Winter Athletes of the Year

March 23, 2014 at 12:10a.m.

These eight student-athletes have shared their journeys from playing in the backyard as kids, to competing under the brightest of spotlights. We present to you the Winter Athletes of the Year:

• LOGAN SHARP: Wrestling, West Branch

• EMILY THIRION: Swimming, Warren Harding

• DAN DiLORETO: Bowling, Struthers

• CONNOR BRADY: Swimming, Canfield

• PEYTN ALDRIDGE: Basketball, LaBrae

• MIRANDA ROMANO: Bowling, Hubbard

• ZOIE AMATORE: Hockey, Canfield

• MEGAN SEFCIK: Basketball, Fitch

By Vindicator sports writers Tom Williams and Kevin Connelly