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By TR HARLAN
The Chesterton High School winter sports season isn’t complete yet, but
Wednesday night multiple athletes with a long list of accomplishments were
honored at the 2012 Winter Sports Awards Program.
Individually, senior Olivia Kabacinski recorded a pair of State
Championships in Girls Swimming with victories in the 50 Free and the 100
Free, while sophomore Blake Pieroni won the State Championship in Boys
Swimming with a victory in the 100 Free.
The Boys Swim foursome of Nick Boryzch, Aaron Whitaker, Jack Wallar and
Pieroni earned state runner-up honors in the 200 Medley Relay with Pieroni
finishing second in the 200 Free.
On the team front, Chesterton picked up Sectional and Duneland Athletic
Conference titles in Boys and Girls Swimming where both teams advanced to
the State Finals. The Boys finished fourth overall and the Girls were fifth.
The No. 5-ranked CHS Gymnastics team will try to continue the winter sports
season for another week as they travel to Valparaiso for the IHSAA Regional
Meet on Friday night beginning at 6 p.m.
Olivia Kabacinski was named MVP in Girls Swimming for the fourth time, while
Marissa Kroeger (Girls Diving) and Chris Katsafaros (Wrestling) earned MVP
honors for the third time.
Two-time MVP winners were KeMonte Price (Boys Basketball) and Blake Pieroni
(Boys Swimming). Other MVP’s included Matt Holba (Boys Basketball), Cole
Teal (Boys Basketball), Lindsay Gorman (Girls Basketball), Alexis Hamilton
(Cheerleading), Bre Eng (Cheerleading) , Brandi Tuzinski (Gymnastics) and
Austin Roach (Boys Diving).
Mental Attitude Award winners included Mike Thanos (Boys Basketball),
Lindsay Gorman (Girls Basketball), Jocelyn Lipscomb (Girls Basketball),
Sarah Eggers (Cheerleading), Marisa Myers (Gymnastics), Chris McGue (Boys
Swimming), Julia Campbell (Girls Swimming) and Joe Kelly (Wrestling).
Sportsmanship Award winners were Matt Holba (Boys Basketball), Kelly Braun
(Girls Basketball), Abbi Milligan (Cheerleading), Kasandra Richardson
(Cheerleading), Mariel McElfresh (Gymnastics), Alex Opat (Boys Swimming),
Marcy Miles (Girls Swimming) and Connor Smith (Wrestling).
Most Improved Award winners included Donnie Johnson (Boys Basketball), Chris
Palombizio (Boys Basketball), Kelsey Conway (Girls Basketball), Symphony
Garcia (Cheerleading), Emma Lynn (Gymnastics), Alden Wright (Boys
Swimming-Freshman), Andy Hurst (Boys Swimming-Sophomore), Brent Vondra (Boys
Swimming-Sophomore), Cody Olson (Boys Swimming-Junior), Andrew Claudio (Boys
Diving), Brittany Boryzch (Girls Swimming-Freshman), Erin Socha (Girls
Swimming-Sophomore), Kate Curley (Girls Swimming-Junior), Cheyanne Comer
(Girls Diving) and Kaitlin Loehmer (Wrestling).
A special award was also given to Annette Frank (Todd Talbert Memorial Award
in Girls Basketball).
BOYS BASKETBALL
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
KeMonte Price, KJ Zelenika.
JUNIORS
Donnie Johnson, Mike Thanos.
SOPHOMORES
Brandon Roeske, Corey Rusboldt, Cole Teal, Jacob Wasielewski.
FRESHMEN
Matt Holba, Chris Palombizio.
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Jacob Andert (11), Avery Beeks (9), Tevin Dilosa (11), Steffan Dines (10),
Colin McEuen (10), Austin Norton (10), Andrew Ralph (10), Grant Schuster
(10).
FRESHMEN AWARDS
John Achor, Michael Amling, Drew Balon, Max Benoit, Max Dille, Jordan Dilosa,
Drake Ferguson, James Jewison, Jimmy McGowan, Cameron O’Brien, Dominic
Raffin, Jack Roach, Patrick Tilden, Emery Turner.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Annette Frank, Lindsay Gorman.
JUNIORS
Kelly Braun, Sydney Kutz, Hannah McCafferty, Mary Mochen, Hannah Van Drie.
SOPHOMORES
Kelsey Conway, Kristen Homme, Jocelyn Lipscomb, Caroline Puntillo, Sarah
Richards.
FRESHMEN
Kassidy Scott, McKenzie Sullivan.
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Samantha Balon (10), Abby Canright (10), Sara Filipek (11), Mallory McKee
(10), Bethany Molnar (10), Hailee Norton (9), Claire Raffin (10), Hayley
Sekula (9), Shelby Snyder (9), Jordan Wadding (9), Brittany Wilcox (11).
FRESHMEN AWARDS
Raven Bach, Megan Kerkes, Lauren Kusbel, Kayla Malackowski, Natalie Petro,
Teresa Raffin, Tara Schnadenberg.
CHEERLEADING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Sarah Eggers, Bre Eng, Alexis Hamilton.
JUNIORS
Keryn Carden, Ashley Castillo, Symphony Garcia, Abbi Milligan, Hannah
Ranfranz, Kasandra Richardson, Kim Saniga, Samantha Wesley, Samantha Zaremba.
SOPHOMORES
Jessica Manley, Marissa Morey.
FRESHMEN
Taylor Colvin, Kayla Larson, Brittany Tasler.
GYMNASTICS
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Madison Andert, Mariel McElfresh.
SOPHOMORES
Lindsey Campbell, Emma Lynn, Marisa Myers, Brandi Tuzinski.
FRESHMEN
Hanna Martich, Rachel Noel.
BOYS SWIMMING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Jon Arlow, Nick Boryzch, Collin Buckles, Chris McGue, Sean Miller, Alex Opat,
Austin Roach.
JUNIORS
Andrew Claudio, Adam Eng, James Halpin, Garrett Lee, Cody Olson, Colin
Ringas, Spencer Wright.
SOPHOMORES
Patrick Curley, Andy Hurst, Antonio Kincaid, Jonathan Kindmark, Jack Kurfman,
Jack McCusker, Tom McGue, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Rodriguez, Eli Taubert,
Brent Vondra, Jack Wallar, Aaron Whitaker, Ethan Whitaker.
FRESHMEN
Jackson Heard, Joe Petrovich, Josh VanNevel, Alden Wright.
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Riley Buckles (10), Mason Farese (11), Jerick Forest (10), Seth Halpin (9),
James Hooten (10), Tony Hord (11), Mitch Howell (10), John Kelley (9),
Clayton Lembcke (9), Chris Maatouk (10), Joe Maggio (9), Ben Moy (10), Chris
Raffin (10), Nathan Wertzberger (9), Galen Wong (9).
GIRLS SWIMMING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Taylor Coons, Nicole Fessant, Olivia Kabacinski, Marcy Miles, Michelle
Miles, Maddie Miller.
JUNIORS
Mae Bass, Alexis Bianco, Melanie Buckmaster, Julia Campbell, Kate Curley,
Marissa Kroeger, Allison McAloon, Madison McCarthy, Kaylee Oates, Abby
Sigler.
SOPHOMORES
Gena Banta-Long, Wendy Banta-Long, Cheyanne Comer, Madisyn Coudriet, Meagan
Curley, Kamila Czebotar, Stephanie Krause, Taylor Livingston, Courtney
O’Keefe, Erin Socha, Leslie Taubert.
FRESHMEN
Brittany Boryzch, Mikayla Larson, Mary Miller, Kaylee Slont, Josie Tolin,
Carly York.
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Tanaya Comer (11), Maryssa Engstrom (11), Candice Tovo (11), Alisha
Whittaker (11), Emma Davids (10), Claudia Krygier (19), Hannah Sakelaris
(10), Monica Appel (9), Taylor Clark (9), Micaela Claudio (9), Samantha
Dehoyos (9), Laura Hoover (9), Lauren Lecy (9), Maddie Leinweber (9), Anna
Reyes (9), Becca Schmiegel (9).
WRESTLING
VARSITY AWARDS
SENIORS
Joe Kelly, Chris Thompson.
JUNIORS
Ryley Harlow, Chris Katsafaros, Joe Ponda, Hunter Royer.
SOPHOMORES
Jaycee Jensen, Alex Katsafaros, Kaitlin Loehmer, Connor Smith.
FRESHMEN
Jack Davison, Cliff Eiring, Dax Jones, Tom St. Germain.
JUNIOR VARSITY AWARDS
Louis Bain (10), Austin Ballestero (10), Chase Cota (11), Tyler Dillon (10),
Mike Double (10), Tyler Gillespie (9), Sawyer Hallas (9), Brandon Herron
(9), Jon Horvath (10), Corey Johns (9), Eric Kramer (9), Brad McCord (9),
Josh Mihut, 10) Dontae Rodriguez (9), Lambro Tsampsis
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
BOYS BASKETBALL
Michael Amling, Andrew Balon, Matt Holba, Colin McEuen, Austin Norton,
Cameron O’Brien, Dominic Raffin, Andrew Ralph, Brandon Roeske, Corey
Rusboldt, Grant Schuster, Cole Teal, Mike Thanos, Patrick Tilden, KJ
Zelenika.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Samantha Balon, Kelly Braun, Abby Canright, Kelsey Conway, Sara Filipek,
Lindsay Gorman, Kristen Homme, Kayla Malackowski, Hannah McCafferty, Mallory
McKee, Mary Mochen, Natalie Petro, Caroline Puntillo, Claire Raffin, Teresa
Raffin, Sarah Richards, Kassidy Scott, Hannah Van Drie, Brittany Wilcox.
CHEERLEADING
Sarah Eggers, Bre Eng, Alexis Hamilton, Abbi Milligan, Marissa Morey, Hannah
Ranfranz, Kasandra Richardson, Brittany Tassler.
GYMNASTICS
Lindsay Campbell, Mariel McElfresh, Rachel Noel.
BOYS SWIMMING
Nick Borzych, Riley Buckles, Patrick Curley, Mason Farese, James Halpin,
Seth Halpin, Jackson Heard, Andrew Hurst, Antonio Kincaid, Jonathan Kindmark,
Jack Kurfman, Garrett Lee, Chris Maatouk, Joe Maggio, Jack McCusker, Chris
McGue, Tom McGue, Sean Miller, Ben Moy, Cody Olson, Alex Opat, Blake Pieroni,
Colin Ringas, Austin Roach, Nathan Rodriguez, Eli Taubert, Josh Van Nevel,
Brent Vondra, Nathan Wertzberger, Ethan Whitaker, Galen Wong, Alden Wright,
Spencer Wright.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Monica Appel, Gena Banta-Long, Wendy Banta-Long, Mae Bass, Ali Bianco,
Brittany Boryzch, Melanie Buckmaster, Julia Campbell, Madisyn Coudriet, Kate
Curley, Meagan Curley, Samantha Dehoyos, Maryssa Engstrom, Olivia Kabacinski,
Marissa Kroeger, Mikalya Larson, Lauren Lecy, Taylor Livingston, Allison
McAloon, Madison McCarthy, Maddie Miller, Mary Miller, Courtney O’Keefe,
Kaylee Oates, Hannah Sakelaris, Becca Schmiegel, Abby Sigler, Kaylee Slont,
Erin Socha, Josie Tolin, Alisha Whittaker, Carly York.
WRESTLING
Chase Cota, Sawyer Hallas, Ryley Harlow, Joe Kelly, Brad McCord, Hunter
Royer, Connor Smith, Tommy St. Germain, Lambros Tsampsis, Cody Watson.
Posted 3/8/2012
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