By TR HARLAN
Once is nice, but twice is better.
The Chesterton Boys Swimming and Diving team won its second consecutive
IHSAA State Championship to highlight another stellar winter sports season.
And it’s not over yet, as the third-ranked CHS Gymnastics team continues its
trek to the State Finals at the Valparaiso Regional this Friday night
beginning at 5 p.m.
Other highlights during the winter included a second place finish for
freshman Anthony Quiroz at 152 pounds in the IHSAA State Individual
Wrestling Tournament and the Girls Swimming and Diving team finishing fourth
at the State Finals.
On the hardwood, the Girls Basketball team advanced to the Sectional finals,
while the Boys Basketball team put together an 11-win season.
Student-athletes on seven teams were recognized for their accomplishments
Wednesday night at the Annual Winter Sports Award Program in the CHS
Auditorium, including 13 Most Valuable Players and 50 Scholar-Athlete’s.
Winners of MVP awards for the third time in their career are Kelley Freeman
(Gymnastics) and Kyle Whitaker (Boys Swimming). Two-time winners include
Morgan Palombizio (Girls basketball), Callie Kuehl (Gymnastics), Bill Bass
(Boys Swimming), Kari Ricard (Girls Diving) and Zack Thornton (Wrestling).
Other MVP’s include Tommy Peller (Boys Basketball), Brittany Wagoner
(Cheerleading), Tyler Fozkos (Boys Swimming), Houston Wolfe (Boys Diving)
and Anthony Quiroz (Wrestling).
Mental Attitude award winners were John Thanos (Boys Basketball), Jessica
O’Brien (Girls Basketball), Brooke Lammers (Cheerleading), Brianne Hendrix
(Gymnastics), Bill Bass (Boys Swimming), Milana Socha (Girls Swimming) and
Tony Sanchez (Wrestling).
The Sportsmanship awards winners were Alec Houpt (Boys Basketball), Jessica
O’Brien (Girls Basketball), Giselle Uzzardo (Cheerleading), Renee Linsenmann
(Gymnastics), Taylor Zakhar (Boys Swimming), Mallory Przybylinski (Girls
Swimming) and Spencer Stockwell (Wrestling).
Most Improved award winners were Fred Price (Boys Basketball), Claire Holba
(Girls Basketball), Allison Smith (Cheerleading), Alex O’
Other special awards presented went to John Thanos (Trojan Award in Boys
Basketball), Justin Zosso (Dedication Award in Wrestling) and Will Butz
(Dedication Award in Wrestling).
BOYS BASKETBALL
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Juan Monegro, Tommy Peller, George Sanidas, John Thanos, Adam White.
JUNIORS
Alec Houpt, Fred Price.
SOPHOMORES
Scott Homner, Mitch McGary, Jon Watson.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Andrew Bobrowski (10), Jay Broader (10), Kody Galloway (10), Kyle Galloway
(10), Justin Jenks (10), Remy Lewis (11), Zack Rochowiak (10), Josh Spanier
(10).
FRESHMEN AWARDS
Nathan Apathy, J.R. Frederick, Jacob Garmany, Andrew Holba, Bobby Humphreys,
Josh Jaeger, Adam Lara, Sean Matheny, Ben Molnar, Austin Palombizio, Jake
Post, Kyle Schmidt, Spencer Sutton, Blake Valdez.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Dana Christensen, Andrea Levrio, Jessica O’Brien, Morgan Palombizio, Abby
Skube.
JUNIORS
Michelle Fekete, Lindsey Hutnick.
SOPHOMORES
Brooke Gardner, Claire Holba
FRESHMAN
Lindsay Gorman.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Ryan Bozak, Annette Frank, Maddie Houpt, Reva Key, Kate Nowak, Riley Taubert,
Rana Torabi, Alyssa White.
FRESHMEN AWARDS
Allison Keator, Erica Madry, Anna Raffin, Kathleen Sheeran, Veronica
Srakovcic, Shana Sutton.
CHEERLEADING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Brooke Sterling, Brittany Wagoner.
JUNIORS
Abby Davis, Courtney Dyer, Brooke Lammers, Karissa Lubiniecki, Allison
Smith, Giselle Uzzardo.
SOPHOMORES
Kerbi Bowen, Madison Dillabaugh, Katlin Tloczek.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Caitie Beland (10), Janie Bennett (12), Mary Kovach (10).
FRESHMEN AWARDS
Maggie Beland, Megan Bruce, Bre Eng, Sarah Eggers, Alexis Hamilton.
GYMNASTICS
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Renee Linsenmann.
JUNIORS
Kelley Freeman, Brianne Hendrix, Callie Kuehl.
SOPHOMORES
Ashley Ballestero, Elizabeth Kozak, Demi Santana, Debbie Scheibelhut, Molly
Stauffer, Samantha Wilburn.
FRESHMEN
Marial McElfresh, Alex O’Brien.
BOYS SWIMMING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Bill Bass, Drake Belt, Michael Diaz, Joshua Gerber, Ethan Hall, Chris
Srakovcic, Nick Teall, Houston Wolfe.
JUNIORS
Jake Brehmer, Matt Rosiecki, Rob Surber, Kyle Whitaker, Taylor Zakhar.
SOPHOMORES
Nick Brahos, David Diaz, Tyler Fozkos, Brian Mabry, Matt Miller, Salvador
Mujica, Alex Olson, Nate Schuster.
FRESHMEN
Nick Borzych, Christopher McGue, Sean Miller.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Enrique Anaya (10), Jon Arlow (9), Collin Buckles (9), Alex Corrente (11),
Kyle Gilbert (9), Greg Luke (9), Jesse Mickley (9), Ben Mullin (11), Austin
Roach (9), Pat Teall (9), Riley Wolfe (10).
GIRLS SWIMMING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Elizabeth Eberhart, Rachel Hord, Mary Marshall, Mallory Przybylinski, Kari
Ricard.
JUNIORS
Shauna Foor, Brittany Fozkos, Danielle Hord, Carrie Johnson, Jenny Melton,
Kristy Oates, Milana Socha, Haley Virden, Brooke Vondra.
SOPHOMORES
Jessie Campbell, Lauren Foor, Amanda Furmankiewicz, Erin Kelley, Elisabeth
Kindmark, Meaghan McLaughlin, Jacquelyn Purze.
FRESHMEN
Olivia Kabacinski, Maddie Miller.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Niki Amans (10), Jessica Cleary (10), Taylor Coons (9), Olivia Diaz (10),
Shelby Kunes (10), Laura Ransom (10), Britta Ringas (10), Riley Trella (10).
WRESTLING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
George Choucalas, Spencer Stockwell.
JUNIORS
Brandon Garvey, Gus Hultman, Zack Thornton, Sevante Yates.
SOPHOMORES
Connor Allison, Alex Boatright, Will Butz, Joel Gillespie, Bill Petrocelli,
Tony Sanchez, Ryan Thomalla.
FRESHMEN
Joey Kelly, Anthony Quiroz, Justin Zosso.
JUNIOR VARSITY
AWARDS
Derek Chitwood (12), Brandon Copollo (10), Chris Copollo (11), Donovan
Hamilton (11), Cameron Harbrecht (11), Tobias Laschutza (11), Tommy
Petrocelli (9), Vince Quiroga (10), Chad Shaw (10), John Staff (9), Chris
Thompson (9).
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
BOYS BASKETBALL
Kyle Galloway, Andrew Holba, Alec Houpt, Adam Lara, Ben Molnar, Tommy Peller,
Adam White.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Michelle Fekete, Lindsay Gorman, Claire Holba, Lindsey Hutnick, Allison
Keator, Jessica O’Brien, Anna Raffin, Kathleen Sheeran, Riley Taubert, Rana
Torabi.
CHEERLEADING
Kerbi Bowen, Sarah Eggers, Mary Kovach, Allison Smith.
GYMNASTICS
Mariel McElfresh, Samantha Wilburn.
BOYS SWIMMING
Bill Bass, Nick Brahos, Alex Corrente, Ethan Hall, Brian Mabry, Christopher
McGue, Sean Miller, Salvador Mujica, Alex Olson, Nate Schuster.
GIRLS SWIMMING
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