Scheneberg Awarded Gamer of the Week
Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s male Gamer of the Week to Mathew Scheneberg of Winfield High School Cross Country.
Matthew Scheneberg won the Region 4 AA Championship meet held in Ripley on Thursday in a time of 16:03, and Winfield won the meet with the low score of 23.
The 2020 state meet runner up, Scheneberg, has led the top ranked Generals this season. Scheneberg has won every meet he has competed in this year. He started off the season with a win at the Dutch Miller Cross Country Invitational with a time of 16:20 and followed that up with wins at St. Mary’s Medical Center XC Invitational 16:08, Chick-Fil-A Invitational 15:23, and Ripley Covered Bridge 16:17.
Coach Anderson on Scheneberg, “Matthew has tremendous character. Great young man with a great work ethic who leads by example. He has so many great traits it’s really hard to describe him and what he means to our team.”
Scheneberg started running track in 6th grade, and quickly gravitated to the distance races after running the 800m in a meet. He went on to say, “I like the competitiveness and team atmosphere of cross country. I have never been a part of team as close as this one.” Scheneberg attributes a lot of his success to his parents who have encouraged him to do his best at whatever he puts his mind to.
In addition to Cross Country, Scheneberg, is a member of the Track and Field team and National Honors Society at Winfield. He plans to continue his running career in college and is still evaluating his options.
Winfield will be back in action at the State Meet at Cabell Midland on Saturday. Coach Anderson on this year’s team, “We have a great group of seniors this year who have provided great leadership; working together as a unit and family to accomplish that one common goal and we are going to give it our best shot this weekend”.
Please look for other local high school athletes to be named in next week’s male Gamer of the Week Sponsored by Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc., and The Putnam Herald.