Top photograph: The St. Ignace golf team award winners include (from left) Coach Ben Brown, Dane Christianson, Tyler Mapes, and Jeffrey Gamble. LaSalle High School cross country and golf teams were honored during a potluck awards banquet Monday, November 6.

Saints X-Country Team

First-year Head Coach Holly Brown presented the Coach's Awards to senior Jake Weiss and freshman Kristen Olsen, and Workhorse Awards to senior Dan Olsen and sophomore Ivy Thurston.

Kristen Olsen earned all-state honors after her 13th place finish at the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals in Houghton. Jake Weiss and Dan Olsen received All- Straits Area Conference second team honors. Three girls juggled two sports during the fall season, as Erica Ahlich played varsity basketball and Paige Paul and Kristen Olsen junior varsity hoops.

"Every runner improved their times from the beginning of the season," said Coach Brown. "They all had strong work ethics in a mentally and physically tough sport."

Remaining members of the team include Stacy Goldthorpe, Stevie Gould, Sarah Tafelski, Paige Paul, Erica Ahlich, Eric Hinsman, Kevin Guillard, Lewis Steiner, Kaiden Shiemke, Lee Kelso, Shane Spring, and Justin Emery.

At right, St. Ignace cross country award winners include (from left, in front) Jake Weiss and Dan Olsen; (back) Kristen Olsen, Coach Holly Brown, and Ivy Thurston. Saints Golf Team

Head Coach Ben Brown, in his fourth season, awarded the Dan MacDonald Memorial Most Valuable Golfer Award to sophomore Tyler Mapes, while the Rudy Yellen Memorial Most Improved Golfer was shared by sophomores Jeffrey Gamble and Dan Christiansen.

Mapes, who earned All-SAC first team and finished third at the districts, sliced his average by six strokes from last year, and led the team with a nine-hole average of 40.4 and 18-hole mark of 79.9. The sophomore's personal best was 38 for nine holes and 76 for 18 while carding low medal honors five times during the season.

Gamble, an honorable mention All-SAC player, improved his scoring by five shots, averaged 43 for nine holes and 88 for 18 while recording individual low scores of 39 for nine and 83 for 18.

Christiansen improved his game by 11 shots from last year and registered low scores of 43 for nine holes and 96 for 18. Remaining members of the team included Lewie Mullins, Justen Frazier, and Corey Swope.

"I was pleased with the overall effort of everyone this season," said Coach Brown. "We lost six

standout seniors last year and this was a young squad that worked hard and improved throughout the season."