2024-25 Fueling Excellence Athletes of the Week
Head to the ESPN Ithaca Podcenter to listen to interviews with the athletes below!
9/23-9/28
- Vanessa Downey – Lansing Girls Swimming – Won all 4 events she competed in to help the Bobcats defeat Dryden 92-78. She placed first in 2 individual events (200 individual medley & 100 breaststroke and 2 relay events (200 medley relay & 200 freestyle relay).
- Riley Jones – Moravia Football – Tallied 3 touchdowns—all in different ways—in a 43-6 win over rivals Groton in the first football game at the newly-renovated Scarry Athletic Complex. He first scored a rushing touchdown (finished with 4 carries for 20 yards), then he threw a 52-yard touchdown, and capped things off with a TD reception (finished with a team-high 4 receptions and 65 yards). He also had 9 tackles on defense.
9/16-9/21
- Emmi Makie – Candor Volleyball – Recorded 5 points, 2 aces, 9 kills, and 2 blocks in a 3-set win over Newfield, then tallied a team-high 16 points and 6 aces to go along with 13 kills and 5 digs in a thrilling 5-set win over defending Section IV Class C champions Trumansburg.
- Braxton Young – Southern Cayuga Boys Soccer – Recorded 7 goals and 4 assists across a pair of resounding wins. He first tallied 5 goals and 2 assists in a 17-0 win over Moravia, then had 2 goals and 2 assists in a 10-0 win over Odessa-Montour.
9/9-9/14
- Skye Honrath – Watkins Glen Girls Soccer – Broke the program’s all-time scoring record with a pair of goals in a 2-1 double overtime win over Elmira-Notre Dame, then scored 4 goals in a 5-1 win over Spencer-Van Etten/Candor.
- Noah Butler – Ithaca Football – Completed 11 of 16 passes for 242 yards and 3 touchdowns and added a 1-yard rushing TD in a 48-0 win over Oswego.
9/2-9/7
- Ellie Ouckama – Trumansburg Girls Soccer – Scored 8 goals across a pair of wins. She first netted 6 goals, including 2 directly from a corner kick (AKA an “olimpico”) in a 10-0 win over Thomas A. Edison, then tallied 2 goals in a 5-0 win over Lansing in a rematch of last year’s IAC Large School Championship.
- Noah Banks – Spencer-Van Etten/Candor Boys Soccer – Recorded 8 goals and 4 assists across a pair of wins. He first tallied 4 goals and 3 assists in a 9-1 win over Whitney Point, then had 4 goals and 1 assist in a 8-0 win over Tioga.
