The votes have been counted and the results are in. Marmaton Valley football’s Brayden Lawson and Crest volleyball’s McKenna Hammond are the Allen County Area Athletes of the Month.
As a quarterback for the Wildcats, Brayden Lawson has helped his team get off to a strong start. The Wildcats are 2-2. Lawson continues to put up video game-like numbers, currently owning 778 passing yards and 10 touchdown tosses in only four games.
Not only is he throwing the ball with ease but has rushed 314 yards on the ground with three touchdowns. That includes averaging 6.4 yards per carry and 16.2 yards on average per pass completion. With this kind of performance, Marmaton Valley will be in good stead come playoff time.
McKenna Hammond has helped her Lady Lancers reach a 21-4 overall record. Crest sits at 6-0 in district play. The senior has impressed at the serving line where in some matches she has gone a perfect 100%.
At a Mound City match, Hammond had nine aces and went 19-for-21 from the line. Hammond will look to keep up the strong serving as her team pursues one of its best records in school history.
STILL TO COME are features on Lawson and Hammond in the coming days as well as the October Allen County Area Athletes of the Month nominees.
