ALL-REGION WEEK RECOGNIZES BEST OF BEST — ATHLETES, COACHES, NEWCOMERS — IN THE SPORTS REPORTS' COVERAGE AREA FOR FALL OF 2023 (2023-12-20)
It’s
All-Region Week for
The Sports Reports, and there are plenty of
athletes, newcomers, and coaches to honor — the 2023 fall season did not
disappoint.
The highlight for our coverage area, which includes
all of Chemung and Tioga counties, as well as Corning in N.Y., and
Bradford and Tioga counties in Pa. — 24 schools in al, had to be the
state football titles won by Waverly and Tioga — schools separated by
just 13 miles.
Tioga (14-0) won its third straight Class D state
title, and is currently riding a 41-game win streak, while Waverly
(13-1) won its final 12 games en route to the Class C title. Waverly’s
only loss was a 23-17 overtime thriller against Tioga in what is on the
short list for “Game of the Year.”
The Elmira Express also won a Section IV, Class 3A title.
South
of the Border, Troy took now seven-time defending state champion
Southern Columbia to the limit in a 14-0 loss in the District 4, Class
AA title game.
Cross-country enjoyed a tremendously successful
fall in the region. Corning’s Sarah Lawson won her third straight
Section IV title, and third straight state medal, while Owego’s Jaelyn
Chrysler won the Section IV, Class B title, and placed eighth at States,
and S-VE’s John Garrison won the Section IV, Class D title, and
finished ninth at States.
South of the Border, Williamson’s
Kristian Mizdail won his second state medal, and Northeast Bradford
repeated as District 4 champs. NEB’s Gracelyn Laudermilch won a District
4 title, and a state medal, and Creed Dewing repeated as district
champ, and won his third state medal.
On the volleyball
hardwoods, Northeast Bradford won its first-ever District 4 title, while
Candor won the Section IV, Class D championship, and advanced to the
state semifinals, and Owego won the Class A crown. And, Elmira won its
first-ever Section IV title.
On the soccer pitch, the Owego girls
soccer won Section IV, Class A titles, and the boys won their straight
straight title in spite of moving up to Class A. The Corning boys, and
Elmira girls also won Section IV titles.
In the
pool, Corning’s Angie McKane and Waverly’s Mira Kittle re-wrote their
team’s respective record books, and set new pool and meet standards
throughout Section IV.
Owego diver Kaelyn Katchuk won Section IV,
Class B title, and placed sixth at States, and Corning’s Brooke
Terwilliger won the Class A title, set a new 11-dive record in Section
IV, and finished second in the State.
There’s more, plenty more, but all in all, it was a pretty good fall in The Sports Reports’ coverage area.
Our All-Region spectacular begins today, and stretches through Tuesday. The schedule is as follows:
WEDNESDAYGirls Cross Country
Boys Cross Country
THURSDAYGirls Soccer
FRIDAYBoys Soccer
SATURDAYVolleyball
SUNDAYFootball
MONDAYTop Female Newcomers of the Fall
Top Male Newcomers of the Fall
TUESDAYTop Coaches of the Fall
Top Female Athletes of the Fall
Top Male Athletes of the Fall
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