Gallusser wins Star's Athlete of Week Award
A milestone achievement helped Oneonta’s Jenevie Gallusser become the first athlete to be named The Daily Star’s Athlete of the Week a second time. Gallusser, a sophomore pitcher and short stop, got her 200th strikeout as part of an 11K effort against host Johnson City on May 9. She also had a home run, scored three times and had two RBI.
Earlier in the day, against Sidney, she had a double, scored two runs and had three RBI. Gallusser also had a pitching win against Norwich on May 7, striking out nine and also scoring three times. Gallusser won the Athlete of the Week Award for basketball for the week ending Jan.
31, following a stellar fourth quarter during Oneonta’s upset of Stamford/Jefferson on Jan 30. The Athlete of the Week nominations for the week of May 10-May 16, are: Cassidy Howard, Oneonta girls track and field: Howard, a junior sprinter, set two meet records at Sidney’s Doug Quinney Invitational on May 15. She ran the 100 in 12.
36 and the 200 in 25. 06. She was also part of the 400-relay team, with Kaylee Fererra, Keiyra Morton and Edyn Aiyermo, which set a meet record, at 50.
98. Ivy Tice, Deposit/Hancock softball: Tice, a junior at Hancock, helped her team to another Midstate Athletic Conference title May 14 at Windsor. Tice homered as one of her two hits and also had two RBI in the 10-5 win over Bainbridge-Guilford.