During Elmira High School’s BIP assembly last Wednesday morning, All League Winners for winter sports were announced.
Girls Soccer: junior Iris Frome (midfielder) – 1st Team
Honorable Mention: sophomore Layla Burgess (forward)
Boys Soccer: junior Austin Woolcott (forward) – 2nd Team
Honorable Mentions: junior Brendan Davis (goal keeper), and senior Antonio Turtura (midfielder)
Volleyball Honorable Mention: junior Lillian Ossowski (setter)
Football: senior Jacob Janeczko (left tackle) – 1st Team, senior Enrico Cervantez (punter) – 1st Team, senior Isaiah Wilson (wide receiver) – 2nd Team, sophomore Keelan Hecker (tight end/line backer) – 2nd Team, senior Dylan Wigham (line backer) – 2nd Team, and senior Seth Drago (defensive back) – 2nd Team
Honorable Mentions: sophomore Kyler Colwell (wide receiver), and junior Quinton Buckland (quarter back)
“I’m grateful for receiving this award and happy I could contribute to my team this year,” sophomore Layla Burgess said.
Junior Austyn Woolcott added: “I’m really happy that I won it and I am grateful for my mom for pushing me, and my teammates and my coach.”
Along with the announcement of All League Winners, 9th grader Brett Van Damme won an attendance award for not missing any days in the first quarter of the school year.
In an attempt to win early dismissal to lunch, each class competed in a free-throw competition. To start, the seniors beat the 9th graders with 12 baskets to 8.
Sophomores narrowly beat the juniors with 6 to 5, and in a final showdown the seniors beat the sophomores with 18 to 9.
To end the assembly there was an opportunity to win a prize of $100 for anyone who could make a basket from half court.
Many stepped up to the challenge, and none beat it. Out of the four classes no one could make a half court shot and the challenge ended the assembly.
