Success a close call for C.K. athletics’ year

BY SARA KEDDY

Kings County Register

Central Kings took its atheletics awards presentation to a new audience this year: the entire student body. “Our school awards have two goals: they’re an incentive to participate in school life, and they recognize that participation,” said C.K. prime minister Zack Miller .

Medals for participation over high school years were presented at bronze, silver and gold levels; along with band and athletics awards.

On the sports fields and courts, Central Kings had a solid year, capped most recently with its second-year-in-a-row Division II provincial track and field banner. C.K.’s Marissa Walter won double gold on the track, while Dustin Poirier won the provincial javelin event, adding enough to the points to beat Amherst by just four points for the second time.

There were provincial silver medals for the senior girls’ soccer team, the senior boys’ volleyball team and the senior boys’ basketball team. The senior boys’ soccer team won provincial bronze and, in its first year of competition, the school’s boys’ snowboarding team reached provincial competition. “That succes speaks to the talents of our students, teachers and volunteer coaches,” said principal Steve Pearl.

Awards

Senior boys

Soccer - Chesley Clem, MVP; Adam Jones, Coach’s Award

Volleyball - Travis Price, MVP; Mike Grant, Coach’s Award

Basketball - Dustin Poirier, MVP; Jeremy Shepherd, Coach’s Award

Hockey - Zack Morse, MVP; Andrew Fraser, Coach’s Award

Rugby - Andrew Jennings, MVP; Jake Sanford, Coach’s Award

Senior girls

Soccer - Trissa Dunham, MVP; Lauren Morse and Alana Fairfax, Coachs Awards

Volleyball - Carrie Wood, MVP; Kennedy Bennicke, Coach’s Award

Basketball - Robbyn McNeill, MVP; Colleen Mayhew, Coach’s Award

Softball - Britney Foote, MVP; Ashley Connell, Coach’s Award

Hockey - Kendra Mansfield, MVP; Cailyn Byers and Danielle Bennicke, Cooach’s Awards

Rugby - Danielle White, MVP; Jennifer Comeau, Coach’s Award

Junior girls

Soccer - Kelsey Young, MVP; Brittany Brydon, Coach’s Award; Hilary Duggan, MIP

Volleyball - Taylor Witty, MVP; Catherine Dupuis, Coach’s Award

Basketball - Kelsey Young, MVP; Nicole Nickerson, Coach’s Award

Junior boys

Soccer - Mitch Getson, MVP; Brad Clem, Coach’s Award

Volleyball - Brenton Sweet, MVP; Jacob Petrie, Coach’s Award

Basketball - Jalen Sabean, MVP; George Bitar, Coach’s Award; JV: Dustin Hutchinson, MVP; Chris MacInnis, Coach’s Award

Teams

Golf - Andrew Fraser, MVP; Mitch Stevens, Coach’s Award

Badminton - Robbyn McNeill, MVP; Tyler Foote, Coach’s Award

Snowboarding - Michael Foote and Ashley Mossman, MVPs; CJ Brooks and Mike Grant, Coach’s Awards

Track & Field- Connor Simmons, MVP Intermediate; Alex McCarthy, Coach’s Award Intermediate; Robbyn McNeill, MVP Senior; Marissa Walter, Coach’s Award Senior