Water polo: High school all-state teams announced
KEARNS — Kearns High School and Murray High School are your boys and girls high school water polo champions.
The dominate Cougars held off the Cottonwood Colts 12-8 after a 5-5 tie at halftime in the boys title game while the Spartans defeated Kearns 7-4 in the girls championship game.
The Murray boys took third place in the boys tournament by defeating Skoly (Skyline & Olympus) while the Utah County girls team topped Tooele 11-10 in their third-place game.
All-State Teams
Boys
MVP: Adam Parkinson, Kearns
Coaches of the year: Brad Peercy, Kearns and Brandton Ferrin, Cottonwood
First Team
- Adam Parkinson, Kearns
- Jackson Greene, Murray
- Nate Peercy, Kearns
- Branden Johnson, Tooele
- Brendan Nguyen, Cottonwood
- Tristan Spoerri, Kearns
- Curt Simons (goalie), Cottonwood
Second team
- Kyle Darling, Hunter
- Jayden Beardal, Murray
- Jarom Chamberlain, Skyline/Olympus
- Jacob Jones, Cottonwood
- Koji Aoki, Cottonwood
- Mitchell Walker, Kearns
- Jordan Dahle, Cottonwood
- Mason Dial (goalie), Kearns
Honorable mention
- Bryce Pearson, Kearns
- Andy Anderson, Cottonwood
- Michael Herzog, Cache Valley
- Peter Imlay, Tooele
- Tyler Nielson, Murray
- David Amirkhanashvili, Skyline/Olympus
- Connor Holt, Murray
Girls
MVP: McKenzie Pollei, Murray
Coach of the Year: James Young, Utah County
First Team
- McKenzie Pollei, Murray
- Gina Young, Utah County
- Kelly Clonts, Tooele
- Alisa Gouge, Kearns
- Sydnee Mecham, Murray
- Lara Slack, Brighton
- Kelcey Smeding (goalie), Murray
Second Team
- Jessie Smith, Steiner
- Maddi Merrell, Murray
- Crissy Quiroz, Utah County
- Alex Walker, Kearns
- Sam McElreath, Kearns
- Tajia Perkins Tooele
- Jessica Fullmer (goalie), Kearns
- Kira Hamrick (goalie), Utah County
Honorable mention
- Whitney Durrans, Utah County
- McCall Mash, Murray
- Liz Ricks, Cottonwood
- Shelby Gonzales, Brighton
- Nicole Vanleeuwen, Kearns
- Sierra Erickson, Kearns
- Amy Warner, Cyprus
- Alyssa Bakker (goalie), Steiner
