Mark Morris linebacker Jake McCoy and Woodland quarterback Trevor Hurn have been selected Most Valuable Players of the Greater St. Helens 2A League on their respective sides of the football.

McCoy, a senior, tallied 85 solo tackles, 12 tackles for loss, three quarterback sacks, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries to earn the Defensive MVP award.

Hurn passed for 2,556 yards and 25 touchdowns to cap his senior campaign with the Offensive MVP award.

Shawn Perkins of Mark Morris, who led the Monarchs to the Class 2A state quarterfinals, was named the league’s Coach of the Year. Perkins’ troops opened the season with a 15-14 loss to Kelso, and won 10 consecutive games before losing to Ellensburg in the state playoffs.

MM players named to the league’s first team were running backs Jeremy Wolf and Braydon Poole, offensive linemen Taylor Beck and Jake Cotterell, defensive lineman Jake Welch, linebacker Dan Feeney, and defensive backs Josh Larson and Travis Kinder.

R.A. Long had eight players on the nine first-team positions, including quarterback William Yordy, receiver Gavin Johnson, offensive lineman Kersey Krieger, linebacker Jerry Graham, defensive back/kick returner J Nusbaum, defensive back Tanner Chamberlain, punter Dylan Hopkins and kicker Kaleb Carr.

Woodland players earning first-team kudos were receiver/punter Shane Brady, receiver Nick Fuller, tight end Elijah Denis, offensive lineman Evan Koering and defensive lineman Jake Elliott.

Also named to the first team were: Hockinson running back Aaron Hanson, offensive lineman Alex Keller, defensive lineman Jacob Berry and linebacker Hayden Kytola; Washougal defensive lineman Eric Hines and linebacker Ivo Wallace; and Ridgefield offensive lineman James Oman.

Among the second-team selections were MM quarterback Scotty Kirkpatrick, running backs Nathan Wilson and Colton Carpenter, tight end Cody Molner, offensive linemen Alex Shuttleworth and Stephen Cabrales, defensive back Dalton Thacker and kick returner Wolf; RAL offensive linemen Patrick Wille and Zac Williams, defensive linemen Julio Barrera, defensive back Austin Wegdahl and linebacker Hopkins; and Woodland offensive lineman Pat Warner, defensive lineman Tra Givens, linebacker David Lubinski and defensive back Willie Davis.

Honorable mention picks included RAL running back Jordan Kilgore and tight end Danny Irby, Woodland defensive backs Cole Clark and Austin Ripp, and MM receiver Sean Atkins.

Rainier standouts Kauffman, Huelter named league MVPs

Rainier’s Curtis Kauffman and Nick Huelter were selected Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, in the Lewis and Clark 3A League after a vote of the league’s football coaches.

Rainier’s Thor Ware and Clatskanie’s Tim Strong, who led their teams to the Oregon Class 3A state playoffs, were named the league’s co-Coaches of the Year.

Ware’s Columbians are competing in the state semifinals Saturday against Vale.

Also named to the league’s first team from Rainier quarterback Riley Tripp, receiver Cody Garrett, offensive lineman Mitch Staeffler, kicker Matthew Cathcart, defensive ends Lucky Lovell and Ethan McGlone, linebacker Brad Tripp and defensive back Marshall Dean.

Clatskanie also was well represented on the first unit, with running back John Harvey, offensive/defensive lineman Eli Pesio, offensive lineman Brad White, punter Jason Childers, defensive lineman Dustin Hastings, linebacker Zach Krause and defensive back Jaron Cruz.

Rounding out the first team were: Warrenton running back/linebacker Josh Wheatley, offensive lineman Billy Kerr and receiver Nathan Ferrell; Vernonia running back Alex Lende, linebacker Levi Timmerman, offensive lineman Brandon Gilbertson and defensive lineman Jacob Alf; and Neah-Kah-Nie offensive lineman Sam Juliussen and defensive back Scott Porter.

Kauffman also earned second-team honors at punter.

Wahkiakum’s Bain is top defensive player in Central

Wahkiakum senior linebacker Ty Bain has been selected Defensive Most Valuable Player for Central 2B League football by the league’s coaches.

Bain also earned first-team honors as an offensive lineman, and was joined on the squad by Mules running back Bryce McClain.

Others named to the first team were: Adna receiver/defensive back Anthony Tatum, defensive linemen Robbie Dailey and Tyler Dotson, linebackers Angus Brunoff and Bubba Lara, offensive lineman Cooper Brunoff, kicker Nate Peterson and defensive back/punter Kyle Grosshans; Napavine receiver/defensive back Matthew Waltenburg, offensive/defensive lineman Damon Garnas, quarterback Marty Cozart, running back Micah Brown, defensive lineman Joe Johnston and linebacker Reece Stanley; Mossyrock running back Austin Knight, tight end Jonah Bradley, offensive lineman Jake McLean and linebacker Hunter Anderson; and Pe Ell offensive lineman/linebacker Dylan Toepelt.

Second-teamers included Wahkiakum running back Zack Schneider, linebacker Jeff Vik and defensive back Joel Nicolazzi; and Toutle Lake defensive lineman Blaine Wheeler and linebacker Zac Morain.

Honorable mention selections included TL quarterback Cody O’Connor, receiver Morain, linebacker Tyler Elam and punter Chris Foster, and Wahkiakum defensive back Zach Pierce.

Adna’s Grosshans was named the league’s Offensive Most Valuable Player, and Mossyrock’s Rusty Nelson was the Coach of the Year.

Dombrowsky reels in MVP honors in Columbia Valley

Three Rivers Christian senior Myriah Dombrowsky, who led the Eagles to the district volleyball title and the team’s first-ever victory at the state tournament, was named Most Valuable Player of the Columbia Valley 1B League in a recent vote of the league’s coaches.

Also named to the league’s first team were TRC junior Nikki Barnwell, Kingsway Christian players Sophie Kuehl and Sarah Landstrom, Tonja Cole of Vancouver Christian, Cheyenne Cunning of Seton Catholic and Louisa Hanson of Morton.

Honorable mention picks included TRC players Catherine Maldonado and Mariah Morrison.

Jack Joy of Kingsway Christian and Kelly Adams of Seton Catholic were named the league’s co-Coaches of the Year.

Ex-Interlake coach Cross joins WSU football staff

Sheldon Cross, who guided Interlake to the Class 2A state playoffs where they fell to Mark Morris in the opening round, has resigned to become a paid offensive graduate assistant at Washington State University.

And it wasn’t the Saints’ 35-21 loss to the Monarchs that led him to the decision to leave high school football. He made the choice to join the WSU staff one day after the setback.

"If I didn’t believe that Coach (Paul) Wulff and his staff were going to turn it around, I wouldn’t have done this," Cross told Washingtonstate.scout.com. "You can see it. I’m sure there are some things the fans can’t see right now, but it’s there. You can see it in the players they’ve brought in, you can see it in the practices. You can see it in that the players understand the plan."

Cross, who was named the Kingco 3A/2A Coach of the Year, was at Interlake four years, including three as head coach. In the past two seasons, he led the Saints to records of 6-5 and 8-4 after replacing Luke Huard, now a graduate assistant at the University of Washington.