Bison Athletes Celebrated at All-Sports Banquet

GEARY – The Geary Public Schools community gathered at the Stegall Long Fieldhouse last Thursday to honor the athletes, coaches and supporters who powered another season of Bison sports.

The 2021-2022 school year saw a completely revamped coaching staff at Geary High, and while many programs struggled, most showed improvement overall. Coaches from every Geary sport, and even the Pride of Geary band coach, handed out certificates to all sport participants and chose a handful of student-athletes for individual awards.

At the end of the ceremony, booster Tatum Harrall announced the winners of the coveted Most Spirited and Most Athletic awards, plus Fan and Booster of the Year.

Raul Espinoza and Major Lewis were big winners for the high school boys on the night, having anchored the Bison football offense this fall while playing baseball this spring and filling the winter months with wrestling, for Lewis, and basketball for Espinoza. Espinoza won the high school boys Most Spirited award, while Lewis took Most Athletic.

Other Most Spirited award winners included middle-schoolers Randi Upchego and Robby Cleveland, and Kaleigha Pratt of Geary High. Tiara Johnson and Quaid Lawson were named the middle school’s Most Athletic students, while Linda Espinoza joined Lewis as the high school winner.

Geary High School math teacher Barbara Lowery and her husband, Artie, were named the 2022 Fans of the Year. Lupe Hernandez of Primos Café, which catered the event, was honored as Booster of the Year.

In the individual sports, high school award winners included:

Football

•Offensive MVP: Raul Espinoza

•Defensive MVP: Jace Nelson

•Most Improved: Christian Blackcrow

•MVP: Major Lewis

Fastpitch

•Offensive MVP: Amaya Evans

•Defensive MVP: Haylee Gormley

•Most Improved: Elliott Harrall

Cheer

•Top cheerleader: Mesa Flippo

Band

•MVPs: Christian Blackcrow and Anna Littleraven

Boys Basketball

•Most Improved: Joe Littlebird

•Offensive MVP: Matthew Martin

•Defensive MVP: Raul Espinoza

Girls Basketball

•Most Improved: Paris Littlebird

•Offensive MVP: Haylee Gormley

•Defensive MVP: Amaya Evans

Wrestling

•Most Improved: Christian Blackcrow

•Most wins: Chris Ward

•All-around: Major Lewis

Baseball

•Cy Young: Christian Blackcrow

•Gold Glove: Lanson Pratt

•Hank Aaron: Marc Perez

•Roberto Clemente: Major Lewis

•MVP: Raul Espinoza

Slowpitch

•Defensive MVP: Malena Beaver

•Offensive MVP: Linda Silva

•Most Improved: Carlotta Peters

Geary graduation is scheduled for Saturday, May 14.