Young, Wood named NKEC's Senior Athletes of the Year

BY JOHN DECOSTE

jdecoste@kentvilleadvertiser.ca

NovaNewsNow.com

Emma Young and Keegan Wood were named Senior Athletes of the Year when Northeast Kings Education Centre handed out its year-end athletic awards June 11.

Young, a team leader in soccer, basketball and softball, and Wood, who starred in soccer, cross-country, hockey, table tennis, softball and track and field, are both graduating this year and were popular choices.

For Wood, it was his second straight Senior Athlete of the Year award.

Both Young and Wood also earned Ron O’Flaherty Scholar-Athlete awards from the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation.

Isaac Turner, who played junior soccer and hockey, golf, table tennis, badminton and softball, was the choice for Junior Male Athlete of the Year. Gillian Tetlow and Kelsey Schofield, both talented all-round athletes, shared the Junior Female Athlete of the Year honours.

Sportsmanship, leadership honoured also

NKEC also presented Sportsperson of the Year awards for sportsmanship and leadership in school sport. Recipients were Alex Caldwell (Junior Male), Nicole Tibbetts (Junior Female), Logan VanBlarcom and Jeff Zwicker (Senior Male) and Christine Manning (Senior Female).

Ian Manning, Mishelle Melvin and badminton coach Gary MacDougall were presented with NSSAF Ambassador of School Sport certificates.

Special mention was given to NKEC’s four provincial champions (in badminton and table tennis); four provincial runners-up, including the senior girls’ softball team, which finished second in the province in D-1 girls’ softball for a fourth straight year; and seven regional champions.

The full list of NKEC award winners is as follows:

Football – Top Lineman: Dakota Hopper; Offensive Player: Logan VanBlarcom; Defensive Player: Mike Livingston; Heart and Soul Award: Brett Atwater; MVP: Isaac Ueffing.

Junior Girls Soccer – Coach’s Award: Payge Stewart, Holly Rafuse.

Junior Boys Soccer – Coach’s Award: Mark Trenholm; MVP: Louis Pearson.

Senior Girls Soccer – Coach’s Award: Claire Morton, Lisa Visentin; MVP: Vanessa McDow, Emma Young.

Senior Boys Soccer – Coach’s Award: Matt French, Ian Manning.

Cross-Country – Coach’s Award: Christine Manning, Keegan Wood; MVP: Britany MacArthur.

Junior Girls Volleyball – Team Spirit: Payge Stewart; Most Improved: Deanna Huntley.

Senior Girls Volleyball – Coach’s Award: Emma Ueffing, Brianna Pearson; MVP: Rebecca D’Eon.

Senior Boys Volleyball – Coach’s Award: Paul Manning; Most Improved: Garrett Pearson; MVP: Blake Brown.

Junior Girls Basketball – Leadership Award: Sarah Brown; Most Improved: Leanne VanVilsteren. MVP: Nicole Tibbetts.

Junior Boys Basketball – Coach’s Award: Sam Bigelow; Most Improved: Greg Carpenter; MVP: Alex Thompson.

Senior Girls Basketball – Coach’s Award: Lydia VanVilsteren, Mishelle Melvin, Emma Young, Heidi Fraser; MVP: Laura Roy.

Senior Boys Basketball – Most Sportsmanlike: Justin Aalders. Hustle Award: Weston Gerrits; Defensive Player: Dylan Bailey; Coach’s Award: Travis Pearson, Jeff Zwicker; Rookie of the Year, Top Scorer, Sixth Man: Lorenzo Parker; Top Rebounder, MVP: Alex Chase.

Curling – Coach’s Award: Jonathan Heisler, Nicholas Ward.

Boys’ Hockey – Rookie of the Year: Jeff Longaphy; Coach’s Award: Logan VanBlarcom, Xavier Foley; Cory Chapman Memorial Award: Reggie Rand; MVP/Most Dedicated: Isaac Ueffing, Keegan Wood.

Girls’ Hockey – Coach’s Award: Alicia Kennedy; MVP: Jenny Muggah.

Junior Boys Hockey – Coach’s Award: Isaac Turner, Dylan deGraaf.

Junior Girls Softball – Most Improved: Deanna Huntley; Coach’s Award: Sarah Brown; MVP: Kelsey Schofield.

Junior Boys Softball – Team Spirit: Josh Pettet; MVP: Shawn Boudreau.

Senior Girls Softball – Coach’s Award: Vanessa McDow, Emma Young.

Senior Boys Softball – Coach’s Award: Blake Hayes, Brett Atwater.

Badminton – Junior Awards: Noah Turner, Spencer Clelland; Intermediate Awards: Gillian Tetlow, Louis Pearson; Senior Awards: Ian Manning, Blake Brown, Paul Manning, Jenny McGinis, Christine Manning, Mishelle Melvin, Logan Coffill, Sam Huyer-Upton.

Track and Field – MVP: Laura Parsons, Eric Rand, Mike Livingston, Ian Manning, Britany MacArthur, Rebecca D’Eon.

Table Tennis – Captains Awards: Mark Trenholm, Drew Hayes, Todd Everett, Deanna Huntley, Annie MacDuff.

Golf – MVP: Xavier Foley.

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