End of Year All Sports Banquet Held for Calhoun Middle High School

Press Release: By Levi Stump

Pictured: Lady Red Devil Josie Montgomery. Also Pictured is Ms. Montgomery alongside the banner and jerseys to be retired.
Pictured: Grant Sterns Wayne Underwood Memorial winner.

The Calhoun County Middle/High School All-Sports banquet was held this year on May 30^th, 2022. The evening started with recognition of our middle school athletes, then the boosters and their presidents, Shelly Stevens and Teresa Basnett, provide a meal for our athletes. After this, the high school banquet began with a special ceremony that retired the number 10 jersey of Josie Montgomery for being the first female basketball player to be named First Team All-State two times. Her picture will be hanged in the Wall of Fame at Calhoun County Middle/High School, and a banner in honor of her will be hanged in the in the Calhoun County Middle/High School gym.

Picture Ian Persinger the recipient of the Bob Bayless/Veryl Hayes weight room award.

Next, after an introduction, Mr. Adam O’Harrow presented the Bob Bayless and Veryl Hayes award for the most committed athlete to the weight lifting program was presented to Ian Persinger, a Junior at Calhoun County Middle/High School. After this, participants and lettermen for each sport were called to the stage by their coaches. Once this was completed, Team MVPs were presented to a member of each team by their coaches.

*Pictured: Jesse Davis, Drue Goad male recipient of the Ethyn Miller Memorial Scholarship, and Savannah Cunningham, female recipient of the Ethyn Miller Memorial Scholarship, and Denise Davis.*

Next, the Ethyn Miller Memorial Scholarship was presented by Reverend Steven Carter. The recipients of this award were Drue Goad and Savannah Cunningham. Once this was finished, the Lady Red Devil and Wayne Underwood Award Winners were announced. The winner of the Lady Red Devil for 2022 is Josie Montgomery. The winner of the Wayne Underwood Memorial Award is Grant Sterns. The administration at Calhoun County Middle/High School would like to congratulate all members of our school teams and special award recipients. We would also like to thank Mr. Kevin Yeager for putting together this year’s slide shows for both the middle and high school banquet, and especially the CMHS Athletic Boosters for putting the banquet together this year.

High School Team MVPs:

Football…Hunter Schoolcraft

Volleyball…Christie Craddock
Cross Country…Savannah Cunningham and Daniel Kargol
Golf…Chase Blair
Cheer…Lacing Hicks and Cassie Fowler
Boys Basketball…Ian Richards
Girls Basketball….Josie Montgomery
Wrestling…Drug Goad
Baseball…David Boggs
Softball…Madison Westfall
Track…Savannah Cunningham and Daniel Kargol