Good Morning and Portville Panthers!
TODAY is Thursday, May 25th, 2023
It is a “ B “ Day
Reminder there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow and Monday.
Last night another quality performance was turned in by the Portville Panthers Modified Track Teams. Congratulations to the following top performers: Zionea Johnson, Alana Everitt, Ana Haynes, Sophia Milligan, Kaylin Elliott and Peyton Rogers. For the boys, Thomas Mackey, Keegan Williams, Gunner Bigley and Josh Perkins.
Attention seniors- a message regarding the results for ecology camp counselors will be sent out today, so please check your school email.
Any girls in grades 7-11 that are interested in participating in Football cheer, please sign up by Mrs. Colligan's office.
Last evening both the girls and boys track and field teams fell to franklinville/ellicottville last evening. Top finishers included: Aryanna Hatch, Jenna Wyant, Airiana Whittaker, Samantha Bray, Ava Haynes, Julia Wyant, Emma Rhinehart, Alana Petersen, Olivia Dean, Darren Spring, Michael Fahnestock, Simon Szymanski, Riley Horsley, Brady German, Daniel Vanbuskirk, Paul Vos, Bryan Randolph, and Ben Isaman. Athletes will travel this Friday to Randolph for the class D meet.
Thank you to all the senior athletes we celebrated last evening for your continued support to the program!
The Portville Lady Panthers season was brought to a close last night at the hands of the Chautauqua-Lake Thunderbirds 7 to 3 in the Section VI Class C Semifinals. PCS stuck first in the bottom of the first inning by way of a Teagan Kosinski single who was sac bunted in by Mattison Foster. Portville led 1-0 until Chautauqua-Lake answered back scoring a run in the bottom of the second to knot the score at 1-1. The T-Birds had a big inning scoring 5 runs in the top of the 4th and the Panthers answered back scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the frame. Foster would reach base and be drove in by Mattison Ford, and then a Bella Morales triple would score Ford making the score 6-3. Chat-Lake tacked on an insurance run in the 7th and unfortunately the lady panthers would get no closer. Portville fought hard the entire game including pitcher Alisha Dickerson who tossed 8 strikeouts, 2 walks, and scattered 9 hits for PCS. Portville Closes the season 14-5 overall, and 12-0 in league. Portville Softball would like to thank all the players (especially seniors Kelsey Bradford, Sam Steadman, Teagan Kosinski, Myha Wilson, & Alisha Dickerson) for their time and and dedication to the program. Special thank you to all of our fans, athletic trainer Matt Gnan, score keepers Inga Welty & Kara Kosinski, athletic director Beth Colligan, and assistant coaches Paige Senear, Cam Lott, and Jason Luther for your support all season long. As always GO PANTHERS!!
Special Announcement from the Athletic Department
AOM of the Spring Season:
We will announce the first 2 sports out of 4 today, and then finish the other 2 sports on Tuesday.
First we have Track:
Ava Haynes, a junior, has been an instrumental athlete on the track and in the field throughout the track season. She started off her season strong with a height of 5’ 8” in our first meet and has hit that height during many other meets. During the Super 8 Meet of Champions she placed 2nd overall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:32.27 and is a part of the 3200 meter relay team that has a best time of 11:05.5. All her performances in the three events have qualified her for provisional times and heights for the state qualifying meet.
Jenna Wyant, a junior, has been a strong competitor on the track this season. She recently broke the school record again in the 400 meter dash with a time of 58.94 seconds at the CCAA meet. She is also a part of the 400 meter relay team and 1600 meter relay team that have both consistently placed in top 4 during the larger meets. She has qualified in provisional times for both relays and 100 meter dash and has an automatic qualifying time for the 400 meter dash.
Julia Wyant, a junior, has also been a strong competitor on the track this season. During the Super 8 Meet of Champions she was a part of the 400 meter relay team with a PR time of 52.03 seconds placing 3rd. She also placed 2nd in the 200 meter dash at the CCAA track meet. Also at the CCAA meet she was a part of the 1600 meter relay team placing 1st. She met provisional standard times in all three of her events.
Aryanna Hatch has been in the top at the larger track meets with the high competitors and has also at times stepped up to cover other people’s roles when needed. During the latest CCAA track meet she placed 2nd in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:09.94, having to go down to the thousandths of a second for the results. She also placed 5th in the 100 hurdles and was a part of the winning 1600 meter relay team. She has hit provisional times for all three of her events.
Bryan Randolph, a senior, has also been a significant athlete both on the track and in the field. He is a part of the 1600 meter relay team that placed 3rd and PR’ed at the Super 8 Meet of Champions with a time of 3:36.72 as well as placed 3rd in high jump with a height of 5-10. He also began shot put this season and made top 16 in class D.
Brady German, a sophomore, a first year runner, has been successful in the 800 meter run and stepped up many times as an alternate for relays when needed. He has dropped his time down to a PR of 8:08.02
at the CCAA meet and has met the provisional standard time for the state qualifying meet.
Last, but not least, Simon Szymanski. During the Falconer invite meet he PR'd in the 400 meter dash with a 54.64 seconds, which was also a qualifying provisional standard time for the state qualifier meet. During the Super 8 Meet of Champions he was also a part of 1600 meter relay team that Pred and placed 3rd. He will continue his season this weekend at the Class D meet in the 400 meter dash and 1600 meter relay.
Congratulations to Ava, Julia, Jenna, Aryanna, Bryan, Brady and Simon
Next we have Golf:
Andrew Steighner- Andrew has golfed most of the season as our number one or two golfer. He has consistently improved throughout the season. He was chosen to represent Portville at the Sectional Qualifier and just missed the cut by a few strokes. Great job Andrew!
Joe Randolph-Joey was also selected to play at the sectional qualifier. Although, he missed the cut, he bounced back and shot his two lowest rounds of the season right at the end. Nice job Joey!
Garrett Reynolds-Garrett shot his low round of the season at Birch Run in Allegany, which helped us beat Salamanca. Way to go Garrett!
Congratulations to all of these athletes, please come see me today for your t-shirt and certificate.
On Tuesday we will announce softball and baseball.