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KENDRICK FOOTBALL
1st Round
Defeated Soda Springs Girls Track and Field (55% to 45%)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Meridian Boys Wrestling (60% to 40%)
Head Coach
Zane Hobart, 12th Season
Key Athletes
Brock Boyer, 11, Offensive Line/Defensive Line
Sawyer Hewett, 11, Running Back/Defensive Back
Ty Koepp, 12, Quarterback
Dallas Morgan, 12, Offensive Line/Defensive Line
Hunter Taylor, 12, Wide Receiver/Defensive Back
Kendrick’s large group of seniors just finished a run that included a 37-4 run and three consecutive Class 1A Division II championships. In playoff victories over Dietrich, Hagerman and Camas County this past November, the Tigers outscored their opponents 246-20.
It’s easy to point to the talents of four-year starting quarterback Ty Koepp and his bevy of talented ball-handlers like Sawyer Hewett, Hunter Taylor, Mason Kimberling, Wyatt Fitzmorris, etc. But the true strength of Kendrick’s dominance starts with two-way linemen Dallas Morgan (6-foot-3, 262 pounds) and Brock Boyer (6-foot-2, 220 pounds). Size like that is unheard of in Idaho’s smallest classification.
Next year will provide an interesting challenge, as several starting spots in the lineup will be turned over to newcomers. Kendrick also will be moving up a classification level in 2024. But for now, let’s simply bask in all that the Tigers did in 2023.
SUGAR-SALEM GIRLS SOCCER
1st Round
Defeated Skyview Volleyball (61% to 39%)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Kimberly softball (65% to 35%)
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.
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