Belvidere High School All Sports Award Night

On Tuesday, May 8, the Belvidere High School took the time to honor outstanding athletes. Friends and family gathered in the

Performing Arts Center with the teams to cheer them in their accomplishments.

Athletic Director Tim Ballard acted as Master of Ceremonies and began with a welcome and a recognition of team captains and MVPs:

Fall Sports:

Cheerleading: Captain Samantha Hoorelbek and MVP Alyssa Cerna

Boys Cross Country: Captain Sam Arco and MVP Jacob Taylor

Girls Cross Country: Captain Jena Mogenis and MVP Alliyah Lebensorger

Football: Captain Mason Hulsey and MVP Phil Kolk

Boys Golf: Captain Larry Larson and MVP Larry Larson

Poms: Captain Sophia Kline and MVP Sophia Kline

Boys Soccer: Captain Fernando Gomez and MVP Fernando Gomez

Girls Swimming & Diving: Captain Alexis Sell

Girls Tennis: Captain Natalie Cortez and MVP Luzia Hernandez

Volleyball: Captain MacKenzie Beattie and MVP Kassandra Flewellin

Winter Sports:

Boys Basketball: Captain Brady Hauser and MVP Phil Kolk

Girls Basketball: Captain MacKenzie Beattie and MVP M’Kahla Miner

Boys Bowling: Captain Anthony Gutierrez and MVP Ben Deardorff

Girls Bowling: Captain Holley Steelberg and MVP Hailey Carter

Competitive Cheerleading: Captain Samantha Hoorelbek and MVP Breanna Jensen

Dance: Captain Sophia Kline and MVP Brittney Schuth

Wrestling: Captain Glen Winchel and MVP Presley Beasley

Spring Sports:

Softball: Captain MacKenzie Beattie and MVP Reyna Rodriguez

Girls Soccer: Captain Alondra Murillo and MVP Yamitssa Andrade

Boys Track: Captain Sam Arco and MVP Michael Kurtenbach

End of Year Special Awards:

Belvidere High School Coach of the Year: Andy Werhane (Girls Bowling)

Belvidere High School Assistant Coach of the Year: Miranda Zimmerman (Softball)

Pamela Barr Buc Booster Service Award: Adam & Julie Simerly

Athletic Team with Highest GPA: Boys Tennis

B-Club Service Award: Mike Hearn

B-Club Fan of the Year Award: Larry Larson

Manager Award (Girls Sport): Mariah Perez (Girls Basketball Manager)

Manager Award (Boys Sport): Kassandra Flewellin (Boys Volleyball)

Athletic Director Award (Female): Bryanna Williams

Athletic Director Award (Male): Larry Larson

Laurie Potter Scholar Athlete Award: MacKenzie Beattie

Stan Patrick Scholar Athlete Award: Sam Arco

Cathy Drozynski Award: Breanna Jensen

Brandon Ramey Athletic Award: Fernando Gomez

Mark Frailey Award: Samantha Hoorelbek

Doug Johnson Award: Kalen Murray

Best Senior Athlete (Female): Katelyn Wingren

Best Senior Athlete (Male): Phil Kolk

2017/18 All Conference Team Athletes:

Boys Basketball: Phil Kolk – 1st Team All-Conference

Girls Basketball: Maya Smith – Special Mention

Girls Bowling: Hailey Carter – 1st Team All-Conference and Holley Steelberg – 1st Team All-Conference

Competitive Cheerleading: Samantha Hoorelbek – 1st Team All-Conference and Cassidy Woodman: Special Mention

Boys Cross Country: J.R. Taylor – 1st Team All-Conference; Nick Fiore – Special Mention; and Sam Arco – Special Mention

Competitive Dance: Sophia Kline – Special Mention

Football: Shawn Dean – 1st Team All-Conference; Phil Kolk – 1st Team All-Conference; and Dalton Vaupel – Special Mention

Girls Golf: Dan Koenings – Coach of the Year

Boys Soccer: Fernando Gomez – 1st Team All-Conference; Rudy Ponce – 1st Team All-Conference; and Bernardo Dominquez – Special Mention

Girls Swimming: Emerson Gaines – Special Mention

Girls Tennis: Natalie Cortez – Special Mention and Bryanna Williams – Special Mention

Girls Volleyball: Payton Bruneau – Special Mention

Wrestling: Presley Beasley – 1st Team All-Conference and Glenn Winchel – Special Mention

2017/18 NIC-10 Team Sportsmanship Award were given to four teams:

Girls Basketball; Girls Bowling; Boys Cross Country; Football

2017/18 New School Records:

Boys Swimming: Oryi Tucker, Jacob Pearson, Daniel Golonka, and Devin Green – 200 Free Relay 1:33.49 and 400 Free Relay   3:29.48

2017/18 Athletic Highlights:

Boys Golf: Sectional Qualifier – Larry Larson

Wrestling: Sectional Qualifiers – Presley Beasley & Glenn Winchel

Girls Bowling: Team Sectional Qualifiers – Holley Steelberg – Individual State Qualifier

Boys Cross Country: Sectional Team Qualifier

Scholar Athlete Pin Recipients:

Alliyah Lebensorger; Jena Mogenis; Journie Manzella; MacKenzie Beattie; Rylee Abraham; Kayle Mickey; Ida Beneke; Sam Arco; Jonathon Allen; Allison White; Bryanna Williams; Kevin Jenks; Laurence Larson; Alyssa Cerna; Madalynn Visser; Areli Rodriguez; Mariann Hernandez; Breanna Jensen; Samantha Hoorelbek; Chloe Konieczki; Cassidy Woodman; Abigail Costain; Brianna Barroso; Tiffany Lombardi; Victoria Ciesielka; Allison MacFadden; Kayla Konieczki; Amanda Pozniak; Steven King; Yordanos Gardner; Phil Kolk; Justin Brown; Adrion Dalipi

To become a Scholar Athlete, the student must receive a varsity award in an IHSA recognized sport and carry a grade point average of 3.3 or above.

2017/18 Scholar Athletes:

Soccer (Boys): Arturo Espinoza; Fernando Gomez; Fabian Perez; Martin Martinez; Enrique Resendiz

Girls Cross Country: Emma Salley; Alliyah Lebensorger; Jena Mogenis; Faith Allen; Journie Manzella

Girls Volleyball: MacKenzie Beattie; Kassandra Flewellin; Rylee Abraham; Payton Bruneau; Brelee Klaus

Girls Golf: Coe Walberg

Girls Swim: Alexis Sell; Brenda Solache; Sarah Fitzgerald; Emily Turnipseed; Kayle Mickey; Noella Bonsol; Emerson Gaines; Ida Beneke

Boys Cross Country: Jacob Taylor; Sam Arco; Kristopher Segura; Dane Jankiewicz; Jonathon Allen

Girls Tennis: Gabrielle Bluege; Allison White; Luzia Hernandez; Bryanna Williams; Anahi Rodriguez

Boys Golf: Cole Lass; Joseph Wylie; Kevin Jenks; Laurence Larson

Cheer-Fall: Alyssa Cerna; Madalynn Visser; Areli Rodriguez; Mariann Hernandez; Breanna Jensen; Kellie Griffin; Samantha Hoorelbek; Gabriella Kasper; Chloe Konieczki; Cassidy Woodman

Poms: Abigail Costain; Brianna Barroso; Tiffany Lombardi; Victoria Ciesielka; Kylie Botts; Allison MacFadden; Kayla Konieczki; Amanda Pozniak

Football: Noah Hunter; Dalton Vaupel; Lukas Danielson; Steven King; Mason Hulsey; Yordanos Gardner; Phil Kolk; Justin Brown; Tristan Reames

Boys Swimming: Adam Labelle; Kristopher Segura; Daniel Golonka; Josh Jordan

Basketball (Girls): MacKenzie Beattie; Rylee Abraham; Jenna Revolinski; Bryanna William; Maya Smith; Yordanos Gardner; Kori Kotarba

Basketball (Boys): Adrion Dalipi; Braydon Hauser; Steve King; Zachary Tobler; Phil Kolk

Competitive Cheer: Madalynn Visser; Areli Rodriguez; Mariann Hernandez; Breanna Jensen; Edith Ruiz; Samantha Hoorelbek; Chloe Konieczki; Alyssa Cerna; Cassidy Woodman

Dance: Abigail Costain; Lisette Nevarez; Brianna Barroso ; Tiffany Lombardi; Victoria Ciesielka; Allison MacFadden; Payton Cina; Kayla Konieczki; Tyniya Thompson; Amanda Pozniak; Brittney Schuth; Ida Beneke

Bowling (Girls): Hailey Carter; Holley Steelberg; Hannah Whidby; Elyce Turnipseed

Bowling (Boys): Kevin Jenks; Anthony Bychowski

Tennis (Boys): Jonathan Varela; Kevin Jenks; Isaiah Lopez; Cesar Medina; Aston Martin; Nicholas Larson; Kai Bonsol

Softball: Reyna Rodriguez; Avry Blume; Paige Kitsemble; Danielle Heinz

Baseball: Adrion Dalipi; Lucas Haug; Jacob Popovich; Steven King; Carter Coryell; Jacob Taft; Joseph Reece; Justin Brown; Laurence Larson

Track (Girls): Miriam Estrada; Emma Wallace; Allison White; Autumn Przybyla; Alliyah Lebensorger; Jena Mogenis; Journie Manzella; Kayle Mickey; Ida Beneke

Track (Boys): Sam Arco; Kalen Murray; Michael Kurtenbach; Jonathon Allen; Phil Kolk; Sevan Ozartun; Shamel Lesley; Boys Volleyball; John Ryan; Brandon Keeney

Soccer (Girls): Marlene Sierra; Elizabeth Resendiz; Jennifer Elizondo; Alondra Murillo; Aracely Herrera; Itzel Molina

2017/18 Three Sport Athletes

Arroyo, Ricardo – Girls Volleyball, Bowling & Boys Volleyball

Beattie, MacKenzie – Girls Volleyball, Basketball & Softball

Beneke, Ida – Girls Swimming, Dance & Track

Cerna, Alyssa – Fall Cheer, Competitive Cheer & Soccer

Chin, Kaitlyn – Poms, Dance & Track

Garvey, Bradley – Fall Cheer, Competitive Cheer & Boys Volleyball

Golonka, Daniel – Boys Cross Country, Boys Swimming & Track

Goston, Howard – Football, Boys Basketball & Boys Volleyball

Hausen, Austin – Football, Boys Basketball & Track

Hausen, Braydon – Golf, Basketball & Baseball

Hayes, Kaleb – Football, Basketball & Track

Jenks, Kevin – Golf, Bowling & Tennis

Jensen, Breanna – Fall Cheer, Competitive Cheer & Softball

King, Steven – Football, Basketball & Baseball

Kitsemble, Paige – Volleyball, Basketball & Softball

Kolk, Phillip – Football, Basketball & Track

Konieczki, Chloe – Fall Cheer, Competitive Cheer & Track

MacFadden, Allison – Poms, Dance & Soccer

Miner, MKahla – Volleyball, Basketball & Softball

Nelson, Kaitlyn – Volleyball, Basketball & Boys Volleyball

Pizano-Onofre, Josue – Football, Wrestling & Track

Przybyla, Autumn – Volleyball, Bowling & Track

Reidinger, Dillon – Football, Basketball & Track

Revolinski, Jenna – Volleyball, Basketball & Softball

Rodriguez, Areli – Fall Cheer, Competitive Cheer & Soccer

Rodriguez, Keiana – Poms, Dance & Softball

Segura, Kristopher – Cross Country, Swimming & Track

Turnipseed, Elyce – Poms, Bowling & Track

Winscher, August – Football, Basketball & Track