Chelan Announces Student-Athletes of the Week

Submitted by CHS Athletic Director, Rob Rainville

Coaches nominate individuals for outstanding effort and participation. CHS is pleased to recognize this week’s Chelan Student-Athletes of the Week, and present the nomination write-up from their coaches.

Each student-athlete winner will be given a Lakeview Drive-In gift card. We appreciate the generosity of Michael and Jamie Mack and the Lakeview Drive-In for their support of the Lake Chelan School District and Chelan Athletics.

Congrats to our Student-Athletes of the week. Thanks to all of you, for all your support, and we look forward to seeing everyone this week supporting Chelan Athletics.

GO PIRATES/GO GOATS!

Kassidy Wilfong- 7th grade Volleyball

Kassidy is a dedicated player, not only to herself but to her teammates!  Daily she helps get the gym set up for practice, and she is usually the first one ready to go and the last one to leave. She sets goals for herself and makes it obvious that she wants to meet these goals.  She works hard & creates an atmosphere so those around her want to work hard too.   She has become an amazing server, team leader, and it extremely coachable and without a doubt, strives to be a better athlete every day.  This is why we nominated her for middle school athlete of the week! – Coach Gleasman, Coach Spanjer and Coach Christopherson

Johnny Ayala – Football

On Defense, Johnny Ayala had 2 interceptions and 4 tackles as a leader of a defense that allowed only 28 total yards to Granger. On offense, he stepped in for our starting running back and rushed for 140 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns. Johnny is our kind of GOAT who gets it done in practice, on the field, and in the weight room.  –  Coach Domser

Congratulations to all the Nominees. Here’s what your coaches had to say about your hard work and extra effort.

CMS  NOMINEES

Madi Kehl –  8th grade Volleyball

In two matches Madi led the B team with her outstanding serving and leadership on the court helping her team learn their new offense. Madi has done this while also maintaining straight A’s in her classes. Great Job Madi!  – Coach Reister/Coach Arebalo

Piper Grossberg – 8th grade Volleyball

Piper has continued to improve her skills, communicate on the court and is always encouraging her teammates. Piper had a tremendous all around week with hitting, passing and serving. Piper is also a leader in the classroom working hard to maintain her grades. Congratulations Piper.  – Coach Reister/Coach Arebalo

Madilyn Barker – MS XC

Madilyn was the middle school cross country team top female runner this week at our meet in Wenatchee. She has shown so much improvement this year as a 7th grader. Her positive attitude and willingness to work hard at every practice makes her a standout runner on our team.  – Coach Polley

Tristan Sanderson – MS XC

Tristan surprised us all in his debut cross country race by easily taking first place in a field of 60 sixth grade boy runners.  Tristan is undoubtedly an excellent runner and we are excited to see what he can do in the years to come.  His great attitude and work ethic will take him far in the sport of cross country.  – Coach Polley

Sammy Vazquez – 7th Grade Football

Sam has been a great leader for us and is an extremely hard working teammate for our 7th football team. In our jamboree, he lead us offensively, and he continues to get better each day. – Coach Harris

Braiden Boyd – Football

Braiden fought hard against a tough Pioneer team and threw our only touchdown score of the game to end the first half. Braiden also made some great stops on defense and showed some great leadership on the field.  – Coach Plummer

Ian Garfoot- Football

Ian is a great teammate. He has outstanding work ethic.  He played great defense for us in our first contest last week v Pioneer.  Great job Ian.  – Coach Harris

 

CHS NOMINEES

Elly Collins – Volleyball

Elly had a phenomenal week.  Against Cashmere Elly had 5 kills, 1 assist, serve receive passed at an average of 2.5 out of 3, 10/10 serving with an ace. Against Connell she had 5 kills, 1 block, 6/6 serving with an ace and 4 digs.  Her stats against Ki-Be were 9 kills, 1 assist, 19/20 serving with 4 aces and 7 digs.  Elly Collins consistently puts the ball down for Chelan and is one of the best passers and servers on the team.  – Coach Jen Rainville

Chris Knight – XC

Chris ran the race of his career last weekend at Kings invitational placing second. He took off with the lead pack and halfway through the race was in eighth place. In a Slo-mo, he picked off each runner. He almost caught the winner at the end. Great job Chris.  – Coach Anderson/Coach Fox

Emilie Barnes – XC.

Emily earned 18th Place overall and earned third on our team. She ran a gutsy race the whole way.  – Coach Anderson/Coach Fox

 Ezequiel Baldovinos – XC.

He came back and ran a tough race after recently having surgery. He showed determination and grit.  – Coach Anderson/Coach Fox

Lexie Gleasman – Volleyball

Lexie helped lead the Lady Goats to a 2nd place finish in the Linda Sheridan tourney.  We competed against 64 teams ranging from B to 4A classification.  Lexie had a combined total of 65 kills, 8 blocks, 36 digs and served at 90%.  Lexie stayed composed under pressure and played with confidence.  Scores from the tourney: vs Kamiakin (3A) 25-12, 25-15 Mount Spokane JV (3A) 25-10, 25-10 Oakesdale (1B) 25-18, 25-13 Mountain View (3A) 26-24, 25-18 Chiawana (4A) 26-28, 25-18, 15-13 Kings (1A–returning state champions)25-22, 21-25, 15-5 Tahoma (4A) 12-25, 12-25 Chelan beat defending 1A state champs Kings under Lexie’s leadership and play.    – Coach Jen Rainville

Christian Torres – Football

Christian played well on offense had 5 catches and led the team in yards after catch and first downs. He had zero drops. Defensively he knocked down 2 passes at corner. Christian also showed great resilience after making a mistake. He bounced back quickly, made a huge play on defense- batting away a 4th down pass, and he put his team in a position to win a big game.  – Coach Domser

Ashlyn Sanderson – XC.

She had remarkable improvements in her race this week. She ran tough the entire way.  – Coach Anderson/Coach Fox

Kendra Sprecher – Cheer

Kendra has come into the cheer season with no experience of stunting. Now, she has become one of our strongest bases. No matter who she is throwing into the air, that person never touches the ground. She has the natural instinct to move herself underneath the person cradling or falling. She sacrifices herself every time she puts someone in the air to guarantee they are safe coming down.  – Coach Hanson

Giselle Lara – Soccer

Giselle had been working hard all season and it’s paying off! Playing at defensive center mid, Giselle controls the ball in the back third and assists with transitions from defense to offense. She played a tough game against Wapato Saturday, going into tackles aggressively and coming out with possession. We’re excited to see what else she brings the rest of the season!  – Coach Williams