3A players named to all WSL team

Aspen coach named boys Coach of the Year, Basalt coach named for girls

Click to Enlarge Browse and Buy Post Independent Photos Coal Ridge Titan Andy Smedra was named to the Class 3A All Western Slope League Team, along with his teammate Alex Klein and Roaring Fork’s Torrey Udall, Matthias Weissl and Alex Hernandez. For the girls team, Coal Ridge High School’s Morgan Jessup and Roaring Fork’s Celeste Comings and Rebecca Roeber were named to the all league team. Kelley Cox | Post Independent

Staff Report
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado
March 22, 2008

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Class 3A Western Slope Basketball All-League Teams

Coach of the Year: Steve Ketchum, Aspen Senior of the Year: Cory Parker, Aspen First Team: Aspen — Parker, Mike Taylor, Brian Westerlind; Basalt — Connor Rakowski, Taylor Forman; Cedaredge — Bo Baker; Coal Ridge — Andy Smedra, Alex Klein; Gunnison — Cameron Nicholl, Kolby Pringle; Roaring Fork — Torrey Udall, Matthias Weissl, Alex Hernandez. Area Honorable Mention Selections: Coal Ridge — Evan Wagstrom, Braxton Jackson; Roaring Fork — Walker Abrahamovich, Oscar Alvarado. Girls Coach of the Year: Carolyn Compton, Basalt Senior of the Year: Katheryne Fitzpatrick, Basalt First Team: Aspen — Julia Hassall; Basalt — Kathryne Fitzpatrick, Dayne Toney, Emily Peetz; Coal Ridge — Morgan Jessup; Gunnison — Jacqueline Lovato, Katie Vader; Hotchkiss, Stephanie Spor; Olathe — Joya L’Ecuyer, Breannna Brew; Roaring Fork — Celeste Comings, Rebecca Roeber. Area Honorable Mention Selections: Coal Ridge — Matraisa Beecraft, Kaitlin Moeller; Roaring Fork — Heather Seablad, Nikki Smeins.

CARBONDALE — All four seniors on the Roaring Fork boys basketball team will exit their high school careers with honors, as three were selected to the Class 3A Western Slope All-League team and one received honorable mention.

Guards Matthias Weissl and Alex Hernandez, as well as post Torrey Udall were named to the WSL squad while Oscar Olvarado was handed honorable mention.

Junior Ram Walker Abrahamovich was also named to the honorable mention list.
Roaring Fork (19-7) went to its fifth straight state tournament this season despite breaking its four-year WSL, district and regional championships streak.

Coal Ridge was represented by two players on the all-league squad as both Alex Klein, a junior, and Andy Smedra, a sophomore, were selected. Smedra, who ran the point for Coal Ridge, was the only sophomore to make the team. Fellow Titans Evan Wagstrom, a junior, and Braxton Jackson, a senior, both received honorable mention.

The Titans finished the season with a 14-9 record and made it to regionals for the first time in its three-year history.

The Aspen boys, who finished fourth at the state tournament after winning the WSL, districts and regionals, took home top honors as Cory Parker was selected as the Senior of the Year and Steve Ketchum was awarded Coach of the Year.

Three area players earned spots on the All-WSL girls team in Roaring Fork seniors Celeste Comings and Rebecca Roeber as well as Coal Ridge junior Morgan Jessup.

Heather Seabald and Nikki Smeins, who are both seniors with the Rams, and Matraisa Beecraft and Kaitlin Moeller, who are both juniors with the Titans, all notched honorable mention selections.

Coal Ridge, which went 12-11 this year, finished with its first winning season and first regional playoff appearance in team history. The Rams went 10-5 and had their season cut short by Olathe who upset them in the first round of districts.

The Basalt girls, who were the only team to represent the WSL in the state tournament and won the consolation championship, also raked in the top nods with Katheryne Fitzpatrick being named Senior of the Year and Carolyn Compton getting Coach of the Year.