Tigers place 29 on postseason honors lists

Coaches around Northern Nevada released their fall sports postseason honors teams this week.

While football will not be released until the state championship game in the first week of December, Douglas High had an exceptionally strong showing across the board in the remaining sports.

Out of seven fall sports not including football, Douglas had five players named as their league or region's Player of the Year.

They placed 29 athletes and one coach on the postseason honors lists.

Tennis standouts Amelia Ritger and James TenBroeck were named Northern 4A Regional Player of the Year in their respective sports while golf standout Bethany Wurster was named both the Sierra League Player of the Year and the Northern 4A Regional Player of the Year.

Ritger won her third regional title in four years and finished her high school career with the highest winning percentage in school history.

TenBroeck won his second consecutive regional title and boasted a 45-match unbeaten streak before falling at the first round of state.

Wurster blazed through the regular season winning most of her tournaments and her fourth Sierra League individual title before claiming her third regional title in four years.

She signed to play for Oregon State last week.

Douglas fared just as well in the team sports as senior Shannon Dugan (volleyball) and junior Tia Lyons (girls' soccer) earned Player of the Year awards in their sports for their play during the season.

Dugan led Douglas to its first state title in 12 years and its first regional title in nine years. She posted 351 kills, 63 aces and 286 service points -- all team-leading marks -- to go with 242 digs and 39 blocks.

Lyons had a team-leading 22 goals to go with a team-leading 16 assists on her way leading Douglas to its second-consecutive regional and state titles. She was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year.

The school's remaining postseason awards went like this:

CROSS COUNTRY

Douglas junior Andrew Cobourn was a first-team all-region honoree.

Sadie Gastelum was a second-team honoree on the girls' side.

GIRLS' GOLF

Wurster earned first-team all-league and all-region status.

Tawnie Wentz was a second-team All-Sierra League honoree and all-region honorable mention.

Molly Jordan earned Sierra League honorable mention status.

SOCCER

The Douglas girls' had 10 players make the list with Lyons winning Sierra League Offensive Player of the Year.

Katie Dry (15 goals, 13 assists) was a first-team all-leager in the midfield, as was Shannon Prinz.

Holly Downer and Shannon Hubbard were first-team defenders and Bri Randall was the first-team goal keeper. All six first-teamers were juniors for Douglas.

Senior Alex Laing earned second-team honors at forward after scoring nine goals to go with three assists despite playing only about half the season after rehabbing a knee injury.

Lexie Weaver, Cora Moody and Lacey Marsh all earned honorable mentions.

On the boys' side, defender Gavin Fitzhugh was Douglas' only honoree as he garnered a second-team mention.

TENNIS

Ritger earned first-team all-region honors, as did James TenBroeck.

On the girls' side, Kari TenBroeck and Sarah Weaver were honorable mentions. On the boys' side, Matt Thomas and Matt Williams were honorable mentions.

VOLLEYBALL

Douglas put its entire starting seven on the all-league lists while coach Suzi Townsell was named Sierra League Coach of the Year.

Dugan was named player of the year and Mia Townsell, Brenna White and Emily Garcia were first-team all-leaguers.

Jackie Harper made second-team and Keely Latham was an honorable mention.

Joey Crandall can be reached at (775) 782-5121, ext. 212.