Wolverines earn 26 spots on all-WHC squads
Published 8:00 am Thursday, May 31, 2018
Polk County earned quite a collection of all-Western Highlands Conference honors, landing two players of the year, a coach of the year and 26 total all-conference selections.
Wolverine senior Holden Owens and junior Ryan Heider were named the WHC’s baseball and tennis players of the year, respectively, with head coach Billy Alm named the league’s baseball coach of the year.
The complete list of all-Western Highlands Conference squads for all spring sports include:
Baseball
Player of the year: Holden Owens, Polk County
Pitcher of the year: Will Westbrock, Owen
Coach of the year: Billy Alm, Polk County
All-Conference
Avery: Josh Cook and Noah Rosato
Madison: Kannon Coates and Colton Roberts
Mitchell: Trystan Jenkins, Noah Pittman, Caleb Pritchard, Ben Robinson, Jeremy Sparks and Ben Young
Mountain Heritage: Hayden Branton, Derrick Thomas and Casey Wilson
Owen: Jackson Shaw and Trent Smith
Polk County: Nicholas Capozzi, Avery Edwards, Tyler Harris, Grayson Jones, Sedric Pickett and Evan Rimer
Girls Soccer
Player of the year: Camryn Bolick, Owen
Goalie of the year: Brandy Burleson, Mitchell; C.J. Graham, Owen
Coach of the year: David Fiest, Owen
All-Conference
Avery: Hannah Ruth Crosby and Kaylee Pittman
Madison: Amy Appollo, Jenna Barilovits, Olivia Nolan and Madison Taylor
Mitchell: Morgan Buchanan, Katy Hall and Zoe Lord
Mountain Heritage: Sammy Houchard and Megan Kenner
Owen: Kelsey Beck, Carly Campbell, Larkin Dale, Racheal Graham, Brooklyn Roland and Kayla Roseman
Polk County: Belen Akers, Reese Alley, Lauren Ketwitz, Baylee Love and Bella Marino
Softball
Player of the year: Bailey Cantrell, Madison
Pitcher of the year: Hannah Jennings, Madsion
Coach of the year: Andy Gregg, Madison
All-Conference
Avery: Macayla Benfield and Leah Ricker
Madison: Alex Baker, Brooklyn Franklin, Ashley Hamlin, Lili Honeycutt, Alex Nix and Haley Ray
Mitchell: Shelby Twiddy
Mountain Heritage: Kayla Biddix and Haley Penland
Owen: Caitlyn Ledford, Jaiden Tweed, Ashley Valencia and Gabi Wyatt
Polk County: Hannah Emory, Haley Fowler, Maranda Gosnell, Ansley Lynch, Autumn Owen and Karli Wood
Boys Tennis
Player of the year: Ryan Heider, Polk County
Coaches of the year: Chuck Robinson and Dick Keefer, Owen
All-Conference
Avery: Carter Dearmin, Garrett Dellinger, Brock Dindlechner and Chuck Roberson
Mountain Heritage: Will Calkins, Cobin Cooper and Nick Mencis
Owen: Joseph Frith, Hunter Haynes, Lorenz Hoover, Ethan Kadau, Wyatt Lehman and Brandon Nightingale
Polk County: Ethan Edwards, Henry Heider, Henry Monts and Payton Stott
Golf
Player of the year: Austin McGuire, Mitchell
All-Conference
Avery: Mason Daniels and Matt Leaman
Mitchell: Mitchell McMahan and Ty Pittman
Mountain Heritage: Stetson Fox
Polk County: Carson Emory, Hunter Lynch and Dillon Overholt
– Submitted by PolkSports.com