PHS Holds Winter Awards Banquet
by Rhayna Waldner
Pierce High School held their annual winter awards night at the high school gym on Tuesday, March 14. The banquet started off with a meal at 6:30 with awards following. Six clubs and sports awarded their participants for their work during the season.
Cheer went first for the awards. The sponsors for cheer are Krista Hermsmeyer and Sherry Raabe, and they lettered all nine of the cheerleaders. After cheer, the dance sponsor Ashley Wright presented letters to all six dance team members.
After dance concluded their awards, speech coaches Melissa Legate and Thomas Edmisten did their awards. They had 30 letterwinners and also gave awards to the top speaker from each grade. For the freshmen, they awarded Alex McKeown; sophomore was Macie Timm; junior was Abigail White; and senior was Breane Hoffman. The coaches also awarded Katrina Meier for being the top new speaker, and Junior Aguilar was named as the career speaker.
The wrestling team was then presented with their awards by coach Tyler Legate. All 13 wrestlers lettered. Jacob Kerber and Zane Gleason were awarded most improved wrestlers, and Ryder Fuchs and Cody Yawn were awarded as the most outstanding wrestlers.
The basketball awards were featured last for the awards banquet. Girls’ basketball went first, and coaches Amber Engler, Phil Wiedenfeld, and head coach Darren Sindelar lettered 12 of their players this season, with Maggie Brahmer and Carly Sutherland making the All-Conference team and Hailey Race earning honorable mention. For the final awards, boys’ basketball coaches Mike Emory, Tim Waldner, Zach Weber, and Ryan Ohnoutka awarded letters to nine of their athletes, and Walker Raabe and Braydan Waldner were selected for the All-Conference team.
