The 2009 fall sports season came to a close at Chesterton High School on Wednesday night with the presentation of the Fall Sports Awards in the CHS Auditorium.

The fall season was highlighted by a pair of State Finals appearances for the Trojans.

The Girls Golf team won another Sectional title and advanced through the Regional to the State Finals for the second consecutive year, while the Boys Cross Country team finished runner-up to Columbus North last Saturday.

The second place finish marked the top CHS finish ever at the State Boys Cross Country Meet. Individually, senior David Osborn finished fourth overall and also won the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award.

The other Sectional title for the fall sports came in Boys Soccer.

Student-athletes in nine sports were recognized for their accomplishments, including 11 Most Valuable Players and 156 Scholar-Athletes.

David Osborn won his third consecutive MVP Award in Boys Cross Country, while Milana Socha (Girls Cross Country) and Cole Galloway (Boys Soccer) won for the second consecutive year.

Other MVP’s included Alec Houpt (Boys Soccer), Mark Gore (Boys Soccer), Kelly Grassel (Girls Golf), Courtney Dyer (Cheerleading), Lauren Seawright (Girls Soccer), Scott Homner (Boys Tennis), Jon Watson (Football) and Michelle Fekete (Volleyball).

Mental Attitude Award winners included Shane Kenney (Boys Cross Country), Brandon Garvey (Boys Soccer), Molly Stauffer (Girls Cross Country), Erin DeVaney (Girls Golf), Abby Davis (Cheerleading), Abby Miller (Girls Soccer), Ben Mullin (Boys Tennis), Greg Nowak (Football) and Lindsey Hutnick (Volleyball).

The Sportsmanship Awards went to Tyler Rusboldt (Boys Cross Country), Ben Molnar (Boys Soccer), Haley Virden (Girls Cross Country), Marissa Kroeger (Girls Golf), Giselle Uzzardo (Cheerleading), Allison Smith (Cheerleading), Annie Thieling (Girls Soccer), Justin Marshall (Boys Tennis), Andrew Brack (Football) and Kathleen Maple (Volleyball).

Most Improved Awards went to Ryan Cutter (Boys Cross Country), Andrew Morris (Boys Cross Country), Austin Haire (Boys Soccer), Kristen Stapay (Girls Cross Country), Emily DeLache (Girls Golf), Ashley Ford (Girls Golf), Emily Tezak (Cheerleading), Rosie Biehl (Girls Soccer), Angelina Greco (Girls Soccer), Ryan Tarnowski (Boys Tennis), Justin Jenks (Football) and Colleen DeHenes (Volleyball).

Other special awards presented went to Manny Orlich (Most Consistent in Boys Cross Country), Jordan Hoover (Leonard Tengblad Award in Boys Cross Country), David Osborn (Larry James Award in Boys Cross Country), Jon Rogers (Steve Kearney “Stride On” Award in Boys Cross Country), Melonie Buckmaster (Most Consistent in Girls Cross Country), Milana Socha (Leonard Tengblad Award and Larry James Award in Girls Cross Country), Liz Koch (Kate Pokorny Spirit Award in Girls Soccer), Amanda Kollar (Offensive MVP in Girls Soccer), Megan Behrendt (Defensive MVP in Girls Soccer), Claire Holba (Offensive MVP in Volleyball) and Jessica Peterson (Defensive MVP in Volleyball).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Abby Davis, Courtney Dyer, Kyle Keller, Karissa Lubiniecki, Allison Smith, Giselle Uzzardo.

JUNIORS

Ashley Ballestero, Caitie Beland, Madison Dillabaugh, Mary Kovach, Erai Pena, Katlin Tloczek, Liz Zeese.

SOPHOMORES

Maggie Beland, Alexis Hamilton.

FRESHMEN

Tyler Moore, Emily Tezak.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Libbie Fedder (12), Roxanne Kaminski (11), Sarah Eggers (10), Bre Eng (10), Abbi Milligan (9), Heather Poland (9), Kassandra Richardson (9).

PARTICIPANTS

Keryn Carden (9), Ashley Castillo (9), Lexie Rusin (9), Samm Wesley (9), Allie Zent (11).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Luke Carr, Dan Carmody, Jordan Hoover, Shane Kenney, T.J. Lawrence, Jake Lukach, David Osborn, Aaron Parker, Jon Rogers, Ian Smith.

JUNIORS

Ryan Cutter, Thomas Halpin, Mike Marshall, Kevin Miloshoff, Andrew Morris, Manny Orlich.

SOPHOMORES

Erin Menn, Austin Palombizio, Tyler Rusboldt.

FRESHMEN

Andrew Kearney.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Jordan Peterson (11), Collin Buckles (10), Joe Doman (10), Matt Kusbel (10), Joe Niepokoj (10), Conner Ennis (9), Ryan Freeman (9), Eric Jirtle (9), Jacob Korba (9), Joe Larimer (9), Evan Mazurkiewicz (9), Jordan Surgot (9).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Olivia Gordon, Shannon Harvey, Milana Socha, Rebecca Swibes, Haley Virden, Brooke Vondra, Cailtin Zondor.

JUNIORS

Jenna Norgaard, Kim St. Pierre, Kristen Stapay, Molly Stauffer, Riley Trella, Samantha Wilburn, Katie Zelenika.

SOPHOMORES

Linda Graff.

FRESHMEN

Sarah Bobby, Melanie Buckmaster, Katie Haggerty.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Megan Amling (11), Mary Carr (11), Evelyn Hanson (11), Macenzie Schoenfelt (11), Maria Zakhar (11), Nicole Newton (10), Anna Raffin (10), Kallie Bach (9), Alexis Malay (9), Molly McCoy (9), Ellie Mellin (9), Haley Thoreson (9).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Andrew Brack, Josh Brandenburg, Taylor Brown, Cole Bruggeman, Taylor Dore’, Larry Gray, Kyle Groves, Tyler Hedrick, Dan Jensen, Alex Lydick, Greg Nowak, David Raffin, Matt Raffin, Frank Raudry, Jordan Righter, Angel Rodriguez, Blake Sleicher, Sevante Yates.

JUNIORS

Art Azcona, Alex Boatright, Andrew Bobrowski, Nathan Brock, Will Butz, Dan Dellumo, Chris Dulaney, Craig Fouts, Peter Fouts, Justin Jenks, Sam Lindquist, Nate Majcher, Chad Shaw, Josh Spainier, Jon Watson, Terry Zethner.

SOPHOMORES

Brandon Jenks, Zac Jenks, Sean Matheny, Kyle Schmidt, Trent Schreiber, K.J. Zelenika.

FRESHMEN

Joe Troop.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Jacob Bobos (11), Ricky Bradley (11), Ryne Buza (10), Matt Dolph (11), Cameron Eichenberger (11), Logan Filbert (10), Drew Holba (10), Max Kerr (10), Jeff Lamping (11), Michael Lara (10), Juan Montemayor (11), Jerry Nagra (11), Billy Nanny (11), Alex O’Hara (11), Bill Peterson (11), D.J. Schwandt (10), Spencer Sutton (10), Tristan Taylor (10), Chris Thompson (10), Alex Valerio (10), Alex Vasquez (11), David Walker (11), Jake Webb (11).

FRESHMEN

Jacob Andrews, A.J. Azcona, Joe Bishop, Alex Bobos, Anthony Carrasco, Chase Cota, Mike Crowley, Kevin Fekete, Austin Geiselman, Max Grubbs, Ryley Harlow, Ben Hubbard, Matt Jimenez, Hunter Jones, Chris Katsafaros, Adam Kerr, Gabe Kleckner, Ryan Klikus, Kyle Knarian, Dana Konchar, Ronnie Kovach, Austin Kreiter, Ryan Leady, Eric Madry, Josh McCall, Ben Morris, Adam Polkinghorn, Austin Porter, Nick Raffin, Julian Raudry, Jose Reyes, Hunter Royer, A.J. Snyder, Dekota Szparaga, Mike Thanos, Sean Thomas, Lambro Tsampis, Adam Waldo, Trevor Walker, Kevin Webb, Zach Westergren, Jake Williams, Grant Zakhar.

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Erin DeVaney, Hayley Miller.

SOPHOMORES

Emily DeLache, Stephanie Drake, Ashley Ford.

FRESHMEN

Kelly Grassel, Marissa Kroeger.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

D.J. Gallagher (11), Jill Seeley (11), Nicole Dutz (9), Jennifer Kattalia (9).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Cole Galloway, Brandon Garvey, Mark Gore, Ryan Grassel, Alec Houpt, Brandon McCoy, Joe Michalak, Chris Noel, Ray Orlowski, Chris Robinson.

JUNIORS

Tom Biel, Evan Coudriet, Jordan Garza, Mac Green, Austin Haire, Gabe Jeka, Mavrick Tumblin, Victor Zumaram.

SOPHOMORES

Mike Brown, Jacob Garmany, Ben Molnar, John Morris.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Edy Berruezo (12), Mike Anderson (10), Sean Cochran (10), Alex Davids (10), Nathan Ford (10), Matt Lucas (10), Chris McGue (10), Jordan Napier (10), Dylan Pasley (10), Eric Sayers (10).

FRESHMEN

Nick Barango, Scott Chemma, Bryce Claussen, Eric Dreischerf, Karl Ehn, Trevor Estelle, Mason Farese, Zac Froman, Cole Gordon, James Halpin, Sam Iatarola, Max Kirchner, Kyle Kogler, Austin Kreiter, Eric Kroeger, Cody Lobsiger, Adam Mix, Jesse Mudd, Keith Radzik, Colin Ringas, Paul Sayers, Ryan Sears, Zack Williams, Fernando Zepeda.

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Megan Behrendt, Laura Didonna, Shauna Foor, Angelina Greco, Elise Gustafson, Shay Masterson, Abby Miller, Annie Thieling.

JUNIORS

Ashton Balch, Katie Behrendt, Abby Beierwalter, Liz Koch, Amanda Kollar, Catherine Pannekoek, Lauren Seawright.

SOPHOMORES

Allison Keator, Tori Schroeder.

FRESHMEN

Rosie Biehl.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Elizabeth Brown (9), Ciera Brown (9), Alexandra Bucko (9), Halle Charlebois (9), Sara Filipek (9), Carley Furto (9), Sam Furto (10), Dayna Gallo (9), Toni Greco (10), Jessica Hickle (10), Angelia Jeka (9), Hannah Kollar (9), Nicki Kollar (9), Katie Murfitt (10), Grace Parker (10), Julie Sutter (10), Haleigh VanderVinne (10), Emily Wright (10).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Justin Marshall, Ben Mullin.

JUNIORS

Christian Baumgarten, Scott Homner, Ryan Tarnowski.

SOPHOMORES

Drew Bazan, Ryan Hopkins, Jacob McCrum.

FRESHMEN

Michael Clemens.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Matt Adams (10), Sam Adams (10), Nick Borzych (10), Deven Clayton (11), Sam Fadel (10), Matt Jones (10), Tate Paglia (10), Kevin Potter (11), Jake Pruitt (10), Adam Scheerer (9), Brent Sergent (9), Brandon Szwajkowski (11), Brady Wade (9), Kaz Zaranski (10).

VARSITY AWARDS

SENIORS

Taylor Chamberlain, Colleen DeHenes, Michelle Fekete, Lindsey Hutnick, Kathleen Maple, Jessica Peterson.

JUNIORS

Brittany Funk, Alyssa Ham, Claire Holba, Katie Osborn, Riley Taubert.

SOPHOMORES

Kate Nowak.

JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS

Allison Bachman (9), Lydia Gill (10), Ariane Mahaffey (9), Sammi Martin (9), Korelle Melcarek (10), Kelsey Pawola (10), Michaela Raffin (10), Hannah Ranfranz (9), Nora Schultz (10), Katie Urycki (9), Jennifer Williams (9).

FRESHMEN AWARDS

Kierstin Berry, Abby Culbertson, Cami Hood, Montana Ketchem, Jasmine Maletta, Rachel McCrum, Hannah Myers, Jerica Paliga, Brittany Radcliffe, Micheala Sosby, April Spenny, Sarah Turner, Taylor Witt.

Sarah Eggers (10), Alexis Hamilton (10), Mary Kovach (11), Kassandra Richardson (9), Allison Smith (12), Emily Tezak (9).

Dan Carmody (12), Luke Carr (12), Conner Ennis (9), Jordan Hoover (12), Andrew Kearney (9), Shane Kenney (12), Jacob Korba (9), Joe Larimer (9), T.J. Lawrence (12), Jake Lukach (12), Evan Mazurkiewicz (9), Kevin Miloshoff (11), Andrew Morris (11), Joe Niepokoj (10), Manny Orlich (11), David Osborn (12), Jon Rogers (12), Tyler Rusboldt (10).

Megan Amling (11), Sarah Bobby (9), Melanie Buckmaster (9), Olivia Gordon (12), Linda Graff (10), Katie Haggerty (9), Shannon Harvey (12), Alexis Malay (9), Molly McCoy (9), Ellie Mellin (9), Nicole Newton (10), Jenna Norgaard (11), Anna Raffin (10), Milana Socha (12), Kristen Stapay (11), Riley Trella (11), Brooke Vondra (12), Samantha Wilburn (11), Maria Zakhar (11).

Nathan Brock (11), Chase Cota (9), Taylor Dore’ (12), Kevin Fekete (9), Ryley Harlow (9), Drew Holba (10), Brandon Jenks (10), Zac Jenks (10), Ronnie Kovach (9), Austin Kreiter (9), Jerry Nagra (11), Matt Raffin (12), Trent Schreiber (10), D.J. Schwandt (10), Blake Sleicher (12), A.J. Snyder (9), Spencer Sutton (10), Dekota Szparaga (9), Mike Thanos (9), Trevor Walker (9), Jake Webb (11), Kevin Webb (9), Zach Westergren (9), Grant Zakhar (9).

Erin DeVaney (12), Emily DeLache (10), Nicole Dutz (9), Ashley Ford (10), D.J. Gallagher (11), Kelly Grassel (9), Jennifer Kattalia (9), Marissa Kroeger (9).

Mike Anderson (10), Tom Biel (11), Scott Chemma (9), Evan Coudriet (11), Eric Dreischerf (9), Mason Farese (9), Cole Galloway (12), Brandon Garvey (12), Cole Gordon (9), Ryan Grassel (12), Mac Green (11), James Halpin (9), Alec Houpt (12), Sam Iatarola (9), Max Kirchner (9), Kyle Kogler (9), Austin Kreiter (9), Eric Kroeger (9), Chris McGue (10), Joe Michalak (12), Ben Molnar (10), Jesse Mudd (9), Jordan Napier (10), Chris Noel (12), Keith Radzik (9), Colin Ringas (9), Chris Robinson (12), Paul Sayers (9), Ryan Sears (9), Zack Williams (9), Fernandon Zepeda.

Megan Behrendt (12), Elizabeth Benson (9), Rosie Biehl (9), Alexandra Bucko (9), Halle Charlebois (9), Sara Filipek (9), Samantha Furto (10), Dayna Gallo (9), Angelina Greco (12), Elise Gustafson (12), Jessica Hickle (10), Angelia Jeka (9), Allison Keator (10), Liz Koch (11), Hannah Kollar (9), Nicole Kollar (9), Abby Miller (12), Grace Parker (10), Lauren Seawright (11), Tori Schroeder (10), Juli Sutter (10), Annie Thieling (12), Haleigh VanderVinne (10).

Nick Borzych (10), Michael Clemens (9), Sam Fadel (10), Matt Jones 910), Jacob McCrum (10), Jake Pruitt (10), Adam Scheerer (9), Ryan Tarnowski (11), Kaz Zaranski (10).

Kierstin Berry (9), Taylor Chamberlain (12), Michelle Fekete (12), Claire Holba (11), Lindsey Hutnick (12), Montana Ketchem (9), Arianne Mahaffey (9), Sammi Martin (9), Rachel McCrum (9), Korelle Melcarek (10), Jessica Peterson (12), Michaela Raffin (10), Hannah Ranfranz (9), Micheala Sosby (9), April Spenny (9), Riley Taubert (11), Sarah Turner (9), Katie Urycki (9), Jennifer Williams (9).

Posted 11/5/2009