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Golden Hawks name award winners
Doug Brenneman
Nov. 18, 2020 11:40 pm, Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 10:02 pm
WELLMAN - Mid-Prairie High School had planned on a football banquet Tuesday, but with the governor's announcement about indoor gatherings, it was canceled. The banquet would have celebrated the four win, four loss season with a second-place finish in Class 2A District 7 and a playoff win.
On Twitter, the Golden Hawks named awards that the football team would have handed out Tuesday.
The 2020 team members that had 3.25 cumulative grade-point average are Jackson Pennington, Justice Jones, Jarrett Hoffman, Will Cavanagh, Jack Zahradnek, Collin Miller, Braden Hartley, Grady Gingerich, Kayden Reinier, Nathan Quinby, Ben Meader, Clarke Latchem, and Luke Boyse.
Specific awards were:
Offensive Most Valuable Player - Kayden Reinier
Defensive CO-MVP - Josh Wallington, Justice Jones
Special Teams MVP - Jake Swartzentruber
Attitude and Effort - Joe Allred, Michael Kelly, Nathan Quinby
Lineman of the Year - Gannon Callahan
12th Man of the Year - Tyler Helmuth, Ben Meader
Practice Player of the Year - Zane Fisher, Stone Peck
Addison Powell Student-Athlete Award - Clarke Latchem
Nick Peck Weightlifter of the Year - Joe Allred
2020 Captains - Vinnie Bowlin, Reinier, Wallington
Head coach Pete Cavanagh thanked the players for their 'hard work and sacrifice.”
The players' parents were mentioned 'for washing clothes, meals after home games, cheering at games and fundraising.”
Mid-Prairie players take a knee at their 2020 preseason scrimmage. (File)
Clarke Latcham (4) defends Will Cavanagh (5) at the Mid-Prairie preseason scrimmage. Latchem was the recipient of the Addison Powell Student-Athlete Award. (Jim Johnson/Union)
Mid-Prairie running back Kayden Reinder heads for the end zone as teammate Josh Wallington gets ready to provide a block in the Golden Hawks' 49-0 romp Friday night. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Mid-Prairie running back makes a cut to avoid the Central Lee defense Friday night. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Central Lee quarterback Mason Schau has the football knocked loose after running into the referee while being pursued by Mid-Prairies Justice Jones (30) and Josh Wallington (60) Friday night. The play was ruled an incomplete pass. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Kayden Reiner races down the sideline for a Mid-Prairie touchdown against Central Lee Friday night. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Keegan Gingerich gets a socially distanced congratulation from a coach after a Mid-Prairie touchdown Friday night against Central Lee. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Mid-Prairie; s Vinnie Bowlin attempts to push off a tackle Central Lee's Jaedon Betker in the second quarter of Friday night's game. (Jim Johnson/The Union)