Southern Tier Sports ReportHORSEHEADS — The Horseheads Blue Raiders held their All Sports Tribute on Wednesday night with Patrick Laney and Lexi Lese earning the boys and girls outstanding senior athlete honors.
The Ernie Davis ‘Marty Hartigan’ Award winners were Olivia Schwab and Gabe Rodriguez.
Zach Schrage won the Dan Manganaro Memorial Scholarship and Wyatt MacNeal won the Robert Kirkendall Award.
Caitlin Yearick won the Robert Wayne Coburn Award and Schrage won the Jeff Reese Memorial Scholarship.
Jackie Mayotte won the William O. Bauman Memorial Award and Mackenzie Baker won the Billy Lowe Memorial Scholarship.
Kole Zufall won the Dr. William Davis Memorial Award and Lese won the Miranda Novitsky Memorial Scholarship.
Murphy Johns won the Matt Holleran Scholarship and Mya Piecuch and Wyatt Campbell won the Section IV Character Recognition Award.
The STAC Academic All-Stars were named with Patrick Laney (football), Dominic Wood (boys’ basketball), Cooper Ball (Baseball), Dominick Marino (Cross Country, boys’ outdoor track and field), Mya Piecuch (girls’ basketball and softball), Erica Bancroft (cross country), Noah Cady (boys’ bowling), Annika Fuksman (girls’ golf), Carter Douglas (boys’ golf), Alexander He (indoor track, boys), Ethain Bailey (boys’ lacrosse), Massif Ahmad (boys’ soccer), Emma Guzylak (indoor track, girls), Samantha Owusu (girls’ lacrosse), Ellie Jankowski (girls’ soccer), Joseph Wood (boys’ swimming and diving), Jacob Nah (boys’ tennis), Morgan Evans (girls’ swimming & diving), Jaxson Burchard (wrestling), Annabelle Fitzpatrick (outdoor track and field, girls), Maggie Sullivan (competitive cheerleading, flag football and game day cheerleading), Madden Foster (volleyball), Olivia Sumner and Reese Collier (unified bowling), Sonya Dordoni (girls’ wrestling), Austin Walpole (unified basketball), Joslynn Peters (girls’ bowling).
Team MVP’s were recognized, with the winners being Bryce Thomas (football), Lyncoln Bennett (boys’ basketball), Ball (baseball), Nick Kowal (boys’ cross country), Samantha Bonnell (girls’ basketball), Yearick (softball), Baker (girls’ cross country, Cayden Bowman (boys’ bowling), Jemma Randall (girls’ golf), Seamus Lynch (boys’ golf), Nick Kowal (boys’ indoor track), Boe Briggs (boys’ lacrosse), Tommy Klee (boys’ soccer), Erica Bancroft (girls’ indoor and outdoor track), Lauren Kozemko (girls’ lacrosse), Katie Miley (girls’ soccer), Thang Tran (boys’ swimming and diving), Wood (boys’ tennis), Karina Lapierre (girls’ swimming and diving), Schrage (boys’ wrestling), Kate Rought (girls’ tennis), Serenity Jefferson (competitive cheerleading), Laney (boys’ outdoor track and field), Kaelyn McCarthy (girls’ volleyball), Abreyonna Struble and Walpole (unified bowling), Sydney Blunt (flag football), Charlie Bourgeois (game day cheer), Ellisa Bly (girls’ wrestling), Annabelle Guardi (girls’ bowling) and Isiah White (unified bowling).
The Varsity H Coaches’ Award winners were Keagan Zeller (football), Nolan Parsons (boys’ basketball), Monahan (baseball, boys’ swimming & diving), Marino (boys’ cross country), Maddie Ribble (girls’ basketball), Presley McInnis (softball), Stella Harrison (girls’ cross country), Gabriel Merrill (boys’ bowling), Ellie Padgett (girls’ golf), Hunter Earl (boys’ golf), Tyler Sherry (boys’ indoor track), Nate Tousley (boys’ lacrosse), Andrew Fedele (boys’ soccer), Baker (girls’ indoor track), Kaelyn McCarthy (girls’ lacrosse), Lese (girls’ soccer), Joseph Juan (boys’ tennis), Mia Carro (girls’ swimming and diving), Josh Knapp (boys’ wrestling), Elly Bachert (girls’ outdoor track and field), Hannah Smetanka (girls’ tennis), Grace Wilson (competitive cheer), Chase Luangsuwan (boys’ outdoor track and field), Kailey McCormick (volleyball), McCarthy and Zack Bennett (unified bowling), Sullivan (flag football), Kaitlyn Carpenter (game day cheer), Lily Vesek (girls’ wrestling, Ari Sopher (unified bowling), Joslyn Peters (girls’ bowling).
The STAC Sportsmanship All-Stars included Dmitri Charlanow (football), Ben Torgaslski (boys’ basketball), Chase Mashanic (baseball), Max Williams (boys’ cross country), Kozemko (girls’ basketball), Aubrey Maticic (softball), Suzie Sydlansky (girls’ cross country), Noah Cady (boys’ bowling), Olivia Sumner (girls’ golf), Zach Balland (boys’ golf), Laney (boys’ indoor track and field), Zack Bennett (boys’ lacrosse), Wood (boys’ soccer), Guzylak (girls’ indoor track and field and girls’ lacrosse), Abby Sumner girls’ soccer), MJ Carro (boys’ swimming and diving), Ojas Bhushan (boys’ tennis), Ali Mosher (girls’ swimming and diving), Gavin Hornsby (boys’ wrestling), Gabrielle Owusu (girls’ outdoor track and field), Bella Liddle (girls’ tennis), Quinn Redder (competitive cheer), Kowal (boys’ outdoor track and field), Madden Foster (volleyball), Abby Sumner and Victoria Burden (unified bowling), Alexxa Fairchild-Johnson (flag football), Tayler Carter (game day cheer), Chloe Owen (girls’ wrestling), Walpole (unified basketball), Jazmyne Kim (girls’ bowling).
The award ceremony also recognized individual state champion Cayden Bowman (bowling) and individual sectional champs and team champions from the season.
All-State athletes recognized were Bonnell (fifth team, girls’ basketball), Ribble (12th team, girls’ basketball), Giana Hughey (HM, girls’ basketball), Kaelyn McCarthy (fourth team all-state setter in volleyball) and McCormick (fifth team outside hitter in volleyball) and Laney (third team football), Bryce Thomas (fifth team football), Elijah Miller, Wyatt MacNeal and Liam Morrissey (honorable mention football).
Three all-American athletes were recognized (Kozemko and Briggs as scholastic lacrosse All-Americans and Zack Bennett as an academic All-American for boys’ lacrosse.
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PHOTOS BY BRIAN FEES
PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE SPORTS AWARDS:
