Lehigh Valley scholar-athletes announced
While there will be no banquet at the Northampton Community Center this March as there has been for many years in the past, the area’s high school scholar-athletes will be honored by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Lehigh Valley Chapter in a special presentation expected to air on Service Electric Cable TV2 on Sunday night.
The presentation will culminate with the announcement of the fourth annual Edward J. Watto Memorial Community Service Award winner and the 61st annual Albert M. Beneck Memorial Lehigh Valley Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
Last year in an event held just before the pandemic shutdown, Jim Thorpe’s Tyler Hartman won the Watto Award and Northwestern Lehigh’s Devin Bollinger won the Lehigh Valley Scholar-Athlete Award.
This year’s event will also be live-streamed and made available online.
This year’s 33 individual school nominees include:
William Allen High School — Andrew J. Mumma
Allentown Central Catholic High School — Jack Joseph McGorry
Bangor Area High School — Jared Allen Reto
Bethlehem Catholic High School — Ian Michael Nikolai Kish
Catasauqua High School — Tyler James Monahan
Louis E. Dieruff High School — Ryan M. Chatieh
East Stroudsburg High School North — Shane Robert Gagnon
East Stroudsburg High School
South — William James Fish
Easton Area High School — Dominic Franklin Falcone
Emmaus High School — Tanner W. Ritter
Freedom High School — Frank Peter Cierech
Jim Thorpe Area High School — Derek Joe Hunter
Lehighton Area High School — Michael Walker Yeakel
Liberty High School — Alexander T. Sahaydak
Nazareth Area High School — Richard Matthew Bugbee
Northampton Area High School — Jonathon Daniel Mannino
Northern Lehigh High School — Jason Daniel Hunter
Northwestern Lehigh High School — Michael Scott Rader Notre Dame High School — Robert Anthony Spirk
Palisades High School — Zachary John Smith
Palmerton Area High School — Timothy D. Iles
Parkland High School — Isiah Urique Rico
Pen Argyl Area High School — Jared Connor Albanese
Phillipsburg High School — Jacob Hille
Pleasant Valley High School — Jack Robert Kaye
Pocono Mountain East High School — Andrew J. Ball
Pocono Mountain West High School — Sam Ghassan Odeh
Salisbury High School — Chad Joseph Parton
Saucon Valley High School — David Moffat Osman
Southern Lehigh High School — Tristan Dale Rice
Stroudsburg High School — Matthew David Trbuza
Whitehall High School — Angelo V. Daddona
Wilson Area High School — Luke R. Miller
Keith Groller can be reached at 610-820-6740 or at kgroller@ mcall.com
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LONDON — Unlike lead character Meredith, “Grey’s Anatomy” is not fighting for its life.
It is the most-watched entertainment series to date among young adults on Thursday night and resumed Season 17 last week. It has not been announced whether there will be a Season 18.
The series — which follows the staff of a Seattle hospital — has provided life support for its audience.
During the pandemic, it also entertained people stuck inside. Viewers have gathered on social media to discuss plotlines.
Chandra Wilson, an original cast member, noticed this trend and has been viewing old episodes with her daughter.
“If it was up to her, we’d have been done with 16 seasons in 16 days,” she laughs. “I’m new to this whole binging thing.”
Watching old episodes has given her daughter the chance to pass verdict on the similarities between Wilson and her character, Dr. Miranda Bailey.
“I always say that we just really are different people for so many reasons,” explains Wilson. “But from my daughter’s perspective, she would say, ‘No, that’s you, that’s you Ma.’ ”
Something that hasn’t changed during her 16 years as Bailey — and often as a director — is the influence of her character.
Bailey is a successful Black female surgeon who has coped with mental
health issues, yet takes no nonsense from anyone.
Since the first season of the ABC series created by Shonda Rimes — Krista Vernoff is the current showrunner — “Grey’s Anatomy” has received mail from people inspired to pursue medical careers.
“They tell us about where they are in residency or in med school or that this door has opened up for them, but particularly women of color that let me know before I saw a Miranda Bailey on television, that I hadn’t even thought of that for myself.”
An added responsibility in 2020-2021 is the portrayal of the pandemic.
“Grey’s Anatomy,” more than other U.S. medical drama, demonstrated the toll of COVID-19 on
patients, health workers and the public in storylines across the first half of season 17.
“At the time that the episode aired where Miranda lost her mom, we hadn’t had like a national day of grieving yet,” says Wilson.
“So the response we got right away was, ‘This happened to me and I haven’t had a chance to cry. Thank you for giving me a place I could go to cry.’ ”
There’s no word on if “Grey’s Anatomy” will survive long enough to tie up long-running storylines and say a proper goodbye to beloved characters in a world beyond COVID-19.
“I think after 17 seasons, our show deserves the biggest celebration, end, final season ever,” she said.