Burke heads up talent-rich team

2021-22 All-Peninsula Girls basketball team

• MVP: Eve Burke, sr., Port Angeles: Undersized post accounted for about 33 percent of Roughriders’ scoring, rebounding and steal production. First-team All-Olympic League, All-State selection.

• Allie Greene, jr., Neah Bay: North Olympic League MVP had a terrific postseason, guiding Red Devils to second-place finish at Class 1B state tournament.

• Jolene Vaara, soph., Sequim: Versatile forward has ball-handling and finishing skills of a guard, plays passing lanes like a football cornerback and rebounds and blocks shots aggressively down low.

• Anna Petty, jr., Port Angeles: Riders’ most persistent and aggressive player came on offensively this season and earned second-team All-Olympic League honors.

• Bailee Larson, sr., Port Angeles: Point guard/defensive dynamo kept the pressure on opposing ball handlers and developed an added toughness inside.

• Jelissa Julmist, jr., Sequim: Wolves’ leading scorer and rebounder was well on her way to all-league honors when she suffered a season-ending knee injury.

• Keira Johnson, soph., Forks: Leader of Spartans’ run-and-gun offense was a first-team All-Pacific League pick.

• Kadie Wood, jr., Forks: Spartans’ point guard was valuable all season, but stepped up in a big way when Johnson went down with an injury late in regular season and earned first-team All-Pacific League honors.

• Kyra Neel, jr., Forks: Spartans’ forward provided toughness, rebounding and scoring on her way to honorable mention All-Pacific League.

• Oceanna Aguirre, sr., Neah Bay: Red Devils lone senior controlled the post and earned first-team All-North Olympic League honors.

• Alyssa Vandenberg, jr., East Jefferson: Rivals’ leading scorer and rebounder earned second-team All-Nisqually League honors.

• Kaylen Mason, jr., Crescent: Loggers’ MVP earned second-team All-North Olympic League honors after leading turnaround from 1-9 record in 2021 to 9-6 in 2021-22.

• Coaching Staff of the Year: Tina Brown, Neah Bay: Guided Red Devils to Class 1B state championship game and a second-place finish, best in Neah Bay history.

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