GAHS Fall Sports Awards event

• Jottings

  Troesters top scholars; Gravely Golden Helmet Award winner
  
  Allison, Maher, Saunders, Atkins, Amos and Daniels earn GAHS MVP honors
  
  With 600 Blue Devil and Blue Angel fans looking on in the comfort of the new Gallia Academy High School auditorium, Gallia Academy’s fall athletes were honored for their efforts during the 2009 golf, volleyball, cross country, soccer, football and cheerleader programs.
  
  More than 100 athletes not only received individual awards, they also received All-Southeastern Ohio League, All-SEOAL Academic, sectional, district, regional and state awards during the two-hour session.
  
  Top honors were presented to the following:
  
  Girls Fall Sports Scholastic Award—Allie Troester.
  
  Boys Fall Sports Scholastic Award—John Troester.
  
  Most Valuable Volleyball Player—Morgan Daniels.
  
  Most Valuable Cross Country Boys Runner—Seth Amos.
  
  Most Valuable Cross Country Girls Runner—Peyton Atkins.
  
  Most Valuable Golfer—Nick Saunders.
  
  Most Valuable Soccer Player—Zeke Maher.
  
  Golden Helmet Scholarship Award—Jared Gravely.
  
  Most Valuable Football Player—Nate Allison.
  
  Principal Bruce Wilson, who served as master of ceremonies, said the Troester brother-sister scholarship winners is believed to be a first since this award was started several years ago.
  
  Also, for the first time since the Most Valuable Player football award began in 1944, it was sponsored by a new organization, the Pine Street Storage of Gallipolis. It began as the Dixon-Beckett Best Blocking and Tackling Award in 1944, and was sponsored numerous years by City Ice and fuel Co., with Joe Drummond, a 1949 GAHS graduate, making the presentation.
  
  It is also believed that when Zeke Maher won the MVP soccer award. he became the fourth Maher in four years to win that honor
  
  Award sponsors and presenters included Gallipolis City Schools Academic Boosters Club, Lori Young, president; National Honor Society, Jeremy Ward, president;GAHS Athletic Department, Bill Wamsley, athletic Director; Wiseman Real Estate and Wiseman Insurance, by Tom Wiseman; Senior High School Student Council, Amy Noe, president; GAHS Principal’s Fund, Tim Massie, assistant principal; Infocision Management Coporation, Matt Feltrup and the MVP Football Player award presented by Principal Wilson.
  
  Cheerleaders were introduced by Rhonda Neal and Christy Randles.
  
  Introducing members of their respective teams were Amy Shriver, of the 2009 SEOAL volley ball champions; Corey Luce, golf; Mr. Simmons, soccer, filling in for Mike Dyer; Todd May, cross country, Alex Penrod, freshman grid coach and Mike Eddy, football.
• les_diables_bleus

  I always get choked up at these occasions when our kids, families, and coaches are honored for their efforts in athletic competition. It was the first time I can remember the principal taking time in the program to recognize the efforts of our student cheer section; AKA The Dirty Devils, and the truth be told, they have a reputation forged by the way other schools have noticed the loud, rowdy way they support their classmates without being rude or obnoxious. I havent been to many games this fall, but I have heard many outstanding reports from my friends at other schools.
  
  The first awards recognition held in the new HS auditorium and the pride felt by those in attendance was unmistakable.
  
  So many of our student athletes not only received letters/medals/plaques/trophies, etc but were also recognized for being academic All-SEOAL, district, and even state. A lot of families are doing a lot of things right when it comes to raising and supporting their kids, and they have every right to be proud of them.
• les_diables_bleus

  I got a particular kick out of freshman FB coach Alex Penrod who commented on his team's 5-2 season with only 14 players on the roster.
  
  He remarked that there were some pluses to having a small roster; among them it didnt take long to hand out or collect uniforms and equipment, and during games he didnt have to count how many kids were on the field. He only had to see if there were three on the bench with him to know if everything was OK!
  
  And he couldnt leave without mentioning if the kids learned nothing else this year, they learned about the double pass!
• dont_belong

  

  Jottings...Good to see you over here. I followed alot of the SEOAL threads from SCOL land.