Rockets hand out special awards to athletes who left their mark

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Titusviile High School held a ceremony last week to hand out  the exceptional student athlete awards. Coaches were given the opportunity to tell those in attendance the highlights of their program and why they chose the athletes for these prestigious awards.
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The following awards were given:

• William Brady Football Backfield Award - Jaxon Covell
• Lee Coates Football Lineman Award - Cameron Kerr
• Buckley Crabb Leadership Award - JJ Miller and Kameron Mong
• William Blood Coaches Award - Ian McDonald
• Dale Marley Boys’ Cross Country Award - Andrew Bryan
• Girls’ Cross Country Award - Madeline Johnson
• Ray McNierney Golf Award - Wyatt Obert
• Boys’ Soccer Award - Joe Herman
• Girls’ Soccer Award - Graci Sampson
• Girls’ Volleyball Award - Chloe Miller
• Gilbert Parke Girls’ Basketball Award - Norah Blakeslee
• Walter Thompson Boys’ Basketball Award - Cameron Kerr
• Joe Dunkerley Boys’ Swimming Award - Joe Herman
• Jay Martin Girls’ Swimming Award - Olivia Mucha
• Herald Wrestling Award - Parker Miller
• W. Arthur Brady Baseball Award - Kameron Mong
• Marshall A. Fisher Tennis Award - Jax Warner
• Dr. C.C. Edwards Boys’ Track Award - Aaron Burrows
• William C. Hettrick Boys’ Field Award - Lane Ongley
• Larry Kirkwood Boys’ Track & Field Leadership - JJ Miller
• Cecil R. Harrison, Jr. Girls’ Track Award - Madeline Johnson
• Gloria Carozza Girls’ Field Award - Ariel Adams
• Girls’ Most Improved Athlete Award - Madeline Johnson
• David Bush Boys’ Most Improved Athlete Award - Joe Herman
• Phyllis J. Zurovchak Girls’ Sportsmanship Award - Anna Mehlenbacher
• E. A. Peterson Boys’ Sportsmanship Award - Kameron Mong
• John W. Heisman Football Award - Jaxon Covell
• Resilience Award - Abigail Colie​

The school also recognized the new school records set in this past year.

Joe Herman broke three of his own records more than once this year. His new marks are:

• 100 Yard Butterfly at 51.03. 
• 100 Meter Butterfly at 56.84.
• 200 Meter Freestyle at 1:58.74. 

 Herman also set a new mark in the 50 Meter Freestyle with a  24.38 swim that topped a record held by current major league baseball player, JJ Bleday.

Olivia Mucha etched her name all over the record board with two individual records and she is also a part of two relay records with her teammates, Lauren Ongley, Mary Herman and Anna Mehlenbacher. 
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Mucha's individual records are:

• 100 Yard Backstroke at 1:01.77.

• 100 Meter Backstroke at 1:08.47.

The relay records are:

• 200 Yard Medley Relay at 1:54.86. 

• 200 Meter Medley Relay at 2:07.87.

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In track Ariel Adams topped the mark previously held by Carli Culver in the long jump with a leap of 17’1.


And Jaxon Covell rewrote the rushing record book for the Rockets with 3,904 total career yards, 1697 yards for a single season and he has 47 career rushing touchdowns.

They also recognized all the district and regional awardees and their state medalist.

Certificates, medals and gifts were given to the multi-year, multi-sport letter winners at the end of the program. The cafeteria at the school was standing room only for the ceremony.

Three seniors lettered in three sports every year they were in high school: Joe Herman, Anna Mehlenbacher and Kameron Mong.

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