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Game of the Year: Slippery Rock 38, Shippensburg 34, football. The teams combined to score four touchdowns in the final 1:28, with The Rock's Paul Favers catching a 17-yard scoring pass with two seconds left.•

Improbable Performance of the Year: Knoch running back Tim McNerney, a backup tailback going into the season, rushing for 1,785 yards and 24 TDs in leading the Knights to WPIALfootball semifinals.•

Event of the Year: The Firecracker 100, the first two-day Late Model show hosted by Lernerville Speedway.•

Fortune Reversal of the Year: Seneca Valley football ending a 26-game section losing streak and making the WPIALplayoffs.•

Shooter of the Year: Butler's Kayla Fry, who tied for first in the WPIALRifle Championships.•

Twin Wins of the Year: Karns City's football and boys soccer teams claiming District 9 titles in the same season.•

Send-Off of the Year: Seneca Valley track and field coach Wayne Roccia retiring after 31 years and with a 27-year streak of winning seasons intact.•

Walk-On of the Year: Mars graduate Tim Frye making the University of Pittsburgh's men's basketball roster.•

Lasting Memory of the Year: Moniteau softball winning its first District 9 championship.•

Milestone of the Year: Football coaches Scott Heinauer (Mars) and Ed Conto (Karns City) reaching 100 career victories.•

Comeback of the Year: Former Butler softball pitcher Chelsea Perry receives award for miraculous recovery from near-fatal stroke.•

Blowout of the Year: Mars hockey team defeats Deer Lakes, 25-0.•

Shot of the Year: Nick Szwez ofSeven Fields gets a hole-in-one on the 291-yard, par-4 No. 9 hole at Strawberry Ridge Golf Course.