Country Championships: Lucas Ravenhill and Kobi Keen rewarded for stellar carnival with Allstars honour

Great Southern Storm duo Kobi Keen and Lucas Ravenhill capped strong individual performances in the Nutrien Ag Solutions Country Football Championships last week, earning selections in the CBH Group Colts Allstars. Tough inside midfielder Keen, and Ravenhill, who played predominantly in the ruck for the Storm, were the two Great Southern representatives in 22-strong team. The Great Southern Football League representative side, the Storm, finished in sixth place after one win and three losses across the action on Thursday and Friday. Ravenhill was a shining light with his tap ruck work in the Storm’s 48-point loss to Peel in their first game while Keen tallied up plenty of possessions and tackles in their narrow five-point win over Pilbara in the following game. Keen once again cut a determined figure in their 53-point defeat to South West on Friday with Ravenhill also locked in a hard-fought tussle in the ruck. The Storm ultimately went down in their fifth-place playoff with Regional Districts but Keen again led from the front in the final game of their tournament. Championship winners South West had the highest representation in the squad with five members, including carnival best and fairest winner William Pedley. South Bunbury junior Pedley won the Ken Baxter Medal for a classy display across their four games while Great Northern’s James Simmons won the Clem Bray Medal as the rising star of the tournament. The Kim ‘Freddy’ Curnow Award for grand final fairest and best went to South West’s Peter Woods. CBH GROUP COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP ALLSTARS Cooper Gray (Peel/Halls Head) Zakary Gavin (Peel/South Mandurah) Max Foreman (Peel/Centrals) Spence Wiggers (Peel/Waroona) Rowan Whitby (Pilbara/South Hedland) Macrae Akroyd (Regional Districts/ Kalgoorlie City) Cuba Gartlett (Regional Districts/Kalgoorlie City) Tyzreise Clark (Regional Districts/Kalgoorlie City) Gilbert Barli (Kimberley Spirit/Looma) Jevahnis Badal (Kimberley Spirit/Bidyadanga) Trayvon Stretch (Kimberley Spirit/Yardgee) Kobi Keen (Great Southern/North Albany) Lucas Ravenhill (Great Southern/North Albany) James Ferguson (Avon/Goomalling) Draydon Wingo (Great Northern/Railways) Finn Dethlefsen (Great Northern/Railways) James Simmons (Great Northern/Towns) Lachlan Emmot (South West/Carey Park) Peter Woods (South West/Bunbury) William Pedley (South West/South Bunbury) Ryan Babich (South West/Bunbury) Fraser Gilchrist (South West/Bunbury) Coach: Brett Maguire (South West)