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Saint Francis athletic award winners

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Following are Saint Francis Secondary School’s athletic award winners:

Badminton: Alice Ayvazian, girls outstanding leadership and most enthusiastic; Adriann Alderson, boys outstanding performance.

Boys baseball: James Wyman, MVP.

Boys field lacrosse: Sammy Rootes, most improved.

Girls slo-pitch: Kori Zukowsky, outstanding leadership; Georgie Bell, outstanding team spirit.

Rowing: Lucas Mason, novice oarsmen of the year; Kaylee Giesbrecht, novice oarswomen of the year; Russell Robinson, junior oarsmen of the year; Gieselle Medina, junior oarswomen of the year; Leo Biancaniello, senior oarsmen of the year; Ciara Allington, senior oarswomen of the year.

Girls soccer: Lilly Brown, outstanding performance; Ella Keating, outstanding leadership.

Boys soccer: Jaden Flora, outstanding performance.

Tennis: Sydney Wakil, girls outstanding effort; Adriann Alderson, boys outstanding effort.

Track and field: Sadiekie Hayden, junior boys outstanding performance; Gary Friesen, senior boys outstanding performance; Syeen Pylypiw, junior girls outstanding performance; Jordan Kilty, senior girls outstanding performance.

Girls basketball: Mikayla Wallace, most enthusiastic.

Cheerleading: Emma Bernard, outstanding leadership.

Cross country: Gavin Paxton, boys outstanding effort; Alessia Cavicchia, girls outstanding participation.

Golf: Sammy Rootes, outstanding performance.

Junior football: Cameron Mepham, offensive player of the year; Max Cataldo, defensive player of the year; Trent Dobson, MVP.

Senior football: Jackson Stewart, MVP.

Senior boys volleyball: Levi Moyer, outstanding effort.

Junior boys volleyball: Farouk Akasha, outstanding leadership.

Girls curling: Alison Kim, most enthusiastic.

Junior boys basketball: Farouk Akasha, outstanding performance.

Senior boys basketball: Anthony Heyes, MVP.

Junior boys hockey: Jamie Picard, defensive MVP; Jaden Flora, offensive MVP.

Girls hockey: Olivia Collevecchio, outstanding performance.

Varsity boys hockey: Nolan Freel, outstanding leadership; Sammy Rootes, MVP.

Boys squash: Levi Moyer, outstanding performance.

Girls swimming: Ava Nolan, most improved; Sophie Molnar, outstanding effort.

Junior girls volleyball: Rozlyn Ciocca, outstanding leadership.

Senior girls volleyball: Kori Zukowsky, outstanding performance.

Cheerleading: Emma Bernard, outstanding leadership.

Juniors sportspersons of the year: Syenn Pylypiw and Jack Ciocca.

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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