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Laura Secord’s athletic award winners

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Colby Capra was named co-winner of the MVP award for Laura Secord’s senior boys basketball team. BPSN Photo.

Laura Secord’s athletic department recognized Minsan Kwon, Brenden Damiano, Liam Panici, Connor Emslie and Isha Thajuddin for qualifying for Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Associations’ championships.

Following are the rest of Laura Secord’s athletic award winners:

Cross country: Angelina Cirasuolo, rookie girls; Sonny Leblanc, rookie boys; Hannah Biro, junior girls; Connor King and Brenden Damiano, senior boys; Niah Fiorino, senior girls.

Girls field hockey: Olivia Nwaeze,  MVP.

Junior girls basketball: Erica Ammons, MVP; Ashlee McTague, most improved.

Junior boys basketball: Kegan Harrison-Murray and Raphael Yazdani, MVPs.

Senior girls basketball: Brooke Bruegeman and Sarah Gowan, MVPs.

Senior boys basketball: Colby Capra and Deondre Beaufort, MVPs.

Wrestling: Jaime Beaucage, top wrestler.

Junior girls volleyball: Cassie Clark and Delin Hatrick, MVPs.

Senior girls volleyball: Brooke Bruegeman, MVP.

Senior boys volleyball: Ayden Ross and Brendan Clark, MVPs.

Ultimate Frisbee: Andrea Guerrero top female;  Eljay Johnson, top male.

Swimming: Isha Thajuddin, junior girls top swimmer; Minsan Kwon, junior boys top swimmer; Aria Stearns, senior girls top swimmer; Brenden Damiano, senior boyss top swimmer.

Tennis: Sebastian Miele, top player.

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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