Lakers, Twins, Mariners have All-State picks

by Daily Inter Lake
| August 10, 2025 12:00 AM

One player each from the Kalispell Lakers, Mission Valley Mariners and Glacier Twins was named All-State for Class A American Legion baseball in Montana.

The Lakers’ Tait Orme, Mission Valley’s Cole Wadsworth and Nolan Amerman of the Twins made up three of the seven West A players that landed All-State honors.

The state champion Bitterroot Red Sox had two selections, while the Bitterroot Bucs and Cranbrook Bandits out of British Columbia had one each.

Orme hit .415 for the 35-27 Lakers, with a .516 on-base percentage, two homers, 15 steals and 40 runs batted in. Wadsworth hit .391 with a .454 OBP, 21 RBIs and 51 runs scored for the 25-23 Mariners. Amerman hit .451 with 23 steals and 17 extra-base hits, including five home runs, in 36 games with the Twins.

The Lakers also saw George Schwan and Max Schara named all-West A; also making all-district were Aidan Rose and Bransen Holzer of the Libby Loggers.

The full honors teams are below:

Montana/Alberta Legion

Class A All-State

Nolan Amerman Glacier Twins

Michael Clark Cranbrook Bandits

Caleb Katen Bitterroot Bucs

Jackson Lubke Bitterroot Red Sox

Tait Orme Kalispell Lakers

Boedy Tadvick Bitterroot Red Sox

Cole Wadsworth Mission Valley Mariners

All-West A

Cash Lawrence Bitterroot Red Sox

Reese Earp Bitterroot Red Sox

Drew Wagner Bitterroot Bucs

Chase Wagner Bitterroot Bucs

Ty Dupley Cranbrook Bandits

Vinny Fiorentino Cranbrook Bandits

Josh Pighin Cranbrook Bandits

George Schwan Kalispell Lakers

Max Schara Kalispell Lakers

Aidan Rose Libby Loggers

Bransen Holzer Libby Loggers

Ethan Paugh Missoula Mavs

Isaac Thorne Missoula Mavs

Honorable Mention: Jude Widmer, Red Sox; Mason Arlington, Bucs; Joey Wheeler, Bucs; Liam Rech, Lakers; Miles Arrowsmith, Lakers; Landon Shoemake, Mariners; Cody Haggard, Mariners; Holden Emerson, Mariners.