Steele earns Super-State soccer honor
Whitefish senior Jack Steele was named
to the Great Falls Tribune annual Super-State boys team for his
performance on the soccer field this fall. Steele was one of three
Class A players to earn the award, including Cree Maloney, of
Libby, and Mickey Wall, of Billings Central. Only 12 players
statewide are honored each fall.
The Tribune called Steele “a solid
playmaker and goal scorer. Steele helped the Bulldogs advance to
the state tournament. He finished as the No. 3 scorer in Class A,
with 10 goals and seven assists.”
“Jack has incredible endurance, an
engine that won’t quit,” Whitefish coach O’Brien Byrd said.
The newspaper noted that Steele is an
“outstanding” cross-country skier who has “fared well in numerous
events for the Glacier Nordic Ski Team in recent years.”
The Whitefish girls soccer team was
shut out of this year’s Super-State team despite making the
championship match and featuring two of the top scorers in the
state. More than half of the players on the list were from
Billings-area schools, including two from Class A champion Billings
Central.