November 16, 2006

sports

Bulldogs fall sports awards

The Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School hosted a sports awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 2, to honor the athletes who participated in fall sports this year.

High school awards

Girls soccer
For the YSHS girls soccer team, sophomore Rachel Trumbull was named the defensive most valuable player (MVP), sophomore Ryder Comstock was the offensive MVP, senior Erin Silvert-Noftle took the team MVP, junior Ellen Swisher received the Bulldog award and junior Danielle Doubt got the team’s Sportsmanship award.

Comstock and Silvert-Noftle were named to the Metro Buckeye Conference First Team, while Trumbull and India Scarver were Second Team All-League selections. Doubt was honored with the Coaches' Award, which goes to only one player in the conference on the basis of heart and coachability. Rosa Dixon was honored with a league sportsmanship award.

Silvert-Noftle was named First Team All-District, with Comstock making the Second Team, while Trumbull and Scarver were Third Team selections.

Fourth year awards: Silvert-Noftle, Scarver. Third year awards: Sarah Morrison, Swisher. Second year awards: Olivia Chen, Comstock, Danielle Fulton, Trumbull. First year awards: Olivia Byrnes, Dixon, Lara Donnelly, Doubt, Salome Garcia-Halpin, Laura Hyde, Brenda Jones, Megan Kaplon, Maxine Midtbo, Amelia Shaw, Rebecca Smith and Claire Triplett.

Boys soccer
YSHS soccer player Brandon Carver-Halley was selected to the All-State Third Team and the Dayton Division III All-District Team. Selected to the Dayton Division III North Sectional All-Star Teams were, First Team, Carver-Halley and Kevin Sikes-Gilbert; Second Team, James Butler and Ben Armstrong; Third Team, Kyle Buchwalder and Jake GunderKline; Sportsmanship award, Jake GunderKline. And YSHS boys soccer coach Jim Hardman was selected as the Dayton Division III North Sectional Coach of the Year.

In Metro Buckeye Conference honors, Carver-Halley, Sikes-Gilbert and Butler were selected to the MBC First Team, while Kyle Buchwalder, Armstrong and Jake GunderKline were selected to the MBC Second Team. Ferguson won the conference Coaches’ award.

From Coach Hardman, Andrew Ferguson won the most improved player award, Buchwalder was honored as the most valuable defender, Butler and Armstrong were chosen as the most valuable offense, and Carver-Halley was selected as the most valuable all-around player. Kumar Jensen and Sikes-Gilbert won the Bulldog awards for their team.

Fourth year award: Carver-Halley. Third year awards: Armstrong, Butler, Buchwalder and Abeo Miller. Second year awards: Max Buchwalder, Ferguson, Emile Fleming, Brock GunderKline, Jake GunderKline, Zeke Hardman, Jensen, Yosef Johnson, Todd Sheets, Sikes-Gilbert and Alex Turner. First year awards: Ethan Brown, Raphael Bruckner, Asa Casenhiser, Tyler Fox, Chris Johnson, Eric Rudolf, Taylor Smith and Alexis Onfroy-Curley. Junior varsity recognition: Ramon Bieri, Robbie Marion, Nathan Mitchell, Alex Nickels, Ryan Phillips and Drew Stratton.

Football
For the high school football team, Jonathan Haller, Joey Bailey, Antonio Woodard and Raphael Allen received this year’s Bulldog awards.

Third year awards: Josh Foster, Kumar Jensen and Haller. Second year awards: Mike Adams, Levi Amstutz, Bailey, Andrew Ferguson, Joe Fugate, Adrian Lester, S.J. Scott and Woodard. First year awards: Allen, Jacob Auten, Ben Clonch, Ron Cobb, Wyatt Flatter, Eduardo Gallifa, Emilio Garcia, Chris McElroy, Ryan Newsome, Jeremy Paul, Eamon Papania, Matt Rowe and Jerimiha Stubblefield.

Cross country
For the high school boys cross country team, Sam Borchers and Evan Firestone both took home a slew of awards, including being selected to the All-Ohio First Team, the All-Region First Team, the All-District First Team and the All-League First Team. Borchers won the team’s Bulldog award for most valuable runner, and Firestone was honored with the Bulldog award for most improved. Andy Peters was selected to the First Teams for the region and the league, and both Jake and Brock GunderKline were picked for the All-League Second Team.

Anna Carlson, making up the whole of the girls team at several meets, was selected to the league’s First Team. And cross country coach Vince Peters was selected as the MBC coach of the year.

Third year award: Ben Adams. Second year awards: Firestone, Brock GunderKline and Jake GunderKline. First year recognition: Carlson, Erik Bean, Anthony Pettiford and Birch Robinson.

Volleyball
High school volleyball team member Alisha Walker, the only fourth year player, received the Bulldog award for her team. She was also selected to the MBC Second Team. Ashlee Jackson won a sportsmanship award for the league.

Third year awards: Jackson, Alisha Lucas and Niquelle Orr. Second year awards: Bailey Linse. First year awards: Kristen Foster, Barbara Jewell, Megan Kaplon, Jessica Kellar, Ashanta Robinson, Kristen Semler and Maiya Thornton. Junior varsity awards: Eileen Borchers, Nancy Epling, Danielle Franklin, Belle-Pilar Fleming, Marlee Layh, Merissa Medley, Megan Miller, Alana Moran, Caitlin Moran, Brittany Sheets and Melodie Wright.

Golf
Alex Visbal came away with the only fourth year award as well as the Bulldog award for this year’s YSHS golf team. Visbal was also honored with the MBC’s sportsmanship award. Second year awards: Max Fleishman, Joe Fugate, Kevin Sikes-Gilbert and Zach Reichert. First year awards: Ethan Brown, Kevin Mayer and Eric Rudolf. Junior varsity awards: Jill Bothwell, Josh Creager, Lucas Donnell, Zane Reichert and Logan Sage.

Cheerleading
Kristen Semler collected the Bulldog award for this year’s YSHS cheerleading squad

First year honors: Allie Moran, Caitlin Moran, Maiya Thornton, Merissa Medley, Ashanta Robinson, Kristen Foster, Semler and Danielle Fulton.

McKinney awards

Football
Honored for their participation on the McKinney School football team this fall were Austin Bailey, Jacob Fugate, Robert Harden, Keida Johnson, Rory Papania, Tyler Sammons, David Teyber, Jason Clark, Isaac Haller, Cole Honeycutt, Devin Massie, Nathaniel Reed, Brian Smith, A.J. Wagner, Kyle Click, Kelly Hamilton, Jesse Jewell, Zachary McHugh, Matt Salazar and Nick Sontag.

Haller won this year’s Bulldog award for the team.

Volleyball
Seventh-grade volleyball team members Zyna Bakari, Lydia Jewett, Mercedes Mesa, Katie Triplett, Roniqua Cobb, Elizabeth Malone, Jami Miles, Emma Holman-Smith, Stephanie Marion and Miranda Russell were recognized for their participation. Eighth-grade volleyball players Alex Beer, April Doubt, Cydney Linse, Natasha Perry, Lauren Westendorf, Jenna Boettcher, Taylor Ennis, Rachel Missik, Stephanie Scott, Anne Weigand, Malaika Carver, Elyse Giardullo, Alex Myers and Elizabeth Tobey were honored for their performances on this year’s team.

Cobb and Perry were each given a Bulldog award for outstanding effort and achievement.

Cross country
The McKinney School girls cross country team of Allison Berry, Hannah Kumbusky, Kelly Miller and Mary Triplett were recognized for their efforts. The boys cross country team of Gabe Amrhein, Austin Bailey, Michael Finster, Elias Mulhall, Addison Pettiford, Nick Thompson, Nathan Auten, Leonid Clark, Josh Meadows, Nerak Patterson, Cole Santell and Adam Zaremsky were also recognized for participation.

Kumbusky and Patterson were given the team’s Bulldog awards.