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SUGAR-SALEM GIRLS SOCCER

1st Round

Defeated Skyview Volleyball (61% to 39%)

Head Coach

Scott Terry, 9th Season

Key Athletes

Allie Christensen, 11, Forward

Andee Petterson, 9, Forward

Kamryn Teichert, 10, Defender

Isabelle Tuttle, 11, Defender

Dakota Weekes, 12, Midfielder

Sugar-Salem won its first championship ever in girls soccer this past season.  Veteran coach Scott Terry led the Diggers to the title just hours after also coaching the Sugar-Salem boys soccer team to a 3A championship, becoming the first coach in Idaho soccer history to accomplish that feat.

The Diggers were not merely good in 2023, they were dominant.  Sugar-Salem went a perfect 21-0.  They scored a total of 135 goals, or over six goals per game.  But the most impressive number came on defense, where the Diggers allowed a total of eight goals all season.

And lest opponents think the worst of it is over, there were only five seniors on this year’s team.  Freshman Andee Petterson was named the Mountain Rivers Conference Offensive Player of the Year, and junior Isabelle Tuttle earned the Defensive Player of the Year award.  So….yeah, these Diggers aren’t going anywhere.

KIMBERLY SOFTBALL

1st Round

Defeated Thunder Ridge Girls Wrestling (75% to 25%)

Head Coach

Ryan Trappen, 1st Season

Key Athletes

Emma Chavez, 9, Catcher

Addi Clark, 10, Pitcher/1st Baseman

Jaci Cowger, 11, Shortstop

Emily Hanchey, 12, Second Baseman

Mallory Kelsey, 11, Pitcher/1st Baseman

State tournament weekend in softball was one of the wildest in recent memory, as four of the five championships were decided in the true “if-necessary” second championship game.  Only one team went through their state tournament completely unscathed and unbeaten: Kimberly.

The Bulldogs blitzed Timberlake 16-0 in their opener, held off a feisty Marsh Valley team 5-4, blanked Homedale in the undefeated semifinal 11-0, and defeated the Trojans again in the championship game, 9-6.

Sophomore Addi Clark hit .510 on the season, and blasted eight home runs.  She added 13 doubles, six triples, 38 RBIs, and 42 runs scored.  Clark also teamed up in the pitcher’s circle with Mallory Kelsey to give the Bulldogs a solid one-two punch, a luxury that many softball teams don’t have.

The victory over Homedale gave Kimberly its second consecutive softball title, and fifth overall.