ELDRED — The Otto-Eldred Sports Boosters held their annual sports banquet Saturday evening to celebrate and award athletes in all sports.
The banquet was held at the Eldred Borough Fire Hall and the guest speaker was former Otto-Eldred art teacher and volleyball coach Mary Gibbs. Camryn Thomas and Dylan Close were awarded Athlete of The Year Award.
Other awards received were as follows: MVP Football (Sawyer Drummond), Football Leadership Award (Jordan Sherwood), Football Most Outstanding Player Offense (Dylan Close), Football Most Improved Offense (Cameron Magee), Football Most Outstanding Player Defense (Chris Connelly), Football Coaches Award (Michael Motyka), Dick Schollard Memorial Captain Awards for football (Sawyer Drummond, Dylan Close, Jordan Sherwood, Chris Connelly), Volleyball MVP (Camryn Thomas), Volleyball Best Defensive Player (Harlee VanScoter), Volleyball Best Offensive Player (Emily Smith, Allison Cousins), Volleyball Coaches Award (Alyssa Shelander), Volleyball Most Improved Player (Rame Hulett), Janet Spencer Memorial Captain Awards (Camryn Thomas, Allison Cousins, Emily Smith), Cross-Country MVP Female (Reagan Austin), Cross-Country MVP Male (Ethan Flexman and Scott Miller), Cross-Country Coaches Award (Owen Flexman), Boys Basketball Grind Award (Dylan Close), Boys Basketball Best Defensive Player (Nick York), Boys Basketball Coaches Award (Jordan Sherwood, Trey Dalton), Boys Basketball MVP (Sawyer Drummond), Girls Basketball Coaches Award (Alyssa Shelander), Girls Basketball Most Improved Player (Jadelyn Spinney), Girls Basketball Randy Stebbins Memorial Award (Allison Cousins), Girls Basketball MVP (Camryn Thomas), Football Cheerleading MVP (Brianna Higgins), Football Cheerleading Most Improved (Kayla Dubetsky), Basketball Cheerleading MVP (Jordan Pillar), Basketball Cheerleading Most Improved (Catherine McQuitty), Girls Softball Top Defensive Player (Britney Greeley), Girls Softball Top Offensive Player (Camryn Thomas), Girls Softball Coaches Award (Alyssa Shelander, Emmalee Sheeler), Girls Softball MVP (Emily Smith), Baseball Top Defensive Player (Sawyer Drummond), Baseball Top Offensive Player (Chase Sebastian), Baseball MVP (Andrew Sheeler), Trap Top Male Shooter (Jacob Bell), Trap Top Female Shooter (Makenzy Glover), Trap Most Improved Shooter (Scott Miller), Trap Coaches Award (Zarek Price), Track Most Improved Boy (Steven Langworthy), Track Most Improved Girl (Shauna Howard), Track Coaches Award (Jordan Sherwood, Reagan Austin) Track MVP (Dylan Close), Track 100 point batons (Dylan Close, Jesse Bennett, Jordan Sherwood, Reilly Raught), Track 400 Career Point Baton (Dylan Close).
Track and Field record holder batons were awarded to Dylan Close for breaking school record in javelin and long jump, and to Jesse Bennett for breaking a school recorded in triple jump. Otto-Eldred Sports Booster scholarships were awarded to Trey Dalton, Sawyer Drummond, Jordan Sherwood and Hailea Regis. In addition, Gage Aldrich and Steven Langworthy had received wrestling awards at the Oswayo Valley banquet for their participation in Oswayo’s wrestling Co-op.
