Over $1,000 was raised
at the March 9th Amy Paes Scholarship Basketball games.
Pride and a lot of enthusiasm is also a big
part of this fund raising event for the four sixth grade teams in their "Moving
Up" competition.
An added highlight of this annual
sports fund raiser is the popular Tri-Valley Alumni/Faculty game featuring odd
numbered year graduates vs. even numbered year graduates.
Amy Paes was a fifth-grader at
Tri-Valley and involved with the Bear Cub Basketball program when she passed
away in the summer of 2003 after a battle with cancer.
Money raised from these games as well
as previous years are used to create scholarships for one boy and one girl and
to quality for this scholarship the graduate must have played Bear Cub
Basketball and plan to attend college or a trade school.
The sixth graders participating in
the "Moving Up" games are now considered graduates from the Saturday Bear Cub
Basketball Program and many look forward to Tri-Valley's seventh grade modified
basketball.
Under the guidance and management of Scott
Mickenson, the Saturday Bear Cub Program was started in 1994 by Andy
Taggart.
In the girls competition the Red team
coached by Larry Whipple, Monty Carmody and Samantha Whipple pulled out a 21-20
victory over the Blue team coached by Gary Buley and Julie
Starner.
The boys Blue team coached by Amanda
Vansaders and John Shamro defeated the Red team coached by Dominick Scanna and
Bill Hendrickson 26-16.
Girls team players included Jillian
Mungeer, Morgan McHugh, Heather Foster, Catie Brooks, Brianna Goetschius, Haley
Stanton, Kathryn Jones, Katerina Plescia, Autumn Buely, Britney Lee, Smily
Starner, Sam Raymond, Dakota Deck, Rebecca Reynolds, Julianna Smith, Cheyenne
Brooks and Alysa Hernandez.
Sixth grade boys team players
included Gabe Bragg, Julius Colon, Aidan Mentnech, J. R. Dertinger, Matt Ryan,
Jake Scanna, Jacob Allison, Ryan GiminianiDakoda Van Dunk, Joseph Edwards, Dylan
Hummel, Mark Bell, Adem Gray, Jake Wilson, Thomas VanSaders, Imaan Khan and Cody
Shamro.
The Tri-Valley Alumni/Faculty game
turned out to be a barn-burner with lots of offense and not very much transition
defense. The Red team jumped out to a large lead but lack of defense and the
fast brake offense and outstanding shooting of the Red teams Ian Exner the game
ended tied at 63-63.
This game ended with 1:08 left in the
fourth quarter when Exner suffered a deep cut above the right eye and the Blue
team only having four players. Exner was high scorer with 32 points and Fred
Moore had 26 points for the Red team.
Participants in the Alumni/Faculty
game along with Exner and Moore were Ted DeGraw, Joe Lee, Kevin Delaney, Andrew
Yager, Ross Bonnell, Tyler TerBush, Brendan Walsh, Andrew Garigliano, Tim Martin
and Bill Hendrickson.
The proceeds of $1,022 from this
event goes to the benefit of the Amy Pres Scholarship Fund and will result in
two $500 scholarships.
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
The 6th grade girls "Moving Up" teams
and their coaches. All are identified in the story.
The 6th grade boys "Moving Up" teams
and their coaches. All are identified in the story.
The Tri-Valley Alumni/Faculty team
players. All are identified in the story.
Blue team player Ian Exner shows good
from in scoring this three-pointer during the Alumni/Faculty team game. He ended
up with scoring honors off 32 points.
Sixth grader Cody Shamro scores a layup
for the Boys Blue team during the "Moving Up" competition.
Refs Alex Brown and Kainan Justiniano discuss a call during the Amy Paes basketball games.
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