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Laura Secord’s athletic award winners

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Pictured left to right are Laura Secord’s senior athletes of the year Kiefer Sonnenberg, Kate LaFleur and Kaylyn Emslie.

Kiefer Sonnenberg was named Laura Secord’s senior male athlete of the year award while Kate LaFleur and Kaylyn Emslie shared the senior female athlete of the year award.

Laura Secord’s junior athletes of the year Ayden Ross and Sarah Gowan.

Junior athletes of the year were Ayden Ross and Sarah Gowan.

Patriot Awards were presented to  Leah Klassen, Omar Sono, Mrs. Damiano and Sarah Ingham.

Below is the rest of Laura Secord’s athletic award winners:

Golf: Troy Holowchuk, fewest Mulligans.

Cross country: Niah Fiorino and Wyatt Paugh, rookies of the year

Field hockey: Lauren Narhi, MVP.

Basketball: Sarah Gowan, junior girls Heart Award, Kaelyn Emslie, senior girls MVP; Neema Ruambo, senior girls Heart Award; Lucas Davidson, junior boys MVP; Evan Craig, senior boys MVP, Kiefer Sonnenberg, senior boys most dedicated; Devon Groves, senior boys most improved.

Curling: Julia Rioux, MVP.

Wrestling: Frank Boese and Jodi Nokeo, MVPs; Aws Al-Jumail, leadership; Dylan Carpenter, dedication.

Volleyball: Brooke Bruegeman, junior girls MVP; Kaelyn Emslie, senior girls MVP; Kate LaFleur, senior girls coach award; Ayden Ross, junior boys MVP; Brendan Clark, junior boys most dedicated.

Badminton: Jason Chou, MVP.

Boys slo-pitch: Troy Holowchuk, MVP.

Girls slo-pitch: Trinity Jenkinson, MVP; Neema Ruambo, rookie of the year.

Soccer: Hussein Al-Harazi, boys MVP; Kate LaFleur and Mackenzie Busch, girls MVP  and leadership; Jasmin Holmes, girls sportsmanship.

Swimming: Brenden Damiano, rookie of the year; Mackenzie Damiano, MVP.

Track and field: Sarah Gowan, midget girls; Tana Ogbor, junior girls; Kaelyn Emslie, Courtney Thompson Award senior girls; Oneich Samuels, midget boys; Owen Murray, junior boys; Kiefer Sonnenberg, senior boys.

Intramurals: Ray Stearns, male athlete of the year; Allie Plue, female athlete 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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