2014-2015 Amherst Comets Girls Basketball
Amherst Comets Basketball Varsity Basketball Team Head Coach: Kevin Collins Front Row: Audrey Fayer, Gabrielle Basinski, Abby Turnwald, Skyler Klingshirn, Olivia Henderson, Zoe Papay Back Row: Coach Diaz, Kate Iliff, Sydney Roule, Brooke Wallace, Coach Collins, Tory Small, Bailey Lunsford, Jayla Hall, Coach Stevens
Junior Varsity Basketball Team Head Coach: Jessa Diaz Front Row: Breanna Beckett, Kelsey Gonos, Jordan Timko Second Row: Marisa Gillam, Michelle Kissane, Sarah Urbanik, Emily Bobek Back Row: Ashley Hamrick, Karlie Netzel, Coach Diaz, Arriannah Adkins, Elise Jennings
2014-2015 Season Highlights - team building at Common Ground in Oberlin - off the court workouts at Oberlin College and Mercy Rec Center - Brooke Wallace named Morning Journal Player of Week (week of Jan. 26th) - Brooke Wallace named Chronicle Player of Week (week of Jan. 26th) - Sydney Roule named Plain Dealer Player of Week (week of Jan. 19th) - DOUBLE overtime win over Olmsted Falls - 54-36 win over North Olmsted on Senior Night - Hoops for Hope night in which we raised $821 for local Breast Cancer Awareness - All SIX seniors selected to play in Lorain County Senior Game - Finishing the season as one of the Top of the Crop teams for Morning Journal - Finishing the season as one of the next five in teams for Plain Dealer
2014-2015 Junior Varsity Girls Basketball Results 12-10 overall (4-8 conference) Brunswick W 31-25 Midview W 48-14 Lakewood L 15-35 Brecksville L 29-42 North Olmsted W 49-38 Westlake L 20-42 Berea Midpark L 28-37 North Ridgeville W 50-40 Perkins L 34-38 Avon Lake L 28-45 Olmsted Falls W 34-23 Lorain W 51-16 Medina Highland W 27-25 Parma W 50-36 Brecksville W 48-36 Firelands W 34-24 North Olmsted L 29-33 Westlake L 23-42 Berea Midpark L 34-42 Avon Lake L 30-43 Clearview W 46-22 Olmsted Falls W 34-24
2014-2015 Varsity Basketball Results 13-10 overall (6-6 conference) Brunswick L 56-60 Midview W 79-50 Lakewood L 49-57 Brecksville W 57-49 North Olmsted W 60-37 Westlake L 36-44 Berea-Midpark L 57-60 North Ridgeville W 56-34 Perkins W 49-35 Avon Lake L 36-43 Olmsted Falls W 62-53 Lorain W 56-26 Medina Highland L 47-55 Parma W 63-40 Brecksville W 64-58 Firelands W 42-37 North Olmsted W 54-36 Westlake L 39-53 Berea-Midpark L 63-66 (OT) Avon Lake L 44-51 Clearview W 46-22 Olmsted Falls W 64-57 (2 OT) OHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT - Parma District 2/20/14 at Berea-Midpark L 51-65 (Sectional Finals)
2014-2015 Southwestern Conference Standings TEAM CONFERENCE OVERALL Westlake 11-1 17-5 Berea-Midpark 10-2 16-6 Avon Lake 8-4 16-6 Amherst Steele 6-6 13-9 Brecksville 5-7 10-11 North Olmsted 1-11 5-17 Olmsted Falls 1-11 3-19 2014-2015 Lorain County D-1 Standings TEAM OVERALL CONFERENCE Avon 17-6 11-3 (WSC) Elyria 17-7 5-4 (NOC) Avon Lake 16-6 8-4 (SWC) Amherst 13-9 6-6 (SWC) North Ridgeville 7-15 4-10 (WSC) Midview 4-18 2-12 (WSC) Lorain 2-16 1-8 (LEL)
2014-2015 All-Southwestern Conference Teams First-Team Sydney Roule Amherst Steele SO Brooke Wallace Amherst Steele SR Ali Balthaser Avon Lake SR Zoranne Host Berea-Midpark JR Savana Jankowski Berea-Midpark SR **Monica Fury Westlake JR Allison Collins Westlake SR (**Most Valuable Player) Second-Team Sarah Winkel Avon Lake JR Jada Marone Berea-Midpark FR Mary Schentur Brecksville SR Stephanie Labas Brecksville SO Kerri Gasper Olmsted Falls SR Taylor Hood Westlake SO Rebecca Essig Westlake JR Honorable Mention Jayla Hall Amherst Steele SO Kate Iliff Amherst Steele FR Coach of the Year Chip Weiss Westlake
2014-2015 All-Lorain County Teams (Division 1) First-Team Brooke Wallace Amherst SR Sydney Roule Amherest SO Allie Bjorn Avon JR Sarah Sprecher Avon JR Ali Balthaser Avon Lake SR Shayla Middlebrooks Elyria JR **Sybil Roseboro Elyria SR Alyssa Riley North Ridgeville JR (**Player of the Year) Second-Team Jayla Hall Amherst SO Sierra Davidson Avon SR Mackenzie Meckes Avon SO Sarah Hessel Avon Lake SO Sarah Winkel Avon Lake JR Sami Harjar Elyria JR Lindsay Haywood Midview JR Addysen Kerr North Ridgeville SO Honorable Mention Olivia Henderson Amherst SR Kate Iliff Amherst FR Coach of the Year Dave Zvara (Avon Lake) & Brian Arth (Elyria)
2014-2015 Northeast Lakes All-District Teams DIVISION I First Team: Alison Smolinski, North Royalton, 5-10, sr., 15.1; Phoebe Sterba, Rocky River Magnificat, 6-0, jr., 11.5; Nicole Heffington, Mentor, 5-9, Soph, 11.0; Kerri Gasper, Olmsted Falls, 5-11, 15.8; Monica Fury, Westlake, 5-9, jr., 14.3; Dee Bekelia, Solon, 5-7, soph, 15.2; Fredniqua Walker, East Cleve. Shaw, 6-2, sr., 13.8. Player of the year: Alison Smolinsky, North Royalton. Coach of the year: Cullen Harris, Chardon. Second Team: Teagen Ochaya, Mentor, 6-1, fresh., 12.0; Sybil Roseboro, Elyria, 5-5, sr., 15.5; Ali Balthaser, Avon Lake, 5-7, sr., 15.8; Brooke Wallace, Amherst, 6-2, sr., 13.4; Alexus Lesseras, East Cleve. Shaw, 6-4, soph., 13.7; Alyssa Riley, North Ridgeville, 5-8, sr., 16.6. Third Team: Maddy Moyer, Mentor, 5-8, soph., 12.0; Valencia Meyers, Solon, 6-2, fresh., 10.5; Karhin Spear, Chardon, 5-3, sr., 12.0; Sydney Roule, Amherst, 5-10, soph., 17.5; Allie Bjorn, Avon, 5-10, jr., 9.5; Brittany Morrison, Cleve. St. Joseph Acad., 5-10, sr., 14.5. Special Mention Maddy Moyer, Mentor; Lauren Blasinsky, Willoughby South; Sydney Merk, Willoughby South; Ally Lako, Eastlake North; Alexa Pasuale, Mayfield Village Mayfield; Steph Hunter, Chardon; Morgan Tropf, Chardon; Michaela Barnes, Chagrin Falls Kenston; Sarah Spehn, Chagrin Falls Kenston; Arielle DeBase, Lyndhurst Brush; Julie Bruening, Madison; Ashley Duthie, Madison; Kelly Duthie, Madison; Shayla Middlebrooks, Elyria; Stephanie Kemp, North Olmsted; Hayley Hicks, North Olmsted; Jayla Hall, Amherst; Allison Collins, Westlake; Rebecca Essig, Westlake; Nicole Popovich, Rocky River; Carolyn Farling, Rocky River; Sierra Davidson, Avon; Sarah Sprecher, Avon; Mackenzie Meckes, Avon; Taylor Hood, Westlake; Sarah Sprecher, Avon; Sarah Hessel, Avon Lake; Sarah Winkel, Avon Lake; Sami Harjar, Elyria; Lindsay Haywood, Grafton Midview; Addysen Kerr, North Ridgeville; Latrice Legion, Glenville, Kira Abernathy, Glenville; Madison Clouse, Lakewood; Ryann Greenfield, Lakewood; Elise Keshock, Magnificat; Lissy Roggenburk, Rocky River Magnificat; Shawnshirae Brown-Kirby, East Cleve. Shaw; Calasia Cunningham, Euclid; Gabbie White, North Royalton; MacKenzi Mathews, North Royalton; Alexis Stover, Solon; Jordan Bekelja,Solon; Nailah Mitchell, Shaker Hts.; Bree White, Eastlake North; Samantha Pirosko, Eastlake North; Taylor Stevens, Bedford; Alexa Pasquale, Mayfield; Gia DiMassa, Cleve. St. Joseph Acad.; Angel Cannon, Cleve. John Hay
2014-2015 Comets Individual Recognition: MVP Award: Sydney Roule Defensive Player of Year: Olivia Henderson 6th Man Award: Jayla Hall Hustle Award: Gabrielle Basinski Comet Pride Award: Zoe Papay SWC Scholar Athlete: Abby Turnwald (as voted on by their teammates)
Seniors 2015 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much