Braves basketball players receive All-League honors

The season is over but La Conner High School basketball standouts are still scoring points with their conference peers.

Seven players – four boys, three girls – have garnered All-League recognition in recent polling of NW2B/1B hoops programs.

La Conner’s Ivory Damien and Brayden Pedroza were first team All-League picks on the boys’ side while Maeve McCormick was a girls’ All-NW2B/1B first-unit selection.

Damien and Pedroza were reliable scorers all season for the Braves. Damien netted a game-high 38 points – all but three of those in the second half – during a regular season home contest with league rival Coupeville. Pedroza exploded for 43 points in La Conner’s bi-district tourney win at home over Northwest Christian of Lacey.

McCormick scored 45 points to pace the Lady Braves in a pair of bi-district triumphs.

Damien is a senior, Pedroza is a junior and McCormick is a sophomore.

Juniors C.J. Edwards and Corran Eisen joined the boys’ All-League team as honorable mention choices.

Edwards, who was the Braves’ sparkplug as assists leader and a lockdown defender, delivered 13 points in the Braves’ season finale, a regional loss to Adna in overtime.

Eisen led La Conner with 19 points against Adna. In the regular season, he forced overtime with a buzzer-beating trey against 1B power Lummi, a game La Conner then won.

Sophomore Shaniquah Casey, the Lady Braves’ lone two-year starter, was tabbed for second squad All-League accolades. Casey orchestrated the eoffense and was the team’s leading scorer in its Round of 16 state playoff clash with Toutle Lake.

Eighth grader Nora McCormick was the youngest All-League honoree, meriting an honorable mention selection alongside Darrington senior Allie Cochran and Mount Vernon Christian junior Kayla VanHofwegen.

Coupeville senior Logan Downes was named the boys’ NW2B/1B Most Valuable Player. MVC senior Allie Heino was voted the girls’ Most Valuable Player.