Retiring Foothill assistant coach Gary Sully honored with annual trophy in his name

Gary Sully with the award named in his honor at the team banquet. (Photos courtesy Foothill basketball).

Long-time Foothill High School boys basketball assistant coach Gary Sully has been honored for his contributions with an annual award in his name, according to head coach Yousof Etemadi.

The Gary Sully Sportsmanship Award will be handed out each year, Etemadi said. This year’s winners were Colin Holt and Anthony Marinelli.

Sully announced before the end of the year that he was retiring after 10 years. He helped lead Foothill to the CIF Division II Southern California regional championship. The Knights, who finished 31-4, were the runner-ups in the state.

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Etemadi was named the Orange County coach of the year by OC Varsity.

Other award winners announced at the banquet:

LEAGUE AWARDS:

First team all-league: Jacob Horton and Braedyn Benhard.

Second team all-league: Mikey Mazurie and Carlo Billings

Crestview League MVP: Cruz Billings

FOOTHILL AWARDS:

MVP: Carlo Billings

Knight Award: Cruz Billings

Most Improved: Marco Manzi and Braedyn Benhard

Hard Hat Award:Tyler Amman and Carlo Billings

Orange County Coach of the Year and Cal Hi Sports D2 State Coach Of the Year: Yousof Etemadi

Etemadi will soon begin to plan for next season.

“We have two returners that were big in our success this past season, Carlo Billings and Marco Manzi,” he said. “Both were huge during the league and during our playoff run. Carlo Billings was a full-time starter and a second team all league player. He was also the team MVP.  Marco Manzi was a part time starter and our most improved player this year.

“We have a very young group next year but they are capable of developing and becoming solid contributors in our league.”