The Sports ReportHorseheads senior Coleton Owen was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Section IV, Division I championships, and Athens senior Emma Renninger won a District 4 wrestling title as the third seed. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Feb. 15.
HORSEHEADS' OWEN NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL BOYS' "ATHLETE OF THE WEEK"
Owen had quite a day at the Division I championships, winning a sectional championship, qualifying for states, and leading Horseheads to a fifth straight sectional title.
He beat Quentin Getzin of Ithaca, 5-3, in the finals. Getzin was a sectional champion last year and a state qualifier.
Owen opened with a 16-0 technical fall win over Corning's Patrick Akerelrea in the quarterfinals, and beat Binghamton's Jaqwel Vaughn, 8-4, in the semifinals.
Honorable Mentions: Troy's Carter Austin (wrestling), NP-Liberty's Bryce Pequignot (wrestling), Waverly's Drayton DeKay (wrestling), Sayre's Jordan Brown (wrestling), Newark Valley's Trevor Middendorf (wrestling), and Owego's Bobby Struble (wrestling).
ATHENS' RENNINGER NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL GIRLS' "ATHLETE OF THE WEEK"
Renninger opened with an 80-second fall in the quarterfinals of the District 4 Championships, then beat seventh-seeded Darrell Reyes-Ramirez in a 47-second pin in the semifinals
In the 112-pound finale, Renninger beat top-seeded Arizona Moore of Hughesville, 8-7.
Honorable Mentions: Canton's Kendal Kitchen (basketball), Towanda's J.C. Allis (wrestling), NP-Liberty's Kaylee Graham (basketball), NP-Liberty's Kendall Graham (basketball), Horseheads' Chloe Owen, and Owego's Madison McEvoy (basketball).
