by Scott Sacry
The All Conference and All State teams in basketball were announced and many Bitterroot Valley players were honored.
For the Southwestern A girls, Hamilton’s Layne Kearns was named the conference MVP, as well as 1st team All Conference and All State. Also for Hamilton, Taryn Searle earned 1st team All Conference. Taylor McCarthy and Emilee Searle each got Honorable Mention All Conference. For Stevensville, Claire Hutchinson earned 2nd Team All Conference, and Shiloh Lampi and Cambree Praast each earned Honorable Mention All Conference.
For the Southwestern A boys, Hamilton’s Asher Magness and Eli Taylor both earned 1st Team All Conference and All State honors, and Canaan Magness got Honorable Mention All Conference. For Corvallis, Aaron Powell earned Honorable Mention All Conference.
In the Boys 6B, Florence’s Patrick Duchien received 1st Team All Conference and All State honors. Tyler Abbott and Jesse Padilla each received 2nd team All Conference.
For the 6B Girls, Florence’s Maggie Schneiter got 1st Team All Conference. Olivia Coulter, Kenzy Pickering, and Josie Lewis each earned 2nd Team-All-Conference honors.
In the Girls 13C, Darby’s Sierra Reed earned 2nd team All Conference honors. In the Boys 13C, Darby’s Hooper Reed earned 1st Team All Conference and All State, Darby’s Cullan Duggan got 1st Team All Conference, and Darby’s Will Martin earned 2nd Team All Conference. For Victor, Landon Nuttall got 2nd Team All Conference.