Bear Lake’s Halle Wells named Player of the Year, joining 2 Diggers and 1 Eagle on All-State teams

EASTERN IDAHO — The Bear Lake Bears won their second state girls’ basketball championship in three years, beating the Sugar-Salem Diggers in the title game.

All season, Bear Lake was led by junior Halle Wells, who finished the season averaging a double-double with 16.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-1 forward also recorded 3.4 assists, 2.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per games, and has been named the 4A All-State Player of the Year.

Sugar-Salem’s Andee Petterson and Tasha Larsen, and Marsh Valley’s Zayli Merzlock join Wells as All-State selections.

The All-State teams are voted on by the coaches from each classification and compiled by the Idaho Statesman.

Here are the 4A girls’ selections:

Player of the Year: Halle Wells, Bear Lake

Coach of the Year: Ken Wells, Bear Lake

First-Team:
Andee Petterson, Sugar-Salem — 17.0 points per game, 7.0 assists per game, 3.7 steals per game
Malia Miller, Timberlake
Taya Plew, Kimberly
Taren Bateman, Bonners Ferry

Second-Team
Macy Murphey, Timberlake
Ellie Shirts, Weiser
Izzy Tinney, McCall-Donnelly
Tasha Larsen, Sugar-Salem — 9.8 points per game, 1.8 assists per game, 2.4 steals per game
Zayli Merzlock, Marsh Valley — 11.9 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, 2.0 blocks per game