LIAA SCHOLAR ATHLETES: Riverside

Joby Fawcett, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
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Jun. 23—ALEXANDRA NENISH

Riverside

Basketball, tennis, track and field

Earned four varsity letters in basketball, and two in tennis and track and field. Served as a team captain in basketball in both junior and senior years and as a team captain in tennis as a senior. Member of the National Honor Society, the Student Council, the Scholastic Bowl team, the Science Club and served as the vice-president of the senior class. Will attend Ursinus College to study politics and work toward a minor in legal studies.

JOHNNY GILCHRIST

Riverside

Football, baseball, golf

Four-year letter winner in football, three-year letter winner in baseball and earned one letter in golf. Three-year team captain of the football team where he started at quarterback. He set the LIAA record for career passing yards with 7,481 and threw for a school-record 84 touchdowns in his career. Set LIAA single-season record for yards with 2,952 and touchdowns with 39 in his junior season. Earned Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 2A all-state and Times-Tribune All-Region honors. Lackawanna Football Conference Division III-IV all-star. Played for the Pennsylvania all-stars in the PSFCA East-West Small School all-star game. Served as president of the senior class. Member of Student Council, the National Honor Society, the Scholastic Bowl team, the Science Club, the Lackawanna Historical Society, the Yearbook Club, and the Newspaper Club. Was a lector at Divine Mercy Parish. Will attend Monmouth University where he will play football and study business administration, finance and real estate.

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