Fueling Excellence

Tuesday, May 19, 2026: Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour softball's Amy Field is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Amy helped the Schuyler Storm win two key playoff games. She first went 4-4 with 2 doubles, an RBI and 3 runs in a 8-5 win over Thomas A. Edison in the division tiebreaker game, then drove in the go-ahead runs in a 7-6 win over Lansing in the IAC Large School Championship. She also made key defensive plays and strong baserunning in both games.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026: Lansing golf's Hailey Baughan is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week. Hailey led the Bobcats to two wins. She first shot a team-best 39 in a win over Corning and Elmira Notre Dame at RaNic Golf Club, then shot a 42 to earn match medalist honors in a win over Elmira Notre Dame and Spencer Van Etten at Mark Twain Golf Course.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026: Spencer-Van Etten golf's AJ Shoemaker is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. AJ led the Panthers to a pair of close wins. He first shot a 41 (2 over par) to earn match medalist honors in a 188-189 win over Candor at Catatonk Creek Golf Club, then shot a joint-team-high 49 in a 200-204 win over Odessa-Montour at The Club at Shepard Hills.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: Union Springs softball's Gracie Chalupnicki is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Gracie helped the Wolves win four games last week. She threw a no-hitter with 9 strikeouts and scored 3 runs in a 12-0 win over Moravia, went 5-5 and drove in 8 runs in a 17-2 win over Skaneateles, allowed 1 earned run and struck out 9 while scoring 3 runs in a key 7-4 win over Southern Cayuga, and went 1-2 with an RBI and 2 runs in a 12-0 win over Marathon.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026: Trumansburg track and field's Dafydd Williams is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Dafydd won four events to help the Blue Raiders capture the team title at the annual Legends of the Night meet at Odessa-Montour. He won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, the long jump, and was the anchor of the 4x100-meter relay.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026: Spencer-Van Etten golf's Lauren Gillette is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Lauren earned match medalist honors against Candor after shooting a 52 at Shepard Hills Golf Course. She also placed second with a score of 44 against Corning and Odessa-Montour at Hillendale Golf Course.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026: Moravia baseball's Dillon Palmer is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Dillon excelled at the plate and on the mound across a pair of wins over Groton. In the first game, he threw a complete game 1-hitter with 13 strikeouts and went 2-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs in a 10-0 win, then drove in 2 runs in a 11-0 win.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026: Dryden track and field's Reagan Burnham is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Reagan won the 3,000-meter run and placed second in the 1,500-meter run at the Square Deal Invite in Johnson City. She also won both events in a tri-meet win over Marathon and Moravia.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026: Lansing tennis' Tolunay Ayar is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Tolunay won two singles matches across a pair of season-opening victories. He first defeated Jocelyn Marcell 6-0, 6-0 in a 5-0 win over Moravia, then beat Andre Wixson 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 in a 3-2 win over Watkins Glen.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026: Dryden boys lacrosse's Gray Haines is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Gray went 12-14 at the faceoff X and had 9 ground balls in a 11-6 win over Windsor, then went 16-21 at the X with 12 ground balls and 3 assists in a 14-8 win over Waterloo.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026: Schuyler Storm softball's Paige Ells is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Paige threw a perfect game with 9 strikeouts and went 4-4 at the plate and drove in 6 runs in a 14-0 win over Whitney Point, then had 1 hit and 3 walks in 15-0 win over Trumansburg, then threw a complete game shutout with 2 hits allowed and 12 strikeouts in a 5-0 win over Palmyra-Macedon.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026: Odessa-Montour track and field's Max Sgrecci is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Max won three events at a home IAC meet against 4 other schools. He won the 400-meter hurdles, the high jump, and was part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026: Southern Cayuga softball's Ava Harvatine is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Ava surpassed 500 career strikeouts in a season-opening 27-1 win over Groton. She threw a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts, three walks and one unearned run.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026: Ithaca girls lacrosse's Natalie Wagenet is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Natalie recorded seven points across two season-opening wins. She tallied one goal and three assists in a 15-1 win over Windsor, then had a hat trick of assists in a 7-5 win over Horseheads.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026: Newfield track and field's LeMari Spears is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. LeMari won two events at a season-opening meet at Moravia. He won the long jump with a leap of 18 feet 4 inches and won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 8 inches.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026: Candor bowling's Calli Marsh is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Calli finished in 11th place in the girls Division 2 individual tournament at the state championships, bowling an 1122 series.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026: Ithaca swimming and diving's Koen Anderson is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Koen competed at two events at the state championships, finishing in 6th place in the 500 free and 11th place in the 200 free, PR'ing in both events.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026: Newfield track and field's Maddie White is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Maddie won the state and federation titles in the 1,500-meter race walk with a time of 6:53.11, the second-fastest time in the nation. The junior bested her PR by 20 seconds and beat the runner-up by 22 seconds.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026: Groton wrestling's Carmen Bishop is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Carmen finished as the state-runner up in the 132 weight class, recording two tech falls (10-0 and 11-1) and an 11-9 decision in the semifinal before falling to the top seed in the final.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026: Schuyler Storm wrestling's Lucas Hoffman is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Lucas finished as the state runner-up in the 118 weight class, recording two pins and a tech fall before falling to the top seed 9-8 the final.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026: Union Springs basketball's Rocco Testa is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Rocco scored a game-high 23 points in a 61-53 win over Moravia in the IAC North Small Division tiebreaker, then scored 22 points - including his 1,000th career point - in a 71-60 win over Candor in the IAC Small School Championship. It's the first division title for US since 2018 and the first IAC title since 2008.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026: Watkins Glen basketball's Olivia King is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Olivia recorded a game-high 16 points and 16 rebounds in a 54-25 win over Lansing in the IAC Large School Championship to help the Lake Hawks repeat as IAC champions. She also recorded six points and a team-high 10 rebounds in a 31-28 win over Newark Valley in the IAC South Large Division tiebreaker:

Tuesday, February 17, 2026: Newark Valley wrestling's Hadley Merrill is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Hadley won the 94 weight class title at the Section IV Wrestling Championships. The eighth grader took down her first two opponents via tech fall before upsetting the top seed in the final with a pin in 3:55.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026: Schuyler Storm swimming's Vincent Ocasio is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Vincent won four events at the Section IV Class C Swimming Championships (50 free, 100 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay) and helped the Schuyler Storm win its second straight sectional title.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026: Newfield track and field's Maddie White is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Maddie won the Section IV C/D title in the 1,500-meter racewalk with a time of 7:16.33 seconds, beating the runner-up by 16 seconds.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026: Groton track and field's Ross Bush is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Ross won the Section IV Class C/D title in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:23.86 seconds. He also finished runner-up in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:42.32.

Tuesday, February 3, 2026: Candor basketball's Megan Williamson is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Megan recorded a double-double of 27 points and 10 steals in a 60-44 win over Tioga, then scored a career-high 28 points in a 52-48 win over Newfield.

Tuesday, February 8, 2026: Newark Valley basketball's Cooper Davis is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Cooper led the Cardinals as their top scorer to a trio of wins. He first scored 11 points in a 61-43 win over Dryden, recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds in a 57-53 win over Sidney, and scored 17 points in a 46-41 win over Whitney Point.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026: Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour wrestling's Patrick Croft is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Patrick won the 215 weight class title at the IAC Championships, pinning all 3 of his opponents. He helped the team finish in third place overall.

Tuesday, January 27, 2026: Spencer-Van Etten/Candor wrestling's Taylor Zufall is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Taylor won the 114 weight class title at the IAC Championships with 2 pins and a tech fall.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026: Union Springs basketball's Maddy Kalet is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Maddy surpassed 1,000 career points in a 66-28 win over Newfield by scoring 14 points. Earlier in the week, she scored 17 points in a 52-19 win over Groton.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026: Moravia basketball's Zach Szachta is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Zach scored a game-high 22 points (including 11 4th-quarter points) in a 56-53 win at Candor. Earlier in the week, he scored 13 points in a 78-44 win vs. Harpursville and nine points in a 94-36 win vs. Southern Cayuga.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026: Marathon wrestling's Brendan Gumauer is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Brendan won the 150 weight class title at the Dan Wickham Classic with 3 pins and 1 tech fall. He also had a pin in a dual meet against Moravia.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026: Candor bowling's Calli Marsh is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Calli bowled a match-high 521 series and a team-high 198 game in a 3-1 win over Newark Valley, then bowled a match-high 509 series and a match-high 193 game in a 4-0 sweep of Watkins Glen.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026: Ithaca swimming's Koen Anderson is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Koen won two events at the Invitational in the Glen and helped the Little finish in fifth place. He won the 200 free with a time of 1:47.22 and the 500 free with a state-qualifying time of 4:51.62.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026: Newark Valley basketball's Kam Short is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Kam recorded a triple-double of 13 points, 11 rebounds and 11 blocks in a 40-33 win over Whitney Point. Earlier in the week, she helped the Cardinals win the Marathon Miss Hustle Holiday Tournament, first recording 10 points, six rebounds and four blocks in a 51-23 win over Deposit-Hancock, then recorded 23 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three blocks in a 57-22 win over Dryden.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025: Watkins Glen basketball's Rachel Vickio is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Rachel was named Tournament MVP at the annual Melissa B. Wilson Basketball Tournament. She scored 12 points in a 49-34 win over Marcus Whitman, then followed it up with eight points in a thrilling 37-34 championship victory against Palmyra-Macedon, hitting the go-ahead three-pointer with :38 to play.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025: Lansing bowling's Tyler Paige is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Tyler rolled a match-high 601 series, highlighted by a match-best 227, as Lansing swept Watkins Glen 4-0. The performance helped the Bobcats improve their overall record to 19-1.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025: Watkins Glen basketball's Jude Santos is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Jude was named Tournament MVP of the Watkins Glen Holiday Tournament. He first scored a game-high 21 points in a 68-37 win over South Seneca, then scored a team-high 16 points in a 62-38 win over Marcus Whitman to help the Lake Hawks win the tournament. He also won the 3-point contest.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025: Newark Valley wrestling's Titus Callahan is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Titus won the 190 weight class title at the Dave Buck Memorial Tournament, recording four pins and a tech fall en route to victory and helped the team finish in fourth place. He also had a pin in the Cardinals' 78-6 dual meet win over Trumansburg.

Tuesday, December 16, 2025: Ithaca wrestling's Rayna Coller is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Rayna won the 126 weight class title at the Union-Endicott Girls Tradesman Tournament, recording 2 pins and 3 tech falls and helped the team finish in 10th place. She also had a pin in the Little Red's 40-25 dual meet loss to Elmira.

Tuesday, December 9, 2025: Odessa-Montour basketball's Leah Antes is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Leah recorded a triple-double of 33 points (career-high), 11 rebounds and 12 steals and added 5 assists in a 51-43 win over Romulus, then scored a team-high 23 points and 8 rebounds in a 52-38 loss to Elmira-Notre Dame.

Tuesday, December 9, 2025: Union Springs basketball's Nevin Brown is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Nevin scored 21 points in a 79-56 win over Watkins Glen, then recorded a double-double of 17 points and 13 rebounds and added 5 steals and 4 assists in a 86-51 win over Thomas A. Edison to help the Wolves win the Lansing Tip-Off Tournament.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025: Newark Valley bowling's Rachel Hartman is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Bowled a match-high 533 series in a season-opening 4-0 win over Union Springs/Port Byron.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025: Lansing bowling's Nicco Binns is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Nicco bowled a match-high 559 series in a season-opening 3-1 win over Odessa-Montour.

Tuesday, November 25, 2025: Ithaca cross country's Zoli Nadasdy is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athelte of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Zoli finished in 40th place at the NYS Federation Championships with a time of 16:44.0, earning All-Federation honors and also helping the Little finish in 19th place as a team.

Tuesday, November 25, 2025: Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour swimming's Makenzie Fish is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Makenzie competed in two events at the state championships, finishing in 22nd place in the 100 backstroke with a personal-best time of 59.71 seconds and finishing in 35th place in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:17.59.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025: Ithaca cross country's Tsadia Bercuvitz is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Tsadia finished in second place in the Class A Girls race at the NYSPHSAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:25.2 and helped the team finish in fifth place.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025: Lansing cross country's Trent Thibault is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Centralus Health. Trent won the Class C state championship with a time of 15:28.2.

Tuesday, November 11, 2025: Lansing volleyball's Jordan Brinkley is ESPN Ithaca's Fueling Excellence High School Athlete of the Week, presented by Cayuga Health. Jordan recorded a game-high 36 kills in a 3-2 win over Tioga in the Section IV Class C championship, helping the Bobcats claim their fourth sectional title in the last five years.