LCHS Soph Named 5A Girls’ Player of the Year
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Last year, Lake City's Katie Baker received a single vote in balloting for the 5A All-Idaho girls basketball team after she scored 33 points in three games at the state tournament and was recognized as her league's top newcomer. But a year later, 5A coaches voted the 6-foot sophomore post the All-Idaho Player of the Year after she led Lake City to its first state title since 1995 with 60 points and 25 rebounds in victories over Borah, Twin Falls and Coeur d'Alene. "Last year, I just brushed it off and knew not making the team would make me work harder," said Baker, who set a single-season scoring record at Lake City with 401 points -- Jesse Zentz/Idaho Statesman (for the rest of the story, click here).
