Champion Loggers collect individual honors

Published 11:00 am Wednesday, March 5, 2025

The Knappa girls basketball team has topped off its Northwest League championship season with a number of individual honors.

Knappa junior Mylie Lempea shared Player of the Year honors with Joey Sizemore of Clatskanie.

Senior Alondra Pine of Knappa joined her teammate Lempea in on the Northwest League’s First Team, along with Taylor Knight of Nestucca, Avery Wolf of Vernonia and Olivia George and Lacey Willis of Clatskanie.

Knappa senior Taylor Pass and freshman Lucy Oien were named to the Second Team. They were joined by Juliet Wachsmuth of Portland Christian, and Nestucca teammates Autumn Rist and Piper Armstrong.

Junior Dahlia Koeppen took home honorable mention, while Pass and Pina claimed two of the five spots on the all-defensive team.

Tracie Brockey, the Loggers’ head coach, was named league Coach of the Year.

The Loggers take on Weston-McEwen in the quarterfinals of the 2A Girls Basketball Championship on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center.

The head coach of Knappa’s boys team, Paul Isom, won league Coach of the Year honors, after guiding a banged-up Loggers squad to second place in Northwest League play and a spot in the 2A State Basketball Tournament. But the Loggers lost a first-round decision to Stanfield, 79-54, on Friday.

PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE

PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE

{p style=”text-align: center;”}THURSDAY

Girls basketball: Knappa vs. Weston-McEwen, 8:15 p.m., Pendleton Convention Center. 2A state tournament quarterfinal.

{p style=”text-align: center;”}FRIDAY

Girls basketball: Marist Catholic at Seaside, 6 p.m.; Astoria at Crook County, 5:30 p.m. 4A state tournament first-round games.