By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
CHERRY VALLEY — There
was much to celebrate at the
22nd annual Cherry Valley-
Springfield athletic banquet held
June 19 at the school.
Six varsity sports teams won
Tri-Valley East titles this past
school year, including the boys
and girls soccer and track teams,
and the boys basketball and baseball
teams. The boys soccer, and
boys and girls track teams each
were overall Tri-Valley champions
as well, and the boys’ track
team was Section Four Class D
champs for the fifth straight
year.
One of the most memorable individual
performances occurred
during the winter, when senior
Courtney VanBrink scored her
1,000th career point in the final
game of her career. To add to the
drama, VanBrink did not hit the
milestone until late in the fourth
quarter after picking up four
fouls.
She finished her stellar career
with 1,002 points, becoming just
the second girls’ player in CV-S
history to reach 1,000 points. In
the spring, senior Brian Sutton
also made school history, reaching
the state meet for the second
straight season. Sutton qualified
for states in both the 400, his specialty,
and the 100, and owns the
school record in the 400.
The night was not without
sadness, however, as two Memorial
Awards were announced.
One was to Kyle Hysack, a 2008
CV-S graduate and track athlete
who died suddenly this spring.
The other given in honor of Rick
Yerdon, who died last year and
was a big CV-S sports booster.
Yerdon’s son, Adam, who drowned
in the Susquehanna River in August
of 1998, also has an award
named after him.
Before presenting team
awards, each coach introduced
their players and spoke about the
accomplishments of each team.
Awards for outstanding athletes
were given as follows:
Girls Varsity Soccer: Tri Valley
East Champions: Coach Amy
Garretson: Best Offensive Player:
Courtney Van Brink; Best Defensive
Player: Savannah Crowley,
Stephanie Loucks, Joslyn Mabie,
Amanda May; Will to Win: Lindsey
Cairo
Girls Junior Varsity Soccer:
Tri Valley East Champions:
Coach Tracy Archer: Most Improved
Player: Erin Lamouret;
110 percent Award: Mary Auld;
Best Defensive Player: Emily
Wilmot; Coaches Award: Brittany
Crandall and Kaylyn Mc Cord;
Will to Win: Emma Clements.
Boys Varsity Soccer: Tri Valley
East Champions: Coach Terri
Adams: Most Improved Player:
Seth Drugatz; Best Defensive
Player: Jake Hanlon; Best Offensive
Player: Chip Taylor; Coaches
Award/MVP: Scott Sheldon and
David Adams; Will to Win: Spencer
Staley.
Boys Junior Varsity Soccer:
Coach Jordan Jaquay:á Most Improved
Player: Collin Lamouret;
Most Valuable Player: Shawn
Cope; Best Defensive Player:
Chad Thompson; Coaches Award:
Isaac Hardy; Rookie of the Year:
Kyle Jaquay; Will to Win: Rich
Rockwell; Kyle Hysack Memorial
Spirit Award: Tyler Cade.
Girls Varsity Basketball:
Coach Amy Garretson: Most Improved
Player: Nadine Guernsey;
Most Valuable Player: Courtney
Van Brink; Best Offensive Player:
Morgan Van Alstine; Coaches
Award: Morgan Shuster; Foul
Shooting: Morgan Van Alstine;
Will to Win: Tiffany Thompson.
Girls Junior Varsity Basketball:
Coach Lori Shuster: Most
Improved Player: Erin Lamouret;
110 percent Hustle: Emily Wilmot;
Best Defensive Player: Amanda
Augur; Coaches Award: Abby
Brigham; Foul Shooting: Ashley
Miles; Will to Win: Emma Clem-
ents.
Boys Varsity Basketball:
Tri Valley East Champions:
Coach Jordan
Jaquay: Most Improved
Player: Brian Sutton; Most
Valuable Player: Kyle Flint;
Best Defensive Player:
Scott Sheldon; Best Offensive
Player: Mike Cagganello;
Foul Shooting: Mike
Cagganello; Will to Win:
Chip Taylor; Adam Yerdon
110 percent award: David
Adams.
Boys Junior Varsity
Basketball: Coach Terry
Brant: Most Improved
Player: Brett Adams; Most
Valuable Player: Alex Shuster;
Best Defensive Player:
Seth Drugatz; Best Offensive
Player: Jake Hoag;
Foul Shooting: Alex Shuster;
Will to Win: Sam Dubben.
Varsity Cheerleading:
Coach Melissa Jaquay: All
Around Cheerleader:
Amanda May; Most Spirited:
Brittany Crandall;
Rookie of the Year: Mariah
Clarke; Coaches Award:
Lexi Evans and Sarah Hovick;
Will to Win: Beth Fullington.
Girls Varsity Track and
Field: Section Four Runner-
up and Tri Valley
League Champions 5 Consecutive
Years: Coaches
Steve Davis and Jordan
Jaquay. Most Improved
Player: Emma Clements;
Most Valuable Player: Joslyn
Mabie; Best Field Performer:
Emily Schafsteck;
Best Track Performer: Ksenia
Hanlon; Coaches
Award: Fiona Doherty; Will
to Win: Mallory Garretson;
Kyle Hysack Spirit Award:
Lindsey Cairo.
Boys Varsity Track and
Field: Section Four Champions
and Tri Valley League
Champions 5 Consecutive
Years: Coaches Steve Davis
and Jordan Jaquay.áMost
Improved Player: Seth Drugatz;
Most Valuable Player:
Brian Sutton; Coaches
Award: Reilly See; Best
Track Performer: Scott
Sheldon; Best Field Performer:
Isaac Hardy; Will
to Win: Kevin Kropp; Kyle
Hysack Spirit Award: Ted
Van Brink.
Boys Varsity Baseball:
Tri Valley East Champions:
Coach Ed Dubben. Most
Improved Player: Sam Dubben;
Most Valuable Player:
Spencer Staley and Adam
Halay; Most Valuable Player:
David Adams; Coaches
Award: Josh Stalter; Highest
Batting Average: David
Adams; Will to Win: Spencer
Staley; 110 percent
Adam Yerdon Award: David
Adams.
Girls Varsity Softball:
Coach Michelle Schmitt.
Most Valuable Player: Savannah
Crowley; Most Improved
Player: Mariah
Clarke; Highest Batting
Average: Savannah Crowley;
Coaches Award: Anna
VanDerKrake and Morgan
VanAlstine; Will to Win:
Nicole Young.
Varsity Golf: Coach
Richard Daley. Most Improved
Player: Mike Cagganello;
Coaches Award:
Craig Miles; Will to Win:
Tyler Smith.
Rick Yerdon Memorial
Award: This is a new award
that is done on a points system
for each sport in each
year that an athlete participates
in sports.áThe winners
for 2008-2009 are: David
Adams, Fiona Doherty,
Chip Taylor, Scott Sheldon
and Mike Cagganello.
Scholar Athlete Teams
for the 2008-2009 school
year were: Boys Varsity
Soccer, Boys Varsity Basketball,
Boys Varsity Track
and Field, Girls Varsity
Soccer, Girls Varsity Basketball,
Varsity Cheerleading,
Girls Varsity Track
and Field, Girls Varsity
Softball, Boys Junior Varsity
Soccer, Boys Junior
Varsity Basketball, Girls
Junior Varsity Soccer, Girls
Junior Varsity Basketball.
Special Senior Awards
that are given yearly are as
follows:
Kenneth E. Young
Sportsmanship Award:
áAdam Halay.
Barry Prill Outstanding
Senior Athlete: Courtney
VanBrink.
Adam Yerdon Memorial
Athlete Award: Scott Sheldon.
Hank Misiewicz Memorial
Athlete of the Year: David
Adams.
Girls Sportsmanship
Award: Morgan Shuster.
