Nine Adams County Girls Earn Southeast District Basketball Honors for 2025-26

Manchester's Hayden Rideout stood as the lone First Team selection among the nine Adams County players who earned Southeast District coaches' All-District honors for the 2025-26 girls basketball season, with the District 14 Coaches Association releasing its complete lists April 1.

Rideout's Division VII First Team nod was the highest recognition any Adams County athlete received on this year's district ballot. She was joined in Division VII by Manchester teammate Maddie Easter, who earned Honorable Mention.

North Adams placed two players on the Division V Second Team: Tenzlee Burns and Emma Pistole. West Union also contributed to Division V, with Maddie Stout earning Third Team recognition and Annabelle McIntosh receiving Honorable Mention.

Peebles carried the largest single-school contingent, with three players drawing Division VI recognition. Kendall Myers and Alyssa Smalley both earned spots on the Division VI Second Team, while Paysen Shiveley added an Honorable Mention to give the Indians three names on the district roster.

The spread across four schools and three divisions reflects something distinctive about Adams County basketball in 2025-26: no single program dominated the postseason ballot. North Adams, Peebles, West Union and Manchester each sent players to the district list, a sign of competitive depth across the county rather than honors clustering at one school.

Coach-selected All-District recognition carries particular weight in college recruiting precisely because it goes beyond box scores. The coaches' vote factors in leadership, defensive impact and contributions to team success, qualities that often matter as much to college programs as points-per-game averages. For all nine honorees, the recognition adds a credentialed data point to recruiting profiles that can support scholarship conversations at the next level.

With the postseason calendar still unfolding, year-end awards ceremonies will give District 14 coaches another opportunity to weigh in on the season's top performers, and all nine Adams County selections will be in that conversation.