Eleven Florence Christian student-athletes All-Rregion selections

            Florence – Florence Christian School had 11 student-athletes in four varsity sports earn All-Region honors.

           Making All-Region for boys soccer were Brooks Poston, Chris Rishmawi and Corey Hebler. Head Coach Garrett Coker was selected as the Region Coach of the Year.

           All-Region selections for baseball were Tanner Lewis, Landon Hardy, Gavin Holt and Jackson McGregor. Thomas Gainey and Wallace Jordan were All-Region for boys golf, and Anna Kate Huggins and Emily Touchberry were softball All-Region selections.

           FCS honored its student-athletes at its annual Spring Athletic Awards with team awards. For boys soccer, Poston received Best Offense, Hebler was Best Defensive Player, Hudson Spence was Most Improved and Connor Lee won the Coach’s Award.

           In baseball, Hardy won Best Offensive Player while Best Defensive Player was shared by Gray and Lewis. Stone Poston won the Coach’s Award, and Holt and Pierce Matthews both won Most Improved.

           Gainey was named Most Outstanding Player for boys golf. Michael Cook was named Most Improved and Jordan won the Coach’s Award.

           For softball, Huggins was named Best Offensive Player, while Touchberry was named Most Improved. Payton White was selected Best Defensinve Player and the Coach’s Award went to Addison Singleton.

           Florence Christian also honored its SCISA Scholar Athletes, which goes to those who have maintained at least a 90 average in the classroom while playing in at least two varsity sports over the course of the school year.

           Florence Christian had 27 earn the honor. They are Lily Altman, Chelsea Andrews, Jameson Berry, Camila Canavati, Morgan Carter, Izzi Caudill, Wyatt Clark, Emily Cole, Zoe Dowse, Landon Feagin, Caleb Forehand, Dylan Fredrick, Pierson Gray, Emma Godwin, Elise Hicks, Gavin Holt, Anna Kate Huggins, Brylee Joyner, Leah Lambert, Dakota Lawson, Addie Lee, Andrew Miller, Madison Grace Montrose, Josh Munn, Brooks Poston, Addison Singleton and Carson Stone.

           Madison Grace Montrose won the Female Christian Character award while Jameson Berry won the Male Christian Character award.

           MINTON HAPPY WITH SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE

           Neil Minton is one of the longest tenured football head coaches in SCISA. He is preparing to begin his 13^th season at Florence Christian, so there isn’t too much he hasn’t seen or heard.

           However, he was pleased with what the Eagles were able to accomplish with spring practice.

           “We had a great spring,” Minton said. “We are excited about the season. We graduated some very good players but return a lot of young hard-working men “

           FCS will need someone to step up to fill the role of graduated running back Juels Huntley. He rushed for 1,926 yards and 27 touchdowns and caught 11 passes for 86 yards.

           The leading returning rusher is rising junior Josh Davis, who had 293 yards and two TDs. Rising senior Cody Wallace had 162 yards and one TD, and rising sophomore Andrew Miller had 152 yards and two TDs.

           Rising juniors Holt and Feagin are both expected back to compete at quarterback.