The 3A East region coaches met last week and voted on postseason awards for both the boys and the girls. For the girls in the East Region, Holbrook’s Greg Perkins was named East Region Coach of the Year and freshman Madison Chappell was selected as the East Region Player of the Year. Holbrook went 12-0 in East region games winning both the regular season and the region tournament. Players selected to the All Region first team from Holbrook were Dishie Kinlicheenie and Ariyana Pratt. They were joined by Lynnae Mitchell, Justine Butterfield and Danielle James from Winslow, and Elle Flake from Snowflake. Twyla Clark and Dakota Dick from Holbrook were selected to the All Region second team. They were joined by Jenna Yazzie from Winslow, Nikita Olms from Snowflake, Kylee O’Donald of Payson and Devin Zitar from Show Low. Players receiving honorable mention to the All region teams were Elena Smith and Rayanna Wauneka from Holbrook, Brianna Little and Tatyana Waconda from Winslow, Emily Ballard and Breklee Tanner from Snowflake, Kiera Smith and EiLeya Tortice from Blue Ridge, Raegan Ashby and Abby Schreur from Payson, and Kyra Villalba and Shy Wheeler from Show Low. For the boys teams Winslow’s Scott Corum was selected as the East Region Coach of the Year and Mason Berges from Blue Ridge was named as the East Region Player of the year. Players named to the All Region first team were Hayden Kinlichee from Holbrook, Ricardo Villanueva and Rory Billie from Winslow, Darrien Burnette from Blue Ridge, Trey Schneider from Snowflake and Rhett Riceforff from Show Low. All region second team honors went to Ryan Ricke from Payson, Corey Endfield and Josiah Vital from Blue Ridge, Xavier Vargas and Jakob Tate from Show Low, and Trishane Cly from Winslow. Honorable mention all region went to Korey McReeves and Tynen Thomas from Holbrook, Robert Tate and Louis Vanoverschelde from Blue Ridge, Trey Glasscock and Korben White from Payson, Trent Wiliams and Garrett Winn from Show Low, Dallin Chapman and Mason Willis from Snowflake, and Pete Dalgai and Jalen Tapaha from Winslow.
