March 06, 2019 at 10:19AM
Photo by Donna Harris / Freelance Photographer – The winners of the Academic Achievement Award for Winter Sports.
By Ray Conner
Sports Editor
Kern Valley High School honored their student-athletes on Awards Night.
The teams selected an MVP of the team and also handed out awards to those athletes that performed well in the classroom.
Also three coaches excepted plaques for being High Desert League champions. Those coaches were Wes Woody (wrestling), Bill Gallis (varsity girls basketball) and Aaron LaFarga (jayvee boys basketball).
Here are the academic award winners followed by the MVP(s) of each Kern Valley team:
Girls Soccer: Abby Achorn, Arika D' Amico, Abigaile Goulding, Angela Lezama, Hannah Ocampo, Brooke Watson, Molly Watson, and Isabella Williams.
MVP(s):Rachel Driskell and Booke Watson.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Mariah Maxwell, Bradlie Preston, Hannah Hurley, Sadi Hartman and Sharon Reyes.
MVP: Hannah Hurley
Most Improved Player:Adeline Goudling
Varsity Cheerleading: Summer Dourlain, Kelli Gideon, Helen Hayes, Sierra McQuain and Aryan Meyers.
Outstanding Varsity Cheerleader: Helen Hayes
Varsity Boys Basketball: Tanner Tito, Jeffrey Cawein and Spenser Hansen.
MVP: Anthony Barton
Most Improved Player: Jeffrey Cawein.
Boys Soccer: Brett Grimsby, Peyton Jones and Nick Thomas.
MVP: James Meachem
Most Improved Player: Zachary Goss
Boys Wrestling: Dean Hinkey and Brayden Liberio.
MVP: Jacob Lightner
Most Improved Wrestler: Dean Hinkey
Jayvee Girls Basketball: Kacy Bunting, Bryce Kelso and Reagan Shibata.
MVP: Kacy Bunting
Jayvee Boys Basketball: Kieran McCarthy.
MVP: Trey Bushling
Girls Wrestling: Samantha Bartlett.
MVP: Leah Villa
Most Improved Wrestler: Kaycee Donaldson
Jayvee Cheerleading: Sheridan Muth
Outstanding Jayvee Cheerleader: Sierra Klase

Photo by Donna Harris/Freelance Photographer – The athletes pictured here were selected as the MVP's of each Winter Sports team.





Photo by Donna Harris / Freelance Photographer – The winners of the Academic Achievement Award for Winter Sports.
By Ray Conner
Sports Editor
Kern Valley High School honored their student-athletes on Awards Night.
The teams selected an MVP of the team and also handed out awards to those athletes that performed well in the classroom.
Also three coaches excepted plaques for being High Desert League champions. Those coaches were Wes Woody (wrestling), Bill Gallis (varsity girls basketball) and Aaron LaFarga (jayvee boys basketball).
Here are the academic award winners followed by the MVP(s) of each Kern Valley team:
Girls Soccer: Abby Achorn, Arika D' Amico, Abigaile Goulding, Angela Lezama, Hannah Ocampo, Brooke Watson, Molly Watson, and Isabella Williams.
MVP(s):Rachel Driskell and Booke Watson.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Mariah Maxwell, Bradlie Preston, Hannah Hurley, Sadi Hartman and Sharon Reyes.
MVP: Hannah Hurley
Most Improved Player:Adeline Goudling
Varsity Cheerleading: Summer Dourlain, Kelli Gideon, Helen Hayes, Sierra McQuain and Aryan Meyers.
Outstanding Varsity Cheerleader: Helen Hayes
Varsity Boys Basketball: Tanner Tito, Jeffrey Cawein and Spenser Hansen.
MVP: Anthony Barton
Most Improved Player: Jeffrey Cawein.
Boys Soccer: Brett Grimsby, Peyton Jones and Nick Thomas.
MVP: James Meachem
Most Improved Player: Zachary Goss
Boys Wrestling: Dean Hinkey and Brayden Liberio.
MVP: Jacob Lightner
Most Improved Wrestler: Dean Hinkey
Jayvee Girls Basketball: Kacy Bunting, Bryce Kelso and Reagan Shibata.
MVP: Kacy Bunting
Jayvee Boys Basketball: Kieran McCarthy.
MVP: Trey Bushling
Girls Wrestling: Samantha Bartlett.
MVP: Leah Villa
Most Improved Wrestler: Kaycee Donaldson
Jayvee Cheerleading: Sheridan Muth
Outstanding Jayvee Cheerleader: Sierra Klase

Photo by Donna Harris/Freelance Photographer – The athletes pictured here were selected as the MVP's of each Winter Sports team.




