Hockey 4 Haxton Scholarship Tourney

December 25, 2022

Thank you to all who worked to make a successful day in memory of Amanda Haxton at the H4H indoor tourney raising funds for the H4H scholarships and for the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center in Georgetown, DE on Saturday, December 17, 2022, on the turf at Cape Henlopen High School’s Champions Stadium. Thank you to all the teams (10) and individuals (approximately 130) that expended their energy playing in the games. A special thank you to our volunteer umpires who gave their time to make sure the games were played safely: Peyton Moore, Sam Swift, Mycah Smith, Beth Conaway, Jessica Rybicki, Stacie Spicer, Madi Irwin, Jacki Dmiterchik, and Ike Eisenhour. And thanks to the volunteers who manned registration (Stephanie Brown), the score clock (Megan and Dan Smith), music mixer and announcer/timer (Tim Moore), and photographers: Dan Smith and Eric Gooch, and all the others that donated their time for the success of this day. Apologies to any I have missed in the above list.

Special thanks to our sponsors: Arenas Café and Deli in Lewes/Rehoboth Beach, Dorman’s Get Inked  Custom Apparel in Milton, Russ Palmer Builders in Lewes, County Bank in Rehoboth Beach, Johnson Orthodontics in Rehoboth Beach, John’s Well Drilling in Smyrna, Morris James LLP in Georgetown,  Hazzard Auto Parts in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Beach Book in Milton, Clean Delaware in Milton, and George & Lynch, Inc., in Dover. Thanks to all those making anonymous donations throughout the day.
Special recognition goes to Stephanie Brown, chairperson of H4H, who did a great job of planning for this 17^th annual event. Stephanie also was instrumental in the huge number of raffle items that were available for this year: Dairy Queenon Lewes Beach, Jungle Jim’s Water Park/Speedway outside of Rehoboth Beach, Vernon Powell Shoes in Rehoboth Beach, Eric Gooch Photos of Milton, Arena’s in Rehoboth Beach, The Delaware River and Bay Authority in North Cape May, Thrasher’s French Fries in Rehoboth Beach, Olive and Oats by Azafran in Lewes, SoDel Concepts and Surf Bagel in Lewes, Nicola Pizza, Inc., in Lewes.

Thank you to Cape Henlopen School District, Cheyanne Riveria and April Sharp for getting the Champions Turf Field up and running days before the tourney was to take place.
You all are so special and have the Haxton spirit.

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 H4H scholarship winners: Eve Sekscinski of Milford High School and Elise Westbrook of Sussex Academy. Eve will be attending Coker University, and will be part of their field hockey program while majoring in nursing. Elise will attend the University of Tampa majoring in Forensics Science and playing club field hockey. These athletes have been active as members of teams traveling to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida for different events, winning championships with those teams, teaching and coaching in different Delaware Shore programs and becoming big sisters to the next generation of Delaware Shore athletes.

Sincerely,

Ike Eisenhour

Executive Director, Delaware Shore Field Hockey

Stephanie Brown

H4H Coordinator

A recap of the previous winners:

2008- Kara Voss (RN at Beebe) and Chelsea Reed (Beebe School of Nursing and now Beebe Cath Lab)

2009- Sara Kolobielski (MBA and business manager at Bad Hair Day?))

2010- Caroline Judge (Marketing Director SoDel Concepts) and Tori Cox (Sales Rep at LC Homes)

2011- Taylor Trimmer (Asics Sporting Goods Corporation and Christine Bristowe (Dogfish Chemist)

2012- Sarah More (Senior Technical Editor at Synchrogenix)

2013- Karissa LeMaire (Enterprise Car Rentals) and Ryan Taylor (Project Mgr. at Yale Electrical)

2014-Tina Gooding (Personal Trainer) and Alyssa More (Partnerships @FreeWill)

2015- Lexi Gooch (teacher CHSD), Katie Fuhr (RN), and Sydney Ostroski (teacher CHSD and coach)

2016- Alexa Rhodunda (DeSales University- RN)

2017- Lizzie Soucy (PSU)

2018- Lacy Bayley (SRU and Delaware State University and De Shore coach)

2019- Marlee Geppert (Queens University GK)

2020- Riley Klopp (F&M College) and Maggie Dawson (University of Tennessee)

2021- Liv Muir (Lynchburg University