Kerrigan Adwell and Ethan Schmitz received the MSHSAA Sportsmanship Awards at the Northeast Nodaway Athletic Banquet last Tuesday night. Adwell, Taryn Farnan, and Steve Schulte received the Platte Valley Student Athlete honors for excelling in the classroom as well as on the basketball court.
Softball Coach Hilary Loe recognized both the Junior High and Varsity softball teams. The varsity team won their first game in two years last fall. Jill Spire was recognized for being honorable mention PVC. Claudia Wiederholt was the Offensive MVP while Jill Spire was recognized as the Defensive MVP for the team. Dallis Coffelt was recognized as the most improved.
The Junior High Boys Basketball team, recognized by Coach Chaim Jenkins, brought back some good experience from last year and most of their games were within a few points. "It was a fun group to coach and they never quit," said Jenkins. Next, Coach Hilary Loe recognized the junior high girls basketball team.
Coach Vance Proffitt recognized the Varsity Girls Basketball Team; he said that next year would be a great opportunity to build for next year with the many players that they will have back. He said that it was a fun group of girls to coach. Dallis Coffelt was the Defensive MVP while Taryn Farnan was the Offensive MVP. Kaysie Wiederholt was named the Most Improved player while Jill Spire received the Black and Blue Award.
Coach Chaim Jenkins recognized the Boys team next. He said that the team had a lot of close games against tough teams and that they were a team that other teams didn't want to face. He said their best game was their double overtime win over the unbeaten 275 champs Mound City. Northeast also threw a scare into eventual state runnerup Stanberry in the opening round of districts before losing by 5.
He recognized all the players one by one, starting with Max Giesken. He said that Max was not afraid to step up despite only being a freshman. Garet Jackson was a player who loved the game of basketball and was always watching it when he was not playing it. Austin Jones was always going 100% and always flying around the gym. Andrew Faustlin got better as the season progressed and earned more minutes during the course of the season. Joel Scroggie came on strong and established himself as a force on the boards this year. Steve Schulte had a high basketball IQ and was always doing the little things right. Shaun Burns provided instant offense for the team and was a spark off the bench. Jason Henggeler battled a season-ending hip injury, but he always showed up every day and knew what he was doing. Sage DeLong was a super athlete and a great player to have on any team. Tyler Schmitz did the dirty work on the team, had a good jump shot, and usually guarded the other team's biggest player. Kevin Stoll could play any position on the floor and was very unselfish, always sharing the ball. Jenkins said that Aaron Patton was a special player who kept the team focused, always stayed well after practice to work on his game, and always worked on his shot.
Sage DeLong won the award for highest field goal percentage. Steve Schulte got the award for the most 3-point shots. Jason Henggeler got an award for the highest free throw percentage. Kevin Stoll got the awards for rebounding and blocked shots. Aaron Patton got the award for the most points, steals, and assists. Joel Scroggie got an award for Breakthrough Player of the Year. Tyler Schmitz got the Black and Blue Award.
The track teams were recognized next. The Junior High showed a promising foundation for future success as they got to where they were placing consistently at events. For the boys, Korey Adwell got to where he was consistently improving in the discus. Max Giesken improved 8" over the course of the year in the High Jump and placed second at the PVC. Jill Spire improved all year in the 100, qualifying and placing 4th in districts. Talina Nelson threw the discus for the girls while MaKayla McCoy was a strong relay runner, getting the team off to fast starts in that event. Haley Howard got better every single time in the hurdles while Andrew Faustlin showed some promise in the speed events.
Kristan and Bailey Judd did the throwing events for the girls while Brianna Riley did some of the speed events, running the 100, 200, and the 4x200. Steve Schulte went to state and broke the 40 foot barrier in the Triple Jump after making an adjustment. Sage DeLong got to where he was placing 1st and 2nd every single time in the 100 and 200 for the boys before pulling his hamstring; he still qualified for state this year in the 100. Katrina Freemyer placed half the time in the hurdling events while Taryn Farnan, despite having to learn to jump from the other side due to a shoulder injury, got to where she could jump 4'8" and won districts in the High Jump; she also did the jumping events for the girls.
Sage DeLong was named male track athlete of the year while Taryn Farnan was named female track athlete of the year.
The baseball team, in its third year, matched a school record with three wins this year pending the outcome of districts. Coach Vance Proffitt said that they did everything he asked them to despite playing some tough teams and a tough schedule. Andrew Faustlin threw the first no-hitter in school history for one of the wins. Aaron Patton was the team's offensive MVP while Faustlin was the defensive MVP. Max Giesken was the most improved.
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