Salute to Seniors 2023

Salute to 2023 Senior Athletes

Senior student-athletes reflect on a tumultuous four years

By Drew Epstein Staff Writer

The last few senior classes have all been affected by the COVID pandemic that began in 2020. The difference with the class of 2023? They get to finish out high school in a normal sense.

This year’s class were freshmen when the world shut down, and are now being given an opportunity to end their high school sports careers on the right note. Several local seniors in the area spoke on how they felt at the time, and how they feel now as they near the end of high school.

As things started to escalate in March 2020, the whole world was left wondering what the end result was going to be, and for student-athletes, that included the question of when they’d get a chance to play again.

Oneonta’s Finlay Oliver said the knowledge that entire seasons were being affected was hard to deal with.

“I was devastated of course,” he said. “I look forward to soccer season every year. The year that COVID hit, we could’ve had a chance at states, and of course, it’s devastating. It was something that we couldn’t control, and it was not just going to stop us. We practiced with safety and regulations, and I practiced by myself. Coaches outside of school helped us for the spring season to come.”

As things developed, and it became clear the season was probably over, Unatego’s Kylie Mussaw said one of the hardest parts was not getting to properly send off the

“I was devastated of course. I look forward to soccer season every year. The year that COVID hit, we could’ve had a chance at states, and of course, it’s devastating. It was something that we couldn’t control, and it was not just going to stop us. We practiced with safety and regulations, and I practiced by myself. Coaches outside of school helped us for the spring season to come.”

Finlay Oliver

upperclassmen.

“I was pretty sad because I really enjoyed playing with the people I was with and I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to the seniors,” she said.

While that reality was difficult, many athletes may have found that they were brought closer to their teammates as a result of the challenges they now faced.

“It’s something that not a lot of people have ever been through,” Mussaw said. “I think we all had to overcome the challenges together.”

Oliver also said the pandemic brought him closer to his teammates.

“It for sure did,” he said. “It’s something that we’ve never faced at all. The way we morphed into and bonded in a way that was for something that we didn’t know was coming, it was impressive. I was very happy to be a part of it.”

As Schenevus’ Angie Competiello pointed out, not only did these players all face time away from the sports they love, it impacted their skills and preparation as a result.

“It took away from my abili-

ty to train with my coaches, my peers, everybody,” she explained. “I couldn’t even find a facility to train at if I wanted to alone. I just think COVID genuinely stunted my growth as a player. I was really determined to take advantage of any opportunity I could get to have a ball at my feet once places started opening up. Even if it was by myself at my school field, I would just get out and get back to it because I didn’t want to stop.”

Competiello went on to mention how this was part of the reason she too believed she became closer with her teammates.

“We all lived through it together, and we all understood how we were feeling,” she said. “It made our bonding much easier. We could see it on the field. Even though we didn’t have that time together to train, our mindset was kind of the same.”

When asked what it means to them to be able to finish their senior years in a normal season, all of these seniors thought about the class of 2020 and said how grateful they are to have the opportunity

that their former classmates didn’t.

“I’m very thankful for that; it’s the luxury that the seniors before didn’t have,” Oliver said. “It’s nice to have full crowds, not wearing masks, and somewhat normal of a year. I’m very happy about that.”

“I’m really grateful because I know how hard it was for the seniors when it disrupted their senior season, so I’m really grateful that we were able to return to normalcy for my seasons so I could really enjoy my last year,” Mussaw said.

“I’m beyond grateful. I really am,” Competiello added. “I think about those seniors, when COVID first hit, who didn’t get to have that year. I’m honestly just so grateful to have finished it out in a positive way and spent the last season with my favorite people. I’m very grateful.”

These seniors also shared similar thoughts when reminiscing about what they’ll miss most about high school sports.

“Definitely the memories with my teammates,” Oliver said. “Of course, challenging each other to win games and win championships. The memories I take away each season are always worthwhile every time.”

Mussaw also said she’d miss the relationships, and the friendships she made along the way.

Competiello said that she will miss everything.

“The people, the coaches, the program,” she said. “Going to games, the bus rides blaring music. Just all of it. I loved everyone, I love the coaches. School soccer was one of the best moments in my life and I will never forget it.”

Sports Played & What Years: Baseball 2021, 2022, 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Spring 2020

Honors & Awards: Charlotte Valley pitcher of the year 2022

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Cherry ValleySpringfield Patriots

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, Cooperstown Travel Soccer League 2016-2020, Albany Rush 2022-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Fall 2020, Spring 2021

Honors & Awards: All-Stars Team 1, Character Counts Athletic Award, numerous all-tournament team awards.

Cadence Santiago

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer four years, basketball three years, softball three years

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: Coaches award, most valuable player

Additional Info: Cadence is an incredible athlete and a fantastic teammate

Ariana Bosc

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Michael Camarata

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D D Delhi Bulldogs

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2019-2022, Basketball 2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Soccer 2020

Honors & Awards: CNY Player of the year 2022, CSC All-Star 2021, 2022

Congrats to all Senior Athletes!

Sports Played & What Years: Volleyball 9-12, Basketball 10-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: abbreviated seasons 2020-2021

Honors & Awards: MAC All-Star (Basketball 2022, 2023, Volleyball 2022)

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2017-2022; Basketball 2017-2023; Spring Track 2018, 2019

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None missed, cut short with no extended season

Honors & Awards: Second team All-Star soccer , First team All-Star soccer; soccer team captain

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2018-2022, Track and field 2019-2023, Gymnastics 2006-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020-2021, gymnastics 2020-2022

Honors & Awards: Second team all-star, most valuable, team leader, honorable mention

Additional Info: She has been a leader and captain in every team and is the first to help other teams as well even though she is very competitive. Jayle has done gymnastics at the Oneonta YMCA for 16 years; she hasn’t been just an outstanding athlete, captain, and leader but a coach for the younger team. She is the first to lend a hand and help her team out and coach them when needing to step in. She is a perfect role model.

Jayle Leonard

Colby Diamond

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Julia Baxter

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Zachary Finch

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer

2019-2022, Basketball 2019-2023, Track 2019-2020

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Track 2021, 2022

Honors & Awards: All-Star for soccer, basketball, and track. Team Captain for soccer and basketball. Section IV character counts award. Scholar Athlete for soccer.

Additional Info: committed to play soccer for SUNY Cobleskill in the Fall

Skyler Odell

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2018, Baseball 20182023, Basketball 2019-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 soccer

Honors & Awards: 20182019 most improved soccer, 2018-2019 most improved baseball, 2020-2021 outstanding defender and most improved baseball.

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball and soccer all middle school and high school years.

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Sophomore year soccer and half sophomore basketball season

Honors & Awards: Second team All-Star for soccer junior year, Honorable mention soccer senior year.

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer

9-12; Varsity Basketball 10-12; Varsity Baseball 8-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Baseball 9

Honors & Awards: Varsity Basketball Defensive Award; Tri-Valley Soccer Second Team All-Star; Section IV Character Recognition Award

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Baseball 2019-2023, Varsity Basketball 2020-2023, Varsity Soccer 2019-2023

Honors & Awards: Baseball All-Star

First team 21-22, Defensive Player of the Year 21-22, Basketball All-Star

Second Team, Doit-All award 21-22, Soccer All-Star First team 21-22 & 22-23, Leading Scorer Award 21-22, Scholar Athlete for all sports

Gavin Brunner

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Arissa Bolton

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Collin McEnroe

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Kyle Ough

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Anthony (Tony) DeDominicis

Sports Played & What Years: Unatego/ Franklin Football 2015-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: Section IV Football Division VI Honorable Mention All Star, Senior Year

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 9-12, Varsity Basketball 9-12, Varsity Softball 7-11

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Softball (9th)

Honors & Awards: Tri Valley League All-Star (Soccer, Basketball, Softball), MAC League All-Star (Softball), NYSSWA (New York State Sport’s Writers Association) AllState Selection (Basketball), Daily Star All-Star (Basketball), BCANY (Basketball Coach’s Association of New York) Section IV Team (2022), 1,000 Point Scorer (Basketball)

Info: Plans to continue basketball career at SUNY Morrisville.

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2018-2023, Basketball 2018-2023

Honors & Awards: Honor Society and High Honor Roll student

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Hannah Bonczkowski

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Kendra Hammond

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Kristian Stachura

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Cross Country 2020, 2022, Varsity Indoor Track 2021,  2022, Varsity Basketball 2021 to present Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: none

Honors & Awards: Raider Triple Threat Award, (student has accomplished playing three sports in one school year)

Ella Stockdale

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 20192022 Indoor track & field 2019, 2021, Outdoor Track & field 2021 and 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 outdoor Track & Field

Honors & Awards: Participation award

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Christopher Hardenbergh Jr.

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Baseball 2021, Varsity Soccer 2021, Varsity Basketball 20212022, Varsity Baseball 2022, Varsity Soccer 2022, Varsity Basketball 2022-2023, Varsity Baseball 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Baseball 2020, Varsity Soccer 2020, Varsity Basketball 20202021

Honors & Awards: 2022

Varsity Baseball Second Team All-Star, 2022 Mayor’s Cup All-Star, 2022 Delaware League Varsity Soccer

Honorable Mention. 2022

Stamford Varsity Boys

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All-Star

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Justin LaPilusa

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer

Varsity: 9-12; Track: 10-12; Basketball: 9

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Track 9

Honors & Awards: New York State Athletics

Section IV Character Counts Award, 11th grade; NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award, Varsity Track Individual Award, 11th grade & Varsity Soccer Individual Award, 10th grade; NYS Tri-Valley Association of Section IV All-Star First Team, Soccer 12th grade & Track & Field 11th grade, NYS

Tri-Valley Association of Section IV All-Star Second Team, Soccer 11th grade, Laurens Central School Booster Club Track and Field Coach’s Award 10th grade & 11th grade, Oneonta Soccer Club 8-12

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Donta Sherwood

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2019, 2021, 2022, Basketball 2019, 2021, 2022, Baseball 2019, 2021, Track & Field 2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Soccer 2020, Basketball 2020, Baseball 2020

Honors & Awards: Varsity Letter, Varsity pins, Sportsmanship award

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Kayla Clark

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity soccer goalie 2021, 2022, Varsity basketball 2021-2023, Varsity softball 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 softball

Honors & Awards: National Honor Society member, National Technical Honor Society member, Principals List, High Honor Roll

Ryan McVitty

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2013-2023, ski racing 2012-2023, tennis 2019-2023, basketball 20182023, baseball 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Basketball, soccer, skiing

Honors & Awards: Ski champion for three years, 2021, 2022, 2023, basketball and tennis

athlete [ath-leet]

noun a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.

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Sports Played & What Years: Swimming 2015-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: All-Mohawk Valley Team Swimmer of the Year 2022, has set many records and holds many high ranks, too many to mention here

Additional Info: Swims for Cooperstown, Oneonta Orcas, Clark’s Sports Center

Garrett Aikins

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2019-2023, Basketball 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Missed Basketball “COVID” 2021

Honors & Awards: Varsity Soccer 1st Team Tri-Valley 2022, Varsity Basketball 2nd Team Tri-Valley 2022, Varsity Basketball Tri-Valley All-Star 2023

Additional Info: Will be attending SUNY Cobleskill & playing soccer for the Fighting Tigers fall of 2023

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Emily Kane

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Scott Murphy

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, Basketball 2019-20, 2021-22,  2022-23, Baseball 2019, 2021, Golf 2021

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Soccer 2020, basketball 2020-21, baseball 2020

Carissa Richards

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity soccer

8-12, Varsity basketball

8-12, Varsity softball

11-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Sophomore season of basketball

Jonathan Child

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2022, 2021 (fall), 2021 (spring), 2019, 2018, Baseball 2022, 2021, 2019, Basketball: 2022-23, 2021-22, 2019-20

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Baseball 2020, Basketball 2020-21

Honors & Awards: TriValley All Star Soccer 2nd Team 2021, 1st Team 2022, Basketball Honorable Mention 2022. Baseball 2nd Team 2022

Additional Info: NYSPHSAA

Scholar Athlete

Honors & Awards: Soccer TriValley All-Star First team three years, basketball Tri-Valley All-Star First team two years, Tri-Valley All-Star Second team one year, baseball honorable mention; golf medalist award, sectional qualifier

Additional Info: Scholar athlete award for two yearsv

Honors & Awards: Varsity soccer Second team all-star, varsity basketball First team allstar, varsity softball First team all-star, varsity basketball coach’s award, Joan Martin Classic all-tournament team, Richfield tip-off tournament MVP, Ray Clement all-tournament team

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Sports Played & What Years: 2019-2023, indoor track, outdoor track and soccer

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Outdoor track 2020, indoor track 202021

Honors & Awards: National Honor Society, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor

Additional Info: Noah’s parents are Timothy and Kathy Ashe. Noah is a fouryear varsity athlete for track, two-year varsity athlete for soccer, a four-year honor student, national honor society member, order of the arrow national honor society for scout, and Eagle Scout planning to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the fall

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity

Football Sophomore, Junior, Senior Year 2021-23, Varsity Basketball

Junior 2021-22, Varsity Swimming/ Diving Sophomore 2020-21, Senior 2022-23, Varsity Baseball

Sophomore, Junior, Senior 202123, Ski Club 2019-23 Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020-2022

Honors & Awards: Captain Varsity Baseball 2021-23, Captain Varsity Football 2021-23, Football Division All-Star Senior 2022-23, Scholar

Athlete-High Honors (Football, Basketball, Swimming/Diving, Baseball) all four years.

Additional Info: OHS National Honor Society President, OHS Class of 2023 Treasurer, OHS Ski Club President

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Basketball 2021-23, Varsity Baseball 2021-23

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Baseball 2020

Honors & Awards: 2021 Character Counts Award, 2022 STAC Baseball East All Conference All-Star

Noah Ashe

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Louis Bonnici

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Owen Burnsworth

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Sports Played and What Years:

JV Soccer 2018, Varsity Soccer

2021 (spring), 2021 (fall), 2022, JV Basketball 2018-2019, 2019-2020, Varsity Basketball 2021 (spring), 2021-22, 2022-23, JV Baseball

2019, Varsity Baseball 2021

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic:

Honors & Awards: 2018 JV STAC Soccer Champion, 2021 STAC Soccer All-Division, STAC AllConference, 2022 STAC Soccer

All-Conference, New York State All State (4th Team)

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball

2016-2023, Volleyball 2016-2023, AAU

Catskill Mountain Basketball 2014-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2021

Honors & Awards: Basketball All-Star

Team, OHS Basketball Team Section IV

Finalist, OHS Basketball Team Section IV

Semifinalist, Ranked ninth-highest threepoint shooter since 1995, OHS Volleyball

Section IV Finalist, Ultimate Team Volleyball

Player Award, Most Improved Volleyball

Player Award, OHS Basketball Team

Captain, AAU Basketball Team Captain, AAU Basketball East Coast Championship

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Cross Country 9-12, Varsity Outdoor Track 8-12, Indoor Track 9-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 9th grade Outdoor Track, limited 10th grade Cross Country in Spring, 10th grade Indoor Track

Honors & Awards: Two-time STAC All-Star in cross country, Two-time NYSPHSAA State cross country Qualifier, Helped lead cross country team to Sectional Class C Title Fall 2022 for first time since 1991 and a berth at the State Cross Country Meet.

Additional Info: Competed in numerous road courses: 5K &10k races, Disney half-marathon, and 15k races including winning the 14 and under age group at the Boilermaker in his first attempt as a 13 year-old (475 overall out of over 11,000). Planning on continuing his XC running career in college at SUNY New Paltz.

Sports Played & What Years Golf 7, 8, 11, 12, Basketball 7-11, and Baseball 7-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Spring 2020 and Fall 2021

Honors & Awards: STAC All Division Golf 11, STAC All Conference Golf 12, Qualified for States in Golf 11, STAC All Conference Baseball 11, Daily Star Baseball Player of the Year 11, 2022

Additional Info: During the 2022 spring season he pitched two no hitters, committed to UAlbany, Greenwave Baseball team 2021 and 2022 summer, Ski Club Winter 2021, 2022

Dakoda Buzzy

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Megan Cleveland

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Brandon Gardner

Aidan Gelbsman

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Sports Played & What Years: Football 2019-2022, Wrestling 2018-2023, Lacrosse 2019-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: Football-Lloyd F. Baker 2022, Wrestling-Rotary Champion, STAC Champion, Section IV Champion, State Qualifier

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Sports Played & What Years: Boys Varsity Soccer 2021-2023, Calcio Travel Soccer 2017-2023, Boys Varsity Lacrosse 20212023, Ski Club 20172023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Missed Lacrosse season 2020 due to pandemic

Honors & Awards: Qualified for AllDivision in Soccer

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Sports Played & What Years: Volleyball 2018-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: 2021 NYS 4th team All-Star, 2022 NYS 5th team All-Star, 2021 Division All-Star, 2021 OHS Most Improved Player

Sports Played & What Years: Football 2020-2023, baseball 2020-2023, wrestling 2021-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: none

Honors & Awards: Section IV First All-Star team. Awarded the Ricky J Parisia award for senior year of football

Sports Played & What Years: Freshman Year (2019-2020) Football. Sophomore Year (2020-2021) Football, Wrestling, Baseball. Junior Year (2021-2022) Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track. Senior Year (2022-2023) Football, Swimming & Diving, Outdoor Track

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Freshman Year (2019-2020) Baseball.

Sophomore Year: all seasons were shortened due to COVID

Honors & Awards: Senior Year Football: Captain, Selected for All-Division

Isabella Gracias

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Kaden Halstead

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Porter Holmes

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Mateo Goodhue

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Evan Gould

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Sports Played & What Years: Baseball, Football 2020-present, Basketball 2020, 2021

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: Baseball won sectional title

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2019-22

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: none

Honors & Awards: All-Division, STAC

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Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2019- 2022, Varsity Basketball 20222023, Varsity Tennis 2021

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None for pandemic but missed seasons with ACL surgery

Honors & Awards: STAC all conference for soccer

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Volleyball 2019-2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: 2021 Team

MVP, 2021 Division All-Star, 2022 All Conference All-Star, 2022 Greater Binghamton

Elite-15 Volleyball All-Star Team

Additional Info: 2022 Team Captain

Cameron Horth

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Michael Iannelli

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Emily Lobb

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Peyton Mackey

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer

2019-2022, Winter Track 2019, 2021, 2022, Spring Track 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Winter Track 2020

Honors & Awards: STAC Sportsmanship Award Winter Track June 2022

Additional Info: Scholar Athlete, top average during Girls Indoor Track 2021-22

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Finlay Oliver

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Baseball (9th), Varsity Track

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 limited season

Sports Played & What Years: Cheerleading 2021-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: National honor society, scholar athlete, team captain

Abbie Platt

Sports Played & What Years Volleyball 7-12, Basketball 7-12, Softball 7-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Softball 2019-2020 Freshman

Honors & Awards: Section IV Character Counts Recognition Award 20212022, 2021 STAC All-Star All-Division Team Volleyball, STAC Fall All-Star Setter 2022, STAC All-Star, All-Division Basketball 2021-2022, 2022 STAC AllStar softball for shortstop, Anthony C. Drago Award 2021 and 2022

Additional Info: will be attending SUNY Morrisville studying Psychology and playing basketball.

Sports Played & What Years: Wrestling, Football

8-12

Honors & Awards: Coaches choice award

Additional Info: son of Patrick and Amanda O’Donnell, missed his junior and senior year of football and wrestling due to two major knee injuries. Despite his injuries, Jesse showed up to all of the practices as well as games to stand the sideline and wrestling mat to support his brothers. Jesse is working toward recovery to play college football and major in business law come the fall.

Honors & Awards: Soccer Honors: 2019, 9th grade, NYS Central/East All-Conference Scholar Athlete, Section IV Champions, 2020, 10th grade, NYS All-Conference, All-State 1st Team, Scholar Athlete, STAC All-Star Team, 2021, 11th grade,  NYS All-Conference, All-State Team, Oneonta Soccer Club Award 2021, Scholar Athlete, STAC All-Star Team, 2022, 12th Grade, 2022 United Soccer Coaches Fall Boys All-East Region Team (The only OHS soccer player to receive this award in the past 35 years). NYS All-State 1st Team Oneonta Soccer Club Award (second year, 2022), Runner Up Section IV Final, Nate Lull Player of the Game Award, Daily Star Player of the Year, Gannett Newspapers Elite All-Star Team, Broke the Oneonta High School record for Varsity Career goals (96), Broke the Oneonta High School Record for Varsity Career points (234), Tied the Oneonta High School Record for most goals in a season, 46 in 2022. The amazing thing is that these records were broken and tied during COVID when the scheduled games were reduced in number.

Additional Info: Finlay plans to go to college to study Mechanical Engineering and play soccer

Joseph Moussa

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Maggie Nealis

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Jesse O’Donnell

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2019, spring 2021 (deferred fall 2020 season), 2021, 2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Fall 2020 season deferred to a shortened season in March/April 2021

Honors & Awards: Varsity captain 2021, 2022; East AllDivision defender 2022

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 10-12, Swimming 9-12, Track 11, 12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Track spring 2020

Honors & Awards: STAC Sportsmanship Award for 2021 Swim and Soccer seasons and Scholar Athlete (high honor roll 9-12)

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity

Golf 9, Varsity Football 10-12, Varsity Basketball 11-12, Varsity Baseball 11-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Spring 2020 baseball

Honors & Awards: Football Section IV

First Team All-Star selection, “Big 44” Ernie Davis/Floyd Little Memorial Game selection, OHS Football Justin Driggs Award, Varsity Basketball Captain, OHS Baseball Section IV title

Additional Info: Oneonta Green Wave Baseball - AAU Basketball (Oneonta Hoosiers), plans on attending SUNY Delhi in the fall

Sports Played & What Years: Cross Country 9-12, Indoor Track 11, Outdoor Track 11-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 Cross County, 2020 Indoor Track, 2020 Outdoor Track

Honors & Awards: Cross Country Top, 20 STAC Champion 2022, Team Captain GIrls Cross Country 2022, All-Star Athletics 2022

Additional Info: Anya plans to continue her running career in college and major in biology.

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Track 2022 and 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: N/A

Honors & Awards: N/A

Garrett Seeley

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Owen Shultz

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Cameron Sitts

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Anya Sloth

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Max Wilms

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Paul Vamosy

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2021-22, 2022-23, Varsity Ski Team 2019-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Soccer 2020-21 Honors & Awards: 2022 Roxbury Boys Soccer Most Improved Player, 2022 Roxbury Ski Team Most Improved Skier, 2022 Delaware League Boys Soccer 2nd Team All-Star, 2022 Sectional Medalist in Giant Slalom and Slalom 2023 Sectional Medalist in Slalom

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Samantha Osborne

Sports Played & What

Years: Varsity Basketball 9-12, Varsity soccer 9-12, Varsity softball 8-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity basketball 10th grade, varsity softball 10th grade.

Honors & Awards: Scholar athlete 9-12. Honorable mention for varsity soccer all-stars two times. Varsity basketball honorable mention allstar, and Second team allstar. Varsity softball First and Second team all-star. Varsity soccer 2021 TriValley championship and sectional championship, 2022 soccer sectional championship. 2020 varsity softball Tri-Valley championship and sectionals championship. 2022 varsity softball Tri-Valley championship.

Additional Info: Samantha was inducted to National Honors society and is currently attending New Vision’s Nursing program at BOCES.

Angelina Competiello

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 7-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: Two-time Daily Star Player of the Year, TVL All-Star 1st Team, All State 1st Team, WCDO player of the month, record holder at Schenevus for most goals, most assists

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 7-12, Varsity Softball 10-12, Varsity Basketball 12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity soccer 2020

Honors & Awards: 2021 and 2022 Section IV champions, Varsity Soccer First Team All State 12, Second Team All State 11, Daily Star Soccer Co-Player of the year 12, varsity Soccer Co-offensive MVP 11, Varsity Soccer Coaches award 10, Varsity Soccer Defensive player of the year 9

Conner Ritton

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer spring 2021, fall 2021, fall 2022, Track spring 2021, 2022, 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Track 2020

Honors & Awards: Sportsmanship award 2022

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 9-12, Basketball 9-12, Baseball 9-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Baseball 2020, Basketball 2020-21

Honors & Awards: Tri-Valley AllStar for soccer 9-12. Part of the Section IV All-Star Team traveling to Italy spring 2023

Additional Info: Plays soccer for Calcio United. Will be attending Hobart Institute of Welding Technology after high school

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Taylor Knapp

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Trevor Schneider

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Track

Softball

Football

Tennis

Skiing

Golf

Basketball

Swimming

Wrestling

Field Hockey

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Trevor Harrington

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Football 2021-2023, Varsity Wrestling

2018-2020, 2021-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Normal Football season in 2020, had a short season in spring of 2021, varsity wrestling 10th grade season was missed

Honors & Awards: Most outstanding wrestler Stan Elinsky in 2022, Team MOW for a couple different dual tournaments, MOW & Harry Doi award for season award from school.

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer, basketball, tennis

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Tennis as a freshman

Honors & Awards: MAC Tennis First team all-star, tennis MAC champ, volleyball MAC champ, table tennis Section IV champ, Doug Quinney sportsmanship award, captain of soccer, basketball, & tennis teams

Additional Info: SHS Men’s volleyball & SHS men’s singles table tennis

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Sports Played & What Years: Varsity soccer four years, Varsity basketball five years, Varsity track three years

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity track 9th grade

Honors & Awards: Scholar athlete, First team All-Star soccer three years, team mvp 2022, 1,000 points club basketball, 2023 MAC girls Division

1 MVP, Team MVP three years, girls basketball defensive award, SCSD Douglas Quincey award

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Danny Morris

Emma Simmons

Decorated South Kortright seniors grateful to go out on their own terms

By Nick Richardson Staff Writer

The boys of South Kortright’s senior class of 2023 will go down as among the most decorated in the school’s history. But what makes their accomplishments all the more impressive is the fact that nearly half of their high school seasons were affected by COVID.

After the pandemic hit near the end of the 2019-20 school year, South Kortright’s class of 2023 lost two full basketball seasons, most of two baseball seasons, and most of a soccer season along with every other fellow class.

As the school’s athletic director and coach of both the boys soccer and baseball teams, Bob VanValkenburgh knows how much that group missed out on in their freshman and sophomore years.

“They and the kids that graduated the last two years, they lost some really good seasons,” he said. “I think we had opportunities in different sports to go very far. These kids, they were ninth and tenth-graders then, and they would’ve been part of it, in a lesser role. But it’s good to see them now, even at the end of last season, because they get the opportunity this season. Last year at this time we were still wearing masks and we forget about that, the stuff that we went through.”

Trenton Cole and Adam Champlin, classmates and teammates on the Rams’ soccer and basketball teams, each noted how difficult it was beginning their high school experiences in the midst of COVID.

“I know it was really tough on all of us because that would’ve been one of the greatest years for sports we think, from the senior class to our freshman class, and it just bummed us out that our first year of high school was canceled early,” Cole said.

“We didn’t really know what was going to happen,” Champlin added. “We knew we had a good group of kids for a team, but we didn’t know how that was going to pan out at all.”

But after that rocky start, Champlin, Cole, and other classmates like Josh Anderson, Adin

Haynes, and Troy Dianich experienced a tremendous amount of success over the last two years in soccer, basketball, baseball, and track & field.

All of those names were on both the SK soccer and basketball teams that went to their respective state final fours in 2021-22, while the baseball team made it to the semifinals of the sectional playoffs. This year, the SK soccer team was co-champions of Section IV but fell in the title game on penalties to Southern Cayuga.

It may have taken a while, but things have finally returned to a sense of normalcy.

“It’s so much better,” Cole said. “The masks were just in the way all the time, always having people remind us, ‘Pull it up, pull it up.’ I remember with basketball there was a kid that got kicked out on the opposing team and it was… a lot having to deal with the masks.”

It should come as no surprise that teammates and classmates from a small school like South Kortright have a close bond, especially when they’re playing multiple sports with one another for years on end.

“We’ve basically played with each other since elementary school and I feel like that’s one of the biggest reasons why our success has been so great because we have the chemistry from all these years,” Cole said. “I feel like we just know what we’re doing without talking about it.”

Champlin had similar thoughts about the kind of chemistry he and his teammates have on the field.

“To use basketball as an example, we know

what each other’s thinking, what move we’re going to do throughout the game,” he explained. “So it really does help us a lot knowing what each person’s going to do and the chemistry that we have, and I think that’s probably been a huge key to our success.”

VanValkenburgh said that the type of connection his kids have makes it that much easier for him and his fellow coaches.

“They know what their coaches expect from them, they know what we expect as an athletic program,” he said. “It’s nice to experience winning, but we always talk about having to deal with losing as well. They are close-knit. The chemistry has been great for a number of years now.”

When asked to recall a particularly memorable moment from the past couple years of South Kortright athletics, both Champlin and Cole pointed to the team’s 2022 basketball sectional title game win over Richfield Springs, an overtime classic that featured a last-second three-pointer at the end of regulation by Connor Quarino.

“Connor hitting that buzzer-beater to bring us to overtime was just amazing,” Champlin said. “I think that’s when we were finally really like, ‘Oh, we can do something special this year.’”

“I think the sectional championship this year with soccer, that was a game that I’ll never forget,” Cole added. “Same with the sectional championship last year with Richfield Springs for basketball. Those two games I’ll never forget.”

The members of the class of 2023 will never get to make up for the time they lost at the beginning of their high school careers. But as VanValkenburgh tells it, they made the most of every moment they spent together.

“When I can go home from a practice and say, ‘Boy, that was fun’... There’s been years when I came home from a practice and said, ‘Man, what am I doing?’ But the past few years, every day’s been a joy,” he said. “It’s them, it’s not anything different. They get along and they respect what we’re doing. It’s been enjoyable. It’s a tribute to them.”

“We’ve basically played with each other since elementary school and I feel like that’s one of the biggest reasons why our success has been so great because we have the chemistry from all these years.”

Trenton Cole

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Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Golf

2017-19, Varsity Soccer 2020-23, Varsity Basketball 2021-23, Varsity Baseball 2021-23

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball 2019-2020

Honors & Awards: Varsity Soccer honorable mention 2021, First team All-Star, NY All State

5th team, Varsity Basketball second team

All-Star 2021, co-defensive player, WCDO Dynamic Defense 2021-2022, Nate Lull defensive player 2022

Additional Info: Adam is attending SUNY Cobleskill where he will play soccer and baseball

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball, Soccer, Track 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: Varsity Captain Soccer 2022, Basketball Captain 2022, Delaware League All-Star Second team 2021, Delaware League All-Star First team Pat Grasso Tournament All-Star 2022-23, Top defender 2021-22 Season Section IV Character Counts Recognition Award

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer, Track and Field 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: one

Honors & Awards: n/a

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer and Track 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: Soccer All-Star 2022, Track All-Star 2022

Adam Champlin

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Madison Coberly

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Ben Hughes

Declan McCracken

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Tryhnati Donato

Sports Played & What Years: 2019-20 soccer, basketball, track. 2020-21 soccer, basketball 2021-22 soccer, basketball softball, 2022-23 soccer, basketball, track

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Missed one season of basketball due to pandemic

Honors & Awards: Tryhnati was honorable mention and received coaches award for soccer. She is a two-time All Star for Basketball. This Basketball season she averaged 17.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.1 APG, AND 4.6 SPG.

Additional Info: Tryhnati received first place in gingerbread competition in New York State. She will be attending Cobleskill College for Culinary and Management

Alayna Castilian-Stannard

Sports Played & What Years: Softball 2022, basketball 2022-23

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Basketball 2020

Honors & Awards: N/a

Sports Played & What Years: 20202021 Varsity Soccer, Basketball, Ski club, 2021-2022 Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Softball, 2022-2023 Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Softball

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 Varsity Softball, 2020-2021 Varsity Soccer, 2021 Basketball

Honors & Awards: George Eastman Young Leaders Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Section IV Character Counts Recognition Award, Scholar Athlete Team Award Spring/ Winter 2022, Academic All-Star Award Basketball and Soccer 20212022, The Joseph P. Beck Scholar Athlete Award 2022-2023

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2022, basketball 2021

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: None

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Shannon Hartwell

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Myra Mata

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Kaden Butts

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Football, Basketball, Volleyball & Baseball

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: none

Honors & Awards: First team all-star for varsity football 2022

Additional Info: Kaden plans on attending college for Criminal Justice and continuing his football career

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Sports Played & What Years: Volleyball

7-12

Honors & Awards: Honorable Mention Senior Season

Additional Info: Played five seasons of Club Volleyball with KODA club. Erica will be playing Volleyball for SUNY Canton while taking legal studies.

Kadence York

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer four years; Basketball four years; Softball three years, Track three years

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Short seasons

Honors & Awards: Soccer 1st and 2nd teams; Basketball 1st and 2nd team

Additional Info: Kadence will continue her athletic career playing for the Herkimer Generals Soccer & Basketball teams

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Erica Mumbulo

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Kylie Mussaw

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 20172022, Varsity Basketball 2019-2023, Varsity Track 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Track 2020, Partial basketball 2020, Partial soccer 2021 and partial basketball 2021

Honors & Awards: Varsity Soccer two-time sectional champions, Regional champions, State Finalists, Four-time MAC champions, 2019 honorable mention, 2021 First Team MAC All-Star and offensive MVP for Unatego, 2022 First Team MAC All-Star and 2022 4th team All-State. Varsity Basketball Section IV champions, Two-time MAC champions, 2021-2022 defensive MVP and team MVP, First team MAC, 12th team All-State, 2nd team BCANY 2023 First team MAC All-Star, Varsity Track 2022 coaches award and 800m MAC champion

Additional Info: 2020 basketball team heading to states and COVID shut down the season

Nathan Ackerley

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Football 10-12, Varsity Wrestling 8-12, Varsity Track 10-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: one season of each

Honors & Awards: 2021-2022 section IV Division V All-Star football, Football Spartan award, Wrestling most improved coaches award

Additional Info: Nathan has played football and wrestling since kindergarten straight through to senior year. He injured his knee at the 2022 Section IV wrestling tournament which put him out of taking the field for football his senior year, but was a member of the team on the sidelines and practices. He returned to the mat to wrestle after being cleared and made it again to the division IV sectional tournament, but fell short of a placement at the state tournament (both 2022 and 2023). He is continuing with varsity track to finish his senior year. Nathan has enlisted early to the United States Air Force and will leave for basic training after graduation.

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Logan Utter

Sports Played & What Years: Football: 2010-2022, Basketball 2015-2023, Baseball 2011-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Football 2020

Honors & Awards: Football: Section IV First Team All Star 2021 Varsity Football Season, & 2022 Varsity Football Season, WCDO All-purpose Award winner for Football 2021 and 2022. Basketball: WCDO Dynamic Defense Award winner for 2021 & Unatego’s Most Improved Player for 2021-22 Season. Made WBNG TV Sports: Top 5 plays of the week (twice for Football): Sept. 19, 2022 at #1 vs Thomas A Edison, Oct. 10, 2022 at #2 vs Greene HS. Also holds the Longest Run record at Unatego for a 98 yard run vs. Unadilla Valley. That run, also put him on QB Velocity’s #Top5Tuesday at #2 & on The Hudl - New York: Longest Runs from weekend of Oct. 21, 2022

Additional Info: Has played football for 13 years, from Pee Wee League on up through to Varsity, Logan, has played basketball since age 10, and baseball since Little League age 6. Logan has become a Captain & a Leader throughout his years of sports, whether it was on or off the field.

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Sports Played & What Years: Football 2020-2022, Basketball 2020-2023, Baseball 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: MVP player in basketball tournaments, second team for basketball 2022, 2023, first team football 2022

Ava Coons

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball and Softball

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: scholar athlete

Abigail DelBalso

Sports Played & What Years: Field hockey since pee wee age 9

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: two seasons

Honors & Awards: Varsity

Zackery Gardner

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2019, 2021, Varsity Football 2021, 2022, Varsity Basketball 20212023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 soccer got moved to spring of 2021

Honors & Awards: 2021 Pat Grasso Basketball Tournament All-Star, 2022 MAC Basketball All-Star Honorable Mention, 2022 Stamford Basketball Tournament All-Star, 2023 MAC Basketball 2nd Team All-Star

Jacqlyn Gransbury

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball and Field Hockey

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2021

Honors & Awards: Field hockey First team All-Star for Section IV all four years on varsity, made the All-State team senior year, and set the record for most goals in a single season for Walton (24). For basketball was named to honorable mention for Section IV freshman year, set the record for most three-pointers in a season for Walton also as a freshman, was named a First team All-Star for Section IV junior and senior seasons, made the All-State honorable mention junior year, and this season recorded 1,000th varsity point. Also a Scholar Athlete.

Hazzie Halstead

Sports Played & What Years: Baseball 2009-2023, Basketball 2009-2019, Football 2009-2023 and Wrestling 2019-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Wrestling 2020 baseball 2021

Honors & Awards: None

Robert Conklin

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Meyer Little

Sports Played & What Years

Basketball 9-12, Baseball 9-12

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Baseball

2020

Honors & Awards: Section IV

Character Counts Recognition

Award 2022, MVP for Basketball 2022, Scholar Athlete for Baseball and Basketball 9-12

Additional Info: Both parents and players alike from surrounding teams comment on how compassionate Meyer is on the court and the field. He is just as concerned with athletes’ well-being as he is with winning the game. This care and empathy is noted by him helping others up, assisting if someone is injured, and high fiving all athletes for a job well done (whether a fellow Walton Warrior or an opposing competitor). Meyer is the epitome of good sportsmanship.

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Peyton Tweedie

Sports Played & What Years: 2019 Soccer & Wrestling, 2021 Soccer & Wrestling, 2022 Soccer & Wrestling

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 Soccer & Wrestling

Honors & Awards: Soccer 2021 MAC First Team All-Star & 2022 Delaware League 2nd Team All-Star Wrestling, 2022 Cuneen Doane Tournament Champion at 152 pounds & fifth place at Section IV Div 2 Tournament

Additional Info: Scholar Athlete

Jayven Mason

Sports Played & What Years Soccer junior and senior years

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: None

Honors & Awards: NYSPHSAA fall Scholar Athlete

Parker MacDonald

Sports Played & What Years: Football 202022, basketball 2020-22, baseball 2020-23

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic : None

Honors & Awards: 2022 junior prom king

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Sports Played & What Years: 2018-2022

Girls Varsity Soccer, 2019-2023 Girls Varsity Basketball, 2019-2022 Softball, Spring 2023 Track

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020 Varsity Basketball

Honors & Awards: NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team Award Fall 2018 Girls Soccer, 2019 Girls Basketball, Fall 2021 Girls Soccer, Winter 2022 Girls Basketball, Spring 2022 Girls Softball, Tri Valley Association of Section IV: Second team All-Star 2018 and 2019-2022 First Team All-Star, 2022 Section IV Character Counts Recognition Award

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer - Fall 2019, Spring 2021 with masks, Fall 2021 and Fall 2022, Basketball 2021-2022 with masks, current 2022-2023, Baseball Spring 2021 with masks (short season) Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Baseball Spring 2020, Basketball 2020-2021

Honors & Awards: 9th grade Soccer

Tri-Valley All-Star Honorable Mention,11th grade soccer Chic Walshe All-Star Tournament Trophy, 11th and 12th grade, First Team Tri Valley All-Star, Basketball 11th grade

2nd Team Tri-Valley, Baseball 10th grade 2nd Team Tri-Valley, 11th grade

1st Team Tri-Valley

Additional Info: Will be traveling with the Section IV Soccer All-Stars to Italy in April

Sports Played & What Years: Varsity Soccer 2019-2022, Varsity Basketball 2021-2023, Varsity Baseball 2020-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020-2021 JV Basketball

Honors & Awards: 2020 Section IV Character Counts Award, 2019-20 JV Outstanding Defense Award, 2021-22 Varsity Basketball Most Improved, 2022 Doug Calhoun

Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team, 2022 Varsity Soccer Captain, 2022 Chic Walshe All-Tournament Team, 2022-23 Basketball Captain, 2022 Lee Fisher All-Tournament All-Star

Sports Played & What Years Soccer 2021, 2022, Basketball 2021, 2022, Baseball 2021, 2022

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: 2020

Honors & Awards: Soccer Most Improved

Salute to Senior Athletes

Sophia Adams

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Connor Fancher

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Joey Geiskopf

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Tyler Haley

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Sports Played & What Years: Soccer 2019-2022, Basketball 2021-2023, Track and Field 2022-2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Varsity Basketball 2020

Honors & Awards: Varsity Soccer Coach’s Award 2021, TriValley Honorable Mention 2022, Scholar Athlete 2019-2022, JV basketball MVP 2019, Varsity Basketball Tri-Valley All Star Second team 2022, Preston Tournament Second team MVP 2022, Preston All-Tournament MVP 2023, Scholar athlete 20212023, Track and Field Most Improved 2022, Tri-Valley All Star First Team 2022, Scholar Athlete 2022

Sports Played & What Years: Basketball freshman and senior years

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Sophomore year

Honors & Awards: Principal’s list

Additional Info: Quad motocross freshman year

Makenna

Sports Played & What Years: Soccer

2019, 2021, 2022, Basketball 2020, 2022, 2023

Seasons Missed Due to Pandemic: Missed Soccer 2020 and Basketball 2021

Honors & Awards: NYSPHSSA ScholarAthlete (WCS Valedictorian)

Additional Info: Calcio Travel Soccer 2019-2023

Anna Serdy

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Remington Shafer

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Ventuleth

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