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.

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.