PUNXSUTAWNEY HOMETOWN
FALL 2011
PUNX’Y SPORTS
Boys’ Soccer (front row, l. to r.) Zachary Steffey, Taylor Phillips, Tommy Renwick, Tyler Young, Nathan O’Brien, Joel Bowers, Mike Pascuzzo, John Gigliotti, Bailey Hetrick; (2nd row) Pasquale Defelice, Evan Martin, Tyler Baer, Alexander Farmery, Tristan Acre, Ryan Presloid, Justin Ray, Mason Cunningham, Tanner Evans, Quinton Weber; (3rd row) Coach Jeremy Long, Dane Roken, Trevor Peace, Brycen Lunger, Brendon Knarr, Tyler Presloid, Ty Zimmerman, Lance Deet, Seth Gray, C.J. Langley, Kevin Hughes; Missing: Dan Triponey, Garrett Hoffman, Connor Reese.
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball (front row) Ashley Reitz, Emily Reitz; (2nd row) Janie DeppHutchinson, Brooke Doney, Chelsea Engeholm, Cassie Cook, Shayla Brink; (3rd row) Coach Megan Decker, Taylor Newcome, Sydney Weaver, Tori Martin, Coach Lisa Kephart.
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Girls’ Golf (front row) Julia martino, lauren Giavedoni; (2nd row) sarah london, Haley schepis, Caroline Dunkel; (3rd row) Coach Katie Irwin, lauren mcGee, Kasey Prescott, audrianna Delacour, marisa stockdale.
Boys’ Golf (front row) Patrick mcGinn, Brandon mancuso, Nick roberts; (2nd row) Joe roberts, seth spack, austin milton, eli thompson; (3rd row) Kyler smathers, micky DeChurch, Ian miller, Jesse Verdill, austin Couser, Coach Josh Conrad; (missing) logan reed, ryan states, mike Blose.
Sports Photos by LIFETOUCH Not responsible for typographical errors.
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Girls’ Soccer (front row) sarah Heitzenrater, stephanie smith, anna Horner, rachael litak, marissa mcGuire, Courtney Huffman, marissa Douthit; (2nd row) Danielle mallory, emily schall, allison Fye, Cenneca Dilts, alicia switlick, Kasey martz, Hunter smith, Dillon Gray; (3rd row) emily Horner, Coach Kevin Hughes, sydney Dubensky, tiffany Huffman, Karah Hollis, tasha story, alissa Vite, sierra milton, aly Dickey, ashley Bacha, Coach sarah Hicks, Kelsey Young; Missing: Keaton mohney.
Girls’ tennis (front row) searra Wasicki, lauren Wolfe, Karlee Wingard, shauna Wood, tori Brooks; (2nd row) sydney Jekielek, anna monyak, shaina reddinger, Kylie Krise, amber Ward; (3rd row) Coach Graffius, erin long, Jaelene Burkett, laura Chelgren, Calena spearing.
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Boys’ Cross Country (front row) Dane Baker, Jerad meterko, Bo Dinger, eric Ingros; (2nd row) seth Burkett, Zach moore, luke Fugate, Derrick Kelly; (3rd row) Coach John smith, William Boddorf, shane Johns, Doug Craft; Missing: Nathan Ward
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middle School Cross Country (front row) Jake Dinger, austin mcKendree, Jaysa Bodenhorn, Danielle sierzega, michael Greenblatt; (2nd row) Griffin Dubensky, Joseph Whitman, Dylan moore, Nathaniel Hankinson, Korinne Young, Keeston Perry, Hannah Duminske.
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Girls’ Cross Country (front row) Hannah rummel, elissa Hill, alexis Young, Heidi rodgers, Kaston mohney, Cheyenne Poole, Juliann Boddorf; (2nd row) tamera anthony, Jenna Knox, marissa Greenblatt, logan Brooks, Kirsten Dean, ala small, Kayla Carpenter, Coach George Wehrle.
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9th Grade Football (front row) Ben snyder, Perry arrington, Dylan stanford, Nick smith, Brett starr, ruben taylor, Keegan Fischer, manager randi reesman; (2nd row) Jakob Coalmer, Dalton maines, Jacob Gotwald, travis Perry, shayne little, Dakotah Byers, Dakota thomas, ethan ambler, andy Fedigan; (3rd row) Coach Joel martin, Head Coach Jason Grusky, Kameron rummel, Jake Whitman, matt mcNevin, thomas Pisoni, adam Ferko, luke shiock, Coach mike Dickey; missing: Darren Bergreen, Cody maines.
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7th & 8th Grade Football (front row) sammy Gigliotti, austin Getch, lucas ambler, adam milliron, lance Pennington, richard Walton, sean Newara; (2nd row) michael lin, larry Yeager, Jarret snyder, evan Dyson, thomas reesman, ryan Jones, manager randi reesman, steven Detrie; (3rd row) Coach Jeremy Hospodar, tristan smith, Dylan Huey, Jared manners, Kaleb Young, Braxton Giavedoni, seth Kerr, Nathan lingenfelter, tanner Zimmerman, Cody smith; (4th row) Head Coach Jason Grusky, tucker Jenary, Drake mcBee, Dillon smith, Nathan ray, Brandon Douthit, Brandon Bennett, stephen stiles, Blake Bizousky, alex Young, austin adkins, Coach Barry Young.
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Girls’ JV Volleyball (front row) ashley reitz, Ivy Phillips, emily reitz; (2nd row) sydney Phillips, Hailey Brady, Jensen Constantino, madison Neal, Nicole DiPietro; (3rd row) Coach megan Decker, Isabella Gallina, alyssa reitz, emilee states, Coach lisa Kephart.
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Band (front row) alyssa Kerr, susan unsworth, Breanna Kelsey, april manners, Jessica Barnes, Hannah Gresock, emily travis, aleya Hanna, Daniel stambaugh, Janessa smith, amanda Van Namee, Nick Kennis; (2nd row) matthew mosca, sarah Kinney, tyler Valkosky, Vinnie Veitz, Kaelee Wyant, Jenna Knox, rebecca Barnoff, samantha Peace, Kayla Fusco, marshall richardson, Gavin Jache; (3rd row) marcus Bush, macKenzie rosenberger, lorne Hyskell, shane Beichner, Beth Barnett, Nick Brothers, sarah Johnston, Julia Voris, renee Belisky, Nichole Heitzenrater; (4th row) taylor Corle, Danielle mallory, amber Graham, tucker Hill, alex Voris, angellica sterling, linsie adams, Katie miller, taylor medsger; (5th row) susan Gramolini, aubrey Holmelund, Chelsie little, Katelynn sallack, Jennifer setree.
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Good Luck Janie and the Punx’y Volleyball Team! Bill & Cindy Depp-Hutchinson
State Representative
our Supporting es... local athlet
Sam Smith
The ney w a t u s x n u P ub l C r e t s o o B
On the job working for you.
Good Luck Chucks!!!
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7th Grade Girls’ Basketball (front row) tessa Winebarr, morgan adamson; (2nd row) morgan Vanleer, Kimberlee shoemaker, Devon Dubensky, sarah Voris; (3rd row) autumn martino, Janelle stair, alli lunger, Kaitlyn ray, alli Ishman.
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8th Grade Girls’ Basketball (front row) Claire smith; (2nd row) Beth Barnett, mikeelee Brink, Ivy Ferko, emma White; (3rd row) madison Haverilla, Hope Bridge, morgan Doverspike.
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Go Teams Go!
Varsity Football (front row) Clayton Dale, Zach Bevak, Jamie Bush, Caesar marcus, manager randi reesman, Josh schuckers, andrew Bullers, Jeremy smeal; (2nd row) Josh Neal, Nick Paulina, Parker Weaver, tyler titus, Cory Brooks, levi sikora, Josh smith, Brandon snyder, Daniel mclain; (3rd row) Coach Fred Barilar, Hayden muth, Jonathan Voss, Devin Williams, alex Fedigan, matt Burkett, alex Bevak, Derek malburg, Christian Falgout, Jake shiock, Coach todd Heigley; (4th row) assistant Coach Chris albright, Coach Jeremy moore, Zachary minich, steven Barnes, Dylan lettie, matt rowland, luke Janocha, Will Curtis, Garrett Zimmerman, Jordan london, Johnathan sureal, Head Coach alan Nichol, student athletic trainer santana smith; Missing: David Daugherty
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