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Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Friday, June 13, 2008
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The winners
BEN
BRIGANDI
Letting the schools
choose their best
T
he 2007-08 school year
has been as successful
on the statewide level
as any in recent memory for
Sun-Gazette area athletes.
In the fall, Loyalsock’s football team reached its first state
semifinal, and the Montoursville
girls soccer team returned there
after dispatching Loyalsock in
the quarterfinals.
In the winter, the area saw
four state wrestling champions, a bounty as rich as any in
the area. Brock Parker, Derek
Reber, Luke Frey, and Dylan
Alton continued a tradition as
rich as anywhere in the state.
Also, the Williamsport boys
basketball team returned to the
state playoffs for the first time in
six years, and Hughesville’s boys
and Loyalsock’s girls also made
deep runs.
The hits kept coming in the
spring. Most notably, Keenan
Michael broke a 20-year old hurdles record in the PIAA championships previously held by NFL
wide receiver Qadry Ismail.
And Loyalsock’s baseball and
softball teams, and Milton’s
softball team all reached their
first-ever state finals.
Good timing then, that the
Sun-Gazette introduces the
Senior Sports Awards Section,
an improvement on many of
the year-end sports awards
we’ve done in the past.
While we’ll name our own
male and female athletes of
the year by the end of this
month, we wanted to give
schools in our coverage area a
chance to honor their top senior male and female athletes.
Athletic directors at each
school polled their coaches and
chose the winners. It’s the
same concept the West Branch
Valley Sports Hall of Fame
used with its discontinued senior sports awards dinner, but
expanded into a special section
across the Sun-Gazette’s entire
coverage area.
A thank you to all participating athletic directors and
coaches who voted and helped
us give some of the top graduating seniors a lasting honor.
Brigandi is sports editor at The
Sun-Gazette. He may be reached at
bbrigandi@sungazette.com.
School
Top senior male
Top senior female
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Williamsport
Jake Fagnano
Kortney Mazzante
4
Montoursville
Chad Jacobson
Traci Flick
6
Loyalsock
Austin Knighton
Kerri Datres
8
South Williamsport
Wade Morehart
Manda Peck
10
St. John Neumann
Zachariah Boring
Laura Eck
12
Jersey Shore
Joe Loffredo
Jenna Brooks
14
Central Mountain
Jonathan Quiggle
Kristin Brandt
16
Montgomery
Ryan Hecknauer
Samantha Andrews
18
Muncy
David Sterngold
Jordan Rishel
20
Warrior Run
Chad Dixon
Elle Hameetman
22
Hughesville
Ammon Swisher
Ashley Eck
24
Sullivan County
Derek Malin
Katie Shoemaker
26
Liberty
Jesse Krotzer
Whitney Connolly
28
North Penn
Jesse Kriner
Olivia Shedden
30
Mansfield
Randon Wilston
Katie Bastian
32
Wellsboro
Corvin Oberholzer
Carolyn Mitchell
34
Galeton
Tim Brander
Crystal McMahon
36
Cowanesque Valley
David Clark
Brianna Tomb
38
Canton
Nate Ross
Maddy Kutz
40
Elkland
Levi Turner
Melissa Allen
41
Williamson
Aaron Westlake
Stephanie Phillips
42
Dick Delaney, left, coached Loyalsock to its first-ever PIAA Class AA semifinal appearance in football, falling to Dunmore.
Brock Parker of Canton was one of four area PIAA wreatling
champions this year, taking the Class AA 145 title at Hershey.
Montoursville defeated Loyalsock in a PIAA Class AA
girls soccer quarterfinal, returning to the semis for the
first time since 2004.
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Top senior male athlete
JAKE FAGNANO
Football, baseball
College plans: Attending Penn State and playing football for the Nittany Lions
Career highlight: Winning district championship in baseball
Best athlete I played with: Zane Parr
Best athlete I played against: Nathan
Stupar, State College.
Most memorable game I played: Double
overtime football game against Pittston .
Most memorable game I ever saw:
Appalatchan state beating Michigan.
Top wish on sports Bucket list: Become a
starting football player for Penn State
Most embarrassing sports moment: Going
0-10 in football my senior year.
Toughest road venue: State College
Worst career injury: Fractured ankle at the
beginning of my senior year of football
What I’ll miss most: The thrill of running onto
the football field with your team with the entire
school behind you.
Favorite coach: I’ve liked all of my coaches.
Best advice: To participate in sports you need
a good pair of earplugs because you hear alot of
garbage
Favorite Pro team: Patriots
Favorite College team: Penn State
Favorite Athlete: Tom Brady
Favorite Teacher: Mr. Rinker
Favorite School subject: Math
Favorite book: Cantebury tales
Favorite Movie: The Rocky Trilogy
Favorite song: “Enter Sandman” by Metalica
Favorite non sport hobby: snowboarding
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Future plans: Penn State
in the summer, majoring in
Forensic Science and later
attend graduate school and get
a degree in forensic psychology.
Career highlights: I think
for any athlete each game/meet/
race is a highlight. In addition to
that I made it to districts in each
sport every year and was captain of each team.
Best athlete I played
with: I have played with so
many athletes but one of the
best athletes is Beth Ann
Schwoyer. She is only a freshman but she too will be a triathlete. She was one of our top
girls in cross country, she
became a strong 800 runner in
track, and for swimming she
went to states in backstroke
and is within seconds of breaking the school record. She will
be an amazing athlete in the
coming years.
agianst: Cailtyn Cavanaugh
from Danville who could run
the 4x8, the mile, the 800 and
the 2-mile and cross country
and place first in every event.
Also, the State College swim
team and the Lewisburg cross
country and track team.
My most memorable
event: This year during practice when some girls from my
track team and coaches did
relay races and I got to race my
coach and try a 4x1 handoff.
Most memorable event I
saw: In swimming and track
my favorite thing to watch are
the relays and there have been
some close relays but the one I
remember was the boys 4x4
KORTNEY MAZZANTE Cross country, swimming, track
CRAIG S. McKIBBEN JR/Sun-Gazette
race this year at districts, it
was by far the closest race I
have ever seen.
Top wish on sports bucket list: One to take kick boxing! And two to practice with
any professional football player
to see just how big, fast and
strong they really are.
Worst memory:
Swimming districts my junior
year. I was getting ready to
swim the 200 IM and I
worked so hard so I knew I
was going to drop time and I
was really excited. I remember
tucking my goggles under my
cap (something I don’t usually
do) so they would not fall
down. Well, when I dove into
the water, my goggles fell down
and filled with water. I could
not see anything! I could not
see the flags for backstroke but
luckily I have been in the pool
enough to tell where I was at
so I could make an okay turn,
then I practically ran into the
wall on my breast stroke turn,
and almost missed the wall on
Congratulations to Williamsport
Area High School Outstanding
Class of 2008 Female Athlete.
We are proud of you!
my flip turn.
Worst career injury:
Luckily, I was never seriously
hurt. I accidently “fell off the
track” once and twisted my
ankle and missed one meet.
And for swimming I hurt my
shoulder and could not rotate
it but after a week of resting it,
it was back to normal.
What I’ll miss most: I will
definetly miss all the friends
and our laughs I can be in
the worst mood but I know at
the end of the day I have prac-
tice and my teammates will be
there to cheer me up.
Favorite coach: I want to
thank all my coaches, they have
all been there for me, helped
me and were truly a big part of
my life. My “favorite coach”
would have to be my dad. He is
at every sporting event yelling
for me no matter what.He is
always pushing me to do my
best and how to improve. He
gives me pointers, exercises,
and even talks to other coaches
and stronger athletes to see
what things I should focus on.
No matter how I do he is there
to listen to me brag or complain, but he always brings me
back to reality and gets me
ready for the next race. Thanks
dad, I love you.
Best adviced recieved:
From my dad: 1. Don’t stay in
your comfort zone. 2. Suck it
up and run (or swim).
Favorite college team:
Penn State.
Favorite athlete: Michael
Jordan. I like the fact that he
wasn’t always amazing because
he didn’t make his high school
team, but practiced and became
the best player in the NBA.
Favorite teacher: Ms.
Mazzante.
Favorite subject: My
favorite topic to study are wars
but my favorite subject overall
is probably math.
Favorite book: A Tale of
Two Cities.
Favorite movie:
Remember the Titans
Favorite non-sports
hobby: Shoe shopping. purse
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CHAD JACOBSON
Baseball, football
Post-graduate/college plans: Attend East
Stroudsburg University to play baseball and major
in business
Career highlights: Baseball-2006 State runnerup, District 4 Sun-Gazette Player of the Year.
Football-’06-’07 District champs
Best athlete I played with: Ryan Miller
Best athlete I played against: Tony Fannick,
Milton
Most memorable game/event I competed in:
Eastern finals against St. Piux X, 15 innings
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Go to
College World Series, go to all Major League
Baseball stadiums
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment:
Losing state baseball finals
Toughest road venue: Selinsgrove football
Worst career injury: Pulled hip flexor
What I’ll miss most: The memories with my
coaches and teammates
Favorite coach: Can’t answer that
Best advice received: “Impossible is nothing,”
be myself
Favorite pro team: Philadelphia Phillies
Favorite college team: Notre Dame
Favorite athlete: Alex Rodriguez
Favorite teacher: Mr. Friant
Favorite school subject: Business
Favorite movie: Old School
Favorite song: “Don’t Stop Believing” by
Journey
Favorite non-sports hobby: Hunting, fishing
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TRACI FLICK
Soccer, swimming, softball
Post-graduate/college plans: Attend Saint Francis University on a
soccer scholarship
Career highlight(s): All-State for soccer, 2 district championships
(soccer), making playoffs in softball
Best athlete I played with: Tesa McKibben
Best athlete I played against: Nicole Smith, Milton
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Senior year League
Championship when we came back and won in penalty kicks
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: 1999 Women’s Cup
Championship game U.S. vs. China
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: To get Rookie of the Year
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: Getting stuck in the net
after scoring a goal
Toughest road venue: Shikellamy
Worst career injury: A bruised tailbone
What I’ll miss most: The relationship with my teammates, just the
little things like the inside jokes and unforgettable moments
Favorite coach: Mike Bennett
Best advice received: Never give up
Favorite pro team: Los Angeles Galaxy
Favorite athlete: David Beckham
Favorite teacher: My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Fortin
Favorite school subject: English
Favorite book: To Kill A Mockingbird
Favorite movie: 10 Things I Hate About You
Favorite song: There are too many
Favorite non-sports hobby: Hanging out with my friends
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AUSTIN KNIGHTON
Football, basketball
Post-graduate/college plans: Lock Haven University, play
football, serve in the Army.
Career highlights: Beating Montoursville—twice.
Best athlete I played with: Jamie Van Fleet
Most memorable game/event I competed in: The second
Montoursville game.
Most memorable game/event I saw: Michael Jordan’s last
game at the Sixers.
Most embarrassing moment: In 10th grade I had to wear a concussion helmet that looked like a mushroom.
Toughest road venue: Bloomsburg.
Worst career injury: Popping my hip out before scoring a 64yard touchdown against Southern Columbia.
What I’ll miss the most: Playing with my friends.
Favorite coach: Dave Winters
Best advice received: Input equals output.
Favorite pro team: The Eagles
Favorite athlete: Allen Iverson
Favorite teacher: Mr. Bower
Favorite subject: History
Favorite book: Bible
Favorite movie: Black Hawk Down, 300
Favorite song: Revalation Song.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Hunting and camping.
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KERRI DATRES
Basketball, softball
Post-Graduate/college plans: Attend Lebanon Valley
College, play softball, and major in Physical Therapy
Career highlight(s): Two-time District 4 basketball
champions, Midd-Penn champs, 1st team all-conference, MidPenn champs, 1st team all conference, Mid-Penn MVP.
Best athlete I played with: Silver Bullet softball girls.
Most memorable game/even I competed in: NSA
softball nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: USA softball game at Bowman Field.
Worst/most embarrassing sport moment: District
softball game at Central Columbia.
Toughest road venue: South Williamsport.
Worst career injury: Pulled hip flexor, and missed half
my softball season sophmore year.
What I'll miss most: my teammates, coaches, and competition.
Favorite coach: Dan Lazorka.
Best advice recieved: Just have fun.
Favorite pro team: Steelers/Yankees.
Favorite college team: Penn State and North Carolina.
Favorite athlete: Lovie Jung
Favorite teacher: Miss Massetti
Favorite school subject: Physiology
Favorite book: The Notebook
Favorite movie: Love and Basketball
Favorite non-sport hobby: Spending time with friends
and family
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Loyalsock
Lancers
Post-graduate/college
plans: Utica College, history,
secondary education, play football
Career highlights: 3-time
Iron Mountie, 2007 NTL
Offensive Player of the Year,
2006 and 2007 first team NTL
running back, honorable mention All-State running back,
first team running back
District 4 All-Star game, 2006
and 2007 second team NTL
outside linebacker
with: Bryan English, Patton
Bartholomew, Joe Boroweic.
against: Brad Lantz,
Towanda.
Most memorable
game/event I competed in:
Eastern Conference semi-final
vs. Lourdes Regional 2006 and
2007.
Most memorable
game/event I ever saw:
Southern Columbia win state
championship vs. West
Middlesex.
Top wish on sports
“bucket list”: First-round
draft pick in the 2012 NFL
Draft.
Worst/most embarassing sports moment: Went
to block a punt vs. Canton
but punter got the ball off
and I jumped into his cleat
and had bruised ribs for 2
weeks.
Toughest round venue:
Lourdes Regional.
Concussion.
WADE MOREHART
Football, track
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South Williamsport Mounties
What I’ll miss most:
Friday nights in the fall.
Favorite coach: Mark
German.
Best advice received: The
biggest enemy of best is good.
If you’re satisifed with what’s
good, you’ll never be the best.
Michigan Wolverines.
Favorite athlete: Barry
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Favorite teacher: Mark
German.
Favorite school subject:
History.
Favorite book: Raiders
Night.
Favorite movie: Varsity
Blues
Favorite song: “Anytime”
by Eve 6.
Favorite non-sports
hobby: Skiing.
Congratulations to the South
Williamsport Area High School
Class of 2008 Outstanding
Male Athlete. You’re the Best!
Softball, tennis
plans: Lycoming: Pre-health &
Art
Career highlights: 2005
Mid Penn Champs, 2006
District Champs, No. 8 seed in
District Doubles in 2006; 2nd
team Mid-Penn infielder, threetime 1st team Mid Penn shortstop, Two-time Player of the
Week, 100 career hits.
Best Athlete I Played
With: Tara Reed, Williamsport.
Best Athlete I Played
Against: Courtney Comstock
from Central Columbia
Most Memorable
Game/Event I Competed In:
2006 District 4 championship
vs. Central Columbia
Most Memorable
Game/Event I Ever Saw:
2006 U.S. Open
Top Wish on Sports
“Bucket List”: Attend
Wrestlemania
Worst/Most
Embarrassing Sports
Moment: Dropping a pop fly
Toughest Road Venue:
Central Columbia
Worst Career Injury: I
have had Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome for four years. I
injured my shoulder in eighthgrade basketball and I was
struggling with my shoulder
up until November of 2007.
My senior year of softball was
the first season I was able to
play without tingling, numbness, and pain in my right
shoulder.
What I’ll Miss The Most:
Playing a sport in a Mounties
uniform.
MANDA PECK
Favorite Coach: I have A LOT of respect for Mike Frey.
Best Advice Ever Received: “Its better to be hated for
who you are than loved for who your not”- Van Zant- Help
Somebody
Favorite Pro Team: New York Yankees.
Favorite College Team: Penn State.
Favorite Athlete: Derek Jeter.
Favorite Teacher: Mr. Jamie Bloom, math
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Favorite School Subject: Gym, Art, and Biology.
Favorite Book: Blindsight by Robin Cook.
Favorite Movie: Jerry Maguire & The Hunt For The
Red October.
Favorite Song: “Grey Street” by Dave Matthews Band &
“Say” by John Mayer.
Favorite Non-Sports Hobby: Drawing.
Congratulations to South
Williamsport Area High School
Outstanding Class of 2008 Female
Athlete. We are proud of you!
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ZACHARIAH BORING
Basketball, soccer
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St. John Neumann Knights
Post-graduate/college plans:
Penn State-Altoona
Career Highlight: Soccer game
against Galeton
Best athlete I played against:
Matt Delong
Most memorable game/event I
competed in: Basketball game at
home against Sullivan County.
Worst/most embarrasing sports
moment: Scoring a goal for the other
team in the Montoursville Soccer
Tournament
Toughest road venue: Loyalsock
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Worst career injury: Sprained
ankle in summer basketball game
What I’ll miss most: Playing basketball with my friends
Favorite Coach: Coach Johnson
Best advice received: Defense
wins games
Favorite college team: Penn
State
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby:
Favorite non-sports hobby:
Hanging out with my friends
We Salute the St. John Neumann Regional
Academy High School Class of 2008
Outstanding Male Athlete.
Congratulations & Best of Luck!
Soccer, basketball, softball
Bloomsburg University
Career Highlights: Basketball:
2005-2006 season: Making playoffs.
2006-2007 season: beating Loyalsock,
and 2007-2008 season: Winning the
Mansfield tournament and beating
Mansfield, starting off the season 11-0,
beating Central and Southern
Columbia, beating the girl’s school
record with 18 wins in a season, and
making playoffs. Soccer---2006: making
playoffs; 2007: Making playoffs, and
beating the girls school record for most
wins
Best athlete I played with:
Sandra Szczepanek
Krista Matlack of South Williamsport
in soccer
Most Memorable game/event I
competed in: Beating Loyalsock last
year in 2006-2007 season.
Most Memorable game/event I
ever saw: Watching the Neumann
boys baseball team play Galeton this
year.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”:
To play college sports and go to an
NBA game.
Worst/most embarrasing sports
moment: Losing by 30 or more points
in different games over the past 4
years.
Congratulations Athletes!
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Toughest road venue: CMVT or
Southern Columbia in 2007-2008 season
Worst career injury: Breaking
both my wrists while playing basketball while in elementry school both at
differnent times, but I have not had
any injuires in my varsity career to
keep me from playing any sports.
What I’ll miss most: My teammates, and the competition of playing
sports in highschool
Favorite coach: Mark Watson
Best advice received: Make your
yes mean yes and your no mean no by
leading your own path, and success is
not te destination it is the journey
Favorite pro team: Miami Heat
Favorite college team: North
Carolina Tar Heels
Favorite athlete: Dwyane Wade of
Miami Heat
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Trenholm,
math
Favorite school subject: Any
math but limits for calculus
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
by Scott F. Fitzgerald
Favorite movie: Rocky I-IV and
Remember the Titans.
Favorite song: Love them all.
Favorite non-sport hobby: Scrapbooking or sleeping.
Congratulations to St. John Neumann
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Outstanding Class of 2008 Female
LAURA ECK
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JOE LOFFREDO
Wrestling, football
Post-graduate/college plans: Attending and wrestling at Edinboro.
Career highlights: PIAA State Wrestling Finals, qualifying for
District finals in football
Best athlete I played with: Sam Eck
Best athlete I played against: Quentin Wright of Bald Eagle Area.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Football, Jersey
Shore vs. Shamokin
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: NCAA Division I
Championships.
Worst/most embarassing sports moment: Tripping in front of varsity football players dropping my lunch on the floor at 7th grade football
camp
Toughest road venue: Competing with a broken wrist
Worst career injury: Broken wrist
What I’ll miss most: I’ll miss road trips to tournaments but most of
all I’ll miss the weight room and wrestling room.
Favorite coach: Coach Weaver and Owens
Best advice received: Respect the upperclassmen; work hard and
have fun; “suck it up” from Dave Waltz
Favorite pro team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite college team: Edinboro University
Favorite athlete: Tom Brady
Favorite teacher: Mr. Owens
Favorite school subject: Manufacturing
Favorite book: A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite movie: Never Back Down
Favorite song: “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace Atkins
Favorite non-sports hobby: Rodeo
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Congratulations on
a great year!
Good Luck in the future.
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Post-graduate/college plans: Bloomsburg University for Speech
Pathology and Audiology with a scholarship to swim.
Career highlights: Swimming—going to Nationals twice, placing
sixth at states. Track—going to states twice.
Best athlete I played with: Maddi Thompson, Brooke Koch,
Becky Muthler and Danielle McPherson
Best athlete I played against: Kala Misavage of Danville.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: 200 medley relay
at states
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: Boys basketball game
against Milton (the white-out game)
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Win College Nationals in the
100 fly, 200 medley and free relays
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: None
Toughest road venue: Late nights with swimming, not enough
sleep, hard dryland workouts
Worst career injury: None
What I’ll miss most: Playing high school sports with all my
friends
Favorite coach: I liked all my coaches because they all taught me
something different
Best advice received: Never give up and always give 110 percent
no matter what
Favorite pro team: New York Yankees
Favorite athlete: Michael Phelps
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Demel
Favorite school subject: Math/gym class
Favorite book: None
Favorite movie: Prom Night
Favorite song: “Take A Bow” by Rhianna
Favorite non-sports hobby: Going to the movies with Derek
Smith, hanging out with family and going to church.
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Central Mountain Wildcats
Lycoming and wrestling on the team.
Career highlights: Two-time
District 6 AAA champ, two-time
Northwest region runner-up. Fifthplace finisher at PIAA championships at 130 pounds.
Best athlete I played with: The
Alton brothers, Dylan and Andrew.
Matt Kyler of Clearfield.
competed in: District 6 Duals this
year where we finally won it after
many years and beat Bellefonte.
saw: When I saw the state wrestling
tournament the first time when I was
12 and wanted to be there.
Top wish on sports “bucket
list”: Be a national champ.
Most embarrassing moment:
Almost getting pinned by a kid that
wasn’t in my caliber.
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Toughest road venue: Bald
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Worst career injury: Blowing my
burser sac in Manheim this year. I
missed a match.
What I’ll miss the most: My
team and coaches.
Favorite coach: I like them all.
Can’t pick just one.
Best advice received: Show
everyone respect.
Favorite pro team: Atlanta Braves
Favorite college team: Michigan
Favorite athlete: Cael Sanderson
Favorite teacher: Mr. Myers.
Favorite subject: Biology
Favorite book: My Side of the
Mountain
Favorite movie: Blades of Glory
Favorite song: “Time Bomb” by
Saber Drive
Favorite non-sports hobby:
Kayaking, four-wheeling, paintball,
camping.
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plans: Cornell, major in psychology, minor in communications. Compete on track
team
Career highlights: Won
indoor state title in triple
jump, four-time PIAA qualifier in triple jump, third in
states in triple jump, ninth in
long jump last year, two-year
all-state pick, District 6 AAA
long jump champion, triple
jump champion, hold meet
records at LHU High School
Classic, Bald Eagle
Invitational, school records in
high and triple jump. Ranked
11th nationally in triple
jump.
with: Wilson Riccardo
against: Rachel Gehret,
Altoona
Most memorable
My first state meet in track.
Most memorable game/
event I saw: Penn Relays
Top wish on sports
“bucket list”: Olympic
Trials in 2012.
Most embarrassing
moment: In eighth grade I
ran the 300 hurdles and
tripped over the last one and
did a forward roll over the
finish line.
Toughest road venue:
Indian Valley
This year, two days before
the first meet I sprained an
ankle and missed three
weeks.
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What I’ll miss the most:
The bus rides with the
team.
Favorite coach: I love
them all in their own special
way.
Best advice received:
Don’t think, just jump.
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Favorite teacher: Mr.
Condo, psychology.
Favorite subject:
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Favorite book: The
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Favorite movie: Any
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Favorite non-sports
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Criminal Justice major, baseball
team
Career Highlights: our first district championship.
Best athlete I ever plyaed with:
In Canada, Jordan Wideman, currently
playing rookie ball for Cincinnati Reds.
Best athlete I ever played
against: Mat Wright, Shippensburgh
ace pitcher.
Most memorable game/event:
Winning Mid-Penn championship and
district championship
Most memorable game I ever
saw: Yankees and Blue Jays in
Toronto.
Bucket list: To play professional
baseball.
Embarrasing moment: All have
been forgotten.
Toughest road venue: Towanda.
Worst injury: Pulled hamstring
senior year and missed three games.
Favorite coach: Rick Johnson, Evi
Solano
Best Advice: Trust yourself
Favorite pro team: New York
Yankees
Favorite college team: Texas
Longhorns,
Favorite athlete: Derek Jeter
Favorite teacher: Mr Bozella
Favorite sch sub: History
Favorite book Tuesdays with Morrie
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite song: “Dream On” by
Aerosmith.
Favorite hobby: Fishing.
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Soccer, basketball, track
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Post-graduate/college plans: Bloomsburg
Career highlights: Winning districts in basketball
(2007), winning the Mid-Penn in basketball (2006),
leading scorer in soccer goals for Montgomery, playing
varsity basketball and soccer with my sister.
Best Athlete I played with: My sister Amanda
Best Athlete I played against: Tesia Kaczynski
from Mansfield
Most memorable game/ I competed in: I have
many but the best is the District playoff game against
Canton in basketball and coming off the bench to turn
the game around and winning.
Most memorable game/ I ever saw: L A Galaxy
playing D C United is MLS.
Worst sports moment: Missing two PK’s in soccer
against Liberty.
Toughest road venue: Playing at Loyalsock
Worst career injury: Torn MCL in last regular season game against Warrior Run in soccer and missing
playing in districts.
What I’ll miss most: Competing against some of the
best girls in the county in soccer and basketball, and
my coaches especially Mr. Weaver and Mr. Jones.
Favorite Coach: Kurtis Jones (soccer) and Craig
Weaver (Basketball)
Best advice received: Winning comes from
DEFENSE!!
Favorite pro team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite college team: Penn State
Favorite Athlete: John Schire of Duke
Favorite teacher: Mr. Rhoads
Favorite book: Tuesdays with Morrie
Favorite movie: Pirates of the Carribean
Favorite song: Come sail away by Styx
Favorite non-sports hobby: Fishing
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Soccer, basketball, tennis
Post-Graduate/college plans: I plan on attending Swarthmore
College in the fall, possibly with a major in journalism or international
relations.
Career Highlights: Going to states as a freshman, scoring my 100th
goal, playing with the roni club team.
Best athelete I played with: Seth Rearick, from Warrior Run.
Best athelete I played against: Alex Terry, from Central Mountain,
who I played against in some club tournaments.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: The
Muncy/Williamsport soccer game my senior year, and beating Millville in
the district tournament freshman year
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: The Lewisburg v.
Antietam first-round states game, which was at Hughesville. Antietam
had a kid named Corey Hertzog who was probably the best player my
age i’ve ever seen
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Definitely to go to a World Cup.
Or to see the U.S. win a world cup, which may take a while.
Worst sports moment: Hitting the post in the final seconds of my
last ever high school game vs. Loyalsock.
Worst career injury: A bad ankle sprain in a playoff game vs.
Benton.
What I’ll miss most: Teammates
Best advice received: In the end, it’s character
Favorite pro team: Arsenal, in the Premier League.
Favorite Athlete: Raul, for Real Madrid
Favorite School Subject: History, English
Favorite Book: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, and
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Favorite Movie: The Usual Suspects
Favorite Song: Anything Radiohead
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plans: Attend Mansfield
University to major in
criminal justice while playing field hockey and softball.
Career highlights:
Scoring 1,000 points and
breaking offensive softball
records.
with: Sarah Ramsey.
against: Alicia Engler,
Loyalsock.
Most memorable
My last softball game of my
senior year.
Most memorable
game/event I ever saw: USA
Olympic Team.
Top wish in sports
“bucket list”: Play on the
USA Olympic Softball Team.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: I
don’t really have a most
embarrassing sports
moment. I asked a couple of
my teammates and they
said I don’t really get
embarrassed I just laugh
everything off.
Montgomery’s basketball gym.
I always had my worst games
there.
Having shoulder surgery and
missing my senior year of softball.
Riding home on the bus with
the team after a win and just
hanging out with them.
JORDAN RISHEL
Field hockey, basketball, softball
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Favorite coach: Mr. Temons.
Best advice received: “Don’t think about it just use your
instincts.”
Favorite pro team: Dallas Cowboys.
Favorite college team: North Carolina Tar Heels.
Favorite athlete: Derek Jeter.
Favorite teacher: Mr. Temons.
Favorite school subject: English.
Favorite book: Sneaker Wars.
Favorite movie: Sandlot.
Favorite song: “Beast of Burden” by The Rolling Stones.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Video Games.
Congratulations to the Muncy High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Female Athlete. Best of luck
in the future!
TOP SENIOR FEMALE ATHLETE
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plans: Lock Haven University,
major in health science, play
football
Career highlight(s): 97-46
lifetime record, PIAA qualifier
in 2008, 1,800 yards rushing
and 14 touchdowns for my
career.
with: Dan Egly
against: Jamie Van Fleet,
Loyalsock
Most memorable
Hughesville vs. Loyalsock football playoff game when I got
my 1,000th yard rushing.
Top wish on sports
"bucket list": Make first-team
All-PSAC in football
Worst/most embarrassing
sports moment: When I was
beating Tunkhannock’s Dustin
Fox in wrestling, I was up 9-1
and got pinned with 18 seconds left.
Southern Columbia
Broken foot my junior year
against Bloomsburg. I missed
two weeks.
Favorite coach: Bob
Hager, football
Never give up.
Favorite pro team:
Philadelphia Eagles
Temple Owls
Favorite athlete: Darrell
Blackman
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Football, wrestling
Favorite teacher: Dick Cassels
Favorite school subject: Psychology
Favorite movie: Pirates
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Favorite song: “Sing for the moment” by Eminem.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Weightlifting.
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Post-graduate/college plans: West Chester, major in excercise science and
nutrition and play soccer.
Career highlight(s): All-conference for soccer. Played on District 4 qualifying team three of my four years.
Best athlete I played with: Kati Shaner.
Best athlete I played against: Laura Hummel, Selinsgrove soccer
Most memorable game/event I competed in: When we won the SVL
championship for basketball in 2007 and we beat Shikellamy.
Top wish on sports "bucket list": I want to help West Chester reach the
NCAA playoffs again.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: I accidentally scored an owngoal against Milton once in a tournament at Mifflinburg.
Toughest road venue: Lewisburg basketball. They have a wall of students
in the cheering section and they can get on your nerves.
Worst career injury: In basketball, a twisted ankle two years ago, the size
of a softball and I missed two playoff games and the first game of districts.
What I'll miss most: Playing with all my friends and not being out there
with them.
Favorite coach: Bill Parsons, soccer.
Best advice received: Our track coach Rick Glenwright always says kick
them while they’re down.
Favorite pro team: The Indianapolis Colts.
Favorite college team: Notre Dame.
Favorite athlete: Kristine Lilly.
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Fuller, my AP calculus teacher.
Favorite school subject: Gym
Favorite book: “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyers.
Favorite movie: John Tucker Must Die
Favorite song: “Our Song” by Taylor Swift
Favorite non-sports hobby: Indoor soccer
Congratulations to Hughesville
High School Outstanding Class of
2008 Female Athlete.
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Hughesville
Spartans
TOP SENIOR MALE ATHLETE
plans: Division II Shepherd
University on a football scholarship, to study Physical
Education.
Career highlight(s):
CSC all-star in all 3 sports
(1st team football and track,
2nd team basketball), 3 time
state medallist in track, 2
school records in track and
field (200m/400m) 10 TDs
senior year of football, first
WR class to make 3 straight
years in the play-offs for football.
with: Dave Brungard, Warrior
Run, in basketball, track, football, and soccer.
against: Ted Heitzman—
Southern Columbia quarterback.
Most memorable
Our upset of Southern
Columbia in football my sophomore year.
Most memorable
VCU upsets Duke in NCAA
tournament.
Top wish on sports
“bucket list”: To become a
coach and to teach athletes
what I’ve been taught.
Worst sports moment:
Losing to Hughesville our senior year in the pouring down
rain. We felt helpless because
we were unable to pass the
ball, and we lost a game we
thought we could have won in
decent weather.
CHAD DIXON Football, basketball, track
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Warrior Run Defenders
Toughest road venues:
Football—Lewisburg, because
it’s at Bucknell during the day,
and it’s just a horrible high
school atmosphere; Basketball—
Hughesville; Track—the road is
usually a good place compared
to our track.
Worst career injury: Torn
meniscus/missed my junior sea-
son of football and basketball.
Participating in sports with all
of my friends.
Favorite coach: Coach
McCormick—varsity receiver
coach, freshman basketball coach.
Always give your best, in
whatever you do.
Favorite pro team: New
Orleans Saints.
North Carolina.
Favorite athlete: Reggie
Bush.
Favorite teacher: Mr.
McPherrin.
English
Favorite book: Animal
Farm.
Favorite movie: I am
Legend.
Favorite song: Sand
Storm.
Favorite non-sports
hobby: Just hanging out with
my friends.
Congratulations to the Warrior Run High School
Class of 2008 Outstanding Male Athlete.
You’re the Best!
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Post-Graduate/College Plans: Penn State, University Park, in the fall
as an undecided major.
Career Highlight: Beating Montoursville in the varsity soccer game my
freshman year. It was one of my personal best games and also a team best.
Best Athlete I Played With: Suzie Wade
Best Athlete I Played Against: Tesa McKibben, Montoursville
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Track meet my junior
year at Southern Columbia. The meet came down to the very last event
and we ended up just barely winning.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: The 2004 boys PIAA playoff basketball game in Hershey-—Warrior Run vs. Trinity. It was my brother Ben’s, senior year and last game.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: This year during soccer
season, I scratched my eye, so it was extremely sensitive to the sun. Stacy
(our school trainer) made me wear an eye-patch during practice, which didn’t work out too well. The team thought it was funny though. I’m just glad
it didn’t happen on a game day.
Toughest Road Venue: Soccer—Selinsgrove; Basketball—Milton;
Track—Lewisburg
Worst Career Injury: I tore my ACL freshman year in the
Montoursville soccer game.
What I’ll miss most: Times with the girls just making fun of Coach
Keiser, Coach Hoffman and Coach Weaver. Most of all, I’ll miss my teammates, they definately made my four years of high school ones to remember.
What I’ll miss least: Coach Hillard’s 5:45 a.m. soccer practices, Coach
Weaver’s drill of doing laps around the court while jumping rope, and
Coach Hoffman’s thousandths as a track workout.
Favorite Coach: Coach Hoffman, who I’ve known from way before high
school and who I’m very grateful to have had as my track coach the past
three years.
Best Advice Received: You can accomplish your goals as long as you
work your hardest, have confidence in your own ability, and have the love
and the desire for the game.
Favorite Pro Team: The Celtics
Favorite College Team: Soccer--Penn State; Basketball--Duke (Coach
Weaver praises Duke’s defense)
Favorite Athlete: Zinedine Zidane and Wayne Rooney
Favorite Teacher: Mr. Peace (AP Biology) and Mrs. Deans (AP English)
Favorite School Subject: AP Biology
Favorite Movie: Big Daddy and The Notebook
Favorite Song: “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
Favorite non-sports hobby: Singing
Congratulations to the Warrior Run High School
Class of 2008 Outstanding Female Athlete. Best of
luck in the future!
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DEREK SCOTT MALIN
Cross Country, wrestling, track
Post-graduate/college plans: Slippery Rock, major in Health/Physical Education.
Career highlight(s): Qualifying for states in cross country (2006, 2008)
Districts in Track (2007-1600, 2008- 800-3200) Districts in wrestling (2006,2008).
Best athlete I played with: Matt Williams
Best athlete I played against: Ethan Laudermilch, NE Bradford.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Cross country states in 2006
because it was my first experience at that level of competition.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: In cross country this year, Justin
Rupert of Wellsboro beat Wyatt Decker and I at Wyalusing by a LONG shot.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Compete in an Ironman.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: In district track this spring, I
was running in the 3200 and was doing fairly well. All of a sudden, what I
thought was my last lap was in fact the seventh lap. I was in approximately ninth
place and a large pack of runners were around a quarter of a lap in front of me. I
started to pick up the pace a lot, caught the group of runners, and sprinted across
the finish line in fourth place. As I stepped off the track I heard the other racers
run by me! It was then that I realized that it wasn’t the last lap yet. So I got back
onto the track and jogged as fast as my body would carry me. I managed to pass
enough runners to finish sixth, but because I stepped off the track I was stripped
of the medal and disqualified.
Toughest road venue: 2008 Cross Country States in Hershey.
Worst career injury: Never been injured!
What I’ll miss most: Camaraderie of the NTL League.
Favorite coach: Bob Hembury.
Best advice received: “Don’t let others make the decision for you.”
Favorite pro team: USA Women’s World Cup Team of 1999.
Favorite college team: Air Force Falcons.
Favorite athlete: Steve Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975).
Favorite teacher: Mr. Skaluba (biology) Mrs. DiRado (math).
Favorite school subject: GYM!
Favorite book: “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey
Favorite movie: 3:10 To Yuma
Favorite song: “King Without a Crown” by Matisyahu
Favorite non-sports hobby: Riding dirtbike, listening to music, and doing
back-flips off the Hillsgrove Bridge! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5RXGp46tY).
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Outstanding Male Athlete. Congratulations & Best of Luck!
plans: Attend Duke
University for Biomedical
Engineering
Career highlight(s):
Netting 1000 points, every
game that our team excelledin
with: Carissa Meyer. She’s got
a lot of heart and alot of talent,
and enough dedication to
make a great athlete.
against: Krista Matlack of
South Williamsport, for two
reasons—her speed and her
precision.
Most memorable
Our 2008 Parent’s Night, when
we beat Millville. After trailing
by 23 points in the first half,
the team just clicked. Shauni
Hope hit a three to get the
game into overtime, and we
won it 62-60. Every one of us
dominated.
Most memorable
Watching Vinny Baumunk
break our school’s scoring
record in basketball.
Top wish on sports
“bucket list”: The basketball
team’s goal was to make it to
playoffs, and we missed achieving that goal by a total of
about 20 points.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: When
anyone gets hurt: two particularly nasty injuries I’m remembering involve broken legs.
Benton
Spraining my wrist in our sec-
KATIE SHOEMAKER Basketball, soccer, cross country
ond basketball game this year.
I’m thankful that that was my
worst injury!
What I’ll miss most: My
team
Favorite coach: My dad
“Play with a sense of urgency.”
-Frank Comfort
Favorite pro team:
Chelsea Blues
Duke Blue Devils!
Favorite athlete: Candace
Parker
Favorite teacher: Denise
Golshan, my AP Chemistry
and Physics teacher and NHS
and Science Club advisor
With regard to the senioritis
that’s kicking in? Art!
Favorite book: There’s too
many. I’ll just tell you what I’m
reading now: Anna Karenina,
by Leo Tolstoy.
Favorite movie: National
Lampoon’s Christmas
Vacation, and Monty Python
and the Holy Grail.
Favorite song: Anything
by Dave Matthews
Favorite non-sports
hobby: Watching the Marx
Brothers and eating ice cream
with my brother.
Congratulations to Sullivan County High
School Outstanding Class of 2008 Female
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JESSE KROTZER
College plans: Eastern University in St. Davids near
Philadelphia. Majoring in Physical Education and Health
and I’ll be on the soccer team.
Highlights: Being a four-year varsity starter in soccer and
going to the playoffs two years and going 16-0 in eighth grade.
Best athlete I played with: Jason Pearson
Best athlete I played against: Randon Wilston,
Mansfield
Most memorable game played: Playing in the Liberty
Shoot out my senior year and beating Sayre 1-0
Most memorable game watched: Eastern University
vs. Alvernia University
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: To play in the MLS
Most embarrassing moment: My sophomore year at
Troy I scored the game winning goal in an extremely tight
game but it was for Troy and I just wanted to die.
Toughest road venue: We always have a really rough
time at Elkland in soccer
Worst injury: I pulled my groin muscle at a soccer camp at
Messiah University and I could barely walked it was so bad.
Miss the most: All the times on the buses on the way
home from games with my team mates.
Favorite coach: Jason Roscoe.. basketball
Best advice received: If God is with you who can be
against you.
Favorite pro team: Los Angelos Galaxy
Favorite college team: Syracuse
Favorite athlete: Brett Favre
Favorite teacher: Mr. Litzelman
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite book: Hate Mail from Cheerleaders
Favorite movie: Shooter
Favorite song: “Jam for the Ladies” by Moby
Favorite non-sports hobby: Snowmobiling
Congratulations to the Liberty High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Male Athlete.
You’re the Best!
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WHITNEY
CONNOLLY
Post-graduate/college plans: Wilkes University, majoring in nursing, while playing basketball.
Career highlights: My junior year, in basketball beating
our rivalry teams: Mansfield and Wellsboro, getting picked for
the NTL first team in soccer and basketball my senior year.
Best athlete I played with: Cierra Katz
Best athlete I played against: Hannah Townsend in
soccer & track
Most memorable game/event I played in: Playoff
game my senior year of basketball against Lourdes. SoccerBeating Wellsboro my senior year in overtime.
Most embarrassing sports moment: Basketball-shooting at the wrong basket against Mansfield.
Toughest road venue: Soccer- Athens, basketball- Sayre
Worst career injury: Not injured.
What I’ll miss most: Playing with my teammates that I
have been with since elementary school.
Favorite Coach: Mr. Farrer- Track.
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Ortiz.
Favorite movie: We Are Marshall.
Congratulations to the Liberty High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Female Athlete. Best of luck
in the future!
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JESSE KRINER
Basketball, football, track
Post-graduate/ College Plans: Lebanon Valley College,
majoring in a 6-year physical therapy doctorate program
while playing basketball.
Career Highlights: Winning the District 4 championship,
back-to-back NTL Championships, Scoring 1,000 points,
named third team all-sate.
Best Athlete I played with: It's hard to pick an individual athlete. Everyone on my team this year is an excellent
athlete and all deserve to be mentioned.
Best athlete I played against: This area has some very
good athletes and I have to say Bucky Aeppli from Wyalusing,
Tim Berguson from Mansfield, and Dave Clark from
Cowanesque Valley. These three athletes are very talented in
a variety of different sports.
Most memorable game I competed in: The most memorable game I was a part of was the district championship
game against Lourdes Regional that went into overtime. It
was our school’s first district championship since 1976.
Toughest road venue: Northeast Bradford. It’s a terrible
bus ride and its always a Saturday 1 p.m. game.
What I’ll miss the most: The thing that I’ll miss the most
about is my teammates. I’ve always had a great relationship
with all of my teammates and they are my closest friends.
Favorite Pro Team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite College Team: Duke Blue Devils
Favorite Non-Sport Hobby: Hunting and Fishing
Favorite Movie: The Austin Powers Movies
Favorite Song: Most songs by T.I. and Fabolous
We Salute the North Penn High School Class of 2008
OLIVIA SHEDDEN
Cross country, track
Post-graduate/college plans: Shippensburg, elementary
education major, plans to run cross country and track.
Career highlight(s): Placed second in 4x8 relay in NTL
championships this year.
Best athlete I played with: Charity Learn, or any of the
Learn sisters.
Best athlete I played against: Casey Miller, Kiah
Hardcastle, any Lewisburg runner.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Senior year
NTL cross country championships.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: The state cross
country meet.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Go to districts.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: Don’t have one.
Toughest road venue: Don’t have one.
Worst career injury: Shin splints.
What I’ll miss most: The competition.
Favorite coach: Jim Farrer, Jason Pletcher
Best advice received: Do your best.
Favorite pro team: The Red Sox
Favorite athlete: Alicia Shay
Favorite teacher: Mr. Regina
Favorite movie: The Guardian
Favorite song: Don’t have one.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Piano
Congratulations to North Penn High School
Outstanding Class of 2008 Female Athlete.
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Tigers
RANDON WILSTON
Soccer
Postgraduate/college plans: Lycoming, undecided major
and to play soccer.
Career highlights: Two-time All-State, NTL career goal scoring record of 112 goals
Best athlete I played with: Garret Pollock
Best athlete I played against: While playing on a club team
In England I played against a nationally ranked Finnish player.
Most memorable event/game competed in: Either last
year’s district 3-1 loss to Benton or our win this year over
Galeton in overtime.
Most memorable event/game I saw: A Champion’s League
quarterfinal in England - Manchester United vs A.C. Roma from
box seats.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: To compete at a high
level in college in soccer.
Worst/most embarrassing moment: Losing to Sayre after
scoring a hat trick.
Toughest road venue: Northern Potter, because it’s always
freezing there.
Worst Injury: Seven stitches in the lip after being kicked in
the face.
What I’ll miss most: Winning a game and being the hero of
the team because I was a major determing factor.
Favorite coach: Barry Lauver
Favorite Pro Team: Manchester United
Favorite College Team: Baseketball: Maryland. Football:
Penn State
Favorite Athlete: Wayne Rooney
Favorite Teacher: Barry Lauver
Favorite School Subject: Physical Education
Favorite Book: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
Favorite Movie: Joe Dirt
Favorite Song: “My Life Be Like” by Grits
Favorite Non-sports hobby: Ice skating and pond hockey
with my friends.
We Salute the Mansfield Area High School Class of 2008
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Mansfield Tigers
KATIE BASTIAN
Volleyball, basketball, softball
College plans: Lock Haven University, majoring in Biology
Education
Career highlights: Five district championships: Two basketball
(freshman and sophomore year) and three volleyball (sophomore, junior and senior years), 2007 District 4 MVP for volleyball, 2007 AllState Volleyball, NTL Female Senior Student Athlete of the Year.
Best athlete I played with: Tesia Kaczynski.
Best athlete I played against: Stephanie Miller, Towanda.
Most memorable game/event I competed in: I can’t say that I
have one event in particular, but all of the district championships I
have competed in and won are all very memorable.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: Kevin Hill hitting a
walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to win the District
4 championship for our baseball team in 2004.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: I would like to run more and
maybe be successful in a 5k race.
Most embarrassing sports moment: All of the air balls I have
shot in basketball (which are many).
Toughest road venue: Wellsboro, because they are always competitive and I would say are our biggest rival.
Worst career injury: None
What I will miss most: I will miss being friends with my teammates and having many good times througout the season.
Favorite coach: I adore both my volleyball and basketball coaches. Mrs. Moshier, my volleyball coach, because she pushes me to do my
absolute best, is extremely knowledgeable of the game, and has the
competitive spirit that I love and respect. Mr. Dominick, my basketball
coach, because he works us hard, is competitive and loves the game,
but at the same time, he is our best friend and would do anything to
help any member on the team on and off the court.
Best advice received: From Mrs. Moshier saying, “It takes no talent to hustle” because I think that is really important for all athletes
to remember.
Favorite athlete: My basketball coach Jason Dominick because he
and I compete in everything from playing cards to kickball to tennis.
Favorite teacher: Mr. Williams, my history teacher, because he
always is making students laugh and makes learning fun.
Favorite school subject: Biology and anatomy (science).
Favorite movie: A League of Their Own.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Fishing and Camping.
Congratulations to Mansfield Area High
School Outstanding Class of 2008 Female
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Wellsboro
Green Hornets
CORVIN OBERHOLZER
Cross country, wrestling, track
Post-graduate/college plans: Penn College, try to run cross country.
Career highlight(s): District 4 cross country title, placing third in sectionals
in wrestling, fourth in district in mile for track.
Best athlete I played with: Zac Cerrone for wrestling
Best athlete I played against: Garth Watson of Canton for cross country
Most memorable game/event I competed in: PIAA cross country championships
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: This year’s PIAA wrestling
championships.
Top wish on sports "bucket list": Run cross country in college.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: When I almost ripped my
knee apart in wrestling.
Worst career injury: That near knee rip.
What I'll miss most: My friends and friendships I made.
Favorite coach: Coach Sueowlett
Best advice received: Play for fun.
Favorite teacher: Mr. Drewseeling
Favorite school subject: Building construction
Favorite book: Lord of the Flies
Favorite movie: Transformers
Favorite non-sports hobby: Camping and hiking.
Best of Luck to all our Athletes!
62 Main Street • Wellsboro, PA • www.penwells.com • (570) 724-2111
Congratulations to the
Wellsboro Area High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Male
Athlete. You’re the Best!
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Wellsboro
Green Hornets
CAROLYN MITCHELL
Post-graduate/college plans: Bloomsburg, major in elementary education,
minor in special education.
Career highlights: Co-NTL MVP for girls basketball, also holding school
career goals, assists, and season goal record. Placing sixth in the 4x100 relay in
states as a freshman and qualified in the 4x400.
Best athlete I played with: Dailyn Cooney
Best athlete I played against: Tesia Kaczynski
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Beating Mifflinburg in the District
4 Class AAA basketball playoffs.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Go skydiving.
Most embarrassing moment: When I wiped out in my first JV game away
from the ball. They had to stop the game to see if I was okay and I just laid there
and laughed because it was so stupid.
Toughest road venue: Indian Valley for its soccer tournament. A long ways
on a school bus.
Worst career injury: My concussions in soccer, which forced me to wear
headgear.
What I’ll miss the most: All my teammates, especially the ones who wanted
to be there and work hard with me.
Favorite coach: Mr. Fitch, my soccer coach
Best advice received: Stay calm and play my game. I’ve fouled out a lot.
Favorite pro team: The U.S. women’s soccer team.
Favorite college team: Tennessee
Favorite athlete: Mia Hamm
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Wise
Favorite subject: Justice education
Favorite movie: A Walk to Remember
Favorite song: “Take Me There” by Racall Flatts
Favorite non-sports hobby: Snowmobile
Congratulations High School Atheletes
for a Great Year!
62 Main Street • Wellsboro, PA • www.penwells.com • (570) 724-2111
Congratulations to the Wellsboro
Area High School Class of 2008
Outstanding Female Athlete. Best
of luck in the future!
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Galeton
Tigers
TOM BRANDER
Basketball, soccer, baseball
Post-graduate: Undecided
Career highlights: Scoring my 1,000th point, scoring an overtime goal against NE Bradford
Best athlete I played with: Joel Dickenson
Best athlete I played against: David Clark, Cowanesque
Valley
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Senior Night
against Wellsboro
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: North Penn vs.
Elkland in Districts 3 years
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Play one on one with
LeBron James
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: Getting leg
cramps
Toughest road venue: North Penn
Worst career injury: Broken knee
What I’ll miss most: Games
Favorite coach: Coach Ogden and Sunderlin
Best advice received: To have desire
Favorite pro team: Philadelphia 76ers
Favorite athlete: Allen Iverson
Favorite teacher: Mr. Brelo
Favorite school subject: Gym class
Favorite book: Hatchet
Favorite movie: Band of Brothers
Favorite song: “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer
Favorite non-sport hobby: Fishing
Congratulations to the Galeton Area High School
Class of 2008 Outstanding Male Athlete.
You’re the Best!
CRYSTAL MCMAHON
Softball, volleyball
Post-graduate/college plans: Medical field/nursing
Best athlete I played with: Tori Gilbert
Best athlete I played against: Katie Smoker
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Winning against
Mansfield (best game)
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: Super Bowl
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Play softball and volleyball in
college.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: First year pitching
game
Toughest road venue: Liberty
Worst career injury: Shoulder from pitching
What I’ll miss most: All my team members and coaches
Favorite coach: Vince Bowen
Favorite pro team: Philadelphia 76ers
Favorite athlete: LeBron James
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Long
Favorite school subject: English, gym
Favorite book: Night
Favorite movie: A Walk to Remember
Favorite song: FM Static—Tonight
Favorite non-sport hobby: Snowboarding
Congratulations to the Galeton Area High School
Class of 2008 Outstanding Female Athlete. Best of
luck in the future!
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Galeton
Tigers
Postgraduate/college
plans: To attend college at
Penn State Altoona majoring
in Elementary Education
while playing basketball and
golf for them.
Career highlights:
Basketball – ’06-’07 NTL West
ALL-Star Second Team, 07’-08’
NTL West All-Star First Team,
’05-’06 Jack Bush Memorial
Tip-Off Tournament AllTournament Team, ’06-’07 and
’07-’08 Jack Bush Memorial
Tip-Off Tournament MVP, ’05’06 and ’06-’07 and ’07-’08
Coudersport Christmas
Tournament All-Tournament
Team. ’07-’08 District
Qualifier, 1,000 career point
scorer- 1,218 total points. Golf
– ’06-’07 and ’07-’08 NTL West
All-Star Second Team and district qualifier, ’05-’06
Smethport Invitational Team
Champions, ’06-’07 Smethport
Invitational Second Runner
Up, ’07-’08 Smethport
Invitational First Runner Up,
’05-’06 NTL West Team
Champions, ’07-’08 River
Valley Country Club Medalist
with a 73. Baseball – ’04-’05,
’05-’06, and ’07-’08 District
Qualifiers. Track – ’06-’07
District Qualifier in the long
jump event.
How did you get started
in your sport: I started playing basketball with my father
when I was in elementary
school, he pushed me to always
do my best at everything and
basketball has been my life
ever since.
Who is your athletic role
DAVID CLARK
Golf, basketball, baseball, track
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Cowanesque Valley Indians
model: Michael Jordan
Who is your off-the-field
role model: Uncle Robert
Potter
Who is the best athlete
you’ve played with: Harry
Aldrich, he put in a lot of time
to get where he was.
Who is the best athlete
you’ve played against:
Harry Aldrich, he has pulled
off so many ball-handling combinations that I couldn’t even
think of.
What’s the hardest part
of your sport: Letting the
game come to you, you can’t
force anything in the game of
basketball.
What’s the easiest part of
your sport: Letting your
adrenaline build up because
your body does it without
thinking.
Where is your favorite
place to play: My home court,
nothing like its advantages.
Where is your least
favorite place to play: The
small gym and rowdy fans at
North Penn.
What is your most memorable moment: Sinking my
first shot attempt in the second game from behind the arc
in the Coudersport Christmas
Tournament to hit the 1,000point mark in my career.
What is the hardest
sport you’ve ever played:
Golf, because it is a mental
sport. If you hit a bad shot you
have to overcome it and relax
and make a good shot the next
time.
What sport has the best
athletes: Basketball, of
course.
What major sporting
event do you enjoy following the most: NBA basketball because they are so athletic and gifted with extreme talent.
What do you do when
your sports aren’t in season: Keep right on playing
and practicing, it’s the only
way to get better.
Congratulations to Cowanesque Valley High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Athletes. Best of luck in the future!
Postgraduate/college
plans: Mansfield University
and Sayre Hospital for
Radiology
How did you get started
in your sport: I have two
older brothers and I always
wanted to be like them. They
pushed me to get into every
sport that I could possible get
into. It was more competition
than anything.
Athlete role model: Diana
Taurasi
Off-the-field role model?:
My father Roger Tomb
Best athlete I’ve played
with: Renee Sayles
Best athlete I’ve played
against: Tesia Kaczynski,
Mansfield.
What’s the hardest part
of your sport?: Conditioning
and being point guard you
have to be able to lead your
team in running the right
plays against the defense
What’s the easiest part
of your sport: Shooting and
being able to drive by people
because I am small and fast.
Seeing the whole floor and
being able to read my teammates.
Where is your favorite
place to play?: Home court
Wellsboro
Most memorable
moment: When I got to play
in my first district basketball
game in ninth grade.
Hardest sport: Softball
because there are so many things
BRIANNA TOMB
you have to remember and be
good at to be a solid player.
What sport has the best
athletes: Basketball and
Softball. It takes a lot of talent
to be able to play and it is a lot
of mental things too. You have
to be able to pick yourself up
after an error and not let it get
you down.
Basketball, softball
Major sporting event I
enjoy most: March Madness
baby!
Favorite non-sports
hobby: Working on other
sports to get better for the next
season. Hang out with my
friends and family.
Congratulations to Cowanesque Valley High School Class
of 2008 Outstanding Athletes. Best of luck in the future!
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Cowanesque Valley Indians
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Canton Warriors
NATE ROSS
MADDY KUTZ
Football, baseball, wrestling
Volleyball, basketball, softball
Enlisting in the Navy
Career highlights: All-region team for
football, District 4 All-stars, second in
wrestling regionals, PIAA qualifier at 160.
Best athlete I played with: Brock
Parker
Best athlete I played against: Tyler
Coombe, Bloomsburg
Most memorable game/event I competed in: State wrestling was pretty
memorable.
Most memorable game/event I saw:
The Red Sox winning both their World
Series titles.
See the Jets win the Super Bowl
Most embarrassing moment: Picking
up a punt and running with it in the
Wellsboro game when I shouldn’t have. I
didn’t know the play was dead.
Toughest road venue: Bloomsburg for
football.
Worst career injury: Torn meniscus last spring.
What I’ll miss the most: Camaraderie.
Favorite coach: Coach Rockwell
Best advice received: High school is the best days of your life.
Favorite pro team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite athlete: Kevin Youkilis
Favorite subject: Math and gym.
Favorite movie: Tommy Boy
Favorite song: “Dig” by Mudvayne.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Golf.
Misericordia, majoring in occupational
therapy
Career highlights: NTL all-star four
years in softball, two years in basketball.
Best athlete I played with: Nicole
Siedhof
Best athlete I played against: Kiley
Moore, NE Bradford basketball
Most memorable game/event I competed in: My freshman year in softball
we won the district championship and
it was a really big deal.
Most memorable game/event I saw:
When I watched our softball team win the
state title in 2000.
Hit a home run over the fence.
Most embarrassing moment:
Breaking my ankle in volleyball and not
knowing it until a couple weeks later.
Toughest road venue: Going all the
way to play Minersville and having to go
two times in two days because we got rained out in the first round of the
state softball playoffs.
Worst career injury: Breaking my ankle in volleyball.
What I’ll miss the most: The competition and just being on the team
and all the girls were one big family.
Favorite coach: Luke Wesneskie and Todd Siedhof.
Best advice received: Always play with my heart and as hard as I possibly can every time.
Favorite pro team: Indianapolis Colts.
Favorite college team: Tennessee Lady Vols.
Favorite athlete: Candace Parker.
Favorite teacher: Miss Pequignot and Mr. Ward.
Favorite subject: Gym.
Favorite book: Freedom Writers.
Favorite movie: For the Love of the Game.
Favorite song: “I Wish You Were Here” by Incubus.
Favorite non-sports hobby: Being outdoors.
Congratulations to Canton Area High School Class of
2008 Outstanding Athletes. Best of luck in the future!
LEVI TURNER
MELISSA ALLEN
Tennis, soccer, basketball
Softball, basketball, tennis
Post-graduate/college plans: Alfred (NY), majoring in mechanical engineering.
Career highlight(s): Played on District 4 A boys basketball qualifying teams
for three years in basketball.
Best athlete I played with: Jared Patt
Best athlete I played against: Andrew Makos, Mansfield tennis
Most memorable game/event I competed in: District basketball playoffs
as a junior.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: FC Barcelona winning their
league last year.
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: Compete collegiately in tennis or play for
a professional soccer.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment: In ninth grade I was in Athens
for going in too early and got a yellow card. The game had been stopped
Toughest road venue: Liberty’s courts aren’t fun to play on.
Worst career injury: Don’t really have one.
What I’ll miss most: The friends I’ve made and going to different schools and
meeting different people.
Favorite coach: Joe Cevette, my father.
Best advice received: Get the first serve in.
Favorite pro team: Manchester United.
Favorite athlete: Ronaldinho
Favorite teacher: Mr. Kies
Favorite book: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite song: “A Little Piece of Heaven” by Avenged Sevenfold
Favorite non-sports hobby: Video Games, driving, computers.
Post-graduate/college plans: Pitt-Bradford and play softball
Career highlight(s): Making districts every year I played softball
Best athlete I played with: Savannah Colllier
Best athlete I played against: Kate Reese, Wellsboro
Most memorable game/event I competed in: A softball win over
Mansfield this year.
Most memorable game/event I ever saw: When our boys won the NTL
basketball title game.
Top wish on sports "bucket list": Hit a home run over the fence.
Worst/most embarrassing sports moment:
Toughest road venue: Southern Columbia
Worst career injury: Beaned by a line drive as a pitcher a couple times.
What I'll miss most: Having a close relationship with all my teammates, like
we’re sisters.
Favorite coach: Mr. Millard, Ms. Hendrickson, and my dad.
Best advice received: Don’t be bitter. You know your potential and don’t let
others bring you down.
Favorite pro team: USA women’s softball team
Favorite college team: Arizona Wildcats
Favorite athlete: Jennie Finch
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Wilcox
Favorite school subject: English
Favorite movie: Superbad
Favorite song: “Broken” by Seether
Favorite non-sports hobby: Bowling, hanging out with friends
Congratulations to Elkland Area High School Class of
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Elkland Rams
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Williamson Warriors
AARON WESTLAKE
STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Soccer, basketball
Track and field, basketball, volleyball, soccer
Attending Lock Haven University with a
Physical Education/Teaching major
Career highlights: My first year as a
striker I scored a hat trick on
Homecoming, career high 32 points vs.
Cowanesque Valley
Best athlete I played with: Kyle
Dickey-Pitt Bradford soccer
Best athlete I played against: Kevin
Hill-Mansfield University basketball
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Senior All-Star game
Most memorable game/event I ever
saw: As a freshman I watched our varsity
team win on a penalty kick in double
overtime
Top wish on sports “bucket list”: I would someday love to run in the
Boston Marathon
Most embarrassing moment: Losing a district qualifying game to
Galeton 2-1
Toughest road venue: North Penn “The Pit”
Worst career injury: Sprained MCL, after being slide tackled from
behind
What I’ll miss the most: The competition
Favorite coach: Mr. Craig Stage
Best advice received: Never be afrai to give it your all
Favorite pro team: Houston Rockets
Favorite college team: Duke
Favorite athlete: Michael Jordan
Favorite teacher: Mr. Craig Stage
Favorite subject: Physical Education
Favorite book: The Dictionary
Favorite movie: Space Jam
Favorite song: Medicate by Breaking Benjamin
Favorite non-sports hobby: Hunting
Attending Mansfield University majoring
in Nutrition and Nursing
Career highlight: Placed in Districts
for Track for 3 years, Athlete of the week
Best athlete I played with: My sister,
Sam
Best athlete I played against: Dailyn
Cooney
Most memorable game/event I competed in: Going into overtime against
Mansfield in basketball
Most memorable game/event I ever
saw: A half court buzzer beater to win the
game
Meet a famous athlete
Worst/most embarrassing sports
moment: Shooting at the wrong basket in a basketball game
Toughest road venue: North Penn’s crowd
Worst career injury: Broke my arm snowboarding
What I’ll miss most: All the friendships and memories over the years
Favorite coach: Mr. Cummings
Favorite pro team: Miami Heat
Favorite athlete: David Beckham
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Simcox
Favorite book: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite movie: The Notebook
Favorite song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Favorite non-sports hobby: Camping
Congratulations to Williamson High School Class of
Loyalsock’s girls basketball team reached the second
round of the PIAA Class AA girls basketball playoffs.
Montoursville’s Keenan Michael won the 100 hurdles in record-setting
fashion at the PIAA championships in May.
Allen Taylor coached
Williamsport back to
the PIAA Class
AAAA basketball
playoffs for the first
time since 2002 as
the Millionaires fell
in a competitive
game to eventual
champion Chester in
the first round.
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