LOCAL SPORTS AWARDS
Streak of the Year: Sean Knapp wins third consecutive Butler Eagle Amateur golf tournament
Busiest Coach of the Year: Dick Hartung, Butler County Community College men’s and women’s basketball coach
Busiest Player of the Year: Kyle Armagost, accounting for 71 percent of Moniteau football’s offensive yardage
Community of the Year: Center Township, which won its sixth consecutive Butler Area Midget Football League title, captured its first Butler County American Legion baseball crown in 30 years and housed Little Leaguer Peyton Seibert, who pulled off two unassisted triple plays.
Victory of the Year: A-C Valley’s 13-8 triumph over Hancock (Md.), which snapped the Falcons’ 46-game football losing streak
Shot of the Year: Jim Smith’s double-eagle, the first at Strawberry Ridge Golf Course
Debut of the Year: Butler girls bowling team reaching the Pennsylvania High School Championships in its first season
Heartbreak of the Year: Seneca Valley hockey dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to Canon-McMillan in the Penguins Cup Class AAA championship game at Mellon Arena
Encore of the Year: Butler graduate Scott Milanovich, associate head coach of the two-time Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes
Farewell of the Year: Denny Stewart, who retired after 36 years as Union High track and field coach
Traveler of the Year: Seneca Valley graduate Peter Anno, who ran the Boston Marathon to complete his quest of running at least one marathon in all 50 states
Freshman of the Year: Knoch graduate and University of Michigan freshman gymnast Natalie Beilstein, who earned All-America status by finishing seventh in the floor exercise at the NCAA Individual Event Finals.
Perfect Performance of the Year: Grove City High School football completes first 10-0 regular season
