Valley Sports ReportTHE VALLEY — Athens senior Eli Hicks earned a state medal, while Athens freshman Lilah Carlson had a top-20 finish in her first trip to States, and Sayre senior Reghan McGaughey had two very good matches. They are the VSR / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Oct. 24.
ATHENS' HICKS NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION BOYS 'ATHLETE OF THE WEEK'
Hicks earned a seventh-place medal at the PIAA, Class AA Championships with a two-day total of 148.
Hicks fired a 79 on Day 1 and was in 29th place. He followed that up with a 1-under par 71 on Day 2 and moved 22 spot up the leaderboard.
Honorable Mentions: Waverly's Bryce Laforest (football), Sayre's Hudson Malanoski (football), Waverly's Hayden Roskow (soccer), Athens' Brendan Cooke (football), Athens' Brady Flynn (football), Waverly's Chase Wheeler (football), Tioga's Caden Bradley (football), Tioga's James Howey (football), Sayre's Quin Chandler (football), and Waverly's Chase Hine (cross country).
ATHENS' CARLSON, SAYRE'S McGAUGHEY NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION GIRLS 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK'
Carlson shot a two-day total of 173 (87-86) to finish in the PIAA Class AA Girls Golf Championships.
On Wednesday, Carlson shot an 80 to help Athens to an eighth-place finish in the PIAA Team Championships.
McGaughey led Sayre with 13 digs, 21 kills, one block, and five service aces in a five-set loss to Williamson on Tuesday.
She had 10 kills, eight digs, and two assists in a sweep of Sugar Valley Rural Charter School Saturday.
Honorable Mentions: Athens' Delanie Patton (soccer), Waverly's Meeya Wheeler (volleyball), Sayre's Yhale Doon (volleyball), Tioga's Irie Lynch (volleyball), Athens' Annika Lezak (soccer), Athens' Kayla Forbes (volleyball), Athens' Meg Wiles (volleyball), Waverly's Audrey Kellogg (swimming), Waverly Brynna Twedt (swimming), and Waverly's Arielle Allison (swimming),
