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Page 16 The Laurel May 12, 2006 Athletes receive honors at banquet Denziel Owusu was named Male Athlete of the Year and was winner of the Bob Jennings Athletic Director’s Award at the annual Athletic Awards Banquet Monday evening. Chosen as Female Athlete of the Year was Chelsea Cleark. The Mike Kipp Christian Athlete of the Year Award went to Sidsel Rasmussen and Tyler Cleveland, while the Robinson-McMillan Coach of the Year Award was presented to Scott Merry. Eight athletes were named “Super Bears” Named as the Mike Kipp Christian Athlete of the Year, Tyler Cleveland receives his award from Coach Scott Merry. for lettering in three sports. They were Brittney Sowell, Tommy James, Denziel Owusu, Chelsea Clark, Chris Dyer, Jose Coira, Sarah Brown, and Dee Dee Trevino. Two awards were given in each athletic team sport: the Battlin’ Bear Award and the Steve Fordham Award. Those selected as Battlin’ Bears were Brittney Sowell, volleyball and girls basketball; Austin Mellen, boys basketball; Matt Verity, baseball; Chelsea Clark, softball; and Tommy James, football. The Steve Fordham Award was given to Chelsea Clark, volleyball; Hayden Lyon, boys basketball; Sarah Brown, girls basketball; Boomer Connolly, baseball; Kimberly Beakley, softball; and Tyler Cleveland, football. The Outstanding Lineman Award went to Nathan Grosch. Battlin’ Bears were also named in the recreational sports. They were Chris Dyer, track; Dustin Hester, powerlifting; Jerry Huang, tennis; Jose Coira, soccer; and J.R. Nelson, golf. Denziel Owusu repeated as state champion in the triple jump May 5-6 in Waco at the state 4-A TAPPS track meet. Although he didn’t break his own record, Denziel’s jump of 43 feet, 8 inches was long enough to put the Academy senior in first place. Also performing well was senior Dusty Hester, who ran the 400 meter in 55 seconds, placing second. Laura Dunne took sixth place in the high jump and Nate Grosch placed eighth in the shot put. Prior to the state meet, six middle school and nine high school athletes placed at the district track meet April 22 at Nelson Field in San Antonio. Varsity Results were as follows: Dusty Hester, 1st in 400 m Dash, 5th in 200 m Dash, 6th in Long Jump; Denziel Owusu, 1st in triple jump and 3rd in Long Jump; Nate Grosch, 2 nd , and Oscar Echeverria, Celebrating the end of their successful high school careers in sports, Chelsea Clark and Denziel Owusu were named the Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Owusu repeats as triple jump champion at state meet Striking his pose, Nate Grosch prepares to hurl the shot put at the district track meet in San Antonio. At district, Nate placed second in this event, while at state he took eighth. 6 th , in Shot Put; Chris Dyer, 6th in discus; Laura Dunn, 1st in high jump; Shawn Guidry, 4th in 3200 meter and 6th in 1600 meter; David Bobb, 5th in High Jump; Sohei Nishimura, 6th in 300 m hurdles; and Jeff Cope, Oscar Echeverria, Nate Grosch and David Bobb, 1 st in the “Weight Man” relay (a.k.a. the Fat Man Relay). Others participating in the meet were Ed Estrada and Travis Oglesby. JV results at district included the following: Will Haskin, 1st place in Shot Put and 1st in Discus; Arnold Kim, 1st Place in the 400 meter dash, 2nd in Long Jump, and 2nd in the 200 meter dash; Collin Cook, 1st Place in High Jump, and 1st place in 300 meter hurdles; Sam Badders, 2nd Place in 800 meter dash; Carol Anne Oxman, 2nd in long jump; Theresa Nealon, 1st in 400 meter dash, 1st in 200 meter dash, and 3rd in Long Jump. “I am very proud of the showing that we had at the district track meet,” Coach Scott Merry said. “Special recognition needs to go out to the middle school students. Every middle school student who participated placed. Most of these students were not required to come after school to practice, however most of them did. “Theresa Nealon and Arnold Kim deserve particular recognition. These middle school students spent the season working out with high school kids, doing a high school track workout. I appreciate the great effort these students have given both to Coach Georg and me all year. “It was a great pleasure to work with these students who were willing to GO through the difficult workouts that were placed before them.”
May 12, 2006 The Laurel Page 17 Baseball ends tough year By Raji Gullapalli Despite having a district baseball season with only one win, Coach Jason Campbell said he is still enthusiastic for his team. “We lost by only 1 run against Brentwood and St. Gerard, and now our guys realize how just one error can cause a loss,” Coach Campbell said. Coach Campbell said the Bears put it together late in the season and threatened the first and second place teams until late in the ball games. In the beginning the team had issues with confidence, focus, hitting, and fielding well. As the year progressed, the game got easier for them. Those who were not making contact with the ball finally started getting hits. Players who could not catch a beach ball were catching fly balls. Later, Coach Campbell added, the team started to look like the baseball team they aimed to be in the beginning of the season. Confidence was directly proportional to how well the team played. Several players earned special recognition, Coach Campbell said. Matt Verity led in batting with an average of .391, while Tommy James led in total hits. Matt had 12 stolen bases, while Tommy had 8 stolen bases. Maverick Jennings also had a batting average over .300 with .315. Three players received all-district honors: Honorable mention Richard Toedt, second team Matt Verity, and first team Tommy James. “This year was crazy, and we didn’t do so well, but we will do better next year,” Blake McClendon said. Mike Quinn added, “The season was really fun and the team became close friends.” Finally, Tommy James said, “A lot of talent did not come together and as a result, it was a rough season.” Pitch it, Brittney! In one of the girs’ last softball games, Brittney Sowell shows her skill as a pitcher. Pitching doesn’t come naturally for Brittney, but she started playing that position when she was nine years old. “One day at softball practice we were just having fun pretending to pitch and then my coaches saw me pitch,” Brittney said. “I guess I had what it took. Because I am not a natural pitcher I have to practice a lot. My dad has really helped me through out the years.” This year’s softball team was very young just like the others in the past. This was the first year playing softball for many of the girls. “Even though we did not have as a good as season as we all hoped for, we had a lot of fun along the way,” Brittney said. “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. All that matters is if you had fun playing the sport in the end. Juniors, freshmen win at Powder Puff (Above left) Morgan Martin, Chelsea Martin, Jackie Monical, Olivia Garza, and Hailey Tuck show their winning strength at the Powder Puff game. (Below left) Dusty Hester intercepts a ball from Nicole Hoffman during practice. Dusty was one of the coaches. (Above) Hannah Hartman gets ready to center the ball. The Junior/Freshman team won the game by three touchdowns, with junior Olivia Garza making all three. “It was a really fun experience,” Olivia said. “Without Brittney as our quarterback, I wouldn’t have been able to score. She was great at throwing far.” Starting his windup, Tommy James eyes the catcher’s mitt, where he hopes to pitch a strike. Tommy was a First Team All-District pick on the baseball team, which ended their season recently with only one district win.
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