Spring All County Honors

May 28, 2025 04:47PM ● By Anna Pro

All County baseball player of the year Kyen Kirby.

Another school year has come and gone in Caribou County and there have been plenty of great performances by our student athletes. In an effort to continue to spotlight some of the best we will honor our spring sports stars in this week’s edition.

Baseball/Softball

We are not going to delve too deeply into these teams. For those that are unaware Soda Springs is the only school in the county that fields a baseball or softball team. So by default both teams starting line-ups would make up the first team honors. With that being said we would like to congratulate both the Cardinals Boys as well as the Lady Cardinals on great seasons where they were able to pick up some wins that in previous years they may not have. Though we will not list out a first and second all county team we will still award a player of the year. For baseball our player of the year goes to Kyen Kirby. Kirby was able to finish in the top three players on the team in nearly every statistical category. Kirby led the team in stolen bases (13), runs (22), hits (21) and batting average (0.350). Kirby also spent a fair amount of time on the mound pitching for the Cardinals. Kirby graduated but finished his high school career with a season he can be proud of.

The race for player of the year amongst the Lady Cardinals was a tight one. Two girls stood out a little more than the others and the separation in those two were razor thin. In the end we gave the nod to the sophomore Aiyana Davis. Davis led the Lady Cardinals in hits (36), runs (36), on base percentage (0.737) with a batting average of 0.643. Like Kirby, for the boy’s team, Davis also spent some time pitching where she also performed well. Davis just wrapped up her sophomore season and will be back to help the Lady Cardinals next season.

Golf

This season’s golfers performed well all season long. The boy’s and girl’s teams from Grace and Soda Springs were among the top teams in the state. Many of the top players in the county jockeyed for the top position throughout the year. With so many quality players in the county it made it very difficult to pick our top golfer of the year in both the boys and girls divisions as well as the rest of our all county teams.

In the boys division the overall top golfer came down to a pair of senior Grizzlies. Each player took a turn at being the top golfer of the week this season. When it all shook out we selected the players that finished with the best score in both the district and state tournament. This year’s top boy golfer is Jamie Smith from Grace. Smith is a four year player that has contributed to the team and progressed each year. Smith along with his two senior teammates will leave a huge hole to be filled on the Grizzlies golf team.

The girls division saw several girls in contention for player of the year. Three girls in particular rose to the top and dueled it out every week. Each of the three top girls could make a case for the top golfer of the year but we can only choose one. This year’s top girl golfers goes to Kamryn Mansfield of Grace. Although in the final tournament of the year the state championship Mansfield finished behind one of the other local girls Kamryn spent the vast majority of the season with the best scores. Mansfield, a junior, still has one more season left in her high school career and no doubt will be in the running for top player once again next season.

The rest of our all county teams consist of several very skilled golfers many of which will be back next season to compete and contend for more accolades.

Boys Player Of The Year:
Jamison Smith (Grace)

Boys First Team:

Tate Williams (Grace)

Keathen Edwards (Grace)

Kayden Petersen (Soda Springs)

Preston Ozburn (Soda Springs)

Girls Player Of The Year:
Kamryn Mansfield (Grace)

Girls First Team:

Karlie Christensen (Grace)

Jayden Parker (Soda Springs)

Tara Vedder (Soda Springs)

Shaston Lloyd (Grace)

Track And Field

There were several inspiring performances this season for our local track and field teams. With the wide variety of events and the high number of athletes involved in the county we split the kids into several different categories. This year we will award a top track athlete and a top field athlete for both boys and girls. In addition to those honors we will name a top athlete as well as a runner up in each of the following categories, distance, sprints, hurdles, jumping and throwing.

Starting with the boys our Field Athlete of the Year goes to Cole Garbett. This was one of the easier selections. Garbett has dominated in the shot put and discus all season long winning the majority of the meets he attended and finished his season placing second at state in both events. Garbett just finished his junior campaign and will be back for another run at a state championship next season.

Next up is our boys Track Athlete of the Year. That honor goes to Degan Stoor of Soda Springs. Stoor, who specialized in hurdles finished his career with a state championship in the 110 meter distance. Stoor was also a member of several of the Cardinals relay teams. Stoor’s speed and leadership will be missed next season.

Our girls Field Athlete of the Year goes to Rosie Harris of Soda Springs. Harris excelled at both the high jump and the pole vault and finished the year on the podium in both. Harris will head into her senior year with a lot of hope and expectations to improve on this year’s season.

In the girls Track Athlete of the Year another easy selection was made with the winner being Cally Coleman of Grace. Coleman pushed herself all season long in the mid and long distance races breaking many school records along the way. Coleman finished her career at the state tournament with a first place finish in the 1600 meter race while placing well in both the 800 and 3200 meter races. Coleman set a high bar for next year’s athletes to try and match.

The remainder of our track and field honors are listed below. Congratulations to all of this year’s athletes for our All County selections.

Boys Thrower of the year:
Cole Garbett (Soda Springs)

Runner up: Carson Reeves (Grace)

Girls Thrower of the year:
Soleil Somsen (Soda Springs)

Runner up: Tessica Jorgensen (Grace)

Boys jumper of the year:
Jack Eddins (Grace)

Runner up: Landon Martinsen (Soda Springs)

Girls Jumper of the year:
Rosie Harris (Soda Springs)

Runner up: Kallie Stoddard (Grace)

Boys Hurdler of the year:
Degan Stoor (Soda Springs)

Runner up: Landon Moss (Grace)

Girls Hurdler of the year:
Bella Eddins (Grace)