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Port Colborne athletic award winners

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Caleb Grover and Emma Laur were named Port Colborne High School’s senior male and female athletes of the year.

Other major award winners were: Porter Burella, Junior Male sports Person of the Year; William Laur, Junior Male Athlete of the Year; Ian Leggett, Senior Male Sports Person of the Year; Roanin Smith, Blue Bear Award; Brianna Buchanan, Senior Female Sports Person of the Year; Ava deWaard, Junior Female Athlete of the Year; and, Kelsey Coers, Junior Female Sports Person of the Year.

Below are the other award winners.

Cross country: Sam Tonnies, MVP: Lucas denHollander, coach’s award.

Tennis: Emma Laur, MVP; Dhillyn Richardson, most improved; Aidan Crawford and Darien Gauthier; coach’s awards.

Golf: Mikalya Lacey, MVP; Kayden Grenier, coach’s award.

Junior boys volleyball: Russell Benson, MVP: Myer Draper, most improved.

Senior boys volleyball: Roanin Smith and Logan Dickie, coach’s awards.

Junior girls basketball: Ava deWaard, MVP; Natalie Martel, most improved.

Senior girls basketball: Cadence Seredine, MVP; Maya Kolbinson, coach’s award.

Junior girls volleyball: Ava deWaard, MVP; Aurora Kadwell, most improved.

Senior girls volleyball: Rianne Robitaille, most improved; Maya Kolbinson, coach’s award.

Junior boys basketball: Matt Williams. MVP; Myles Draper, coach’s award.

Senior boys basketball: Caleb Grover, MVP; Kolby Kulak, most improved.

Boys hockey: Cole Pelletier, MVP: Kalan Napper, top rookie; Ian Leggett, coach’s award.

Girls hockey: Hannah Comeau, Natalie Martel and Brianna Buchanan. Coach’s awards.

Swimming: Emma Laur, MVP; Matthew Lee, coach’s award.

Girls soccer: Rylee Carroll and Emma Silanpaa, most improved; Sarah Smith and Kelsey Coers, coach’s awards.

Boys soccer: Jon Smith, most improved; Jack Lacelle, coach’s award.

Ultimate: Sam Tonelli and Emma Laur, MVPs; Quynn Fraipont and Darien Gauthier, coach’s awards.

Track and field: Caleb Grover and Owen Robins, MVPs; Maria Gonzalez Garcia, Dalton Harrietha and Sam Tonnies, coach’s awards.

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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