Fort LeBoeuf High School’s Xavier Dombkowski won the Courage Award on Monday night at the Northwestern Pennsylvania High School Sports Awards Show, presented by AHN Sports Medecine at Saint Vincent.
The show, which honored more than 300 of the best high school athletes in the area from nearly 30 sports, was produced with the support of Marquette Savings Bank, Fullerton Appliance Center, United States Air & Space Force, E2A2 Sports Academy, USA Today Sports and Golfweek.
Dombkowski was a sophomore wrestler with Cathedral Prep when he was diagnosed with stage 4B Hodgkin lymphoma in April 2023. He transferred to Fort LeBoeuf for his junior year and competed with the Bison over the winter after completing a six-month stretch of chemotherapy treatments late in 2023.
Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner was the guest speaker at the sports awards event. In all, 38 awards were handed out. They included:
BOYS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY AHN SPORTS MEDICINE AT SAINT VINCENT — ETHEN KNOX FROM OIL CITY HIGH SCHOOL