Athlete of the Week

Once again, Athlete of the Week is back! We are super excited for the 2019-2020 season!
We are happy to name, Addie Berdine as our first Female Athlete of the Week! Addie ran in the St. Mary’s Autumn Classic Invitational this past weekend! She placed 13th out of 125 runners with a time of 21:50. She earned a spot on the podium for the Lady Tigers! She has set the bar high for this season and we are super proud and excited to see the season continue! Congrats to her and the entire Tiger team!!

Athlete of the Week is back! We start out with CC boys team member, Luke Anger! Luke had an awesome start to the 2019 season. At the St. Mary’s Autumn Classic Invitational this past Saturday, he finished 11th out of 183 runners! His time of 17:39 helped earn him a podium spot! We are extremely proud of Luke and the entire Tiger team!! Way to start the season Tigers!

This week our Athletes of the week go to the EHS Track team! We are super proud of all of you! Your hard work and dedication paid off and you set the bar high for seasons to come! Congratulations to the seniors! We wish you the best of luck on your future endeavors!
A special shout out to Tiara Rowe. She finished 4th overall in the 100m and 200m races and anchored the 4x200m relay team to a school record! Members included Triplett, Howell, and Edwards!
One other shout out goes to Mason Kimbelton! A junior, Mason qualified for the 200m finals placing 7th! He also made it to states competing in the 4x100m, 4x200m, and the 100m!
EPT&SIC simply say awesome job!!!

The Dynamic Duo entered the Class AA-A
Region II tournament as the #4 seed last week with hopes to go in and play solid and see what happens. What they did was actually play awesome knocking off top seed and previously undefeated team of Brazilier and Chambers in the semi’s 9-8. After that they defeated the doubles team from Parkersburg Catholic in the Regional Championship match becoming Regional Champs and earning a berth in States!! We are extremely proud of both and also congratulate Danny Corley on advancing as the #2 seed in singles play to States!! Way to go Tigers and good luck!!

Sofia competed in the Big Ten Championship Track meet this past week. She placed in all her events which included
2nd Place-200m
5th Place-400m
Anchored the 4x100m to a 1st team All Big Ten Conference Championship. Congrats and continued success!! We are very proud of you and lo the Tigers!

Senior Jeremy Cogar had a solid week for the Tigers and came up big in a must situation. Elkins mounted a comeback against RCB. Down 9-5 in the 6th inning, the Tigers came to life at the plate. With the game tied at 9-9 and 2 runners on base, Jeremy stepped up and delivered a walk-off single to drive in the winning run from second base. The Tigers won the game 10-9. Solid defense and pitching sealed the deal for the Tigers. Jeremy also went the distance for the Tigers earning the win against Grafton 9-3 in the same week. Congrats to Jeremy and the entire Tiger Baseball team!!

Morgan Bowers, a Junior on the Lady Tigers softball team made sure that she did all she could to send the Seniors out on their last home game with a win! The Tigers defeated Grafton 4-0. Morgan had 4 RBI’s with 3 hits including 2 Home Runs!! Between Morgan’s bat at the plate and Darcey Arbogast pitching a 1-hitter, the Tigers could not be denied the win! Congratulations Morgan and the entire Lady Tigers!

This past week Gracee has really come up big at the plate for the Lady Tigers! The Lady Tigers posted a win over Fairmont Sr 13-7 where Gracee hit a Home Run in the 6th inning and was for 2-3 on the. night producing 3 RBI’s. Then the Lady Tigers swept 2 games over RCB. The first game Elkins won 9-1 where again Huffman homered in the 6th inning going 2-3 with 2 RBI’s and then in a 11-8 win, she was responsible for an RBI. Congratulation to Gracee and the entire Lady Tiger softball team!

Noah continues to show his dominance on the tennis courts heading into his senior year. He is the 2 time defending Big 10 champ and so far undefeated in singles play this season. Last week he wrapped up 2 big wins against North Marion and RCB. Congratulations Noah on your continued success and hard work. We at EPT&SIC are proud of you and the entire Tennis program! Keep up the great work!

The Tigers are off to a great start to the baseball season. One reason, the arm of Matt Gainer. Last years Pitcher of the Year in the Big 10 is back in his senior year. Last week against the Lincoln Cougars, the senior struck out 10 batters, pitching a 2 hitter in the Elkins win over Lincoln, 11-1 in 5 innings. They are winners of 7 straight and have a solid core of pitchers and veteran players. We want to congratulate Matt and the entire Tiger team and wish them good luck as the season continues!