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Watauga High, after winning conference titles in four fall sports in the Northwestern 3A-4A, won two top athlete awards in the league and has three Coach of the Year award winners.
In voting my conference coaches, the Pioneers’ Rebekah Farthing (volleyball, offense), Sophia Ritter (girls cross country) and Price St. Clair (boys cross country) won conference Player of the Year awards.
Watauga head coaches winning Coach of the Year awards were Carol Almond in girls tennis and Randy McDonough (both cross country awards).
The Pioneers won conference titles in girls’ tennis, volleyball, girls’ cross country and boys’ cross country.
Destyne Wimbush of Hickory was named the girls’ tennis player of the year while Avery Jackson of St. Stephens won Defensive Player of the Year in volleyball.
Hickory’s Anna McDonald, the medalist in all six conference girls’ golf matches this season, won player of the year in her sport.
Jason Stephens of Hickory was named volleyball coach of the year after guiding the Red Tornadoes to a second place finish.
Rob Scott, who led Freedom to a second place finish in girls’ golf, won coach of the year in that sport.
Conference officials will release All-Northwestern 3A-4A football awards — as they traditionally do — when all of the league teams in the state playoffs have completed their seasons.
ALL-NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
(as voted on by conference head coaches)
VOLLEYBALL
Conference champion: Watauga.
All-conference: Rebekah Farthing, Watauga; Grace Hayes, Watauga; Emma Clark, Watauga; Grace Hagaman, Watauga; Brooke Byrd, Watauga; Kayla Beaver, W. Caldwell; Madison Bailey, Freedom; Madison Penley, Freedom; Sage Harrington, Alexander Central; Kacey Payne, Alexander Central; Sam Wilson, St. Stephens; Madison Bolch, St. Stephens; Avery Jackson, St. Stephens; Julie Huggins, Hickory; Ally Sweeney, Hickory; Morgan Anderson, Hickory; Emily Annas, S. Caldwell; Parker Brown, McDowell.
Offensive Player of the Year: Rebekah Farthing, Watauga.
Defensive Player of the Year: Avery Jackson, St. Stephens.
Coach of the Year: Jason Stephens, Hickory.
GIRLS GOLF
Conference champion: Hickory.
All-conference: Anna McDonald, Hickory; Jordan Carpenter, Hickory; Tyler Price, McDowell; McKenzie Hartman, McDowell; Cate Cook, St. Stephens; Albany Bock, Freedom; Christina Fisher, Freedom; Ellie Tanner, Freedom; Jackie Little, Alexander Centra; Jasmine Dessert, Alexander Central; Haley Teague, Alexander Central; Heather Cronan, Alexander Central; Lexi Summerlin, S. Caldwell; Abby Gray, S. Caldwell.
Golfer of the Year: Anna McDonald, Hickory.
Coach of the Year: Rob Scott, Freedom.
GIRLS TENNIS
Conference champion: Watauga.
All-conference: Lucy Gray, Watauga; Magali Turner, Watauga; Jadyn Kadyk, Watauga; Briana Davidson, Watauga; Amy Herfurth, Hickory; Dawson Clifford, Hickory; Destyne Wimbush, Hickory; Darby Sherrill, Alexander Central; Allie Meadows, Alexander Central; Logan Norris, St. Stephens; Paige Shaw, McDowell; Savannah Vandergriff, Freedom; Holli Keener, S. Caldwell; Maggie Stoudemire, S. Caldwell; Annie Bean, W. Caldwell.
Player of the Year: Destyne Wimbush, Hickory.
Coach of the Year: Carol Almond, Watauga
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Conference champion: Watauga.
All-conference: Emma Beach, Watauga; Emma Tzotschew, Watauga; Anna Selong, Watauga; Sophia Ritter, Watauga; Caroline Edwards, Watauga; Riley Carswell, Freedom; Adriana De La Riva, W. Caldwell; Ambria Duncan, St. Stephens; Lauren Turner, S. Caldwell; Camella Church, Alexander Central; Sarah Van Voorhis, Alexander Central; Sarah Hirsch, Hickory; Barrett Geyer, Hickory; Laney Dettlebach, Hickory.
Runner of the Year: Sophia Ritter, Watauga.
Coach of the Year: Randy McDonough, Watauga.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Conference champion: Watauga.
All-conference: Price St. Clair, Watauga; Avery Cannon, Watauga; Caleb Coatney, Watauga; Joshua Lamont, Watauga; Elias Norman, Watauga; Tucker Brown, Watauga; Ethan Turner, Watauga; Jacob Squiric, Hickory; Ethan Deffke, Hickory; Jayden Hefner, St. Stephens; Tyler Christensen, St. Stephens; Cooper Castellaw, Alexander Central; Carter Patterson, Alexander Central; Seth Warren, Alexander Central; Logan Ellis, Alexander Central.
Runner of the Year: Price St. Clair, Watauga.
Coach of the Year: Randy McDonough, Watauga.