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2022-2023:
All 9 runners placed in the top 100 runners. Chris Reed set a personal best on the very tough course for his last meet of the year.
Congratulations to members of the PM West boys swim team Tyler Mui, Kuba Niewiarowski, John Dunham, Brandon Poveromo, and Carter Mui on placing 7th at Districts.
District XI Wrestling Junior High Place Winners:
Chris Tambasco with Coach Below accepting his Boys Soccer PSCA All-State Award
Pictures from PM West wrestling senior night vs. PM East
On Dec 28th and 29th the PMW attended the Tunkhannock Kiwanis Winter Classic. The team placed 9th, its highest placing in team history. The following individuals placed in the tournament:
Click on the link for the article about the Pocono Mountain West High School Wrestling team:
First team all star football selections from the Northern Division of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
2023-2024:
Carter Mui competed for the second straight year in the PIAA state championship meet @ Bucknell University. He swam the 100 yard Butterfly and placed 21st in the state with a time of 51.46 breaking the school record he previously held. He also swam in the 100 yard Breaststroke making it into the finals and placing 7th in the state with a time of 56.77. Carter ends his high school swimming career with 4 school records, multiple pool records in the EPC, 2 time District XI Champion and 2 time PIAA State Qualifier.
Wrestling - Brandon Stiehler
Swimming - Carter Mui
Basketball - Devin Artis and Anthony Williams
Carter Mui swimming breaststroke. He broke the pool record at Whitehall with a time of 58.70.
Carter Mui - Senior Swimmer made USA Swimming Scholastic All-America
Criteria:
swim an individual pool time equal to or faster than the 2022 Winter Junior National qualifying time
GPA 3.5 or higher
Congratulate the Cross Country team on a great season. Leading the way was Senior Kaya Meler, who placed 2nd in the EPC League Championships 2 weeks ago with a time of 19:34. This is the fastest time of a West athlete on the Desales League course! Last Wednesday, Kaya placed 3rd for the bronze medal in the District 11 Championships - which is the highest District placing West runner in history. She also had 4-first place finishes this season in regular season meets. She was awarded First Team All-EPC and is currently our school record holder. She will compete Saturday at 11am in the PIAA State Championships in Hershey. Overall the team dropped almost 23:00 total throughout the season!
Kaya Meler ended up getting 26th at the state championship.
Senior Ashlyn McCormick competed in the PIAA Girls Golf Championship on Monday and Tuesday (10/16 and 10/17). Not only is she the first female to make the tournament, but she is the first golfer in PM West history to compete in the PIAA Championship.
Senior Kaya Meler came in 2nd place in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference cross country meet yesterday (Tuesday, October 17, 2023). Her time of 19:34 was her best on the course for her career, as well as the best female time in the history for PM West.
Ashlyn McCormick, a Senior at Pocono Mt West placed 3rd in the District XI golf Championship. This also qualified her for the State Championship on Oct 16th & 17th at Penn State University. Ashlyn also made her first hole-in-one to help secure her 3rd place and go to states.
2022-2023:
Carter Mui
2nd in 100 Fly breaking the school record with a time of 52.47
1st in 100 Breast qualifying for STATES at Bucknell University March 16-18
Won the 2023 Outstanding Athlete Award - Dennis A McGinely Award
Mychaela Dunham
8th in 100 Fly
9th in 100 Back breaking the school record with a time of 104.2
Jack Dunham
9th in 50 Free
13th in 100 Back
Brandon Poveromo
12th in 500 Free
15th in 100 Fly
Girls Relays
8th in Medley - Mychaela Dunham, Sienna McNamara-Burkett, Lily Piacenti, Genie Gilbride
10th in 200 Free - Genie Gilbride, Lily Piacenti, Sienna McNamara-Burkett, Mychaela Dunham
11th in 400 Free - Natalie Gortych, Ashley Garner, Sienna McNamara-Burkett, Lily Piacenti
Boys Relays
6th in Medley - Jack Dunham, Carter Mui, Brandon Poveromo, Raymond Adamowicz
8th in 200 Free - Jack Dunham, Omar Zatar, Raymond Adamowicz, Carter Mui
14th in 400 Free - Brandon Poveromo, Eryk Mackowski, Omar Zatar, Raymond Adamowicz
PM West athletes who made First Team All EPC
Blaise McCarroll - Football
Tyrese Hesterbey - Football
Kaya Meler - Cross Country
2021-2022:
Congratulations to Christian Fermin and Ella Bray - Pocono Mountain West Athletes of the Year
Mikey Lawrence - First place and state qualifying performance in the boys triple jump! He posted a career best on his last jump of the day for the win!
West Basketball Playoff Games.
West Wrestling's AAA District XI Place-winners.
Brandon Stiehler placed 6th at 189lbs, Malachi Walters placed 5th at 215lbs, and Glenn Pittius placed 5th at 285lbs.
Glenn and Malachi have both qualified for the AAA Northeast Regional Tournament.
Girls Basketball accepting the North Division trophy. They went 10-0 in division.
Boys Basketball accepting the North Division trophy. They went 10-0 in division.
Vatijah Davis accepting the EPC Most Valuable Player award for the 2021-2022 season.
Christian Fermin accepting the EPC Most Valuable Player award for the 2021-2022 season.
Blaise McCarroll George Europe Michael Lawrence. 1st Team All Conference Football
Christian Fermin set a new school record for points scored in a game vs rival Pocono Mountain East last night in a 87-49 West win.
The 6'10" VCU commit finished with 43 points, 15 rebounds & 8 blocks.
He also broke the school record for FG's made in a game with 21.
West's previous school record was 36 points scored in a game which was shared by Justin Smith '21, Lance Singh '17 & Thomas Alexander '05.
Congratulations to SENIOR ELLA BRAY for her 6th place finish at Thursday's District 11 Championship meet! She is the highest place finisher that PMWXC has ever had at the D11 meet. Ella will compete at the PIAA State Championships next Saturday in Hershey. She will leave our XC program as the school record holder (set by Janette Adams in 2004) with her career best time of 19:30.
All 9 runners placed in the top 100 runners. Chris Reed set a personal best on the very tough course for his last meet of the year.
Senior Ella Bray, a 6-year member of the Cross Country Team, broke the 17 year old school record by 8 seconds, set in 2004 by Janette Adams. Ella ran 19:30 on Tuesday at Pleasant Valley (against ESN, ESS, PV, PME and Stroudsburg). Over the past few weeks, she has beat her career personal record each week, with a previous best time of 19:53.
Ashlyn McCormick Sophmore,
Place 6th Last year, 2020
Placed 4th this year, Score of 89.
Missed qualifying to states by 1 spot, (Top 3 advance) score of 82 was the cutoff.
She had a slow start,, but finished the last 10 holes solid to get back into contention.
2020-2021:
Christian Fermin has been ranked #145 in Rivals.com's (the premier recruiting website) Rivals150 for the Class of 2022
You can find the rankings here: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2022
Other 2021 accolades for the 6'10" forward:
- 13 Division 1 scholarship offers
- 2nd team All-State 6A
- EPC Monroe Division MVP
- Morning Call All-Area Team of the Year
- Plays AAU for the famed Pro Scholars Athletics Club out of NYC which is a member of the heralded Nike EYBL AAU circuit.
- Member of the EPC Student Character & Sportsmanship Council
- Channel 13 Athlete of the Week
Photo Credit: John Amoroso
Congrats to our 4 year team member and throws captain, Tiera Hudson, who booked her ticket to the big show last night! Tiera launched a state qualifying throw of 37-6 at the District 11 Championships to place second in the shot put. One of the best in PA! #statesbound
Congratulations to members of the PM West boys swim team Tyler Mui, Kuba Niewiarowski, John Dunham, Brandon Poveromo, and Carter Mui on placing 7th at Districts.
Congratulations to Tyler Mui on placing 2nd and earning a silver medal at Districts in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.49.
2019-2020:
The Wrestling team attended the District 11 tournament last weekend. The team placed 16th. The following individuals placed Charlie Maloy 6th at 182 and Jon Owens 4th at 195. Jon owens will be competing at the NE Regional Competition this Friday and Saturday.
District XI Wrestling Junior High Place Winners:
Malachi Walters - 1st place - 250lbs
Ron Davis - 2nd Place - 190lbs
Jewels Lewis - 2nd Place - 145lbs
Brandon Stiehler - 5th place - 170lbs
Jayden Joye - 6th Place - 210lbs
Chris Tambasco with Coach Below accepting his Boys Soccer PSCA All-State Award
Pictures from PM West wrestling senior night vs. PM East
Pocono Mountain West beat Pocono Mountain East for the second time in 5 days to win the Mountain Trophy for the first time in 12 years. The score was 45 to 30. The following individuals got pins. The team currently is 7-8 and will wrestle at the MLK Duals this Saturday.
Dylan Blose
Ceasar Lewis
Glenn Pittius
On Dec 28th and 29th the PMW attended the Tunkhannock Kiwanis Winter Classic. The team placed 9th, its highest placing in team history. The following individuals placed in the tournament:
Jon Owens 3rd, 195 lbs
Charlie Maloy 4th 182 lbs
Ceasar Lewis 5th 170 lbs
Glenn Pittius 7th 220 lbs
Congratulations on a team effort!
Click on the link for the article about the Pocono Mountain West High School Wrestling team:
First team all star football selections from the Northern Division of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
Preston Green, Deion Marshall, Robxavier Reyes Mendez
Click on the link below for the article about Chris Tambasco:
4x100m Relay Team
Kenson Thomas, Kaleb Monaco, Jaden Bowens, Maurice Whittle
Gold Medalists - 1st place Finishers at EPC League Championships
1st Team EPC League All-Stars
Kenson Thomas, So.
200m Champion - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
4x100m Relay Member - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
1st Team EPC League 200m All-Star
Maurice Whittle, Jr.
4 time - 2019 EPC League Championships Gold Medalist
100m Champion - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
Long Jump Champion - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
Triple Jump Champion - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
4x100m Relay Member - 1st Place Finisher at EPC League Championships
1st Team EPC League 100m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x100m All-Star
2018-2019:
EPC Champs: Congratulations to the following Pocono Mountain athletes who earned medals at the Eastern PA Conference Track & Field Championship:
PM West Junior Maurice Whittle - gold medals in the long jump, 100-meter dash and the 400-relay;
PM West Sophomore Kenson Thomas - gold medals in the 200-meter dash and the 400 relay, bronze in the 100-meter dash;
PM West Senior Juanita Wiggins - gold in the long jump, silver in the 200-meter dash;
PM East Senior Drew Altemose - gold in the javelin throw;
PM East Sophomore Isabella Horvath - silver in the high jump;
PM West Freshman Jaden Bowens and Junior Kaled Monaco - gold in the 400-meter relay (along with Whittle and Thomas)
2018-2019 Girls Basketball Mountain Division Champions
Kaleb Monaco and Josh Altemose 1st Team All conference
Ryan Krisiak - Scholar Athlete
PM West junior forward Chris Tambasco named to the Pennsylvania All-State Soccer Team
Congratulations to Caroline Weirich and Chris Tambasco for earning first team all EPC honors in Girls and Boys Soccer.
Junior Chris Tambasco scored his 50th career goal against Dieruff High School on Sept 25th. He went on to add goals 51 and 52 in the game as well. Chris is the all time leading scorer at PM West.
2017-2018:
Congratulations Greg Bensley!
Greg Bensley became the first person in school history to finish 3rd at PIAA AAA states last weekend. He on his way he beat Ian Elenfeld of Laurel Highland, 1st seed, 1st ranked in state, 19th in the nation, #2 ranked Cole Forrester of Shippensburg, and #3 ranked Jake Slinger of Upper Saint Clair. Also, he broke the school record of 90 wins set by James Gonzalez of 90 wins. He finished his career with 97 wins and 19 losses. Lastly, he holds the most medals for regionals, 3, state medals 2. Congratulations to Greg Bensely on a record setting 2 weeks of competition.
Congratulations go out to GREG BENSLEY!
Greg won the District XI wrestling championship at 220 this past weekend @ Liberty High School.
Greg is only the 2nd wrestler in PMW history to win this prestigious award!
He will advance to the Northeast Regional tournament this weekend.
Also....
The Pocono Mountain wrestling team was nominated by the referees for the 2017-2018 Sportsmanship award and won.
Congratulations to Senior Captain Diego Mendieta who has broken 3 records so far this season.
He broke his 100 yard backstroke record again on Thursday, 12/28 at home against Dallas with a time of 56.90
This past Saturday, 1/6, Diego broke 2 more records - 5:07.88 in the 500 and 54.58 in the 100 yard butterfly.
Congratulations go out to Greg Bensley - he was recently awarded the Scholar Athlete Award in football for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.
Greg has developed his athletic skills at Pocono Mountain West High School through his dedication to the varsity football, track, and wrestling teams. He distinguished himself among other players when he was named 1st team EPC linebacker in 2015, 2016, and 2017, as well as 1st team EPC tight end in 2017. In 2012 Greg was the PJW state wrestling champion, and in 2017 he earned the EPC Defensive MVP award. Recognizing the importance of combining personal integrity with athletics, he also works on the Student Athlete Character Council. Greg is an accomplished athlete who also strives for academic excellence. While challenging himself to take Advanced Placement and Honors courses, Greg has earned a 98.47 GPA, has attained Distinguished Honor Roll status throughout high school, and has earned a class rank of #4 out of 388 seniors. Recognizing the importance of community involvement, he has worked as a volunteer coach for youth basketball and baseball, and serves as a mentor for younger students in the PM school district. Greg is employed by Moyer’s Country Kitchen in Pocono Lake, PA.
Ralph Valentin.....Greg Bensley.....alum Patrick LaBella......Rebecca Lotito.........and Ela Buczek
Coach Lawrence presents the game ball from 10/4/17 vs. Stroudsburg to Kathrynn Gonzalez.
Kathrynn became the all-time leading goal scorer in PM West history surpassing Nikki Brigante.
