St. Johnsbury Academy senior Riley Copans has been named to the Vermont Ultimate All-State first team for the second consecutive year, the Vermont Youth Ultimate coaches' association announced. Teammate Wes Babcock earned second-team honors.
The Hilltoppers achieved a program milestone this spring, securing the No. 5 seed for the state tournament and reaching the semifinals for the first time in the school's seven-year varsity history. They fell to No. 9 Milton.
Champlain Valley, seeded second, won the boys' championship, while No. 2 Milton took the girls' title.
Mt. Mansfield's Spencer Rosner and Milton's Ellen Taggart were named boys and girls coaches of the year, respectively.
Other first-team boys selections included Elliott Smid (Burr and Burton), Leif LaMothe Gee (Long Trail), Evan Benoit (Montpelier), Levi Causey and Grady Tacy-Munroe (Mount Mansfield), Elijah Wood (Rice), and Wyatt Hankes (South Burlington). Second-team boys included CJ Tustin (Brattleboro), Gavin Bowley (Burlington), Avery Howe (Champlain Valley), Falco Schoch (Colchester), Callan McDowell (Middlebury), Andrew Preuss (Milton), and Jasper Eklund (Montpelier).
First-team girls were Vera Finkenzeller (Burlington), Deirdre Higgins and Ella O'Neil (Champlain Valley), Marlie Bushey and Bella Provetto (Milton), Amelia Laporte and Lily Smith (Mount Mansfield), and Eliza Gray and Josie Maxwell (South Burlington).
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