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Record Observer December 20, 2013 PAGE 21 Granger, 17, thanked her family, which included parents Lee and Janine, sisters Morgan, Madelyn and Anna, and a handful of cousins and aunts who were all in attendance. know what to do without Granger said. Granger also thanked for recognizing the 12 finalists not only for their athletic achievements but their excellence in the classroom and community. even explain Granger said Sunday night after arriving home in Grasonville. crazy.

I had no idea going into it how big of an event it would A winner of several academic honors, including the departmental award for Spanish, geometry and biology, Granger has a 4.7 grade-point average on a weighted scale and is second in her class. In addition to academics and athletics, the over 46,000 student-athletes who applied for this High School Heisman were recognized for community service and other extracurricular activities. Granger has worked with the Kent Island Homeless Shelter, children with disabilities and multiple school activities. Granger has played soccer, basketball and lacrosse at Sts. Peter Paul.

She totaled 33 goals and 16 assists this fall while leading the Sabres to a fourth consecutive Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship in soccer. She was named ES- IAC player of the year for a second time this season and leaves as the career leader in goals (109) and assists (53). Granger has played four years of basketball for the Sabres, and this spring again will play lacrosse, the sport she hopes to play at Yale University. She is a two-time, first-team all-ES- IAC pick who helped SSPP win conference crowns in 2011 and Last spring she finished with 36 goals, 27 assists, 41 draw controls and 49 ground balls. She heads into her final season with career totals of 83 goals, 58 assists, 98 draw controls and 130 ground balls.

ESPN2 aired the half- hour High School Heisman ceremony this past Sunday. nervous at all during the Granger said. me it really about winning. I mean, like yeah, it would be great to be a part of the Heisman family, but it was just so wonderful to be there and to be around all those great Follow me on Twitter Email me at Waters (101 all-purpose yards, South Bayside Offensive Most Valuable Player honors) touchdown run early in the second quarter made it 7-0 after a Spencer Wiersberg (James M. Bennett) point-after kick.

Marion Fletcher picked off a James Fromert (Kent Island) pass and ran it 70 yards for a score less than two minutes later, making it 14-0. In the early going, the South defense got a major boost from Jock Simon, who finished with a game-high 17 tackles, and earned South Defensive MVP honors. this even my Simon said. just started practicing at inside backer this were missing a few Simon added. I moved to middle linebacker for a lot of the game.

I only had four days to learn it, and we had three practices. I got some stops at D-end too. But I did what inside backers had to do; it was great and I got defensive MVP for it. This was a great game to play The North, which sputtered offensively for the first 21 minutes, finally got it together as the half wound down. Lindsay, rotating in and out with Fromert, found one of his favorite targets all year, receiver Woodland Benton, from eight yards out with 11 seconds to go in the first half.

A Jacob Garvey (Kent Island) point-after made it a one-score affair at 14-7. Waters scored his second touchdown with 9:52 left in regulation, a 20-yard scamper which made it 20-14 after a missed point-after kick. Lindsay found another teammate, Shai Comegys, for a touchdown pass midway through the third period to tie the game. The North took its first lead midway through the fourth quarter when Lindsay hit Benton again to make it 21-20 following the kick by Brad Dennis. But Waters done.

Two possessions later, he scored from 22 yards out to make it 26-21 with 2:31 to go. The two-point run failed and it would come back to haunt the South. On the ensuing kickoff, Greenwood brought in the ball, which bounced at his feet just inside the 20-yard line. He cut right, then found a seam to his left, and dashed 81 yards for a score to make it 27-26. was an exciting Tyriek Jacobs said.

is one of those games looked forward to for four years of playing high school football. was a great last game to play Jacobs added. to our playoff game against Fallston, this was the most fun and exciting of them The South rallied one last time near midfield in the final minute, but a South attempt at a flea-flicker misfired, a Waters toss to a teammate falling to the earth. North Nick Wood fell on the fumble, giving the North the chance to kill the clock. do this every year, saying goodbye to the North coach Bryon Sofinowski, who led Kent Island to its second regional title in three years this fall, said.

always great to coach the kids fought against for three or four years. what we do; and always fun to be able to see them play together like was exciting because I got to play on the same team with said Frank Glotta, who finished just behind Kent Jacob Hager for North Defensive MVP and coming home with the win was great. Plus, it was (fun) because we all worked so hard to win tonight, and we all worked Follow me on Twitter: deer management versus mandatory antler restrictions. Promoting voluntary quality deer management involves an educational effort instructing hunters on how to identify, and thus avoid, harvesting younger bucks. The model also educates hunters about minimizing button buck harvest, harvesting antler- less deer to balance the herd, and addressing deer habitat requirements.

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You can reach me at KNAUSS From Page 20 SHORE From Page 20 GRANGER From Page 20 PHOTO BY AYMAN ALAM Last spring, Emily Granger scored 36 goals and added 27 assists, 41 draw controls and 49 groundballs for the Saints Peter and Paul lacrosse team..