Local athletes earn well-deserved honors 

Plenty of local athletes earned well-deserved honors, while several teams also captured championships.

Lakeland

Boys Basketball: Mike Lucia (All-League), Anthony Ray (All-League) and Mateo Lugo (All-League, All-Class)

Girls Basketball: Riley Waters (All-League) and Liliana Aguirre (All-League)

Boys Bowling: Scottie Samoyedny (All-League), Chris Gittelson (All-League) and Vinny Benedetto (All-League)

Cheerleading: Brooke DeCarlo (All-League)

Lakeland/Panas

Boys Wrestling: Dan Horowitz (All-League), Nate Horowitz (All-League), Mike Santoiemma (All-League), Matt Clyman (All-League, All-Section) and Raul Aristy (All-League)

Girls Wrestling (merged with Horace Greeley): Lei Guarin (All-Section, sectional champion, state participant)

Gymnastics (Division 2 champions, Section 1 finalist): All-League: Olivia Marricco (All-Section, state participant), Anastasia Iannazzo (All-Section, state participant), Izzy Albano (All-Section), Gianna Del Ponte (All-Section), Charlotte Bordes (All-Section), Caitlin Gallagher and Cassie Martirano

Boys Track and Field (League champions): All-League: Gianni Simpson (All-County), Bryant Galiber, Ian Mejia, Nischal Grabe, Geovanny Pena, Daniel Flannery, Michael Calloway, Chase Bennett, Adonis Garcia, Jeremy Guerrero, Brandon Lewis, Josef Ntanios and Steve Sandoval

Girls Track and Field (League champions): All-League: Riley Scott, Aaliyah Thomas, Jaelynn Chelley, Margaret Keating, Eden Picardi, Ayah Abreu, Lily Russo, Ariana Collazo, Ava Orr, Jayleen Rozon, Naaema McKenzie, Mikaella Perez, Deja Farquharson, Camila Bury, Liza Gjokiq, Maleyah Nieves and Cecilia Garcia

Lakeland-Panas-Putnam Valley

Boys Swimming: Oliver Rzezwicki (All-League, All-Section, state participant)

Cortlandt

Ice Hockey: Hudson Tarkington (All-League and All-Section honorable mention), Aiden Dzubak (All-League honorable mention), Sean Foley (All-League honorable mention) and Brandon Di Benedetto (All-League honorable mention)

Yorktown

Boys Track and Field: Jack Shaw (All-League)

Girls Track and Field: Anna Dudek (All-League), Ansley Edelmann (All-League), Brisella McAuliffe (All-League), Grace McCann (All-League) and Isabelle Ngambo (All-County)

Wrestling (League champions, Section 1 Division 1 dual meet champions, Section 1 Division 1 champions): Jimmy Kaishian (Section 1 Coach of the Year), Rocco Lore (All-League, All-Section, sectional champion, state finalist), Luca Lore (All-League, All-Section), Rowan Larsen (All-League, All-Section, state participant), Tyler Caricati (All-League, All-Section, state finalist), Jace McCormack (All-League), Cooper Constantine (All-League), Nick Duran (All-League, All-Section), Nick Hobson (All-League), Gio Tornambe (All-League), Frank Scalera (All-League), Giancarlo Gentile (All-League, All-Section), Pavel Lopez (All-League) and Adam Yakout (All-League)

Ice Hockey (League B champions): Ryan Langkafel and Paul Murphy (League B Coaches of the Year) and Ryan Dean (All-League honorable mention)

Girls Bowling: Kayla DiSanzo (All-League)

Cheerleading (League champions): Emma Finateri (All-League), Alyssa Oakley (All-League), Lily Caruso (All-League), Chloe Quiles (All-League), Abby Scolarino (All-League), Madison Paperman (All-League), Caidence Neier (All-League), Marielle Rones (All-League), Samantha Monaco (All-League) and Olivia Cortese (All-League)

Boys Basketball (League champions, County Center postseason appearance): Connor Morhardt (All-League, All-Section), Colin Worden (All-Class, All-League) and Franklin Ringel (All-Class, All-League)

Girls Basketball: Reilly Acosta (All-League), Erin Duffy (All-League) and Addison Schluter (All-League honorable mention)

Boys Skiing (Section 1 finalist): Jack Mooney (All-League, All-Section, state participant), Charlie Zhong (All-League, All-Section honorable mention, state alternate), Ryan Donnelly (All-League), Gavin Appelle (All-League), Anthony Bartolini (All-League), Andrew Callaghan (All-League), Eamon Hansel (All-League) and Francis Gandolfo (Lakeland, All-League)

Girls Skiing: Madison Black (All-League), Evelyn Hager (All-League) and Stephanie Marello (All-League)