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E.L. Crossley’s athletic award winners

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Pictured are E.L. Crossley athletic award winners: Back row left to right are Trent Glenney, Pooja Senthill, Emily Bonisteel, Jenna Mergl, Ben Bonisteel, and Kaleigh Smith. Front row left to right are Tessa Jeffery, Cole Bedard, Mitchell Waldt, Kate Knafelc, Grace Brownlee and Scott Nuccitelli

Kate Knafelc and Mitchell Waldt were named E.L Crossley’s senior athletes of the year at the Fonthill high school’s recent athletic banquet.

Junior athletes of the year were Tessa Jeffery and Cole Bedard.

OFSAA AA volleyball champions

The school’s Athletic Accomplishment Award was presented to the senior girls volleyball team which won gold at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ AA championships.

Below is a list of the school’s other athletic award winners:

Cyclone Athletics Award: Ben Bonisteel and Kaleigh Smith.

Community Athletic Award: Jenna Mergl, barrel racing Ontario champion and All-American Congress champion.

Outstanding Contributions to Athletics: Emily Bonisteel, Mitchell Waldo, Pooja Senthill and Trent Glenney.

Promising Athletes Awards: Grace Brownlee and Scott Nuccitelli.

Editor’s note: Schools are invited to send their list of athletic award winners for publication on the BPSN website. Please include first and last names and a photo of the athletes of the year. Email to bpuchalski@cogeco.ca.

Bernie Puchalski, a graduate of Brock University and Niagara College, worked in journalism in Niagara for more than 27 years before taking a voluntary buyout from The Standard at the end of 2016. He started his career as a news reporter for the Niagara Falls Review before switching to sports reporting. He was a sports reporter and sports editor at the Niagara Falls Review before joining the Standard's sports department in 1996. He was named the Standard's sports editor in 2000 and became the regional sports editor, in charge of the Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune and Standard, in 2015, a position he held until he left the company. During his time in newspapers, he was a multiple winner and finalist for numerous Ontario and Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for sports reporting, spot news reporting and humour writing. He was a member of the Standard Boys Basketball Tournament committee and co-chair of the Standard Girls Basketball Tournament, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for bursaries presented to participants in the tournament. He also served on countless local sports committees both in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.

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