By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Members of the Union City High School boys’ basketball and soccer teams were recently honored at the conclusion of their respective seasons.
The Union City boys’ basketball team, which won 18 games and the 43rd district title in the illustrious history of the program, celebrated those accomplishments with a team dinner this week.
Several Tornado players were honored with individual awards afterwards.
Tornado head soccer coach Lazzarus Scribner had several squad members make the All-District 12A, All-Tournament, and All-Academic teams – announced at the conclusion of the league’s postseason tournament Wednesday.
UC, which ended its season with a loss in the district semifinals on Monday, ended up with a record of 8-8-1.
Among those players recognized from the two programs were: (see related photos)
BASKETBALL
(Sitting, from left:) DeAngelo Monroe, Tornado Award; Kobe Maddox, Most Improved; Kenny Moss, Sixth Man Award
(Standing, from left:) Hollister Johnson, Most Blocked Shots; Ben Kail, Most Points Scored, Most 3-Pt. Field Goals, Most Steals, Most Deflections, and Best Free Throw Percentage; Finn Frankum, Most Charges Taken; and Kwinton Purifoy, Most Rebounds and Best 2-Point Field Goal Percentage.
SOCCER
All-District
(From left:) Silverio Acevedo, Juan Carlos Barron, Rylan Robinson, Khazarion Scates, Marcos Landeros (Offensive Player of the Year), Lucas Ajanel-Baten
All-Tournament Team
(From left:) Gavin Morgan, Silverio Acevedo, Lucas Ajanel-Baten, Alex Landeros, Carter Wilson
All-Academic Team
(From left:) Nolan Tucker, Ryan Najeme, Gavin Morgan, Marcos Landeros, Carter Wilson