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Laura Secord’s athletic award winners

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Pictured are Laura Secord athlete of the year winners Sarah Gowan, Minsan Kwon, Mackenzie Damiano and Evan Craig.

Evan Craig and Mackenzie Damiano were named Laura Secord’s senior male and female athletes of the year at the high school’s recent awards banquet.

Junior athlete of the year awards were garnered by Minsan Kwon and Sarah Gowan.

Other major awards winners included: Oneich Samuels, Sarah Gowan, Jason Chou and Leah Klassen, Patriot Awards; Linda Barrett, The Lynda DeVries Award; and, Payton Langdon, Athletic Council Leadership Award.

Below is a list of the school’s other athletic award winners:

Cross country MVPs: Alison Kocsis, midget girls MVP; Niah Fiorino, junior girls MVP; Konner Floyd, junior boys MVP; Mackenzie Damiano, senior girls MVP.

Field hockey: Jasmin Holmes. MVP.

Basketball: Sarah Gowan, junior girls MVP; Oneich Samuels, junior boys MVP; Arianna Leclerc, senior girls MVP; Kiefer Sonnenberg and Evan Craig, senior boys MVPs.

Curling:Riley Van’t Riet, boys MVP; Julia Rioux, girls MVP.

Wrestling: Aidan Gowans, top wrestler.

Volleyball: Summer Conrad, junior girls MVP; Jason Chou, junior boys MVP; Leah Klassen, senior girls MVP; Sam Pynn, senior boys MVP.

Badminton: Alison Kocsis and Bella McCooeye, top team; Jason Chou, MVP.

Soccer: MacKenzie Busch and Payton Langdon, girls MVPs;   Cameron MacKay-Cotton, boys MVP.

Slo-pitch: David Armstrong, boys MVP.

Track and field: Cadence Sammy, midget girls MVP; Minsan Kwon, midget boys MVP; Abbey Stewart, junior girls MVP; Oneich Samuels, junior boys MVP; Leah Klassen, senior girls MVP; Kiefer Sonnenberg, senior boys MVP.

Swimming: Madeleine Macdonald, midget girls MVP; Minsan Kwon, midget boys MVP; Aria Stearns, junior girls MVP; Brenden Damiano, junior boys MVP; Mackenzie Damiano, top senior.

Ontario Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations qualifiers: Mackenzie Damiano, cross country; Minsan Kwon, Brenden Damiano, Liam Panici, Connor Emslie, Mackenzie Damiano and Caleb Moffett, swimming; Aidan Gowans, wrestling.

Editor’s note: Schools are invited to send their list of athletic award winners for publication on the BPSN website. Please include first and last names and a photo of the athletes of the year. Email to bpuchalski@cogeco.ca.

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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