Postseason honors abound for winter student-athletes

  • Posted April 27, 2023
Azera Gates and Shonyae Edmonds at the Section 2 All-Tournament awards ceremony.

Congratulations to Â鶹ӰÒô High School girls’ basketball standouts Shonyae Edmonds and Azera Gates on earning all-state recognition this week!

Edmonds, a senior who earned her second straight Section 2 Class AA Tournament MVP award in March, was named third-team All-State among Class AA teams by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Gates, a sophomore who also earned Section 2 Class AA All-Tournament recognition for the second year in a row, was named 11th-team All-State. 

This recognition adds to a long list of postseason accolades for our winter student-athletes, including the following:

Girls’ basketball

  • Repeat Section 2 champions
  • Coach Decky Lawson –
  • Shonyae Edmonds
    •  (New York State Sportswriters Association)
    • Section 2 Class AA Tournament MVP
  • Azera Gates
    •  (New York State Sportswriters Association)
    • Section 2 Class AA All-Tournament Team

Boys’ basketball

  • Deavion Springsteen

Boys' hockey

  • Alex Doehla -- goalie

Indoor track and field

  • Maximus Boettner – triple jump
    • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier
  • Adam Oblisk – long jump
    • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier
  • Graham Richard – 1,600 meters
    • Section 2 Division 1 champion; state qualifier

Boys’ swimming

  • Louie Cassella
    • 50-yard freestyle – Section 2 runner-up; state qualifier
    • 100-yard breaststroke – Section 2 runner-up; state qualifier
  • Carson Engstrom
    • 100-yard backstroke – Section 2 third place; state qualifier
  • 200-yard medley relay – Cassella, Engstrom, Cosmo Martinelli, Ya’ir Sasson
    • Section 2 third place; state qualifiers

Wrestling

Congratulations to all of our student-athletes for their achievements!