Vasquez earns 1st team all conference

Whitefish junior Gage Vasquez has been

named to the Northwestern A boys basketball all-conference 1st

team. The forward averaged 16 points a game this season and led the

Bulldogs in total points, rebounds and free-throw shooting.

“Gage is such an all-around player,”

Whitefish coach Mark Casazza said. “He’s a great scorer, he can

pass the ball, and this year he made some big improvements crashing

the boards.”

Whitefish will look to Vasquez next

season as a go-to player.

“We’ll need his senior leadership,”

Casazza said. “The guys look up to him, and he has so much varsity

experience already.”

Senior Mac Roche earned all-conference

second team, and senior Drew Galbraith earned honorable

mention.

“Mac is so consistent,” Casazza said.

“He hustled and gave us great defense night in and night out. He

was our blue-collar work horse.”

Casazza noted Gal-braith’s growth as a

player this season.

“Look at how far he came from last

year,” Casazza said. “On defense, he took care of the paint for

us.”