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Thorold athletic award winners

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Nolan Tanham and Ava Fullerton were named Thorold Secondary School’s senior male and female athletes of the year.

Junior athletes of the year were Kaleb Locatelli and Charlee Rowland 

Will Sargeant (junior boys), Bruna Nepomuceno (junior girls), Ava Conway (senior girls) and Nathan Miller (senior boys) were named Thorold’s academic athletes of the year.

Below is the list of other award winners:

Cross country: Sophia Shaw, most dedicated.

Football: Mark Suntz, MVP; Ethan Belward, lineman of the year; Lucas Friesen, coach’s award; Carter Wilkinson, defensive MVP.

Junior girls basketball: Kaydence Hales and MacKenna MacCormick, MVPs.

Senior girls basketball: Ava Conway, MVP; Grace Sargeant, coach’s award.

Junior boys volleyball: Kai Netzke, MVP; Armann Sandhu, coach’s award.

Senior boys volleyball: Max Steele and Ryder Boekestyn, MVPs.

Varsity boys hockey: Nolan Tanham, MVP; Will Sergeant, defencemen MVP.

Swimming: Ana Jaramillo, coach’s award.

Junior girls volleyball: Bruna Nepomuceno. leadership award; Lilah Lepera, most dedicated.

Senior girls volleyball: Ava Fullerton, MVP; Ashley Mayhew and Hannah Putzman, coach’s awards.

Junior boys basketball: Venstone Denave. MVP: Spencer Fluellon, coach’s award.

Senior boys basketball: Isaac Walker, MVP; Hunter Fluellon, coach’s award.

Wrestling: Ryan Custers, MVP.

Badminton: Kai Netzke and Bruna Nepomuceno, MVPs; Neveah McDonald, coach’s award.

Girls soccer: Charlee Rowland and Ava Fullerton, MVPs.

Boys soccer: Nolan Tanham and Hayden Salino, MVPs.

Ultimate: Ava Fullerton and Nolan Tanham, MVPs.

Track and field: Braydon Turner, MVP; Akeba Francis, coach’s award.

Eagle Contribution: Marly Neang and Angel Cuarto.

Bounceback from injury awards: Anna Hammond and Blake Sider.

Academic athletes of the year

 

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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