith and Maeve Ingelfinger.
For the Columbia Falls girls, Hope McAtee and Josie Harris were all-state, Sydney Mann was all-conference, and Zoey Byrd, Taylor Rodgers and Mila Johns were second team selections.
Also selected for all-state honors were Danika Bucklin and Braeden Gunlock of Bigfork. Paeten Gunlock made all-conference for Bigfork.
Polson’s Tia Mercer was selected all-conference second team, as was Scout Nadeau and Piper Buzzell of Bigfork.
Bryce Dunham, Nico Lang, Kai Golan, Andrew Miner, Walton Nichols, Finley Sundberg were Columbia Falls’ boys all-state selections, with Dale Blickhan and Adam Schrader earning all-conference honors.
Bigfork’s Landon Byerman was selected for all-state, as were Collin Lyman and Ryder Eliott of Whitefish.
Columbia Falls’ Ethan Austin, Josiah Kilman and River Wolford were named second-team all conference, as were Libby’s David Bailey and Caleb Riedesel of Bigfork.
GIRLS
All Conference soccer first team selections (11): All state selections (9):
1) Isabelle Cooke 11 WF*
2) Hope McAtee 11 CF*
3) Brooke Roberts 12 WF*
4) Olivia Genovese 11 WF*
5) Danika Bucklin 11 BF*
6) Maya Lacey 12 WF*
7) Josie Harris 11 CF*
8) Braeden Gunlock 10 BF*
9) Norah Schmidt 11 WF*
10) Paeten Gunlock 9 BF
11) Sydney Mann 12 CF
Girls All Conference second team selections (11):
1) Tia Mercer 12, POL
2) Madeline Muhlfeld 12 WF
3) Zoey Byrd 12 CF
4) Scout Nadeau 12 BF
5) Delaney Smith 10 WF
6) Taylor Rodgers 9 CF
7) Mila Johns 9 CF
8) Kaydence Stanek 10 LIB
9) Piper Buzzell 11 BF
10)Maeve Ingelfinger 11 WF
11) Morgan Hayes 10 LIB
Girls All Conference Honorable Mention Selections(5):
1) Gracie Johnson 9 BF
2) Addyson Gallatin 11 POL
3) Kenzee West 11 CF
4) Delaney Kirby 9 BF
5) Scout Wenzel 12 POL
(One additional all-state selection for each conference/division that has a team make the
semi-finals (NWA gets 2 additional selection(s) in 2022)
BOYS
All Conference soccer first team selections (11): All state selections (9):
1) Landon Byerman 12 BF*
2) Bryce Dunham 12 CF*
3) Ryder Elliott 11 WF*
4) Kai Golan 11 CF*
5) Nico Lang 12 CF*
6) Collin Lyman 11 WF*
7) Andrew Miner 12 CF*
8) Walton Nichols 12 CF*
9) Finley Sundberg 12 CF*
10) Dale Blickhan 12 CF
11) Adam Schrader 12 CF
Boys All Conference second team selections(11):
1) Ethan Austin 12 CF
2) David Bailey 12 LIB
3) Logan Bingham 10 WF
4) Caleb Riedesel 11 BF
5) Rye Duffy 11 WF
6) Kyler Jonson 9 WF
7) Josiah Kilman 12 CF
8) Braydon Luikart 12 POL
9) Chris Noone 11 WF
10) Levi Peterson 12 BF
11) River Wolford 10 CF
Boys All Conference Honorable Mention Selections(5):
1) Jackson Dorvall 11 WF
2) Cruz Lies 9 POL
3) Alderic Martineau 10 LIB
4) Ted Mausshart 10 POL
5) Jeremiah Pilskalns 12 BF
(One additional all-state selection for each conference/division that has a team make the
semi-finals (NWA gets 2 additional selection in 2022)