Vals, Vikes named All-Conference for soccer
The Class A All-State and
All-Conference soccer honoree lists were released last week and
seven Bigfork athletes were recipients, including senior Caitlin
Charlebois, who was named All-State.
Charlebois scored 18 of the Valkyries’
39 goals this season and had five assists. She finished the season
ranked third for most goals and for most points among all Class A
girls soccer players and was tied for 12th in assists.
Also representing the Vals on the
All-Conference list were Quinci Paine, Miranda Miller, Taylor
McElroy and Kenna Hauns. Paine scored eight goals this season and
had two assists. She was ranked 13th in the state among Class A
teams for most goals in a season. This is the third-straight year
that Paine and Charlebois have received All-Conference honors.
Hauns had four goals and four assists
this season, Miller had four goals and one assist, and McElroy had
one goal and two assists.
“For the second straight year, Bigfork
has been honored by having a high number of girls selected for
All-Conference awards,”said Charlie Appleby, Bigfork’s head girls
soccer coach. “I am so pleased by the respect our team was given by
the other coaches in the conference. I know how hard all of the
girls played this season and to be able to give even five of these
girls the recognition they deserve is a wonderful thing.”
While Appleby, who in his first year as
head coach helped the girls reach the state playoffs for the first
time since 2003, said he was excited for the girls who were
selected for the honors, he also noted that “most if not all of our
girls probably could have been given a year-end award” and that one
factor that may have kept them from the award was their position on
the team.
“Looking at the selections from our
team, I see that our girls who were relegated to defense for the
whole season did not get recognized,” Appleby said. “The reason is
that we just did not have a ton of great defensive games this
season, yet each player on the defense was incredibly talented and
played through their own hardships.”
From the Vikings soccer team,
goalkeeper Nate Roberson and Fabian Zavala made the All-Conference
list.
“They were chosen due to their example
on and off the field — the quality of person they are, not simply
their abilities as players,” said Keith Koslosky, head boys soccer
coach. “It was my honor and enjoyment coaching them the past four
years. I will miss them and I wish them all the best as they are
soon to venture out into the world beyond Bigfork. I am proud of
their accomplishment and the way they finished the season. I am
happy for them in that they both scored goals in their final high
school soccer match.”
This year Roberson scored one goal and
had one assist despite playing keeper for all but the final week of
the season. Zavala scored two goals.