Presented in coordination with Froggy Valley 100.1/WiLBuR 99.7 & Lebanon Federal Credit Union, help us decide which male and female athlete should be honored for their outstanding efforts during last week’s local high school sports action. While you may have a favorite school or athlete already, we still encourage you to read through the lists below and then click on the link to vote.
The winners will be announced at the end of the week. Linked below are the articles about our most recent winners of the award.
Voting will remain open until Wednesday at 7 pm. Only one vote per email address, per day will be allowed.
While athletes can be nominated multiple weeks, the winners will be removed and updates will be provided as the season progresses.
While this may be a vote and emotions can run high, this is intended to bring attention to some of the best performances from our local student-athletes.
Nominations, which are made working with the schools, are listed below in alphabetical order.
Please read about each nominee, celebrate their accomplishment, and then go vote who you feel is most deserving of this week’s honor.
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This week’s edition covers the first two weeks of Spring competition. In most cases, there is only one nominee from each school. In a departure from our standard approach while we wait for all sports to have full schedules, you will notice that one school has two boys nominated.
Female Nominees
Katelyn Brenner (Cedar Crest / Jr.) – Lacrosse: In a 15-8 win over Garden Spot, Brenner scored 5 goals and added 2 assists. Then, in a 20-0 rout of Conrad Weiser, she had 2 goals and 3 assists.
Peytyn Bryan (ELCO / Fr.) – Softball: In a 9-8 win over Middletown, the freshman went 2-3 with 2 runs, 3 RBI, and a walk. Bryan also pitched 2.1 innings in relief of starter Gabby Smith, holding the Blue Raiders to just one hit while racking up 3 strikeouts.
Morgan Lantz (Palmyra / Sr.) – Lacrosse: Palmyra went 2-1 in its first three games, notching victories over Warwick and Chambersburg. In the three games, Lantz had 16 goals and 4 assists. In the season-opening game, Lantz eclipsed the 200-goal milestone for her high school career.
Sereniti Zidik (Lebanon / Jr.) – Softball: While the Cedars lost their season opener to York Tech, Zidik went 2-3 with an RBI. She added 2 stolen bases. In 6 innings on the mound, she struck out 10 batters, had 3 walks, and allowed 9 earned runs.
Male Nominees
Adrian Gonzalez (Northern Lebanon / So.) – Baseball: In the season-opening win over Lebanon, the sophomore threw all 7 innings for the complete game shutout. He registered 9 strikeouts. At the plate, Gonzalez also had 2 RBI while going 1-3 with a walk.
Landon Kreider (Cedar Crest / Jr.) – Baseball: In a stunning 8-4 victory over Central York, the junior played superb defense in center field. Kreider also provided offensive firepower, going 4-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Colten Shaffer (Annville-Cleona / Jr.) – Baseball: Last week, the Dutchmen won both of their games to start the season. In the 13-5 win over Lancaster Mennonite, the junior went 2-3 with a triple, 2 runs scored, and 4 RBI. He followed it up in the 12-0 win over Upper Dauphin by pitching 4 innings of a combined no-hitter with Noah Morcom. Shaffer struck out 10. At the plate, Shaffer was 2-3 with a home run, 2 runs, and 3 RBI. He also stole a base in each of the two victories.
Ethan Spang (ELCO / Sr.) – Baseball: ELCO defeated Middletown 4-3. In the game, Spang went 2-2 with two singles, a walk and a run scored. His performance was key as ELCO stormed back to overcome a 3-0 deficit, scoring two runs in each of the final two innings.
Paxton Thomas (Cedar Crest / So.) – Lacrosse: On Friday night in the season opener against Conrad Weiser, the sophomore was a brick wall as the Falcons earned the 15-1 victory. Thomas stopped 91.7% of the shots he faced, making 11 saves.
