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Vikings, Amos, Roletto among winners

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 9 months AGO
| April 15, 2012 9:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho College volleyball team, which finished ninth at the NJCAA tournament, was named the North Idaho College Team of the Year during the 50th North Idaho Sports Banquet on Saturday night at the Best Western Coeur d'Alene Inn.

The Coeur d'Alene High football team won a second-straight state 5A championship with a 12-0 record. Viking coach Shawn Amos was named North Idaho Coach of the Year for the larger schools and the team was also named the Male Team of the Year for the larger schools. Nezperce basketball coach Dave Baldus was named North Idaho Coach of the Year for the smaller schools.

Coeur d'Alene senior Joe Roletto, a standout in football, basketball and baseball for the Vikings, was named Male Athlete of the Year for the larger schools.

Lewiston High girls basketball player Chelsea Waters was named Female Athlete of the Year. Her coach, Pat Teichmer, was named North Idaho Coach of the Year for Female Sports for the bigger schools. Troy volleyball coach Tara Stoner won the award for the smaller schools.

Lake City’s softball team, which went unbeaten with a 26-0 record in 2011, was named the North Idaho Female Team of the Year for the larger schools. The Timberlake girls track and field team, which won its first state 3A championship last year in Boise, was honored among the smaller schools.

Idaho volleyball coach Debbie Buchanan, a former St. Maries High standout who guided the Vandals to the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament, was named North Idaho Coach of the Year, and Vandal punter Bobby Cowan, whose 46.41-yard average ranked second in the nation, was named North Idaho Male College Athlete of the Year. Lewis-Clark State women’s basketball player Jasmine Stohr, a first-team NAIA All-American, was named North Idaho Female College Athlete of the Year.

Five people were inducted into the Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night — Dave Fealko, Nick Menegas, the late Joe Tofflemire, Don Rinaldi and David Snodgrass.

Also inducted into the Hall of Fame was the 2002 Lakeland High girls basketball team, which won its second straight state championship that year.

AWARDS

COLLEGE

COACH OF THE YEAR — Debbie Buchanan, Idaho volleyball

TEAM OF THE YEAR — North Idaho College volleyball

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Jasmine Stohr, Lewis-Clark State basketball

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Bobby Cowan, Idaho football

HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH IDAHO COACH OF THE YEAR (MALE SPORTS) — Shawn Amos, Coeur d’Alene football; Dave Baldus, Nezperce basketball

NORTH IDAHO COACH OF THE YEAR (FEMALE SPORTS) — Pat Teichmer, Lewiston basketball; Tara Stoner, Troy volleyball

FEMALE TEAM OF THE YEAR — Lake City softball; Timberlake track and field

MALE TEAM OF THE YEAR — Coeur d’Alene football; Grangeville football

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Chelsea Waters, Lewiston

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Joe Roletto, Coeur d’Alene; Justin Robie, Grangeville

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

BOYS TENNIS — Rafa Hewett-Steiger, Lewiston

GIRLS TENNIS — Katie Smith, Moscow

BOYS GOLF — Spencer Skipper, Lake City

GIRLS GOLF — Kaceelyn Pouttu, Kellogg

BOYS SWIMMING — Joe Loftus, Lake City

GIRLS SWIMMING — Anatasia de Tar, Post Falls

BASEBALL — Drew Turbin, Coeur d’Alene

SOFTBALL — Casey Stangel, Lake City

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY — Cody Curtis, Coeur d’Alene

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY — Ashly George, Timberlake

BOYS SOCCER — Matt Howard, Post Falls

GIRLS SOCCER — Nikki Webster, Lake City

WRESTLING — James Ost, Post Falls; Justin Robie, Grangeville

VOLLEYBALL (5A-4A) — Kylie Curtis, Lake City

VOLLEYBALL (3A-1A) — Marlee Masterson, St. Maries

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD (5A-4A) — Wade Shumaker, Moscow

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD (3A-1A) — Jacob Bowman, Coeur d’Alene Charter

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD (5A-4A) — Kinsey Gomez, Coeur d’Alene; Morgan Struble, Coeur d’Alene

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD (3A-1A) — Megan Deford, Grangeville; Hannah Smith, Kendrick

BOYS BASKETBALL (5A-4A) — Marcus Colbert, Post Falls

BOYS BASKETBALL (3A-1A) — Sawyer Wahl, Nezperce

GIRLS BASKETBALL (5A-4A) — Tisha Phillips, Lewiston

GIRLS BASKETBALL (3A-1A) — Kara Wenstrom, Timberlake

FOOTBALL (5A-4A) — Chad Chalich, Coeur d’Alene

FOOTBALL (3A-1A) — Justin Robie, Grangeville

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