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The CV-S Lady Patriots varsity basketball team will lead this year’s Springfield Fourth of July Parade. Pictured are (standing) Coach Whiteman, Daphnee West, Morgan Huff, Mia Dubben, Erin Williams, Kailey Barnes, Coach Taggart, and Coach McGovern; (kneeling) Brin Whiteman, Mackenzie McGovern, and Sara Cortese. (Photo provided by Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School, 2024)

Lady Patriots Honored as Fourth of July Parade Grand Marshals

SPRINGFIELD CENTER—In keeping with this year’s theme of “Hometown Celebration,” the Springfield Fourth of July Committee has announced that it will honor the Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Lady Patriots varsity basketball team as Grand Marshals of the 2024 Fourth of July Parade in Springfield Center.

Buoyed by community support, team spirit, and determination, the Lady Patriots—seniors Kailey Barnes, Erin Williams, Morgan Huff, Mia Dubben, and Daphnee West, juniors Sara Cortese and Brin Whiteman, and eighth-grader Mackenzie McGovern, with Coach Kelly Taggart and assistant coaches BJ Whiteman and Carol McGovern—became the first basketball team from Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School to win sectional playoffs and regionals, going on to play in the state championship Final Four Tournament.

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