Athletes of the Week for 6-1
Our final athlete of the week for the school year. Since we started with boys and this is a boys week, we have both boys and girls to close out the school year.
MOUNT SI BOYS – Any number of baseball players could have earned this honor, but we give this final award to Daniel Besmer, for his tremendous throw to the plate which nailed what would have been the game-tying run in their state semifinal game against Kamiakin for the final out of the contest. Besmer’s throw was so strong it reached catcher Robb Lane with plenty of time to spare, forcing Brave Jonny Allen into a collision with Lane, which resulted in the Wildcat senior backstop losing the baseball. However, high school rules don’t allow the type of collision Allen had with Lane, and Allen was not only called out, he was ejected and subsequently suspended for the next Braves game on Saturday, which Kamiakin fell in.
MOUNT SI GIRLS – Track, and this goes to senior Leslie Stevens, who did well at two events this past weekend at the state meet. Stevens has been a superb two-sport athlete the past four years at Mount Si, starring both in track and on the girls’ soocer squad as well. Stevens has a great future ahead of her, we think, and we wish all the best as she embarks on that future this fall in college.
CEDARCREST BOYS – Season is over, so we give the awards based on postseason honors. For boys, it goes to Paul Wilen from the Red Wolve baseball team, who was named the Cascade Conference MVP this spring. The senior will be playing in the 2A All-Star game in Bellingham Saturday.
CEDARCREST GIRLS -Their season ended with a district tournament loss to Lynden, but it was a good year for the Red Wolve softball team. Among their three first-teamers was Dani Kissinger, and her efforts this season in helping the CHS softball team’s success are worthy of this Athlete of the Week. All in all, five softball players received league honors, and their coach, longtime CHS educator and coach Les Collins, took co-coach of the year honors within the Cascade Conference.
Next week, we will have an athlete of the year, so we are taking nominations now. Email to snovalleysports@gmail.com.
