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Denis Morris’ athletic award winners

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Lexxus Bell was named the senior female athlete of the year at Denis Morris. BPSN Photo.

Lexxus Bell and John Luc Pagnotta were named the senior female and male athletes of the year at Denis Morris.

Junior athletes of the year were Cait Whittard and Max Barnowski.

Below are the rest of the school’s other athletic award winners:

Junior boys basketball: Darrell Abubo.

Junior girls basketball: Jenna Angle.

Senior girls basketball: Lexxus Bell.

Senior boys basketball: Thomas Davidson; Michael Conlon, Eamon O’Shea Award.

Cross country: Emma Bagozzi, female; Owen Fleming, male.

Cheerleading: Melissa Coleman.

Curling: Alessia Mirabella, female; Nick Reist, male.

Junior football: Alex Meffe, offence; Joey Bufalino, defence.

Golf: Cameron Mullins.

Hockey: Isaac McDonald; Ian Dunn, boys MVP; Alexis Nowe, girls; Kiyona Hall, Rhonda Pavan MVP Award.

Rowing: Sawyer Dalton, junior male; Cait Whittard, junior female; Giancarlo DiPompeo, senior male; Madisyn Richards, senior female; Logan McKimm, coxie.

Swimming: Jonathan Paugh, junior male; Mateya Scalzi, junior female; Will Porter, senior male; Briar Paugh, senior female.

Tennis: Benjamin Hebert, male; Julia Peacock, female.

Volleyball: Charize Rossi, junior female; Carter Gates, junior male; Bleona Demiri, senior female; Dylan Maltby, senior male.

Wrestling: Malcolm Reid and Christian Bradley.

Schools are encouraged to send a list of their athletic award winners for publication on BPSN to bpuchalski@cogeco.ca. Please include pictures of athletes of the year if available.

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John Luc Pagnotta
Cait Whittard

 

Max Barnowski

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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