Falcons receive spring letters, awards, honors

South Whidbey High School wrapped up the spring season by presenting athletes with letters and team awards.

Tennis

Coach: Karyle Kramer.

Record: 7-4; 7-1 (tie), first in North Sound Conference.

Senior letter winners: Erin Brewer, Farriss Jokinen, Ainsley Nelson, Elizabeth Simmons, Mary Zisette.

Juniors: McKenna Kelley, Annika LeWarne, Chloe Loehr, Alison Papritz, Jenna Pfeiffer, Ashley Ricketts, Oliana Stange.

Team awards: Nelson, Captain; Zisette, Falcon Award; Papritz, Best Hustle; Pfeiffer, Most Improved; Jokinen, Most Inspirational; LeWarne, Newcomer.

League honors: Zisette/Papritz, all-league doubles; Ricketts, all-league singles.

Softball

Coach: Brad Jaeger.

Record: 5-15; 2-10 in North Sound Conference, fourth place.

Senior letter winners: Myah Majestic, Megan Nance, Natalie Wilmoth.

Juniors: Arianna Briggs, Jordyn Kelley, Kayla Knauer, Ari Marshall, Makenna Morley, Madalyn Moss, Megan Reeves.

Sophomores: Shelby Campbell, Kayley Fontenot, Melody Wilkie.

Freshmen: Taylor Fifield, Alicia Johnson, Julia Maher, Mary Moss, Chanel Sterba.

Team awards: Marshall, Most Valuable Player; Madalyn Moss, Most Improved; Majestic, Coaches’ Award; Wilmoth, Coaches’ Award.

Conference honors: Marshall, first team; Sterba, first team; Wilkie, second team; Knauer, honorable mention.

Baseball

Coach: Tom Fallon.

Record: 18-5; 12-3 in North Sound Conference, second place; fifth in bi-district.

Senior lettermen: Jon Bartel, Kody Newman.

Juniors: Alex Black, Andrew Fry, Dexter Jokinen, Ethan Petty.

Sophomores: Brent Batchelor, Ben Lind, Luke Rookstool.

Freshmen: Nicholas Black, Nicholas Flaherty, Ashton Leland.

Team Awards: Alex Black, Go Hustle Award; Fry, Most Improved; Jokinen, Bulldog Award; Newman, Communicator Award; Lind, Team First Award; Leland, Team First Award; Flaherty, Team First Award.

Conference honors: Fallon, Coach of the Year; Petty, Pitcher of the Year; Fry, first-team third base; Newman, first-team shortstop; Alex Black, first-team outfield; Batchelor, second-team pitcher; Bartel, second-team second base; Nick Black, second-team outfield.

Soccer

Coach: Emerson Robbins.

Record: 13-3; 8-0 in North Sound Conference, first place; second in district; fifth in bi-district.

Senior lettermen: Graham Colar, Nevin Daniels, Julian Inches, Michael Lux, Eli Waldron, Cormac Workman.

Juniors: Andrew Curtis, Joey Lane.

Sophomores: Taylor Daniels, Aidan Donnelly, Reilly McVay, Aidan O’Brien, Thomas Simms.

Freshmen: Sequoia Durham, Erik Haugen, Ryan Morgan.

Conference honors: Robbins, Coach of the Year; Lux, Offensive Player of the Year; Workman, first-team midfielder; Lane, first-team defender; Simms, first-team defender; Colar, second-team midfielder; Durham, second-team defender; Waldron, second-team defender; Inches, second-team goal keeper.

Note: Lux set school records in single season goals (27) and career goals (72).

Boys Golf

Coach: Steve Jones.

Record: First in North Sound Conference.

Lettermen: Brent de Wolf, Kellen Eager, Brady Hezel, Gabe Jacobson-Ross, Lewis Mattson, Max Rodriguez, Dane Saxton.

Team awards: Jacobson-Ross, Most Valuable Player; Mattson, Most Improved; Rodriguez, Rookie of the Year.

Conference honors: Jacobson-Ross, first team; de Wolf, first team; Mattson, second team.

State participant: Jacobson-Ross, 26th.

Girls Golf

Coach: Joe Thompson.

Record: First in North Sound Conference.

Senior letter winners: Emma Leggett, Alyssa Ludtke.

Others: Shianna Baker, Bronte Patty Caldwell, Tess Patty Caldwell, Bella Pierce, Laci Pihlman, Tori Schuller, Caitlin Sullivan, Olivia Varga.

League honors: Leggett, Golf of the Year; Ludtke, first team; Schuller, first team.

State participants: Schuller, 50th; Ludtke, 58th.

Boys Track

Coach: Mark Eager.

Record: First in North Sound Conference; second in district; second in bi-district; second in state.

Senior lettermen: Max Dodd, Ben Fly-Rinker, Casey Justus, Matthew Simmons, Carter Snelling Hanel, Caden Spear, Callahan Yale.

Juniors: Sam Baesler, Michael Cepowski, Dylan Davis, Aidyn Frederick, Issiah Gonzales, Bodie Hezel, Kole Nelson, Tyler King, Sam Martin, Billy Rankin, Christopher Schuster.

Sophomores: Carl Henri Chapman, Cody Eager, Luc Gandarias, Eric Keene, Cooper Ullmann.

Freshman: Drew Larson.

Team awards: Yale, Most Valuable Player; Hezel, Most Improved; Eager, Most Improved; Spear, Most Inspirational.

Conference honors: Yale, first-team 800; first-team 1,600; first-team 4×400; Hezel, first-team 110 hurdles; second-team 300 hurdles; second-team 4×100; Dodd, first-team 4×400; second-team 4×100; Eager, first-team 4×400; Nelson, second-team 110 hurdles; Chapman, second-team 4×100; second-team long jump; Spear, second-team 4×100; Justus, second-team javelin.

State participants: Yale, 800, first; 1,600, second; 4×400, sixth; Gonzales, 4×100, second; high jump, fourth; triple jump, sixth; Hezel, 4×400, sixth; 110 hurdles, sixth; 300 hurdles, sixth; Nelson, 110 hurdles, fifth; 300 hurdles, eighth; Eager, 110 hurdles, eighth; Martin, pole vault, eighth; Rankin, long jump, eighth; Simmons, 4×100, second; Chapman, 4×100, second; 4×400, sixth; Spear, 4×100, second; 200, 14th; 100, 19th; Dodd, 4×400, sixth.

Girls Track

Coach: Mark Eager.

Record: Third in North Sound Conference; fifth in district; ninth in bi-district; 32nd in state.

Senior letter winners: Sabrina Carey, Grace Complita, Maddy Drye, Alexandra Kurtz, Lexi Starets-Foote.

Juniors: Mallory Drye, Karyna Hezel, Mya Pratt, Mattason Straub, Camille Young.

Sophomores: Grace Huffman, Serena McClain, Natalie Monetti, Kelly Murnane, Leanne Robbins, Kaia Swegler Richmond.

Freshmen: Molly Cobbs, Trinity Krouse.

Team awards: Swegler Richmond, Most Valuable Player; Kurtz, Most Inspirational; Huffman, Most Improved.

Conference honors: Straub, first-team 100; Swegler Richmond, first-team 3,200; first-team 4×400; Starets-Foote, first-team discus; Complita, first-team 4×400; Kurtz, first-team 4×400; Mallory Drye, first-team 4×400; Cobbs, second-team 300 hurdles.

State participants: Straub, 100, sixth; 4×100, 13th; Swegler Richmond, 800, 16th; Kurtz, 4×100, 13th; Mallory Drye, 4×100, 13th; Hezel, 4×100, 13th.