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The girls, led offensively by leading scorer Lauren Kennerly
finished at 10-7-2 bowing out of the tournament in a hard
fought 2-1 loss to Chippewa. They did, however, win their 9th
Tri-County Soccer League title in the past 11 seasons. Thanks
to Coach Haddox for his years of mentoring our soccer
players, not only on the field, but in many of their other
endeavors as well. The new mentor of the girls soccer program
is Santosh Kanakkanatt who will be ably assisted by current
assistant coach Kathleen Vass. Congratulations to the girls, and
“Thank You and Best of Luck” to Coach Haddox.
Girls Tennis
Veteran Coach Jim Hollenak gave Captains Awards to Alex
Ballard and Kelsey Lecerf, Most Improved to Natalie Winer,
Rookie of the Year to Taylor Wedlake, the Coach’s Award to
Caroline Bennett, and the MVP award was shared by Alex
Ballard and Kelsey Lecerf who also had the most wins.
Highlights of the season were wins over Hoban and the entire
team advancing to district play. With the return of Tabitha
Simpson (knee injury) and the showing of the underclassmen
led by newcomer Taylor Wedlake, the girls tennis future is
very bright.
Kristen Berzonsky, Leah Cistone, Elizabeth Conlon, Elizabeth
Hoffman, Kelly Schaffer, and Rachel Wojtowicz.
Team Spirit Award went to Kristen Berzonsky;
Best Offense went to Middle Hitter Jessica Bridenthal;
Team M.V.P. went to All-Around player Leah Cistone.
Twenty-Five girls in the Volleyball program were honor
roll students.
Junior, Jessica Bridenthal was named to the First Team All-
District for District III and the Beacon Journal. Jessica and
Coach Mary Howard were honored with Touchdown
Club Awards.
Wrestling
New head coach Joe Retherford has worked the small
number of wrestlers into a competitive group. Team leaders
entering the February 2008 sectional tournament were veteran
wrestlers Darren Tate, Zak Vargo, and Nate Nasrallah.
Promising youngsters have Brian Cresswell and Carlos Lugo
slightly ahead of the others as we enter into the tournament
phase of our winter sports. Good luck wrestlers!
Boys Golf
New coach John Grimm was pleasantly surprised as
sophomore Jack Uecker played through the District and
Regional and qualified for the State Tournament. The team
will lose seniors David Podrasky and team captain Randy Bye
who provided leadership as well as low scores but with Jack,
Chris Domer and James Lloyd returning along with some
promising JV’s, next year’s team looks very promising.
Congratulations Jack on a great sophomore season!
Girls Golf
New to the scene here at St. Vincent–St. Mary was our first
girls golf team. Coach Mike Bittner and John Noethan worked
hard to form the first ever team which finished with some
surprising victories. The young ladies are looking to improve
and add to their numbers as we hope our new program grows
both in interest and stature in girls golf competition.
Volleyball
The 2007 Volleyball team went above and beyond
expectations. The team finished with a 22-4 season record
with wins over Hoban, West Holmes, and Tallmadge. The
season ended in a well played match at the District Final at
Canton South. The team was led by 6 Senior Captains...
STVM Football Team Captains accept Sportsmanship Award
STVM Receives
Sportsmanship Award
St. Vincent-St. Mary has received the Sportsmanship Award
from the Portage and Summit County Football Official
Association.We were selected out of 44 schools to receive this
award. Criteria for the award included: Team Attitude,
Coaches' Attitudes, Crowd Attitude, Team's Attitude towards
Opponents, Treatment of Officials, and Accommodations
for Officials.
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