Holly Athletics…A Year in Review
13 Athletes to Continue Playing Career in College!
13 student-athletes from the class of 2009 will continue their athletic career at the "next level". Athletes, sporting
their new school colors, include: (front row, left to right) - Shannon Maher - Basketball - Rochester College, Laura
Pankowski - Gymnastics - The College at Brockport State University of New York, Carley Harmon - Soccer - St.
Mary's College of Maryland and Kelsey Rauh - Bowling - Davenport College; (middle row, left to right) - Shane
Hegedus - Wrestling - Oakland University, Brendan Lagios - CC and T/F - Oakland Community College, Charlie
Vana - Golf - Alma College, Andy Lipiec - T/F - Indiana Wesleyan University and Ethan Berger - Baseball - Adrian
College; (back row, left to right) - Jordan Fowler - Basketball - Lake Forest College, John Caldwell - Soccer Owen's College, Jake Hyde - Wrestling - Oakland University and Pat Williams - Basketball - Jackson Community
College. Congratulations! Best of luck with your academic and athletic endeavors!
Cash and Lagios - Athletes of the Year!
Sarah Cash and Brendan Lagios have been chosen as the Holly HS female and male athlete of the year. Sarah Cash is
a "triple threat" athlete who has earned honorable mention all-league honors in volleyball, basketball and softball.
Cross country, wrestling and track & field are the three sports Brendan Lagios excels in. He qualified for the
MHSAA state finals this year in all three! Brendan also won the State Bank – Tri County Times Male Athlete of the
Year Award. Congratulations Sarah and Brendan!
Both Girls and Boys Track and Field Teams Win FML Title!
1985 was the last time Holly HS won both the girls' and boys' FML titles. The boys' team finished with a perfect 9-0
dual meet record and a first place finish at the league meet to own the title outright. Pacing the Bronchos with four
league titles was senior Brendan Lagios. The girls' team lost to Oxford earlier this season and their dual meet season
an 8-1 record. Had the Oxford girls won the meet, they would own the title outright. The Lady Bronchos, lead by
freshman Mariah Ridal and senior Destinee Lukianoff, won the league meet and share the title with Oxford. The guys
won 9 events and 1st place honors go to: Jonathon Beeler, high jump; Justin Gaumer, shot put; 3200 relay team of
Lagios, Beeler, Cameron Moussavi and Davis Nixon; Josh Fiedor, pole vault; Brendan Lagios, 400 and 800; Andy
Lipiec, 300 hurdles; Danny Gregory, 100; and 1600 relay team of Lipiec, Lagios, Robert Linson and Beeler. The
girls won 6 events and 1st place honors go to: 3200 relay team of Lukinakoff, Rachel Deroucher, Breanna Konopitski
and Amanda Garrison; Ridal, long jump, 100 and 200; 400 relay team of Keera Colson, Ridal, Renita Wingate and
Maura Casey; and Lukinakoff, 800. Congratulations to the teams and coaching staff!
Jonathon Beeler - Division I High Jump State Champ!
Jonathon Beeler is now the MHSAA Division I state champion with a jump of 6'8". Earlier this season, Beeler broke
the school record, set by Andy Ollie in 2006, with a jump of the same height (see photo). The Flint Journal / M-Live
ran the following story...
Holly junior Jonathon Beeler had to make two do-or-die jumps to win the high jump. He needed to clear 6 feet, 7
inches on his third and final attempt to stay in contention. Because Midland's Andrew Maxwell made 6-7 on his
second jump, Beeler needed to clear 6-8 to win the title. Again, Beeler came through in his final opportunity to
become only the second Holly state track and field champion in the last 27 years. "I felt a lot of pressure on me to
make that jump," Beeler said. "I really wanted to win states and I did. It put a little bit more pressure on me. I was
nervous coming into this. My coaches told me to relax and go into this with confidence." Congratulations Jonathon!
Jonathon’s
school
record
breaking
leap of
6’8”
earlier this
season.
Jonathon’s
MHSAA
state
champion
jump in
East
Kentwood
on May
30th.
MHSAA Regional Tennis Champions! FML Tennis Champions…27 years in a row!
On Thursday, May 14th at 9:03pm under the cover of darkness, the Holly varsity tennis team captured the MHSAA
regional crown and earned a trip to the state finals. Holly was featured in EVERY flight championship. We won
seven of the eight flights, narrowly missing the eighth in an exciting 3 hour and 4 minute three set match. The first
singles regional champion is senior Katlyn Liley. Congratulations go out to Coach Brennan and Coach Will and the
FML champion, the regional champion and state bound team!
State Champion Wrestlers!!!
The Holly HS wrestling team had
TWO State Champions this year.
Josh Houldsworth, 145lb. junior and
Jake Hyde, 160lb. senior. These are
the first two wrestling state
champions in 10 years. Josh was
also named the Oakland County
Athlete of the Month in January.
Congratulations guys!
Flint Metro League Boys’ Basketball Co-Champions!
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Holly High School Varsity Boys' Basketball team - FML Co-Champions. The team
ended up 19-3 overall and 16-2 in the FML. The 16 league wins was a SCHOOL RECORD and the 19 wins were the
3rd most in school history. The Bronchos were the #1 scoring team in the FML and were also the #1 defensive team
in the FML, giving up fewer points to opponents than any other FML team.
The season was highlighted by a televison broadcasted, sell-out home crowd against Fenton AND a victory against
ranked Grand Blanc High School in the Districts. Congratulations!!!
Flint Metro League Boys’ Bowling Champions!
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Holly High School Varsity Boys' Bowling team - FML Champions. Bowling was just
added to the list of sports recognized by Holly HS, and this was after many years of bowling operating as a successful
club. The coaching staff volunteered their time to work with our athletes. Thanks Coaches and congratulations to our
Bowling team!
Flint Metro League Boys’ Swimming and Diving Champions!
Congratulations to the 2008-09 Holly High School Varsity Boys’ Swimming and Diving team – the FML champions
for the 5th straight year! Congratulations to Coach Danielle Gray and Coach Sarah Holaly, too!
Powerlifting Team places 2nd in regional and 5th in states!
The Holly Powerlifting Team tied for 5th place at the State Finals this weekend. Finishing in the
top 10 and earning all-state were Vince Grasso, Aaron Morehead, Jake Albritton, Reggie
Bowden, David Dryer, Dylan Runions, Zach Graves and James Nichols. JV top ten finishers
were Zack Coxen, Adam Schmeider, and D.J. Vanderpool.
Congratulations Guys!!!!
Flint Metro League Girls’ Cross Country Champions!
Holly Cross Country Team – FML Champs!
Congratulations Lady Bronchos!
MHSAA Regional Champions and
FML Boys’ Tennis Champions!
FML Scholar-Athlete Award
Varsity athletes (grades 10-12) in the FML
are recognized for maintaining a 3.5
cumulative gpa. This year we had:
44 fall FML scholar athletes
49 winter FML scholar athletes
spring FML scholar athletes - TBD
FML Sportsmanship Award
Each varsity coach is required to submit the name of a FML school that exhibited good sportsmanship…this includes
athletes, coaches and fans in the stands. This year Holly sports teams got the nod in the following sports and from the
following schools…
Girls’ Cross Country from Lapeer West
Volleyball from Fenton, Kearsley and Lapeer West
Boys’ Basketball from Oxford
Girls’ Basketball from Oxford
Boys’ Bowling from Kearsley, Oxford and Swartz Creek
Girls’ Bowling from Kearsley
Girls’ Swim and Dive from Oxford
Wrestling from Lapeer West and Oxford
Boys’ Track from Oxford
Girls’ Track from Oxford
Softball from Lapeer West
Kiwanis Club of Flint Honors
The Kiwanis Club of Flint requests that each Flint area league, this includes the Flint Metro League, the Big Nine, the Genesee
Athletic Conference, and the Flint City School League determine a male and female athlete of the month. The following Holly
athletes were chosen the FML athlete of the month: October - John Caldwell, December - Mike O’Connor, February - Courtney
Serra and Nick Keller, March - Jordan Fowler, May - Maura Casey and Andy Lipiec. These seven athletes then competed with
the three other league winners for Flint Area Athlete of the Month…we had two winners! John Caldwell and Courtney Serra
were selected and honored at a Kiwanis monthly meeting, given a plaque and highlighted in the Flint Journal.
Congratulations John, Courtney, Mike, Nick, Jordan, Maura and Andy!
“Triple Threat” Award…awarded to those athletes who have earned three varsity letters during the school
year:
JAKE ALBRITTON, Junior – football, wrestling and baseball
BLAKE BARBER, Senior – tennis, swim & dive and golf
AMBER BORON, Junior – volleyball, basketball and softball
SARAH CASH, Senior – volleyball, basketball and softball
TYLER COHOON, Senior – cross country, swim & dive and track & field
ALEXANDRA CONVERSE, Junior – sideline cheer, competitive cheer and track & field
BLAKE CUTHBERT, Freshman – soccer, wrestling and track & field
ALLISON DEGNAN, Sophomore – sideline cheer, comp. cheer and track & field
TYLER EVENSON, Senior – football, wrestling, and track & field
REBECCA FINK, Junior – swim & dive, comp. cheer and track & field
JUSTIN GAUMER, Junior – soccer, swim & dive and track & field
DANNY GREGORY, Junior – soccer, basketball and track & field
KAITLYN HOOPER, Senior – volleyball, basketball and track & field
LANCE HOPKIN, Junior – tennis, basketball and track & field
BRENDAN LAGIOS, Senior – cross country, wrestling and track & field
ANDY LIPIEC, Senior – tennis, swim & dive and track & field
BRIAN LYLES, Senior – soccer, swim & dive and track & field
JOE MCGUIRE, Junior – cross country, wrestling and track & field
JENNA MITCHELL, Sophomore – volleyball, basketball and track & field
BILLY MUNGER, Senior – cross country, swim & dive and track & field
DON THIEL, Junior – cross country, bowling and track & field
2008-09 Participation Information
Grade
9th
10th
11th
12th
TOTAL
Females
72
61
39
57
229
Total at HHS
148
146
150
148
592
Percentage
48.6%
41.8%
26.0%
38.5%
38.7%
Males
78
72
82
63
295
Total at HHS
209
158
168
135
689
Percentage
37.3%
45.6%
48.8%
43.4%
42.8%
524 of the 1281 student at Holly HS compete in our athletic program…which is 40.9% of the student body.
In regards to males, we have 160 1-sport athletes, 91 two sport athletes and 44 three sport athletes…14 triple threats.
In regards to females, we have 150 1-sport athletes, 62 two sport athletes and 17 three sport athletes…7 triple threats.