The Cloverdale Eagle Pride Boosters Club held its annual winter sports banquet at the Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds honoring the high school boys and girls basketball programs. The event was a huge success and gave recognition to not only a large group of athletes that like to shoot the ball around but also a group of students who took the time to excel in the classroom, the scholar-athletes. To become a scholar-athlete the student must carry a minimum 3.5 GPA or higher, a feat that takes a great deal of dedication while participating in high school athletics.
The Boosters Club also started a fun and memorable tradition for winter sports by presenting the seniors with their very own personalized name plates taken down from the roster board held in the gymnasium. Thanks to many sponsors and the commitment from the CHS administration the Boosters Club purchased a very nice players roster board that shows the name and jersey number of each player on the JV and varsity boys and girls basketball teams as well as the current coaching staff for each team. Each year during the winter sports banquet the seniors will be presented with the name plate as a thank you for their commitment and dedication to the Eagles basketball program.
During the banquet, coaches address those in attendance with an introduction of their team, inspirational or comedic stories of happenings during the season and end with a presentation of their team awards. This year’s event honored the following athletes:
JV girls basketball players: Julie Edwards, Lane Hughes, Marina Lopez, Mikayla Crosby, Mikaela Nicholls, Heather Sterling, Ella Black, Neidi Calvillo, Maci Hernandez and Morgan Sceales. Individual awards were presented by coach Mac Butler to MVP Heather Sterling, Coaches Award Julie Edwards and Most Improved Player Mikaela Nicholls.
JV boys nasketball players: Mario Lopez, Quincey Hayes, Keller Sibert, Chuche Maciel, Spencer Hoover, Shayne Turner, Tyler Ruys, Sebastian Valencia, Adrian Gutierrez, Juan Flores and Paden Collard. Individual awards were presented by coaches Julie Lawson, Trevor Andersen and Jason Hibbeln to MVP Shayne Turner, Coaches Award Keller Sibert and Most Improved Player Payden Collard.
Varsity girls basketball players: Kayli Persons, Katie Edwards, Camryn Figueroa, Jaedyn Jenkins, Ruby Stone, Paloma Santos, Shaye Stewart and Tehya Bird. Individual awards were presented by coaches Rick Berry and Maribeth Kelly to NCL-1 All-League 1st Team Camryn Figueroa, NCL-1 All-League 2nd Team Tehya Bird and NCL-1 All-League Honorable Mention Jaedyn Jenkins.
Varsity boys basketball players: BJ Grady, Eli Arreola, Gage Hoover, Christian Chavez, Luke Pope, Riley Doyle, Juan Martinez, Ross Sceales, Emmett Lawson, Marcos Jimenez, Mel Alonso, Alex Segobiano, Jayson McMillan and Jordan Persons. Individual awards were presented by coaches Steve Bernardi and Tony Martinez to MVP Jayson McMillan, Captains Award Luke Pope and Most Improved Player Gage Hoover.
The Boosters Club would like to thank the Cloverdale Citrus Fair and Bonnie Wlodarczyk for the use of their facilities, Full of Flavor Catering owners Chad and Misty Wlodarczyk for the wonderful food, Rod Persons for doing the emceeing for the evening and the following Booster board members for their continued support and dedication to the student athletes in the Cloverdale Unified School District: Gordon Hoover, Misty Wlodarczyk, Sheila Kostoff, Erin Delfino, Julie Axell, Miriam Jimenez, Missy Lemley and Rod Persons.
The next banquet will be the CHS spring sports banquet, which will be held May 22 at the Cloverdale Citrus Fair.
For more information about the Eagle Pride Boosters Club, look on Facebook or visit www.cloverdaleboosters.com.
