The ECHO, May 2023

16 SPORTS May 2023
A year of sports, in review
By Ben Parry & Max Winzelberg
Staff Writers
Football ended the year on
a promising note with two
straight wins over Chatham
Central and Cedar Ridge.
Furthermore, the 43-28
win over Chatham Central
represented their first win
since 2019.
The 2023 season brings new
challenges for the team as they
experience a full slate of DAC-
VII conference games for the
first time. There is reason for
optimism as the team brings
back a young core of eager
athletes.
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East’s fall sports featured
three teams winning conference
championships.
Girls’ tennis finished 18-2,
with a perfect 12-0 conference
record. The team returns five
out of six starters for a promising
2023 campaign.
Boys’ soccer had a very
successful 2022 season finishing
11-1 in the conference and 19-3
Fall
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overall. The team was led by
seniors Ethan Herzog and Lucas
Mann, who finished with 22 and
19 goals respectively.
Girls’ Cross Country won
both the DAC-VII conference
and the 4A Mid-East regionals
this year. The team was led
by seniors Margaret Sept and
Sofia Cagnogi and had five allconference
runners.
All-Conference Awards
Soccer:
Ethan Herzog, Lucas Mann,
Finn Harris, Jon Grabowski
Field Hockey:
Sarah Aufdenspring,
Morgan Kern, Caroline
Whitaker, Mason Purcell,
Linda Wang, Redding Grimes
Golf:
Sophia Oh, Mason Lenn
Tennis:
Mya Tan, Kylie Wade,
Sylvia Mast, Clara Mast
Volleyball:
Lucy Murphy, Kiryn Paine-
Heise
Cross County:
Margaret Sept, Tessa Mead,
Sofia Cagnoni, Yara Sinnott,
Catherine Hilton, Bertie Turner
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Other Sports Awards
Soccer player of the year:
Ethan Herzog
All-state, all-region, conference
player of the year:
Lucas Mann
Field hockey offensive player
of the year:
Morgan Kern
Field Hockey defensive
player of the year:
Caroline Whitaker
Female Cross Country runner
of the year:
Margaret Sept
All-Conference Awards
Basketball:
Isaiah Styron,
Dillon McCafferty
Swimming:
Isabel Wolk, Audrey Wolk,
Margaret Sept, Lauren Roberts
Lucas Li, Cooper Nicholson,
John Zhang, Alex Nelson
Diving:
Serena Cui, Jack Adler
The boys’ basketball team
finished with an even 12-12
record, which did not grant the
Wildcats a playoff berth, but
the season was not without joy
or success.
After dropping the first
game of the two game series
This year’s boys’ lacrosse
team finished with a 11-6 overall
record and 5-1 conference
record, which was good enough
for a second place conference
finish and playoff berth.
Wrestling:
Franklin Johnson, Asher Yao
Other Sports Awards
Boys’ swimmer of the year:
Lucas Li
Boys’ diver of the year:
Jack Adler
Girls’ swimmer of the year:
Audrey Wolk
at Chapel Hill, the team
rebounded with a 46-38 win
at home Feb. 7.
Furthermore, the team
played spoiler to Hillside’s
conference championship
hopes in a 49-42 victory Jan.
27.
The team featured stout
individual accomplishments as
senior Harrison Yost scored his
100th career goal and senior Jon
Grabowski reached his 400th
career faceoff win.
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Winter
Spring
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This year’s wrestling team criteria Jan. 19.
managed to win its first The team represented the
conference championship spirit of tenacity present
ever, defeating Chapel Hill by throughout Wildcat athletics.
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Athlete Commitments
Ian Manns
Soccer, Case Western
Dillon McCafferty
Basketball, Skidmore College
Elena Oh
Women’s Lacrosse, Colorado
Ben Parry
Football, Guilford College
Eddie Revels
Football, Bluffton University
Charles Shaw
Men’s Lacrosse, Lynn University
Linda Wang
Track & Field, Emory
Zach Wernowski
Baseball, Randolph Macon College