Alyson Fisher joined an elite class by being earning Illinois High School Association’s all-academic honorable mention.
Fisher was a regular for the girls cross country team in the fall and will be a distance runner for the girls track and field team this spring.
Nominees needed to possess a minimum 3.50 grade-point average on 4.0 scale after their seveth semester, have participated in at least two IHSA sponsored activities during each of the last two years and demonstrated outstanding citizenship.
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“It’s quite an honor for Alyson,” Oswego girls cross country coach Eric Simon said. “Like most cross country runners, Alyson is a great student. It looks like she will also be Oswego's valedictorian this year, something that I know was a goal of her's since her sophomore year.”
The All-State Academic Team members will be honored at a banquet April 18 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bloomington.
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“This is a tremendous honor and I hope every student who was nominated takes a great deal of pride in all that they have accomplished,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “These students are the embodiment of what it means to take advantage of the entire high school experience.”
Oswego’s Harmon all-state
Oswego’s Paige Harmon was named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-state, third team for Class 4A girls basketball.
The junior forward averaged 21.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, shot 80 percent from the free-throw line and eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau in her second varsity season. She also was named to the all-Southwest Prairie Conference team.
Brittney Glende and Arneasa Blair also earned spots on the all-SPC team.
Glende, a senior guard, averaged 11 points per game and led the league with 61 three-pointers. Blair, a junior guard, averaged 9.8 points and 3.8 assists per contest.
Oswego’s Ryan West, Miles Simelton and Elliot McGaughy and Oswego East’s Wesley Brooks made the 11-member, all-SPC team in boys basketball.
West, a 6-foot-3 junior forward, averaged 15.7 points. He also led the team in rebounding (9.5 per game) and field-goal percentage (64.4 percent).
Simelton, a sophomore guard, also averaged 15.7 points per contest. He shot 59 percent from the floor, 80 percent from the free-throw line and averaged 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds a game.
Oswego senior heavyweight Jovan Lee leads the area’s all-SPC wrestling team.
It also included Oswego sophomores Frank Yattoni (112 pounds) and Max Larsen (152).
Oswego East juniors Reuben Reyes (103) and Brandon Rivera (215).
In girls bowling, Oswego featured four all-SPC performers in juniors Courtney Petosky and Tara Wagner and seniors Sam Donzelli and Bre Vergonet. Oswego East’s Allison Hoffman, a senior, also earned a spot on the team.
Not to be outdone, the SPC boys bowling champion Panthers also placed four on the all-league team in junior Mikey Preston, seniors Adam Johnson, and Nate Glatz and sophomore Trenton Saucedo.
Oswego East senior Mike Cherven also earned a spot on the 12-member team.
Spring is here!
Spring is still more than a week away.
However, spring sports will be in full bloom by then at both Oswego and Oswego East high schools.
The badminton season at both schools starts Monday as the Panthers host Oak Park-River Forest at 5 p.m. and the Wolves host Joliet West at 4:30 p.m.
Baseball, boys tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys volleyball, girls soccer and softball will begin later in the month.
