Spring Sports Rewind
Even though this Spring brought a lot of confusing weather, it also brought some great sport action and winning teams. From fun trips to great bounding to surprising victories, there were a lot of things to remember.
Softball
Coaches: Ken Elliot, Tim Knappenberger
Key Players: Celia Knappenberger, Amanda Fischer, and Quinn Hughes
Record: 7 wins 3 losses
“We played well off of each other. People always say hitting is contagious and when one girl plays or hits well, everyone follows. This is a team sport so it takes a little bit from everyone to win. We did have some young players that don’t play travel ball so the experience wasn’t there. You know some growing pains had to happen throughout the season, sometimes at the wrong times but all was well in the end.” ~Celia Knappenberger
~Jocelyn Adley
Baseball
Coach: Sean O’Donnell
Key Players: Dylan Swarmer, Jacob Herrit, Ben McMillen, Alex Altmire
Record: 14 wins 4 losses
“We worked well as a team and became brothers by succeeding together.” ~Ben McMillen
~Sarah Vasas
Boys Tennis
Coach: Keith Miller
Key Players: Patrick Smith, Charlie Tanner, Simon Sudano
Record: 8 wins 5 losses
“My favorite memory was probably the triple header we had solely for the fact that even though it was about 10 hours of being together and playing tennis, no matter what was happening it was always enjoyable. When we won we all were there to get hype. I guess and if we lost we shook it off because we knew we just had to keep going, it was definitely an experience, a fun, crazy experience.”~Sam Blair
~Lucas Hentschel
Boys Lacrosse
Coach: Nate Barthlow
Key Players: Chase Mullen, Ivan Stapchuck, Josh Goodlin, Matt Goodlin
Record: 10 wins 6 losses
“This year we did really good at playing off each other. If someone was having an off game we were all there to pick them up and help them bounce back.” ~James Johnston
~ Melanie McCalip
Girls Lacrosse
Coach: Bousche
Key Players: Kayla Grafton, Kennedy Eurich, Emily Govan
Record: 4 wins, 12 losses
“We came a long way this year. The younger, newer girls have worked so hard to get better and they have turned into such great players. We had one heck of a season and worked so hard to get where we were.” ~Kayla Grafton
~Abygail Mason
Girls Track
Coaches: Wess Brahler, Doug Wood, Randy Armagost, Mark Stallsmith
Key Players: Sammy Jo Barnes, Abbey Shearer, and Abby Kopac
Record: 3 wins 5 losses
“The underclass men stepped up and took on events even if they didn’t want to. It’s a team after all. Everyone needs to step up.” ~ Caitlin Trettel
~Camryn Lilley
Boys Track
Coaches: Wess Brahler, Doug Wood, Randy Armagost, Mark Stallsmith
Key Players: Eric Green, Dalton Reed
“Even though most of us are young and we had to compete against upperclassmen, we have years to grow and we all held our own.”
“Two claps for Tony two claps” ~Earnie Zilka
~Grace Poeppel