June 26, 2014
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Better Sports Club Honors Best of 2014 at Banquet
Wakefield High School’s Madeline Brophy, left, and Yorktown’s Teddy Schroeder were the Arlington Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Master of Ceremonies Byron Kerr is in the middle.
Yorktown High School golf coach Chris Williams, left, is presented Coach of the Year by Charlie Viars. Dave Navarre, left, presents the Billy Castleberry Award to former president Brian Hannigan.
The Better Sports Club of Arlington held its 58th annual awards banquet earlier this month at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Sportscaster Byron Kerr served as the master of ceremonies. Arlington School’s superintendent Patrick Murphy was the guest speaker and many athletes received awards. The hall was packed with athletes and their family members. The club’s banquet honors graduating high school senior student-athletes in many varsity sports. Athletes are chosen from Wakefield, Washington-Lee, Yorktown and Bishop O’Connell high schools. The Arlington Female High School Athlete of the Year was Wakefield’s Madeline Brophy. The Arlington Male High School Athlete of the Year was Yorktown’s Teddy Schroeder. The Arlington Coach of the Year was Yorktown’s Chris Williams. Brian Hannigan received the Billy Castleberry Memorial Award. The award is presented to the club member who has provided outstanding service. The Arlington Sportsman of the Year was Steve Severn, president of the Arlington Girls Softball Association. Brophy received a $2,500 scholarship from the Better Sports Club’s scholarship fund.
Steve Severn, president of the Arlington Girls Softball Association, was Arlington’s Sportsman of the Year.
Ice Hockey Sportsman of the Year James Klein received a $1,000 scholarship from the Monumental Sports and Entertainment Foundation in memory of late coach Tom Newman. Softball player Cloe Moloney was awarded a $1,000 scholarship in memory of longtime softball coach and Better Sports Club member John Glover, who died earlier this year. Glover was a longtime scorekeeper for the Wakefield High softball team. Following are the remaining 2014 Better Sports Club Sportsmanship awardees: Kaitlyn Potts, youth softball; Kennan Oizumi, youth baseball; Owen Connally, youth Challenger award; J.P. DeFranco, boys golf; Hunter Gray, baseball; Laura Pastre, girls basketball; Jonah Sens, boys basketball; Brooke Giles, cheer; Jane Townsend, girls crew; Matt Zetkulic, boys crew; Joe Brough, boys cross country; Jordan Selby, girls cross country; Sonia Lunn, field hockey; M.J. Stew-
Arlington superintendent Patrick Murphy was the guest speaker at the annual banquet.
art, football; Peyton Johnson, girls golf; Annie Siddle, gymnastics; Emily Spack, girls lacrosse; Sam Douthit, boys lacrosse; Michael Katz, boys soccer; Alicia Curaca, girls soccer; Hayley Metcalf, softball; Elena Bavolack, girls swim and dive; Jay Delancey, boys swim and dive; Max Thompson, boys tennis; Oliva Tate, girls tennis; Sarah Angell, girls track and field; Evan Lesmez, boys track and field; Audrey Batcheller, girls volleyball; Narankhuu Ganbaatar, wrestling.
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EAGLES RED HEADED TO REGIONALS:
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The under-14 Eagles Red of Arlington Soccer Association’s travel program will participate in the U.S. Youth Soccer Regional 1 Championships, with a chance to qualify for nationals. The Eagles Red boys team earned a region berth with an undefeated run through the Region 1 Premier League. The team has won five high-level tournaments in 2014, and have an overall record of 46-4-4. They also achieved a No. 1 ranking in gotsoccer.com. Players are Allexon Saravia, Anthony Herrera, Carlos Farias, Edison Giron, Garrett Lusk, Giacamo Mecagni, Hugh Curran, Jayson Carbajal, Jonathan Cummins, Lincoln Kickbush, Marty Hockey, Mateo Leach, Nelson Flores, Paul Bangura, Sam Goodkind, Tate Rusby-Wood and Will Socas. Coaches are German Peri, Tony Damiani and Paul Bangura.
ROWDIES WHITE WIN SOCCER TOURNEY: Arlington Travel Soccer’s Rowdies
White under-16 girls team won the Phoenix Summer Classic and Showcase Tournament, defeating a Colonial League Region 1 team and three others to go undefeated. The players were Sofia Cohen, Colleen Cook, Greta Dahlquist, Gemma Harris, Sophia Hays, Rebeca Mercado, Kayla Morrison, Megan O’Briant, Emily Pardi, Margaret Pendleton, Martha Rich, Eleni Riris, Alisha Sherren, Sophie Spiliotopoulos, Katherine Tramonte, Kristin Uckert and Olivia Wadzinski. Guest players in the tournament included Gretel Bonilla, Amy Herron and Greta Liebeler. The team was coached by David Camara and Prashant Singh. HURRICANES WIN AAU HOOP QUALIFIER: The 10-under Hurricanes girls
basketball team, based in Arlington, won the Potomac Valley AAU DQT Fourth Grade Division II National Qualifying Tournament by going undefeated and defeating the Matrix, 26-13, in the championship game. The Hurricanes will represent the Potomac Valley at the nationals in July. “I was proud of how our players executed our game plan and played excellent defense,” coach Steve Flippin said. The players were Claudia Andrade, Olivia Baptiste, Hannah Boone, Mia Chapman, Morgan Flippin, Dalylha Ghebre, Natalia Johnson, Clare Murphy, Elise Raymond and Ellie Simmons. Flippin and Bill Simmons were the coaches. REAL MADRID SOCCER PROGRAM EXPANDED: This spring, Arlington Soccer
Association (ASA) expanded the Real Madrid Social-Sport Academy program
to Kenmore Middle School with the support of the Real Madrid Foundation, the International Studies Foundation and Arlington Public Schools. For the past seven years, ASA has provided after-school character-building opportunities through this soccerbased program to more than 200 at-risk elementary school children in Arlington, at no cost to the students or to the school system. This spring was the program’s first season at a middle school. Arlington was the pilot location for the Real Madrid Foundation’s afterschool program in the United States. The program runs at Barcroft Elementary, Carlin Springs Elementary, Hoffman-Boston Elementary and Kenmore with plans to expand. For more information, contact Justin Wilt at justinwilt@arlingtonsoccer.com or (703) 527-0157.