Category: Jr./Sr. High News

Calling all Hilltoppers, alumni, fans and families: Check out our new online Sideline Sports spirit wear store! There’s lots of great gear to show your Topper Pride, including clothing, hats, mugs, wall decals and more.

Visit the online Fort Plain Hilltoppers Sideline Sports Store

As last school year came to a close, Fort Plain’s fall 2021 7th graders toured and talked, met their teachers and got to know their new school routine at the jr./sr. high school campus.

Our 7th grade orientation continues, virtually, via the links below:

• Check out our get-to-know you game show! Learn some trivia about your teachers and have some laughs, while they also share some really important info. It’s fun!:  Fort Plain 7th Grade Presents: To Tell the Truth 
• Have a virtual visit with Ms. Wendy Stokna, keyboarding teacher
• Have a virtual  visit with Mrs. Palmeri, 7th grade co-teacher
• Have a virtual visit with Ms. Corey Cooley, Family & Consumer Sciences teacher

AND: Be sure to check back on this webpage as we may be adding more links!

We are looking forward to having you back, Hilltoppers! Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Attention Fort Plain student athletes: Sign up now for fall 2021 sports.

Just visit this link and complete a short form.

High school sports start on August 23, 2021, and modified sports start on August 30.

Go Hilltoppers!

Congratulations to all Fort Plain Central School student-athletes for a great year! The 2020-21 Athletic Awards ceremony was held June 21 in the Jr./Sr. High School auditorium, per new state guidelines, to recognize athletes for their many academic and sports achievements. The Fort Plain Board of Education sponsors the 2nd Effort Awards in addition to the Senior Sportsmanship Awards and the Outstanding Underclassmen Awards.

At the ceremony, welcome and opening remarks were made by John Bishop, the Fort Plain Central School Superintendent. Awards included the following.

The following teams were honored as NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete academic teams, for maintaining high academic averages while showing good sportsmanship:

• Golf
• Girls and Boys Cross Country
• Girls and Boys Bowling
• Girls and Boys Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Swimming
• Football
• Volleyball
• Girls and Boys Soccer
• Girls and Boys Track
• Softball
• Baseball

Fall season awards

• Golf: Most Valuable Golfer WAC Mohawk Division for the team – Evan Crouse
  2nd Effort Award- Brady Keane
  Coaches Award- Owin Landry
• Cross Country: Most Valuable Girl Runners- Canjo- Olivia Schaffer & FP- Emma Karker
  Most Valuable Boys Runner- Canjo- Ty Perue & FP- Seth Wintermute
  2nd Effort Award- Canjo- Sophie Xiao & Mike Barlow
  FP- Natalie Thibodeau & Mike Harris Jr.

Winter season awards

• Girls Bowling: 2nd Effort Award- Sarah Paradiso
• Boys Bowling: 2nd Effort- Anthony Paradiso
• Girls Basketball: 2nd Effort Award- Tiffany Hazzard
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Marissa Wilder
  Rebounding Award- Erin Crouse
• Boys Basketball: 2nd Effort Award- Stephen Gray
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Estee Smith
• Wrestling: 2nd Effort Award- Seth Richardson
• Swimming: 2nd Effort Award- Matt Travis
• Cheerleading: 2nd Effort Award- Hannah Briggs

Fall 2 season awards:

• Football: 2nd Effort Award- Noah Norton
• Girls Soccer: 2nd Effort Award- Emma Oldick
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Madison Delgado
• Boys Soccer: 2nd Effort Award- Stephen Gray
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Kaleb Gallt
• Volleyball: 2nd Effort Award- Zavia Allen
  Senior Award- Sarah Paradiso

Spring season awards:

• Softball: 2nd Effort Award- Ryleigh Hart
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Kelsey Buley
• Girls Track: 2nd Effort Award- Natalie Thibodeau
  Track Award- Emma Karker
  Field Awards- Sarah Paradiso & Sarah Florian
• Boys Track: 2nd Effort Award- Tyrell Martin
  Track Award- Clayton Welch
  Field Award- Howie Kelley
  Track & Field Award- Seth Richardson
• Baseball: 2nd Effort Award- Manley Baker III
  D’Arcangelis Super-Sub Award- Bryce Anderson
  Rookie of the Year- Austin Van Gorder & Stephen Gray
  Cy Young Pitching Award (lowest ERA)- Troy Butler
  Highest Batting Average- Troy Butler
  Rich Bower Memorial Baseball Award- Troy Butler
• Noah Fredericks Senior Girl Track Award- Sarah Paradiso
• Noah Fredericks Senior Boy Track Award- Seth Wintermute
• Rich Bower Memorial Cross Country & Track Award- Seth Wintermute
• Board Of Education Senior Sportsmanship Awards- Tiffany Hazzard & Evan Crouse
• Fort Plain Coaches Most Improved Awards- Erin Crouse & Martin Nemecek III
• Board of Education Outstanding Underclassman Awards- Sarah Florian & Robert Jordan
• William Doerrer & Son Memorial Outstanding Senior Athlete Awards- Sarah Paradiso & Matthew Travis

Congratulations to the following Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School students for achieving Principal’s List and Honor Roll during the 4th quarter of the 2020-21 school year.

Principal’s List

7th grade
Ian Burns
Josephia Carcasole
Owen Castellano
Isaac Clark
Koby Herron
McKenna Karker
Dylan Keane
Daniel Lancaster
Kyera Murray
Constance Narzymski
Taylor Potter
Bailie Richardson
Morgan Stock
Dawson Tracki

8th grade
Jordan Brown
Yunus Demir
Dakota Dodson
James Douglas
Kaylie Field
Hannah French
Ashlynn Hart
Vienna Jackson
Payton Landry
Jasmine Lapi
Adriyanna Rouse
Dustin Welch

9th grade
Mariah Aney
Mason Cook
Courtney Euler
Aidan Guile
Kierstan Horender
Brady Keane
Sadie Mollel
Michael Palmeri
Matthew Paul
Gracelynn Rice
Alex Smith
Marionna Stephens
Vandwane Tulabing
Austin VanGorder
Marissa Wilder

10th grade
Americus Cotton
Cameron David
Madison Delgado
Andra Fuhs
Stephen Gray
Rylee Herron
Ethan Kilmartin
Anthony Paradiso
Raul Rivera III
Alex Rivkowich
Natalie Thibodeau
Jeffrey Wilday

11th grade
Laura Chambers
Erin Crouse
Brandon Dygert
Sarah Florian
Keagen Ford
Michael Harris Jr.
Hailey Hogan
Robert Jordan
Shantel Kretser
Griffin MaGinnis
Talia Narzymski
Noah Norton
Emma Oldick
Seth Rivkowich
Estee Smith
Levi Thomas
Cheyanne Wahl

12th grade
Zavia Allen
Molli Bates
Hannah Briggs
Kristopher Clapper
Kyle Cook
Evan Crouse
Sinem Demir
Fredrick Hanford
Tiffany Hazzard
Grace Hoffman
Sarah LaComb
Sarah Paradiso
Jose Pipero
Justin Schumacher
Richard Spicci Jr.
Sarah Vanasse
Seth Wintermute

Honor Roll

7th grade
Alexis Buley
Emma Cook
Marcus Dunbar-Eller
Daniel Euler
Reanna Germond
Jordynn Gomez
Isis Hammond
Rachel Kamp
Kimberly Kirby
Alexander Lamphere
Grace McFee
Allyson Rathbun
Bradley Rumrill
Summer Trumbull

8th grade
Zachary Briggs
Samantha Darrow
Mariah Deese
Alexander Ellis
Adeline Handy
JulieAnn Kirby
Damien Massie
Jorge Medina
Asaiah Muha
Addison Parsons
Nevaeh Rivers
Emily Rood
Chase Tyler

9th grade
Carter Baldwin
Karissa Battisti
Kelsey Buley
Amelia Cruger
Jasmine Fonda
Devan Sanders
Joseph Sherman
Payton Skiffington
Breanna Steinhauer
James Thomas
Delana Tracki

10th grade
Nura Handy
Ryleigh Hart
Madeline Heroth
Brianna Krutz
Vivian Nunez
Rob Rogers
Kristin Sanders
Savonna Tyler
Aleigha Van Alstine

11th grade
Bryce Anderson
Nicholas Blowers
Dakota Cresong
Jacob Curtis
Tucker Jones
Emma Karker
Owin Landry
Ella Logan
Tyrell Martin
Lawrence Sinisi
Robert Trumbull
Elizabeth VanDycke
Clayton Welch

12th grade
Manley Baker III
Troy Butler
Rebecca Ellis
Krzysztof Kulczynski II
Joseph LeMoine
Megan Telfer
Matthew Travis
Landen Van Alstine
Josh Wilder

View a video celebrating the Top 10 seniors in the Class of 2021. Congratulations to all of our graduates and their families!

The Class of 2021 Graduation on June 26 was livestreamed, and a recording may be viewed at:
https://youtu.be/ChjBNGL_bfM

Reported by Brad Niles

Monday, June 7, 2021, was another banner day for the Fort Plain Track & Field Throwers.  At the Section 2 Group 5 Field Event Championships held in Berlin, NY, three athletes won Sectional titles, as well as completing other podium worthy finishes. They have carried on the tradition of their predecessors in the throwing events.

In the previous five Track & Field Sectional competitions, there were six championships earned by Fort Plain Throwers. In 2014, Gabby Bridgewater won the girls Shot Put Competition. In 2015, Nate Florian won the boys Discus Title and finished as runner up in Shot Put.

In 2016, Nate Florian again won the Discus Title and was runner up in Shot Put. Rhyonn Ford claimed the girls Shot Put title in 2017 and finished third in Discus. That year Quinn Jones finished second in girls Discus.

2019 saw Hunter Logan sweep both the Shot Put and Discus competitions.  Although there was no Sectional competition in 2020, Fort Plain throwers anxiously awaited their return in 2021.

For the 2021 Sectional Championships, Sarah Florian claimed the Discus title with a throw of 99 feet and 1 inch. She also finished 4th in the Shot Put event. Her teammate, Sarah Paradiso, claimed 5th in Discus and 1st in Shot Put. Her competition-winning throw was a career best 31 feet 4 inches. In the boys throwing events, Howie Kelley claimed second in the Boys Shot Put event with a career long throw of 39 feet 9.5 inches. He won the Boys Discus Title with a career best throw of 112 feet and 10 inches.

The Fort Plain Track & Field coaches are proud of these outstanding athletes, as well as all of the athletes on the Track team, both past and present. Everybody has worked to the best of their ability and the positive results speak for themselves. Although season’s ending can be sad, Sectional success makes it easier to wrap up the year!

In photo from left: Sarah Paradiso, Sarah Florian, Howie Kelley and Tyrell Martin

Personal induction ceremonies into the Junior National Honor Society (NHS) were held June 8-17 for 13 Fort Plain High School juniors and their families.

During each ceremony, readings focused on the Candle of Knowledge, which signifies a tradition of honor that passes along the pillars of leadership, character, scholarship and service. The students then lit candles to signify their commitment to knowledge and learning.

To finalize membership in the Junior NHS, students then recited the National Honor Society pledge, securing their membership. Congratulations to the following Junior NHS inductees:

Erin Crouse

Brandon Dygert

Sarah Florian

Keagen Ford

Hailey Hogan

Tucker Jones

Robert Jordan

Talia Narzymski

Noah Norton

Emma Oldick

Seth Rivkowich

Estee Smith

Levi Thomas