Varsity Extra athletes of the week: May 1-6

Please email nominations by Monday morning to rroberts@idahostatesman.com for performances based on the previous week.

SOFTBALL

Sage Huggins, Middleton: The Vikings secured the 4A Southern Idaho Conference regular-season title and the No. 1 seed at the district tournament with a 13-1, five-inning victory over second-place Ridgevue. Huggins, a senior, went 4-for-4 at the plate with two home runs and four RBIs in the win.

BASEBALL

Adrian Crain, Columbia: The ninth-seeded Wildcats won a 5A District Three Tournament play-in game over Boise 4-2. Crain, a junior third baseman, spearheaded the victory with his bases-loaded triple to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning that helped Columbia overcome a two-run deficit.

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Taylen Langin, Rocky Mountain: The junior and defending 5A state champion in the pole vault cleared her top height this season at the Twilight Invitational at Eagle High. Langin cleared 12 feet, 4 inches, which is 3 inches shy of matching the overall state meet record. It is also the state’s top vault of the season, according to athletic.net.

BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Jordan Heathcock, Jaymon Barrus, Magnus Hemingway & Caleb Hardy, Mountain View: The quartet already owns the fastest 4x100-meter relay time in the state this season, and they improved on their 4x200 relay time with a victory at the Twilight Invitational at Eagle High. Their time of 1 minute, 28.84 seconds is less than a second shy of the overall state meet record (1:27.85).

GIRLS TENNIS

Ashlyn Mills & Mariah Hilliard, Middleton: The senior girls doubles partners closed out their regular-season schedule unbeaten against 4A Southern Idaho Conference competition. Mills and Hilliard, who are both seniors and four-year lettermen, beat Vallivue 6-0, 6-1, Skyview 6-2, 6-2, and Mountain Home 6-1, 6-0.

BOYS TENNIS

Koki Kitada, Emmett: It was a busy week for the Huskies’ No. 1 boys singles player, who competed in three 4A Southern Idaho Conference matches. Kitada defeated Vallivue’s Beau Maimer 6-2, 6-2, Skyview’s Abraham Stucki 6-0, 3-0 (retired), and Ridgevue’s Chance Carlson 6-4, 6-7, 6-1.

GIRLS GOLF

Maddie Cudworth, Timberline: The sophomore won the 13-team Jack Jones Invite at TimberStone Golf Course by one stroke. Cudworth carded a 5-over 77 as the Wolves also collected the team championship by three strokes.

BOYS GOLF

Sam Goodman, Bishop Kelly: The senior won the 15-team Jack Jones Invite at TimberStone Golf Course on a scorecard playoff. Goodman shot an even-par 72 along with Rocky Mountain’s Sam Tidd and Timberline’s Ben Arnzen. The Knights also edged Rocky Mountain by one stroke for the team win.

This story was originally published May 8, 2017 at 4:52 PM with the headline "Varsity Extra athletes of the week: May 1-6."