Yosemite High earns Ginsburg Award
BY EARLENE WARD - SPECIAL TO TEH SIERRA STAR

For the 10th time in the school’s history, Yosemite High School has received the Ginsburg Award for athletic excellence.

The award is given to the school in the league that accumulates the most points in varsity sports throughout the school year. YHS ended the year with 308 points followed by Kingsburg with 250. YHS is in the North Sequoia League.

For each varsity sports, points are given ranging from 24 for first place to one for eighth place.

YHS Athletic Director Tom Fiormonti said the school led in points at the end of the fall, winter and spring seasons.

“This is a real tribute to the coaches and athletes,” he said. “It shows dedication and hard work.”

He said the key to the school’s winning the trophy was that the Badgers always finished close to the top even when they didn’t win first place in league. “It shows a consistency in the sports program,” he said.

In fall sports, the girls’ cross country team placed first, football tied for first, volleyball placed second, girls’ golf placed second, girls’ tennis placed fourth and boys’ cross country placed sixth.

In winter sports, girls’ basketball placed first, girls’ soccer tied for first, boys’ soccer placed third, wrestling was fourth and boys’ basketball was seventh.

In the spring, boys’ track placed first, the baseball team tied for first, softball was second, girls’ track was second, girls’ swimming tied for second, boys’ swimming was third, boys’ tennis was fifth and boys’ golf was fifth.

YHS won the trophy for six years straight from 1984-85 through 1989-90 and then for three more years from 1991-92 through 1993-94.
“It’s just awesome for the school to win the trophy again,” Fiormonti said.

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