Area netters earn all-conference honors
Volleyball players from all five teams in the Times coverage area earned all-conference honors in either the Dairyland or Coulee conferences.
The first- and second-team all-conference awards were announced recently. Blair-Taylor led the way with two players picked for the All-Dairyland Conference First Team.
B-T libero Paige Kelly and hitter Andrea Waldera were both first-team picks in the DC. Whitehall’s Olivia Killian also made the list.
B-T and Whitehall were part of a three-way tie with Eleva-Strum for fourth place in the DC with 5-4 records. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran went undefeated in the DC while Cochrane-Fountain City was 8-1 and Alma/Pepin finished 6-3. Alma Center Lincoln and Independ-ence/Gilmanton both were 3-6, Melrose-Mindoro went 1-8 and Augusta was 0-9.
Freshman Chloe Medenblik earned second-team honors for B-T. I/G’s Adison Pronschinske was also named to the second-team.
Other first team members included: Wallice Helmin and Kennedy Carlson, A/P; Gabrielle Radichel and Cheyenne Wales, ECIL; Aubrey Smith and Mackenzie Wenger, C-FC and Anika Skoug, E-S.
Second-team members include: Bella Holzer, C-FC; Cooper Zeman, Mel-Min; Eliza Kulig, E-S; Gabby Heredia, ACL; Olivia Meyer, Augusta and Audrey Arndt, Sophia Carstensen and Han-nah Kazemba, ECIL.
Arcadia’s Casidi Pehler earned first-team honors in the Coulee Conference. Teammate Adella Anderson was a second-team pick, as was Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s Kaylee Hauge.
Unlike the Dairyland, the Coulee announced honorable mention picks. Honored from lo-cal schools were Tatum Johnson from G-E-T and both Kaitlyn Bremer and Justine Sonsalla from Arcadia.
In addition to Pehler, the All-CC first team was made up of Player of the Year Reece Sackett and Makena Ihle, both from West Salem; Emma Kjos, Westby; Bryne Swenson, Viroqua; Isalynn Hagedorn, Luther and Tricia Klum, Westby.
The All-CC second team also included Izzie Clements and Reece Kammel, West Salem; Allie Zittel, Luther; Kami Delap, Viroqua and Kaylee Kirner, Westby.
