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Thorold Secondary School’s athletic award winners

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Brodie Gibson and Madi McCallum were named Thorold Secondary School’s senior male and female athletes of the year.

Gibson was also named the defensive MVP on the football team and the most valuable wrestler. Madi McCallum was the co-winner of the senior girls volleyball MVP award.

Senior female athlete of the year Madi McCallum and coach Andrew Robertson.

Junior athletes of the year winners at the school were Grace Drummond and Matt Wing. Riley Gambell received the Coaches Recognition Award and Brooklyn Brown was honoured as the Student Athlete of the Year.

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

 

Junior girls volleyball: Hope Nicholson, MVP; Jadyn Sawatsky, rookie of the year.

Wrestling: Brodie Gibson and Brooklyn Brown, most valuable wrestlers.

Junior girls basketball: Grace Drummond, MVP; Ava Conway, rookie of the year.

Senior girls basketball: Dior Arbuthnot, MVP; Mya Conway, coaches award.

Senior boys basketball: Connor Schuman, MVP; Andrew Wing, coaches award.

Junior boys volleyball: Maksym Dmytryshyn, MVP; Max Steele, rookie of the year.

Senior girls volleyball: Madi McCallum and Abbey Churchill, MVPs.

Junior boys basketball: Adnan Awan, MVP; Hunter Fluellen, rookie of the year.

Senior boys volleyball: Connor Gambell and Logan McCallum, MVPs.

Swimming: Luke Edmonds, coaches award.

Football: Yvan Canlas, offensive MVP; Brodie Gibson, defensive MVP; Andrew Dailey. lineman of the year; Michael Boisvert, coaches award.

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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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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