Winter Standouts: Pierson and Bridgehampton Student-Athletes Recognized

PIERSON

Pierson Boys Basketball

Team Awards:

MVP

Orion Aubry

Coaches Award

Paul Roesel

Most Improved Player

Casey Finelli

Pierson Girls Basketball

All-League

Josie Mott, Cali Wilson

League VII Rookie of the Year

Molly Wolfson

Unsung Hero

Lola Eldridge

All-Academic

Cali Wilson

Team Awards:

MVP

Josie Mott and Cali Wilson

Coaches Award

Lola Eldridge

Most Improved Player

Molly Wolfson

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Bridgehampton Boys Basketball

Second Team All-State

Jai Feaser

Third Team All-State

Alex Davis

All-County

Alex Davis, Jai Feaster

All-Conference

Jaylen Harding

League VII Rookie of the Year

Jordan Harding

All-Academic

Xavier Johnson

Small Schools Suffolk County Coach of the Year

Carl Johnson

EAST HAMPTON/PIERSON/BRIDGEHAMPTON

East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton Boys Indoor Track

All-League

Edmar Gonzalez-Nateras (600-meter run), 4x800-meter relay (Edmar Gonzalez-Nateras, Benson Edman, Sean Perez, Max Bellenoue)

Two new school records were set this past winter. Edmar Gonzalez-Nateras now holds the 800-meter run record at 2:01.6 and Abe Stillman set the pole vault record at 11 feet 6 inches. Ed.

East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton Girls Indoor Track

All-League

Greylynn Guyer (1,500-meter race, 3,000-meter race), Sara O’Brien (600-meter run), 4x800-meter relay (Danett Gonzalez-Alcala, Greylynn Guyer, Heidi Jimenez-Bustos, Sara O’Brien)

Academic All-County

Greylynn Guyer (3,000-meter race)

Team Awards:

MVP

Greylynn Guyer

Coaches Award

Bennett Greene

Most Improved

Vicky Chen

Two new school records were set this past winter. Sara O'Brien, Alaia "Alex" Kolhoff, Lucia Mogavero and Greylynn Guyer set the program’s record in the sprint medley relay at 5:25.60 FAT Ocean Breeze Holiday Festival on December 27, 2024. Cayenne "C.J." Echavarria set the 55-meter high hurdles record at 9.43 seconds at the Small Schools Championships on February 2.

East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton Boys Swimming

All-County

Liam Knight (200-yard freestyle)

Knight qualified for the state meet in the event. Ed.

All-League

Nick Chavez (100-yard backstroke, 200-yard individual medley), Liam Knight (100-yard freestyle), Oskar Merseburg (100-yard breaststroke), 200-yard medley relay (Cristian Sigua, Nick Chavez, Dylan Knapik, Oskar Merseburg), 200-yard freestyle relay (Zeb Ryan, Jasper Samuelson, Dylan Knapik, Liam Knight), 400-yard freestyle relay (Liam Knight, Zeb Ryan, Ariel Ruggiero, Nick Chavez)

East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton Wrestling

All-State, Suffolk County Champion, League III Champion

Austin Bronco Campsey, 108 pounds

Campsey was the first Bonac wrestler since Eric Kaufman in 1987 to become a state finalist and county champ. He is the first-ever wrestler from Sag Harbor to accomplish both feats. Ed.

All-County

Adam Beckwith, fourth place, 190 pounds

All-League

Franco Palombino, League III Champion, 215 pounds

Juan Roque, second place, 116 pounds

Adam Beckwith, second place, 190 pounds

Juan Espinoza, second place, 285 pounds

Josue Elias, fourth place, 124 pounds

Matias Gonzalez, fourth place, 152 pounds

Justin Prince, fourth place, 160 pounds

Aman Chugh, fourth place, 215 pounds

The nine All-League wrestlers are the most for the program since 1998 when 10 Bonackers earned the distinction. Back then, only the top three wrestlers advanced to counties, so only seven of those 10 wrestlers qualified for counties. It’s been even longer, since 1990 when the team had 14 All-League wrestlers, since East Hampton has sent nine qualifiers to counties. Ed.

SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

Pierson had both of its winter teams, boys and girls basketball, qualify as a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Team. In order to qualify as a team, 75 percent of its average GPA for the season must be equal to or greater than 90 percent. In addition to those teams, Pierson also had athletes on the East Hampton boys/girls indoor track and field, boys swimming and wrestling teams that also earned the distinction. Student-athletes can also earn Scholar-Athlete individual honors by earning an individual average of 90 or above, whether their team qualified or not. Although specific names were not released, 17 Sag Harbor student-athletes between the boys and girls basketball teams earned the distinction, and more were among the 81 East Hampton student-athletes that earned the distinction.

The Express News Group does not make any postseason award selections. All awards are either earned by student-athletes at respective levels or voted on by state, county and division/league representatives. All school awards are selected by respective coaches and school officials.