As Valley City repeated, so did Katie Burchill.

For the second straight season, the Hi-Liners were Class A girls basketball state champions and for the second straight season, Burchill was named first team All-State, among the honorees announced Wednesday by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association.

Wahpeton guard Brayden Steffens was named to the boys All-State first team.

Burchill averaged over 19 points and nine rebounds a game this season, shot over 60 percent from the field and was named the MVP of the Class A state tournament.  Before that, she had hit a game-winning three-point play in the final seconds of a state qualifier victory over Carrington.  Burchill has over 1,300 career points through her junior year and was named to the All-Region team last season and this season.

Steffens averaged 19 points, just under five rebounds and over four assists for the Huskies, who made the state tournament for the second straight season.  Steffens was named as the Region 1 Senior Athlete of the Year.

NDAPSSA Class A Basketball All-State Teams
GIRLS

1st Team
Addy Sage – Thompson – 5’6″ sr G
Liza Trenbeath – Kindred – 5’11” sr F
Katie Burchill – Valley City – 6’0″ jr F
Skotti Beck – South Prairie-Max – 5’11” sr G
Annabel Scheeler – Dickinson Trinity – 5’5″ sr G

2nd Team
Siera Nipstad – Kindred – 5’11” soph G/F
Kya Hurst – Thompson – 5’6″ sr F
Tylie Brodina – Devils Lake – 5’8″ jr G
Suri Gourd – Four Winds-Minnewaukan – 5’8″ soph G
Rylee Routledge – South Prairie-Max – 5’9″ jr G

BOYS

1st Team
Brooks Bakko – Kindred – 6’6″ jr G
Braylen Schirado – Beulah – 6’1″ sr G
Marial Deng – Four Winds-Minnewaukan – 6’5″ sr F
Brayden Steffens – Wahpeton – 6’0″ sr G
Nelson Decoteau – Dunseith – 6’7″ jr F

2nd Team
Brody Lillemoen – Grafton – 6’8″ sr F
Jaxon Reese – Killdeer – 6’5″ sr F
Carson Quam – Shiloh Christian – 6’2″ sr F
Mason Palmer – Devils Lake – 6’0″ sr G
Ben Brodina – Devils Lake – 6’2″ soph G
Andrew Ziemer – Central Cass – 6’1″ soph G