HILLSDALE COUNTY — This spring sports season, readers will be able to vote for their favorite athlete of the week. With early spring sports events in the books, it’s time to announce the nominees for the first HD Mechanical Heating, Cooling and Plumbing Supply House Athlete of the Week of the spring sports season.
Readers can vote as many times as they want through Wednesday, April 9. In addition, we will make our own choice for who we think was the Week 1 Athlete of the Week. Readers can view our pick below. Coaches can submit nominations by Sunday morning each week in order to have an eligible honoree.
Schools may have more than one nominee for different sports. Up to 10 athletes may be nominated each week. Polls will be monitored for foreign IP addresses. Athletes can be added to the voting poll up to one day after it opens. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. Schools that win two polls in a row will not be eligible for the next poll but will be eligible for our honoree pick.
Nominees
Dawson Scharer – Hillsdale Academy – Boys Track and Field
The junior hurdler brought home his first two wins of the spring sports season at the Jack Beilfuss Invitational. The junior won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.85 seconds. He also won the 300 hurdles with a time of 40.82.
Effie Heckel – Hillsdale – Girls Track and Field
The freshman sprinter had an impressive debut for the Hillsdale varsity girls track team at the Jack Beilfuss Invitational. In front of a home crowd at Baumgarten Stadium, Heckel took first in the 200-meter sprint event with a time of 28.01 seconds. The freshman also helped the girls 4x200-meter relay team take first overall with a time of 1:53.64. Other relay members include fellow freshman Emily York, sophomore Kiely Kroa and senior anchor runner Megan Kast. Heckel also helped the 4x100 relay team take second overall with a time of 54.97.
Leah Headley – Reading Softball
The sophomore pitcher made an impressive debut helping the Reading varsity softball team defeat Pittsford 10-0 on opening day for their season. Headley pitched five innings, giving up just one hit and striking out 11 total batters. The sophomore also added two runs to the team’s tally.
Heidi Gawronski – Camden-Frontier Softball
The sophomore helped the RedHawks varsity softball team win its opening doubleheader against league rival Waldron. The team won scores of 14-3 and 6-4. Game one’s margin of victory was thanks in large part to Gawronski’s season debut on the mound. Gawronski pitched a four-inning no-hitter. Gawrosnki would only give up two earned runs from walks but struck out seven batters. In game one, ...
