• Section VI Scholar Athlete State Champions:
    2007 - 2008

     
    Fall Champions
     
    Southwestern Football Team - State Champion with a team GPA of 95.333
    Congratulations to the members of the Southwestern High School football team, winners of their first NYSPHSAA Team Scholar Athlete State Championship for the Fall 2007 sports season. A team of 21 varsity members placed first out of 221 teams in the state with a combined average of 95.333.  This is the 2nd Scholar Athlete State Championship that Southwestern High School has received. (1st being the Boys Golf team in Spring of 2007.  This is the 1st for their Football team.

    southwestern football team

    Name
    Grade
    Average
    Sleggs, Will 
    10
    97.5
    Lata, Andy
    11
    95.5
    Sopak, Zack
    11
    99
    Wright, Travis
    12
    95.5
    Sanfilippo, Brandon
    12
    92.75
    Skinner, Greg
    12
    94
    Ferraro, Matt
    12
    95.5
    McCandless, Zack
    12
    94.33
    Bursch, Levi
    10
    95.33
    LaMantia, David
    11
    95.83
    Schutte, Trevor
    10
    93.25
    Volpe, John
    11
    95.5

     

    Spring Champions
     
    Section VI is pleased to congratulate the teams that achieved the State Scholar/Athlete Championship for Spring Sports!  
    • Medina Boys Tennis Team - State Champion with a team GPA of 98.539
    • Southwestern Boys Golf Team - State Champion with a team GPA of 97.24
     
    Schools of Distinction
     
    NYSPHSAA announced that of the seventeen schools in New York State that achieved the status of Scholar-Athlete “School of Distinction” for 2007-08, five were schools in Section VI:
     
    District

    Number of Teams

    Years Received

    Clarence

    30 teams

    4th

    Grand Island

    25 teams

    1st

    Iroquois

    27 teams

    2nd

    Williamsville East

    28 teams

    4th

    Williamsville North

    28 teams

    4th
     

    These schools achieved the “School of Distinction” status by having 100% of their interscholastic varsity sports teams earn above a 90.0% grade point average.

     

    The districts were honored and presented with the award at the Section VI Athletic Council meeting, Wed. Sept. 17 at the Erie 1 BOCES Education Campus in West Seneca.

     

    The “School of Distinction” award, in its sixth year of existence, is the highest award handed out in the Scholar-Athlete program. The purpose of the “School of Distinction” award is to unite varsity coaches in challenging their teams to achieve a statewide honor in addition to the already established Scholar-Athlete Team Award program was initiated in 1991-1992 school year. Of the 45 schools that have won the award since its inception in 2002-03, 14 were Section VI schools.

     
     
                             Clarence:
     
    Clarence
     

    Clarence: left to right

        Athletic Director: Greg Kaszubski

        Student: Kim Dunbar 

        Principal: Joseph Gentile,

        Student: Mike Plis,

        Superintendent: Dr. Thomas Coseo,

                           

     
     
     
     
     
                          Grand Island:
     
    Grand Island 

    Grand Island:   left to right

       Superintendent: Robert Christmann, 

       Principal: Sandy Anzalone,

       Athletic Director: Jon Roth,

       Student: Joe Oliverio,

       Student: Kelsay Mash

       Principal: Chris Swiatek
               

        

       

     
     
                            Iroquois:
     
    Iroquois
     

    Iroquois: left to right

       Athletic Director: Andrew Jacobs,

       Student: Danielle Braun,

       Student: Aaron Huber,

       Principal: Dennis Kenney,

       Superintendent: Neil Rochelle   

     
     
     
     
     
                Williamsville East:
     
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    Williamsville East:  left to right

       Principal Will East: Neal Miller, 

       Student: Taylor Kluhn,    

       Athletic Director Will East: Chris Mucica,  

       Student: Kevin Casting,

       Superintendent: Dr.  Howard Smith,

       District Athletic Director: Dr. James Rusin,

              

                   

     
     
     
           Williamsville North:
     
    WillNorth
     
    Williamsville North left to right

       District Athletic Director: Dr. James Rusin,

       Student: Kaitlin Kubala,

       Athletic Director: Steve Ferenczy,  

       Student: Marc Kadish,  

       Superintendent: Dr. Howard Smith,

       Principal Will North:   Petrina Neureuter    

     
     
     
     
     
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