Lapeer East, Lapeer West Athletes named to Winter sports All-League teams

A total of 48 Lapeer high school athletes were named to Flint Metro League 2009 All-League teams in winter sports.

Three Lapeer East High School wrestlers, Phillip Joseph, Matt DePuy and Travis Cushaway were named to the All-League First Team in wrestling. Lapeer West’s Dakota Carie was named to the All-League second team.

Lapeer West wrestler Nate Irelan and Lapeer East wrestler Ryan Springsteen were named to the All-League third team.

In boys’ basketball, Lapeer East’s Payton McCallum and Lapeer West’s Landon Warren were named to the All-League second team. East’s Sam Achtabowski and West’s Dan Cox were honorable mention All-League players. Dan Cox was named as a Flint Metro League Scholar-Athlete.

Lapeer West’s Dani Schoenherr was named to the girls’ basketball All-League first team and West’s Bridget Miller was named to the All-League second team.

West’s Emily Jones and Lindsay Thams were named as honorable mention All-League players. Jones and Thams were also Flint Metro League Scholar-Athletes.

Jeremy Podgorski, a Lapeer West hockey forward, was named to the All-League first team and Lapeer East’s Drew Steinhouse, forward, and defenseman Brent McClain were named to the All-League second team.

Hockey honorable mention players were: Lapeer East, Brad Lile and Steve Tadazak and Lapeer West’s Jeremy Cugliari, Josh Milosek and Jacob Podgorski.

Four Lapeer West competitive cheerleaders, Laura Ayan, Erin Delisle, Leah Seaman, and Crissy Wills; and two East competitive cheerleaders, Heather Champion and Taylor McGuffie were named to the All-League First Competitive Cheer team.

Second team members on the competitive cheer team were: East’s Dillynn Bryant and West’s Ashleigh Hutton, Ashley Kennard and Caitlin O’Brien. Honorable mention cheer team members were: East’s Maurisa Lopez and West’s Paige Smith.

Garrett Gauthier, of Lapeer West, was named to the 2009 boys’ All-League first team. Second team All-League members were Christian Graham, of Lapeer East, and Jeff Acton, of Lapeer West. Honorable mention All-League bowlers were: East’s Zach Lyerla, and Bradley Whittaker and West’s Tyler Shamaly.

The 2009 girls’ bowling All-League team included second team selections Crystal Eckel, of Lapeer West and Dawn Wesley, of Lapeer East. Two West girls, Hannah Gauthier and Kaitlyn Dowdall, were named to the All-League second team.

Three Lapeer East girls, Jessica Lansing, Crystal Belland and Justice Schihl, were named as honorable mention selections.

Photos of the First Team athletes can be viewed at the District's photo gallery.