Vernon honors outstanding athletes

VERNON — The Vernon Township High School Athletic Dept. recently named its Athletes of the Week for Week 2 of the spring 2017 season.
Freshman Catherine McCabe won first place in both the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races against High Point on April 11. Catherine’s best times this year are 5:44 in the 1600 meters, 2:42 in the 800 meters and 13:48 in the 3200 meters.
She also competes in the long jump with a best jump of 12-10 in that event.
Coach Ferguson cannot say enough about Catherine. She is a hard worker and an All-around great kid and competitor."
Freshman Vinnie Dasaro is making a great impact in his first season on the varsity tennis team. He is playing first singles for Vernon this year and is off to a 3-1 start with straight set wins over Wallkill Valley and Newton last week.
According to Coach Miller, he has been instrumental in helping out the younger and less-experienced members of the team with his expertise. He also advanced to the quarterfinals of the HWS (Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex) Tournament.