Huron Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Sept. 21

The Huron High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inducted its first set of twins — Kelly and Matthew Lehrer — and Gail Moore, a pioneer of girls athletics at Huron. A year later, the Hall of Fame committee has circled back to both, inducting the Lehrer twins' father, Mac, and the 1974 girls volleyball team that was led by Moore for its 30th annual induction class. The Class of 2023 also includes Brian Bollenbacher, John Dusza, Megan (Borgelt) Hill, Calvin (Black) Randleman and Lauren (Volz) Pavlechko. Taryn Graham and Treyvon Matthews, who were selected for induction last year but were unable to attend the ceremony, are also part of the Class of 2023. The induction banquet will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at Mesenburg's Plaza Place in the Huron Plaza. Tickets are $25 and available in the Huron High School office. The Hall has actually been in existence 31 years, but the ceremony was canceled in 2020 during the pandemic, making this year's event the 30th induction. Lehrer, going in as a community member, has been the voice of Huron athletics for the past 15 years, manning the public address system for a variety of sports The volleyball team captured the school's first Sandusky Bay Conference volleyball title with an undefeated run in 1974, which consisted of six games and was played in the spring. The title run culminated in a March 28, 1974, showdown with Clyde, won by the Tigers in what was called by the Sandusky Register, "The biggest win in the history or girls athletics at Huron High School." The squad was made up of Ellen Baker, Annette Balconi, Linda Franklin, Barb Fulton, Martha Luby, Patty Newsome and Gabriele Mittelstaedt, along with Moore. In addition, Patty Newsome is married to Hall of Famer Jim Bollenbacher and mother to Brian. Bollenbacher, a 2011 graduate, collected nine varsity letters. He ended his football career with all-district punter recognition and in the top 10 of all Huron quarterbacks in pass attempts, pass completions, yards passing, touchdown passes, rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns and total yards passing and rushing. He finished his stellar basketball career as a three-year starter and 698 career points, including 359 as a senior, when he was first-team league. Dusza, a 2012 graduate, captured four varsity letters in soccer and tennis and two in football. He earned all-league honors in soccer all four years, including second-team All-Ohio as a senior and finished with with the school record in assists and was second in goals. He captured SBC honors two years in a row in football, including second-team Northwest District as a senior. Hill, a four-year letterwinner in volleyball, earned first-team All-Ohio recognition as a sophomore and a senior and was a member of a state championship and state runner-up teams in the early 2000s. She held school records for match assists (46), season (679) and career (2,584) assists, career digs (844) and career service points (572). Hill's 2,584 was the state mark for all four divisions when she graduated in 2004. Randelman, a 2006 graduate, collected varsity letters in football (3), basketball (2), track (2) and baseball (4), and participated on three SBC championship football teams. He earned honorable mention league honors in basketball on teams that went 30-12 over two seasons. In track, Randleman was an SBC champ and state qualifier in the long jump and 4x100 and 4x200 relays. In baseball, he was a first-team all-league outfielder. Football was Randleman's avenue to college, earning first-team SBC and Northwest District honors as a wide receiver as a senior. He finished the year with 1,417 all-purpose yardage and went on to play at Ashland for two seasons and Nevada-Las Vegas for two seasons. Volz, a 2011 graduate, collected 12 varsity letters, with four each in golf, basketball and softball. She earned SBC recognition all four years on the link, including first-team All-Ohio honors with a fourth-place finish in the state as a junior and second-team state recognition by placing eighth the following year. In basketball, Volz sett team marks for 3-pointers in a game (seven, twice), season (56) and for a career (153). She also was named an OHSAA Scholar Athletic Award winner, won the Archie Griffin Sportsmanship and the Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete awards and earned a scholarship to play golf at Ohio University. Graham, another 2011 graduate, was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball, earning first-team All-Ohio honors in 2010 and winning a state championship in 2009. She was also a member of the 2009 National 17-Under championship squad and currently holds Gannon University records in digs for a season (580), digs in a career (2,003), digs per set average (4.39), sets played (460) and matches played (130). Matthew, a 2012 graduate, was a state champion in the 110 hurdles as a senior, a year in which he did not lose a single race in the event. He is the school record-holder in the 110 hurdles and went on to compete in college where he was a 2017 Division II national qualifier in the event and Division II Indoor All-American in the 60 hurdles.