Top athletes lauded at Horton awards ceremony

BY JOHN DECOSTE

jdecoste@kentvilleadvertiser.ca

NovaNewsNow.com

The 2008-2009 Horton athletic awards ceremony June 8 saw Lindsay Harris win her final high school athlete of the year award and Josh Thomas earn the first of what will likely be many similar accolades.

Harris, co-captain of the D-1 girls’ basketball team and a provincial champion in golf this past season, and football and rugby MVP Will Taylor were the choices for Horton’s Senior Athletes of the Year.

For Harris, it marked the fourth consecutive year she had been Horton’s Female Athlete of the Year, twice as a junior and twice as a senior.

Thomas and Peggy Kenny, a pair of Wolfville grads, were the choices for Junior Athletes of the Year. Both competed in several sports during 2008-2009, with Thomas in particular the epitome of the all-round athlete.

Recognition was given to Horton’s provincial championship teams in girls’ golf and JV girls’ soccer as well as regional champions in cross-country, golf, JV boys’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ volleyball, curling, JV girls’ soccer and basketball, D-1 boys’ and girls’ basketball and table tennis.

The JV girls’ soccer team, which won provincials for the second time in three years, was named the Student Council Team of the Year.

As well, Heidi Stirling, Will Taylor and coach Barry Leslie were recognized for receiving Ambassador of School Sport awards from the NSSAF.

The full list of Horton award winners is as follows:

Cross-Country – Fair Play and Dedication: Carolin Escherich. MVP: Victoria Duncan.

Baseball – F&D: Justin Clarke. MVP: Ethan Lycan-Lang.

Golf – F&D: Greg Brown. MVP: Lindsay Harris, Jill Redden.

Junior Boys’ Soccer – F&D: Adam Melanson. MVP: Jacob McCrae.

Junior Girls’ Soccer – F&D: Taylor Swanburg. MVP: Ashley Rushton, Lindsay MacDonald.

JV Boys’ Soccer – F&D: Max Smith. MVP: Mo Hamdan.

JV Girls’ Soccer – F&D: Adrianna Merks. MVP: Paige Smith.

D-1 Boys’ Soccer – F&D (Brian Hatt Memorial): Devin Paruch. MVP: Kyle Hawkesworth.

D-1 Girls’ Soccer – F&D: Kim Fuller. MVP: Aniko Wylie.

Football – Rookie: Hadin Sutherland. Most Improved: Dougie Gee. MVP: Will Taylor.

JV Boys’ Volleyball – F&D: Nigel Herritt. MVP: Norman Atwell.

JV Girls’ Volleyball – F&D: Sam Robinson. MVP: Devon Boschel.

D-1 Girls’ Volleyball – Most Improved: Nicole Saulnier. F&D: Kendra Cleary. MVP: Ally Arbou.

D-1 Boys’ Volleyball – F&D: Jordan Fitzgerald. MVP: Angus Morgan.

Curling – F&D: Charles Huntley. MVP: Tim Roberts.

Cheerleading – F&D: Kassidy MacInnis. MVP: A.J. Wilson.

Skiing – F&D: Ethan Lycan-Lang, Mariel McLeod.

Snowboarding – F&D Girls: Cailin Ripley. MVP Girls: Charlotte Butcher. F&D Boys: Ezra Parks. MVP Boys: Kory O’Neil.

Wrestling – F&D: Josee MacInnis. MVP: Alex Townsend.

JV Girls’ Basketball – F&D: Ashley Rushton. MVP: Hillary Monette, Chrissy Terry.

JV Boys’ Basketball – F&D: Chris Kelly. MVP: David Hutchinson.

D-1 Boys’ Basketball – Rookie: Josh Thomas. Most Improved: Jake Kendrick. F&D: Greg Moore. MVP: Neal McGill/Sage Tanner.

D-1 Girls’ Basketball – F&D: Kayla Davis. Most Improved/Best Defensive: Abbey Duinker. Coach’s Award: Kaylee Young. MVP: Lindsay Harris.

Boys’ Hockey – Rookie: Jacob Long. Coach’s Award: Zac Rhodenizer, Sean Croft. Top Defenseman (Jason Allen Memorial): Ben Taylor. F&D (Darrell Bezanson Memorial): Alex Taul. MVP (Willis Jordan Memorial): Bobby Selby.

Girls’ Hockey – F&D: Nadia Davidson. MVP: Sarah Davison, Stevie Sewards.

Table Tennis – Intermediate MVP: Josh Thomas, Peggy Kenny. Senior MVP: David Newcombe.

Badminton – F&D: Colin Strong, Nathan Cosman. MVP: Josh Thomas.

Senior Boys’ Softball – F&D: Sean Croft. MVP: Bobby Selby.

Senior Girls’ Softball – F&D: Emily Fuller. MVP: Jaime Reid, Kira Pederson.

Senior Boys’ Rugby – Rookie: Brett Feeney. F&D: Ryan Harbers. MVP: Will Taylor.

Senior Girls’ Rugby – F&D: Selah Manley. MVP: Jory Russell.

Track and Field – Intermediate Girls’ F&D: Rebekah Friesen. MVP: Kayla Boudreau. Intermediate Boys F&D: Matt Hillier. MVP: Robert Adams. Senior Girls F&D: Jory Russell. MVP: Heidi Stirling. Senior Boys F&D (Bill Cleveland Memorial): Scott Duncan.

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