Foothills Sentry May 2024

Page 15 Foothills Sentry MAY 2024 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Luke Pico, catcher from Canyon High School, cuts down a Laguna Beach runner at the plate. Canyon’s Matt Frometa gets under the tag on the pickoff attempt. Pitcher Alex Clovery, a Canyon Comanche, came on in relief against Laguna High School. Canyon lost the non-league game, 3-1. Lukus Alvarado from El Modena High School singles up the middle against Villa Park. CIF-SS Ford Academic Awards honor high school athletes The 36th annual CIF-SS Ford Academic individual and team awards, recognizing athletes and teams that excelled academically, were presented April 22 at pre- game ceremonies at Angel Sta- dium. Team awards are based on a cumulative grade point average, with 2,533 teams from 28 schools in 27 sports. Individual awardees from each school were: from El Modena High, Thantam (Nathan) Tran (4.00 GPA, swimming and div- ing) and Katherine Slay (3.98, traditional competitive cheer); Foothill High, Madeline Pos- ner (4.00, tennis) and William Griswold (4.00, swimming and diving, water polo); Orange Lu- theran, Cassidy Driscoll (4.00, basketball, flag football, lacrosse) and Tusitala Ili (4.00, football, wrestling); Orange High, Kim- berly Limon (4.00, basketball, flag football, track and field) and Sean Perez (4.00, basketball); Tustin High, Genesis Guzman (3.83, track and field, volleyball) and Wander Seth (3.50, baseball, football); Villa Park High, Jason Trinh (4.00, tennis) and Morgan Shaffer (4.00, tennis). In team sports, Villa Park took first place in football (3.573 GPA) and boys golf (3.914); second place in baseball (3.726); third place, boys swimming and div- ing (3.807), boys tennis (3.912), boys track and field (3.701) and girls track and field (3.811). Hon- orable mentions were earned for the following sports, including boys basketball (3.349); girls basketball (3.562); boys cross country (3.500); girls cross coun- try (3.380); girls golf (3.720); boys soccer (3.539); girls soccer (3.718); softball (3.688); girls swimming and diving (3.681); girls tennis (3.578); traditional competitive cheer (3.430); boys volleyball (3.571); girls volley- ball (3.714); boys water polo (3.705); girls water polo (3.809); boys wrestling (3.094); girls wrestling (3.032). Canyon High athletes took third place in softball (3.824) and boys golf (3.850), and honorable mention in all of the following, including baseball (3.699); boys basketball (3.306); girls basket- ball (3.533); boys cross coun- try (3.666); girls golf (3.806); boys lacrosse (3.487); boys soc- cer (3.616); girls soccer (3.696); boys swimming and diving (3.794); girls swimming and div- ing (3.770); boys tennis (3.685); girls tennis (3.848); boys track and field (3.392); traditional com- petitive cheer (3.504); boys vol- leyball (3.446); girls volleyball (3.717); boys water polo (3.650); girls water polo (3.781); boys wrestling (3.044); girls wrestling (3.067). Foothill High teams were awarded honorable mentions in football, (3.266) and baseball (3.602). Orange High School teams took honorable mention in base- ball (3.521); boys basketball (3.313); girls basketball (3.445); boys cross country (3.404); girls cross country (3.666); girls golf (3.421); boys soccer (3.043); girls swimming and diving (3.484); boys tennis (3.492); girls tennis (3.406); boys track and field (3.272); girls track and field (3.406); traditional competitive cheer (3.130); boys volleyball (3.060); girls volleyball (3.387); boys water polo (3.020); girls water polo (3.474). El Modena High teams took home honorable mention in base- ball (3.433); girls cross country (3.853); boys swimming and div- ing (3.555); traditional competi- tive cheer (3.571); boys volley- ball (3.410). Orange Lutheran athletes took third place in boys wrestling (3.532); and honorable men- tions in football (3.186); base- ball (3.405); boys basketball (3.615); girls basketball (3.505); girls beach volleyball (3.602); boys cross country (3.413); girls cross country (3.836); boys golf (3.385); girls golf (3.573); girls lacrosse (3.657) (3.650); boys soccer (3.390) (3.374); girls soccer (3.637); boys volleyball (3.444); girls volleyball (3.681); boys water polo (3.388); and girls tennis (3.700). Tustin High teams scored hon- orable mentions in girls tennis (3.777); girls volleyball (3.722); and girls wrestling (3.619).