West Holmes senior Luke Morris received his Third Year award for boys track and field and collected hardware for Most Points Overall and Most Points Sprints. Morris qualified for the State meet in the 300-meter hurdles on the same day he graduated from high school.
Bill Houston
Awards banquets at West Holmes High School over the past several weeks recognized Knights and Lady Knights athletes for their accomplishments, hard work and commitment over the spring sports season, which saw a freshman girls track and field participant qualify for the State meet in two events, while setting a school record in the long jump; had three other underclassmen -- a sophomore and two more freshmen -- move on to the State track and field meet as part of the girls 4 X 200-meter relay team; watched a senior hurdler qualify for State in his last chance as a high school runner, before graduating later the same day; saw a senior and a sophomore team up as a doubles pairing on the tennis court and reach the Division II boys District final match; and produced exciting action on the diamonds, as both the baseball and softball teams proved to be a force to be reckoned with -- after constantly reckoning with a force called Mother Nature -- in the Ohio Cardinal Conference, before each bowed out in the opening round of Sectional tournament play.
Girls Track
First Year Awards: Natalie Abraham, Alexis Elliot, Casey Ernst, Alisha Hocking, Miranda Hostettler, Alexis Kandel, Abby Mast, Shelby Shaffer, Ashley Shulz, Kennedy Smith, Paiten Strother, Carly Woodruff
Second Year Awards: Amy Boyd, Kendra Martin
Third Year Awards: Rebecca Chamberlin, Nichole Peterman
Fourth Year Award: Haley Polen
Most Points Overall: Paiten Strother
Most Points Sprints: Kendra Martin
Most Points Distance: Alexis Kandel
Most Points Field Events: Rebecca Chamberlin
Boys Track
First Year Awards: Drew Alexander, Wyatt Black, Sam Boyd, Logan Brown, Marcus Glassford, Tim Meyer, Matt Miller, Barry Phillips, Keaton Strouse, Dakota Wells, Tim Young, Dalton Zickefoose
Second Year Awards: Cully Gordon, Grant Hay, Andrew Rose, Matt Stonebrook
Third Year Awards: Sloan Le, Luke Morris
Most Points Overall: Luke Morris
Most Points Sprints: Luke Morris
Most Points Distance: Cully Gordon
Most Points Field Events: Sloan Le
Boys Tennis
First Year Awards: Evan Aurand, Ethan Rawson
Second Year Awards: Ricky Guerra, Danny Nelson
Third Year Awards: Collin Galbraith, Brendan Lynch, Sam Meyer
Rookie of the Year: Evan Aurand
Best Record: Brendan Lynch
Sportsmanship Award: Todd St. John
Baseball
First Year Awards: Dillon “Butch” Baird, Garrett Mackey, Cody Messner, Taylor Owen, Vayden Wood
Second Year Awards: Cody Dial, Mason James, Keaton Leppla, Gabe Snyder, Stevie Thomas
Third Year Award: Joey Gonzalez
Offensive Award: Joey Gonzalez
Defensive Award: Joey Gonzalez
Coaches Award: Cody Dial
MVP: Joey Gonzalez
Softball
First Year Awards: Abby Callahan, Karissa Coblentz, McKenna DeWitt, Janel King, Megan Shear, Alys Shoemaker
Second Year Awards: Kara Barnes, Hannah Frank, Kylie Hawkins
Third Year Awards: Kelsey Arnold, Kara Schrock, Courtney Wigton
MVP: Hannah Frank
Offensive MVP: Kylie Hawkins
Defensive MVP: Kara Barnes
Coaches Award: McKenna DeWitt
Most Improved: McKenna DeWitt
West Holmes sophomore Kendra Martin received her Second Year award for girls track and field and took home an additional award for Most Points Sprints. Martin qualified for the State meet as part of the 4 X 200-meter relay team and made it to Regionals in the 100-meter hurdles.
Bill Houston
West Holmes junior Sloan Le received his Third Year award and took home additional hardware for Most Points Field Events. Le qualified for Regionals in the pole vault.
Bill Houston
West Holmes senior Brendan Lynch received his Third Year award for boys tennis and was recognized for having the Best Record (12-2 second singles, 9-3 first doubles). Lynch finished in second-place at second singles during the Ohio Cardinal Conference tournament, won a Sectional title at first doubles with West Holmes sophomore Danny Nelson, and reached the District Final match in doubles along with Nelson.
Bill Houston
West Holmes sophomore Evan Aurand received his First Year award for boys tennis and was named the team’s Rookie of the Year after teaming up with West Holmes senior Ricky Guerra and going 11-3 at second doubles.
Bill Houston
West Holmes junior Joey Gonzalez received his Third Year award in baseball and collected additional hardware in the form of an MVP trophy and the Offensive and Defensive awards. Gonzalez batted .456with five home runs and 38 RBI.
Brent Smith
West Holmes sophomore Hannah Frank received her Second Year award in softball and was also named the team’s MVP.
Bill Houston
West Holmes sophomore Cody Dial received his Second Year award in baseball and also took home the Coaches Award after batting .291 with a .592 on-base percentage while serving as the field general behind the plate.
Bill Houston
West Holmes freshman McKenna DeWitt received her First Year award in softball and took home additional honors with the Coaches Award and as the Most Improved player.
Bill Houston
