Here are 37 Washington County high school girls to watch in 2023-24 winter sports
The Washington County high school winter sports season soon will be in full swing with basketball, indoor track and field and wrestling. Here are 37 girls to watch:
Callie Alkire
Clear Spring basketball
Alkire, a senior forward, averaged 9.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last season.
Amelia Beck-Schmieder
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Beck-Schmieder, a senior, was the county runner-up in the 55 hurdles last winter.
Danica Bennett
St. Maria Goretti basketball
Bennett, a junior forward, averaged 14.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game last season.
Anna Chamberlin
North Hagerstown indoor track & field
Chamberlin, a sophomore who played basketball last winter, placed third at the county cross country championships this fall.
Morgan Cook
Boonsboro wrestling
Cook, a junior, went 13-7 last season at 110 pounds, including 2-2 in the girls state tournament, after placing third in 2A-1A West and first in the inaugural girls county tourney.
Kilah Dandridge
St. Maria Goretti basketball
Dandridge, a junior guard, averaged 15.2 points, 5.5 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game last season for Spring Mills, earning West Virginia Class AAAA all-state first-team honors.
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Kamryn Dillow
Boonsboro indoor track & Field
Dillow, a sophomore, placed fourth in the 55 and fifth in the 300 at the county championships last winter.
Abby Drier
Broadfording basketball
Drier, a senior forward, averaged 5.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game last season.
Grace Ellis
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Ellis, a junior, was named The Herald-Mail’s girls indoor track athlete of the year last winter after leading the Leopards to the 1A team title at states, where she placed first in the 500, second in the 800, third in the 4x400 and fifth in the 300.
Ella Fisher
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Fisher, a junior, earned 1A state gold in the 4x800 relay both indoors and outdoors last school year.
Maya Fravel
Boonsboro basketball
Fravel, a senior guard, averaged 9.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game last season.
Aniyah Freeman
St. Maria Goretti basketball
Freeman, a sophomore forward, scored a team-high 176 points last season for South Hagerstown.
Amiyah Fulton
St. Maria Goretti basketball
Fulton, a senior guard, averaged 13.8 points, 4.1 assists, 4.0 steals and 3.4 rebounds per game last season.
Cora Gentzel
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Gentzel, a junior, won the 1A state title in cross country this fall. At last winter’s indoor state meet, she placed second in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600.
Michaela Gross
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Gross, a senior, was the 1A state runner-up in cross country this fall. She placed third at states in the 3,200 last winter.
Dana Hammond
Clear Spring indoor track & field
Hammond, a senior, placed first in the county, third in the 1A West region and fourth at states in the high jump last winter.
Haylee Hartman
Boonsboro basketball
Hartman, a senior forward, averaged 10.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season.
Kayla Hawbecker
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Hawbecker, a junior, earned 1A gold in the 4x800, bronze in the 800 and a fourth-place finish in 1,600 at states last winter.
Jodiy Kay Hibbert
North Hagerstown indoor track & field
Hibbert, a junior, placed third in the 300 and fifth in the 55 at the county championships last winter.
Jenna Howe
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Howe, a junior, earned 1A gold in the 4x200, bronze in the 300 and a fifth-place finish in 55 at states last winter.
Rian Johnson
North Hagerstown indoor track & field
Johnson, a junior, placed second in the 1,600 and third in the 800 at the county championships last winter.
Emma Joyal
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Joyal, a junior, is the reigning county champion in the 55 hurdles.
Taylor King
Smithsburg indoor track & field
King, a junior, placed in four events at the 1A state meet last winter, first in the 4x200 and 4x800, third in the 4x400 and fifth in the 500.
Tiki Koontz
Broadfording basketball
Koontz, a senior guard, averaged 7.0 points, 3.5 steals and 3.4 rebounds per game last season.
Skyla Mastronardi
Smithsburg basketball
Mastronardi, a sophomore guard, averaged 13.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.8 assists per game last season.
Kailyn McCauley
Clear Spring indoor track & field
McCauley, a junior, placed third in the county and fourth at the 1A state meet in the shot put last winter.
Fanta Minteh
Broadfording basketball
Minteh, a junior guard/forward, earned MDCC player of the year honors and led the Lions to the MDCC tournament title, averaging 23.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.7 steals and 3.0 assists per game last season.
Amelia Mikus
Boonsboro wrestling
Mikus, a senior, dominated in the girls postseason tourneys last winter, capturing state, region and county titles at 135 pounds to finish with a 15-1 record.
Adriana Moss
Boonsboro wrestling
Moss, a junior, was the 2A-1A West girls champ at 140 pounds last season and finished with a 7-5 record.
Alaina Pate
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Pate, a junior, won a 1A state title in the 4x200 and placed third in the county in the 55 last winter.
Grace Reynolds
South Hagerstown wrestling
Reynolds, a junior, was the runner-up in the 4A-3A West region girls tournament at 110 pounds last season.
Ana Small-Simmons
South Hagerstown indoor track & field
Small-Simmons, a senior, placed fifth in the county in the shot put and was a 3A state qualifier in the high jump last winter.
Emma Smith
Grace basketball
Smith — a senior forward who is still recovering from an injury that sidelined her during the volleyball season — averaged 11.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game for the MDCC regular-season champions last year.
Skylar Smith
Hancock basketball
Smith, a senior forward, averaged 8.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game last season.
Alexandria Spithaler
Smithsburg indoor track & field
Spithaler, a junior, placed third in the county and fifth at the 1A state meet in the pole vault last winter.
Lauren Stine
North Hagerstown indoor track & field
Stine, a junior, won 3A state gold in the 3,200 last spring after earning state silver in the event last winter. She won CMC, county and 3A West titles in cross country this fall before placing third at states.
Riley Troxell
South Hagerstown indoor track & field
Troxell, a senior, was the county’s top performer in the pole vault last school year, both indoors (10-2) and outdoors (10-6), placing fifth in 3A at states each season.
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