All-State soccer honors for East quartet

Lapeer East AD Sharon Miller will need to expand the school's All State Trophy Case. For the first time ever, the Lapeer East Boys Soccer team advanced to the Final Four. Winning the regional title paid off for he Eagles, who ended the season with the program's highest ranking ever, 6th in the state! http://www.mihisoccer.org/boysrankings.htm.

Individually, Lapeer East also did well. A quartet from the East squad earned All-State Honors.

Those honors were awarded to:

Junior starting midfielder Justin Henderson was second team All-Metro League. He was the lone goal scorer for East in the State Semi-Final game. He earned Honorable Mention All-State.

Junior starting goalie Colin Owen earned second team All-Metro League. He had 12 shutouts this year to raise his career total to 30 shutouts. Owen made 14 saves in the state semi-final game. He earned third team All-State.

Junior starting forward Alex Podolski was named to the first team All-Metro League. He led East in scoring with 19 goals. Alex earned second team All-State.

Senior Starting midfielder Clayton Tomczyk, a 4-year varsity player for East., also earned first team All-Metro League. He was recognized as one of the State's best players, and earned first team All-State. Tomczyk joins elite company as he is the third player in East's history to earn this accomplishment, the highest honor a soccer player can get. Dan Elliott did it in 2007. Niila Arajuuri was the first to do it in 2005.

East Coach Chad Kenny noted, "I am very proud to coach this team. Collectively they are committed to winning with character and class. These four guys are great representatives of our whole program. They were all honored to be selected to the All-State team. They would be the first ones to tell you that soccer is a team sport. These four were recognized at the All-State level, mainly because as a team we did very well. All 17 letter winners on our varsity played an important role in these four being recognized at the highest level."

Lapeer East, Lapeer West athletes honored as All-League athletes in Flint Metro League

A total of 50 Lapeer East and Lapeer West High School winter athletes were named to All-League Flint Metro League teams.

Ten of the selections were for the first team, 13 were second team picks, 3 were third team selections and the balance were honorable mention selections.

First team All-FML selections were: Competitive Cheer – Lapeer East, Meagan Lloyd; Lapeer West, Alyssa Ruhlman, Leah Seaman, Paige Smith and Crissy Wills. Swim (combined East-West) Alexander Hart (100 butterfly). Wrestling – Lapeer West, Aaron Secrest. Girls’ Basketball – Lapeer West, Marisa Liburdi. Boys’ Bowling – Lapeer West, Jeff Acton. Boys’ Basketball – Lapeer East, Payton McCallum.

Second team All-FML selections were: Hockey – Lapeer East, Jason Collins and Steve Tadazak. Competitive Cheer – Lapeer West, Katilynn Anderson and Ashley Kennard; Lapeer East, Cassie Ciaravino. Girls’ Bowling – Lapeer West, Hannah Gauthier. Boys’ Bowling – Lapeer East, Bradley Whittaker. Wrestling – Lapeer East, Isaac Joseph, Cameron Myers and Justin Green. Girls’ Basketball – Lapeer East, Cassie Diaz; Lapeer West, Lindsay Thams. Boys’ Basketball – Lapeer West, Joe Lerma.

Third team All-FML selections were: Wrestling – Lapeer West, Dean Somers and Dakota Carie. Girls’ Bowling – Lapeer West, Brie McGrath.
Honorable Mention selections were: Boys’ Basketball – Lapeer East, Anthony Hunt and Cullen Turczyn; Lapeer West, Brian McGeary and Anthony Sisson. Boys’ Bowling – Lapeer East, Cody Crump, Tyler Graham, Matthew Hitchcock and Tyler Lemieux; Lapeer West, Josh Carbone and Mike Plociniak. Girls’ Basketball – Lapeer West, Yazmin Dababneh; Lapeer East, Shelby Wagner. Girls’ Bowling – Lapeer East, Jessica Aubert, Jennifer Eskridge, Victoria Mullins, Justice Schihl and Dawn Wesley. Competitive Cheer – Lapeer East, Molly Nelson; Lapeer West, Katie Smith. Hockey – Lapeer East, Nate Herr, Spencer Hill, and Nick Pullano; Lapeer West, Patrick Chouinard, Brad Deane and Mike Fearson.

Flint Metro League announces All-League selections, many from Lapeer East, Lapeer West

Flint Metro League – All League selections

Lapeer East

Boys’ soccer: First team, Ethan Konschuh; second team, Clayton Tomczyk, Nate Herr, Alex Zavislak; honorable mention, Alex Henson, Phil Smith.

Football: First team offense, Sebashton Sullivan, Payton McCallum; first team defense, Anthony Hunt, Payton McCallum, Mike Sawchuk; second team offense, Bryn Ludlow, Anthony Hunt; second team defense, Isaac Joseph; honorable mention, Justin Hanson, Isaac Joseph (kicker), Zach Nolan.

Girls Cross Country: First team, Jenni Putz; honorable mention, Hillary Davlin, Alexis Whatcott, Arian Donahue.

Girls Golf: First team, Kelsey Robinson, Keely Turczyn; honorable mention, Emily Hilgendorf.

Volleyball: First team, Casey Donovan, Ellery Owen; second team, Devon Benner; honorable mention, Lisa Dinsmore, Sam Kazor.

Lapeer West

Boys’ soccer: Honorable mention, Josh Cebelak, Matt Cox, Brad Deane, Zach O’Brien.

Football: First team offense, Nate Smith, Tyler Andrews, Cody Ellsworth, Kevin Roach; first team defense, Kyle Bannister, Brandon Szczesny, Preston Haggadone, Jake Fenslau, second team offense, Jake Fenslau, Landon Warren; second team defense, David Price, Justin Slater; honorable mention, Dan Holbrook, Lance Machiniak, Dustin Masha, David Price, Dan Raymond, Aaron Seacrest, Nate Smith(defensive back).

Girls’ cross country: First team, Tori Peet; second team, Hayley Schroeder.

Girls’ Golf: Catherine Benscoter, Kim Brown; honorable mention, Elizabeth Rodela, Lauren Weeks.

Volleyball: Second team, Lindsay Thams; honorable mention, Jessica Eckel.

Combined Lapeer East/Lapeer West Swim/Dive Team

Second team: 200IM, Emily Shallman (East); 100 Butterfly, Emily Shallman; 400-yard freestyle relay, Emily Shallman, Lori Noelle (West), Katherine Baeckeroot (East), and Emily Corriveau (East); third team, 500-yard freestyle, Katherine Baeckeroot; 200-yard freestyle relay, Emily Shallman, Sarah Crittenden (East), Gabby Ralston (East), and Emily Corriveau; 100-yard breaststroke, Emily Corriveau.

Congratulations to all these fine athletes