Wenatchee freshman Hudson Barnhart was named the boys MVP and West Valley junior Alexis Filliol received the girls' top award as the All-Columbia Basin Big Nine tennis squads were announced.
Boys
First team -- Hudson Barnhart, fr., Wenatchee (MVP); Jeff Carlson, jr., West Valley; Taylor Dickey, sr., Richland; Jake Knox, sr., Hanford; Curtis Lan, sr., Hanford; Connor Lange, Moses Lake; Luke Thompson, fr., Hanford; Josh Thornton, jr., Kamiakin; Clint Vidano, soph., Wenatchee; Troy Zuroske, jr., Richland.
Coach of the year -- Ron Zielinski, Wenatchee.
Second team (locals only) -- Erik Arnold, sr., Kennewick; Matt Johnson, Walla Walla; Mac Richards, sr., Walla Walla; Chris Shallman, sr., Richland; John Talbot, sr., Richland.
Girls
First team -- Alexis Filliol, jr., West Valley (MVP); Molly Mayer, sr., Eastmont; Sam Merry, soph., Hanford; Presley Peck, jr., Walla Walla; Amy Scheumann, jr., Wenatchee; Laurel Thompson, sr., Richland; Demi Warner, jr., Kamiakin; Ali Welch, jr., Kamiakin; Katie Willis, jr., Wenatchee; Tatiana Wood, sr., Wenatchee.
Coach of the year -- Norm Armstrong, Wenatchee.
Second team (locals only) -- Tianna Cummings, fr., Walla Walla; Cassandra Dicken, jr., Hanford; Kendall Gehrett, sr., Walla Walla; Melissa Ling, soph., Southridge; Alexis Sharpe, Hanford; Becky Sharpe, jr., Hanford; Tasha Talbot, Richland.
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Friday, Sept. 2
Chiawana at Hanford, Fran Rish; Davis at Eastmont; Grandview at Sunnyside; Kamiakin at Prosser; Pendleton at Kennewick; Richland at Pasco; Southridge at Wenatchee; West Valley at Selah, 7 p.m.
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