WABC WINTER 2013-2014 SPORTS NEWSLETTER

WABC WINTER 2013-2014 NEWSLETTER
WABC WINTER 2013-2014 SPORTS NEWSLETTER
West Potomac High School held the Winter Sports Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 6th
to honor our winter athletes and coaches.
Winter Sports Scholar Athletes: The Winter Season Scholar Athletes are Cyrus Adams-Mardi,
Swim/Dive and Katie Murray, Winter Track. This award is given to a male & female senior
athlete who earn a varsity letter, earn a 3.5 or better GPA for the 2nd quarter and contribute
significantly to their sport and school! Nominations are submitted and voted on by Head
Coaches.
Winter Scholar Athletes: 329 student athletes participated in winter sports this year. 179 of
these student athletes had a GPA for the 2nd quarter of 3.5 or better. The Winter Girls Track
Team had over 78 percent of their athletes earn a 3.5+ GPA for the 2nd quarter, thereby earning the highest GPA recognition for winter sports.
The following winter athletes earned All-State honors at their State Championships:
Swim: Ali Puskar-Beckett & Michael Valceanu
Winter Track: Lozie Goolsby & Alimamy Kargbo
Wrestling: Jeremiah Carter
Congratulations to West Potomac’s Wrestling Patriot Conference Champions:
Jeremiah Carter – 126 lb
Josh Carter – 152 lb
James Layher – 285 lb
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WINTER SPORTS TEAM AWARDS
SPORT
MVP
Boys Basketball
Joseph Richards
COACHES AWARD___________
Varsity:
Austin Treakle
JV:
Robert Iacovetta
Freshman: Luke Belanger
Girls Basketball
Rosie Sheehan
Varsity:
Ayanna Rene Bundy
JV:
Arielle Boykin
Freshman: Caroline Bowman
Dance
Varsity:
Entire Team
JV:
Emily Madden
Gymnastics
Monica Thompson
Varsity:
Cassie Crotzer
Rifle
Lindsay Paul
Varsity:
Jack Apperson
Swim and Dive
Michael Valceanu
Ali Pulsar-Beckett
Varsity:
Brant Knoblauch
Kristine Pinter
Winter Track
Loozi Goolsby
Katie Genuario
Varsity:
Sam James
Nikki Amico
Wrestling
Jeremiah Carter
Varsity:
Anthony Africano
JV:
William Agyin
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WINTER SPORTS AWARDS
1st Team All Patriot Conference
Gymnastics – Monica Thompson
Rifle Team – Lindsay Paul
Swim – Ali Puskar-Beckett
Wrestling – Anthony Africano, Jeremiah Carter, Josh Carter, Austin Lagow & James Layher
2nd Team All Patriot Conference
Boys Basketball – Joseph Richards
Swim – William Rausch & Michael Valinceau
Winter Track – Alimamy Kargbo
HM All Patriot Conference
Boys Basketball – DeMornay Pierson-El & Alan Treakle
Winter Track – Nikki Amico, Katie Genuario, Lozie Goolsby, Glenn Rusing, Cullen O’Boyle &
Eric Turner
All Patriot Conference Defensive Player of the Year
Boys Basketball - DeMornay Pierson-El
1st Team All 6A North Region
Gymnastics – Monica Thompson
Swim – Torie Bolger, Melanie Bomberg, Maxine Clifford, Natalie Hohman, Carolyn Murphy, Ali
Puskar-Beckett & Kristine Pinter
Wrestling – Jeremiah Carter
HM All 6A North Region
Winter Track – Katie Genuario, Lozie Goolsby, Alimamy Kargbo & Glenn Rushing
Wrestling – Josh Carter & James Layher
2nd Team All Metro
Rifle Team – Lindsay Paul
HM All Metro
Rifle Team – John Apperson & Andrew Knight
The Washington Post All Metropolitan Honorable Mention:
Swim and Dive: Maxine Clifford, Allie Puskar-Becket
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WINTER 2013-2014 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS
(athletes who have a GPA of 3.5+ for the 1st quarter)
Varsity Boys Basketball: Christopher Cheng, Afrakomah Danko, Rafael Iboleon, Joseph Richards, James Sara, Austin Treakle & Lennon Young
JV Boys Basketball: Robert Iacovetta, Taamson Joshua & Wilson Prater Freshman Cheerleading: Estefany Castro Alvarez
Freshman Boys Basketball: Rene Belanger, Mark Ellis, Benjamin Hamer & Luke Lash
Varsity Girls Basketball: Ayanna Bundy, Martha Gallagher, Tenesha Green, Elaina Highland,
Grace Moery, Kathryn Panagopoulos, Raveen Sianda & Madison Zdebski
JV Girls Basketball: Arielle Boykin, Brianna Boykin, Rebeka Eaton, Abigail Gwartney, Tam
Hoang, Kierstin Jenne, Sarah Kanuch & Madeline Riesenberg
Freshman Girls Basketball: Iman Aziz, Caroline Bowman, Ashlyn Davis, Marjorie Rivas Martinez, Brenna Whalon & Theresa Willmott-McMahon
Varsity Dance Team: Alondra Alvarez, Emma Anderson, Caroline Austin, Vanessa Balladares,
Emily Carbone, Lisa Cohen, Emma Cullen, Jordyn Elliott, Lena Harmata, Madison Kurcias, Margret Lingenfelter, Jordan McCray, Mary McPeek, Haley Narins, Fiona Penn, Clare Spitnale,
Kathleen Todd, Destiny Webb, Lily Weisblatt & Meghan Wilkerson
JV Dance Team: Vera Abankwa, Kate Bubiuch, Beth Burns, Catherine Chittal, Kristina
Gulczewski, Madison Harden, Katherine Martineau, Hannah Nobles, Elizabeth Petkosek, Bela
Starinchak, Anna Ustun, Jennifer Wheaton & Audrey Wilson
Gymnastics: Alison Bird, Dorothea Bowerfind, Estefany Castro Alvarez, Cassandra Crotzer,
Kenia Hernandez Miranda, Anne Hunger, Emma Kelly, Olivia Manous & Monica Thompson
Rifle Team: Maria Jensen, Andrew Knight, Dominic Mancini, Lindsay Paul & Christopher Quin
Continued...
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WINTER 2013-2014 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS
(athletes who have a GPA of 3.5+ for the 1st quarter)
Boys Swim/Dive: Hunter Aardema, Cyrus Adams-Mardi, Daniel Ashworth, Michael Bell, Lucas
Cochran, David Farson, Eric Hardee, Connor Hayes, David Joo, Tristan Keightley, John Kern,
Brant Knoblauch, Anthony Lower, Benjamin Marin, Willard McMullin, Alan Melvin, Matthew
Mongan, Austin Neal, Marshall Novak, John Perkins, David Pinter, Christopher Quin, Samuel
Runner, Clay Schoeffel, Andrew Schurr, Ian Schurr, Benjamin Slobodin, Kurtis Stange, Andrew
Wolverton & Jarod Worden
Girls Swim/Dive: Audrey Alexander, Natalie Babiuch, Victoria Bolger, Gabrielle Bomberg,
Maxine Clifford, Amy Crow, Rachel Dacey, Elizabeth Dexter, Rachel Dinkel, Mary Fannon, Jacquelyn Finnegan, Maria Genuario, Marley Gilliam, Chloe Harris, Charlotte Hayes, Natalie Hohman, Sarah Jones, Natalie Jurkowski, Monica Levitan, Nadezhda Makarova, Zoe Mann, Delaney McPherson, Jessica Metter, Carolyn Murphy, Jayne Orleans, Mackenzie Para, Rachel
Perez, Alyssa Pierson, Brooke Pierson, Liliann Pineda Hawkins, Kristine Pinter, Alexandria
Puskar-Beckett, Caroline Stapleton, Rebecca Tamblyn, Lauren Thomas, Alexandra Weil, Claire
Woods & Kate Woods
Boys Winter Track: David Cate, Nicolas Cucinotta, Andrew Dahik, Muhammad Faisal, Matthew Frame, Ryan Huck, Samuel James, Benjamin Keigwin, Shreyak Khanal, Joseph Leonard,
Christopher Letai, Zachary Lindsey, Hayden McCloud, Kendall McClusky, Cullen O’Boyle, Kelly
O’Meara, Ryan Powell, Kelvin Prempeh, Omar Rahim, Jonathan Rimmington, Gabriel Servais,
Isaiah Smith, Brian Spitnale, Sean Sullivan, Eric Turner, Brennan Vaughan & Brennan WillmottMcMahon
Girls Winter Track: Margarita Aleixo, Nicole Amico, Meredith Barber, Martha Bervell, Charlotte Costantino, Madelin Finn, Maura Finn, Katherine Genuario, Julia George, Suferah Khan,
Aurore Laborie, Erika Larsen, Alyson Lee, Revathi Mohan, Ella Moore, Kathryn Murray, Kelsey
O’Hern, Safiya Osei, Laura Powell, Hannah Skudlarek, Kelly Slatery, Anna Smith, Emily Smith,
Zoe Smith, Kristin Snow & Sarah Turner
Varsity Wrestling: Marco Colon, Steven Garden, Peter Starr & Zachary Stevens
JV Wrestling: Saimon Iskim, Hugh Moffitt, Adrian Moran-Abundez & Richard Yoder
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WEST POTOMAC BOYS BASKETBALL
FRESHMAN
Lead by captain guards Brandon Lisenby, Luke Belanger and Khalil Williams, West Potomac freshman boys
basketball finished 11 and 4 overall and first in the conference at 10 and 2. The Wolverines rebounded after a
slow 0 and 2 start out of conference to win their first six conference games beating T.C. Williams and South
County during their winning streak. The boys did not get swept by a conference opponent for the first time in
Coach Lawrence's tenure as head coach. West Potomac swept both T.C. Williams and Lake Braddock in the
conference. Khalil Williams finished the season with 272 points averaging 18 points a game. At T.C. Williams,
Khalil went for 34 points in a 76 to 63 victory. Luke Belanger had the second highest point total of the season
scoring 27 points versus T.C. Williams in the Wolverdome in a 64 to 50 win. Not only did the team try hard on
the court but they proved to be solid students in the classroom and good wolverines within the community.
JUNIOR VARSITY
The Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team finished with a record of 6-9. All of the team’s losses were extremely
competitive and there were plenty of bright spots throughout the season. This was one of the best defensive
JV teams around as evidenced by the fact that they were able to hold every single opponent to its season low
in points scored. Every player on the team showed great individual improvement, especially Sophomore Jamie Sara, who began the season as a member of the JV team and was able to play his way into a starting role
on the varsity team by the end of the season. A couple of signature wins for the team included a hard-fought
47-41 road win at Chantilly early in the season and a thrilling 41-38 come-from-behind win against Lake Braddock in the last game of the year. The JV team was led by Sophomores Robert Iucovetta, Will Prater, and Antoine Grice who all made significant contributions throughout the season.
VARSITY
The 2013-14 Varsity team enjoyed a season of improvements. The team finished playing at a very high level,
making the Regional tournament for the 1st time since the 2009-10 District championship season. The Wolverines team was involved in 4 buzzer beating games, and unfortunately came up short on those, but those
type of games helped shape the team for the post season where the Wolverines won the buzzer beating type
game in overtime. The Wolverines were led by senior captains, Conrad Jenne, Joseph Richards and Austin
Treakle. The Wolverines were represented and recognized by the coaches in the league by having 3 players
take all conference honors.
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WEST POTOMAC BOYS BASKETBALL
Joseph Richards: 2nd team All Patriot conference
Demornay Pierson El: Honorable mention all conference
Alan Treakle (freshman): Honorable mention all conference
Demornay Pierson El: Defensive Player of the Year.
The Wolverines started and played some extremely young players in Alan Treakle (9th), Jamie Sara (10th) and
Rocky Iboleon (11th). With such youth in the starting lineup, the Wolverines expect to do extremely well
next season. West Potomac’s signature games came by sweeping TC Williams for the 1st time in 16 seasons,
defeating Mount Vernon at home on cancer awareness night and beating Annandale on the road for the 1st
round of the conference tournament. The Wolverines were led by head coach David Houston III, in his 10th
season and also in their 10th seasons are assistant coaches David Houston Jr. and Tyrone Strother. Justin
Baker rounded out the varsity staff in his 2nd season at West Potomac.
The Wolverines post season honors:
Dawit Dagnew (12th): Paul Campbell Most Improved Player
Jamie Sara (10th): Best Rebounder
Demornay Pierson El (12th): Defensive Player of the Year
Austin Treakle (12th): Coaches Award
Joseph Richards (12th): Most Valuable Player
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WEST POTOMAC GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Freshman girls were led by team captains Kenza Tatby and Sophie Adler and finished with
a record of 7-8. This year’s team improved tremendously throughout the season and finished
strong with a win against Lake Braddock HS. Proof of their development can be seen against
TC Williams HS. Their first match was met with a lost with the Titans beating the Wolverines
50-36. Their final match was played at West Potomac HS. The girls refused to be defeated
once again. With the Wolverine family cheering them on, the freshman girls beat the Titans
44-41. The girls are proud of their accomplishments this season and are anxious to continue
to improve their skills for the 2014-2015 school year. Every player showed significant growth
and all proved to be a valuable asset to the team. Most notably, Caroline Bowman was the
number one scorer for the freshman team and was given this year’s Coaches Award for her
dedication, leadership, and academic achievements.
The JV girls record of 2 wins and 13 losses did not indicate the level of play our girls displayed
on the court throughout the season. There were several games that were close and easily
could have gone our way. The girls were asked to bring their best effort and maintain a positive throughout the season. Another goal was to work and improve on the fundamentals of
basketball. They achieved both of those goals. Each player made significant improvement over
the season. We had 9 out 13 players that maintained a 3.5 or better G.P.A. This is an example
of the type of the young ladies and citizens West Potomac High School continues to produce.
The Varsity girls enjoyed their best season in a long time finishing with a record of 9 wins and
11 loses with 6 of the loses coming against teams ranked in the Washington Post top 20. The
season started fast with 4 consecutive wins which was only the second time in school history
the girls had done that. The team was lead by their 3 captains Freshman Maggie McDonald,
Sophomore Jessica Dorn and Senior Rosie Sheehan. The team was young with 2 sophomores
and a freshman starting all season, and the experience the young core gained should prove to
be invaluable in the upcoming seasons. The key to the future is how much time and energy
this group puts in out of season. Rosie was selected as the team’s MVP, because of her great
work ethic and team spirit. Her hard work in practices and drive in games help set the tone for
the rest of the team. Rene Bundy was recognized with the coach’s award. It was an honor to
have Rene and Rosie this year, their leadership will be missed. Rosie was also selected honorable mention all district.
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WEST POTOMAC GYMNASTICS
The West Potomac Gymnastics Team had a very good season finishing with 11-5 record. In
the Conference meet we finished 4th. Coach’s award went to Cassie Crotzer. MVP went to
Monica Thompson. Individual Accomplishments senior Monica Thompson, who at Patriot
Conference meet, qualified to the Northern Regional meet by placing 5th on vault 9.15, 5th
on bars 8.725, 6th on beam 8.5, 4th on floor 9.025 and in the all-around 35.4. At the Northern Regional competition Monica qualified to the State meet on vault placing 4th with a score
of 9.55. We will truly miss our seniors Monica Thompson and Ashley Pak next year.
Coaches:
Pete Novgrod, Christina Jones, Brad Wasserman, Jennifer Slade and Meredith Maple.
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WEST POTOMAC RIFLE TEAM
This was a record setting season for the Rifle Team. The team recorded its first winning season
going 6-3 in league matches and finishing 4th in the Potomac High School Air Rifle League Regional Championships. The team raised the school match record score three times this year,
with an all-time high score of 1123. This is the first year the team has broken the “1100” score
level. Throughout the year all the shooters worked hard and continually raised their personal
best scores. Lindsay Paul finished 7th overall in the regional match.
Team Record:6-3,
4th Place Potomac High School Air Rifle League Regional Championships
Team Awards:
MVP: Lindsay Paul
Coaches Award: Jack Apperson
Other awards/honors:
Lindsay Paul- All-Metro Rifle 2nd Team
Jack Apperson- All-Metro Rifle Team Honorable Mention
Andy Knight- All-Metro Rifle Team Honorable Mention
Coaching Staff:
Leonard Paul- Head Coach
Scott Allen- Assistant Coach
Steve McPherson- Assistant Coach
Mitchell Singer- Assistant Coach
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WEST POTOMAC SWIM AND DIVE
The swim and dive teams both ended up with winning records, and for the first time since
1995, we sent a boys team to states.
Team Record:
Girls: 6 and 2
Boys: 5 and 3
Team Awards:
MVP: Michael Valceanu and Ali Pulsar-Beckett
Coaches Award:Brant Knoblauch and Kristine Pinter
Other awards/honors :
Michael Valceanu placed 5th in the state in 200 free
Ali Pulsar-Beckett placed 7th in the state in 100 free
Coaching Staff:
Bob Lombardi, Sam Burgi and Bryan Baer
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WEST POTOMAC WINTER TRACK
Although it was a long, cold season we experienced many personal bests on the track. The
team did their best to stay motivated through a season filled with cancelled meets, rescheduled championships, lots of snow and plenty of frigid temperatures. Despite those challenges,
there were athletes that received all-district, all-region and all-state honors in the post season. The track program also has many hopeful freshmen that we’re excited to see develop in
seasons to come.
Team Awards:
MVP: Lozie Goolsby and Katie Genuario
Coaches Award: Nikki Amico and Sam James
Other awards/honors:
Lozie Goolsby, Eric Turner, Cullen O’Boyle, Alimamy Kargbo, Glenn Rushing, Nikki Amico,
Katie Genuario – All District
Lozie Goolsby, Alimamy Kargbo, Glenn Rushing, Katie Genuario – All Region
Lozie Goolsby, Alimamy Kargbo – All State
Coaching Staff:
Dena McCraith, Jenn Dietz, Bob Woods, Jack Coffey, Chris Richardson
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WEST POTOMAC WRESTLING
As 40 athletes tried out for Wrestling this year, the team was led by a Senior Captains Anthony
Africano, Peter Starr, and Austin LaGow. The Wolverines added many freshmen and first year
wrestlers, including seniors Steven Garden and Cristian Rivera, to the varsity lineup.
Wolverine Wrestlers racked up the awards, with many placing at individual tournaments. At
the Rumble in the Jungle tournament, hosted by West Potomac, Joshua Carter and James Layher led the way by placing first while Anthony Africano lost a tough match in the finals to take
second.
At the Mason Holiday Classic, Peter Starr and James Layher went undefeated to take home
first place medals, while Joshua Carter placed second.
At the Covenant Cougar Classic, freshman Leo Clifford took Second along with James Layher,
while Jeremiah and Joshua Carter took third along with Peter Starr. Senior Steven Garden
took fourth as well.
The West Potomac Wolverines continued to win in the post season as Juniors Jeremiah Carter,
Joshua Carter and James Layher taking first in the District. James Layher and Joshua Carter
placed 6th and 5th respectively in the Regional Tournament, while Jeremiah Carter placed
4th to move on to State Tournament, where he eventually placed 5th as he pinned his opponent in his final match of the year.
Team Record: 6-7
Team Awards:
MVP: Jeremiah Carter
Coaches Award: Anthony Africano
Other awards/honors by your athletes:
Jeremiah Carter- 1st in District, 4th in Region,
5th in State
Joshua Carter - 1st in District, 5 in Region
James Layher - 1st in District, 6th in Region
Coaching Staff:
Mike Cummings, John Crandall, Ty Pacheco,
and Michael Spencer
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WEST POTOMAC WINTER 2013-2014 SPORTS COACHING STAFF
Boys Basketball
Head Coach – David Houston, III
Assistants: Justin Baker, Zaid Brooks-Saahir, David Houston, Jr,
Bryan Lawrence, Steve Przywara, Tyrone Strother & Shakil White
Girls Basketball
Head Coach – Kenny Farmer
Assistants: William Bundy, James Johns & Veva Wallace
Dance
Head Coach – Gennifer Lisenby
Assistant – Adrienne Magnuson
Gymnastics
Head Coach – Peter Novgrod
Assistants – Christina Jones, Meredith Maple & Bradley Wasserman
Rifle Team
Head Coach – Leonard Paul
Assistants – Scott Allen, Mac McPherson & Mitch Singer
Swim/Dive
Head Coach – Bob Lombardi
Assistant – Samuel Burgi
Dive Coach – Bryan Bahr
Winter Track
Head Coach: Dena McCraith
Assistants: Jenn Dietze, Jack Coffey, Jamaal Dixon & Bob Woods
Wrestling
Head Coach – Mike Cummings
Assistants: John Crandall, Ty Pacheco & Michael Spencer
ATCs:
Alisa Zamudio
Joy Wright
Office of Student Activities
Aaron Helmick, Director of Student Activities
Barbara Mahony, Assistant Director of Student Activities
Luke Rosa, Assistant Director of Student Activities
Chris Beal, Administrative Assistant
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