It was no surprise to the athletes, teachers and families as five names were called out for the biggest awards of the evening at Hapnot Collegiate’s Athletic Banquet.
Devon Puchailo was named Senior Varsity Sportsman of the Year as former Hapnot principal Glenn Smith, for whom the award is named, presented it to him Tuesday evening in the school gymnasium.
Sierra Kopachinski and Candace Whitford shared the title of Senior Varsity Sportswoman of the Year, also presented by and named after Smith.
Hasana Church and Eric Rutherford earned this year’s Junior Varsity Sportswoman and Sportsman titles of the year, respectively.
Also during the banquet, 17 teams were called to the stage for season awards.
Coaches gave overviews of the season from golf to track and field as well as the eight zone banners that Hapnot won this year.
The girls’ soccer team brought home their ninth consecutive zone banner under the direction of Dean Grove, Laura Sparling, Kate Starkey and Tim Davis.
Heartwarming
Boys’ soccer coach Tyler Kittle shared a heartwarming story of the pride he felt from his team during a match against Dauphin.
Dauphin’s team had a special needs player who spent the majority of the time on the sidelines but was sent in during the last moments of the game.
The Kings were ahead in the game and made a unanimous decision to set up the player from Dauphin for a goal.
With a wide open net, a King left the ball in plain sight for the special needs player to take his shot.
Unfortunately, Kittle told the crowd Tuesday evening, another player from Dauphin took the shot and scored the goal.
Before he realized what the players were doing, Kittle admits he was thrown off and nervous for the boys’ sanity.
After the game was over, Kittle says he was taken aback. But the boys wanted to make sure that player had his moment of glory, the proud coach said.
“And that’s what sportsmanship is,” Kittle said.
Another big moment in Hapnot sports happened off the field when the girls’ soccer club was able to attend a World Cup game in Winnipeg on June 12.
Coach Grove says it was an experience none of them will soon forget.
Athletes were also presented with Minor and Major awards based on points accumulated throughout their time at Hapnot.
Points are totalled and broken into categories of Minor with at least 75 points, Major with at least 180 points and Double Major with at least 360 points.
Athletic award winners
The following athletes received awards and recognition at this year’s Athletic Banquet:
Golf
MVP: Ethan Anderson MVP JV: Mitch Reid
Cross Counter
MVP: Hasana Church
Soccer
Kweens
Leadership: Candace Whitford, Sierra Kopachinski, Christina McKay, Mackenzie Grove
Kings
MVP: Travis Buick
Most Improved:
Mavrick Bryson
Sportsmanship Award: Devon Puchailo
Rookie of the Year:
Nathan Whitbread
Volleyball
JV Kween B’s
MVP: McKenna Muench, Lindsay Loder; Miss Hustle: Lizzy McDonald; Most Improved: Jayde Boyd
JV Girls
MVP: Calli Lenderbeck, Hasana Church; Most Improved: Jayla Wilson; Leadership Award: Trinity Beheyt
JV Boys
MVP: Eric Rutherford, Brett Davie, Branson Powell; Rookie of the Year: Pearce Pardoski; Most Improved: Evan Danko; Most Awkward, but Effective Swing: Cole Rierson; Coach’s Award: Ben Dallas-Funk
SV Girls
MVP: Canadace Whitford, Sierra Kopachinski; Rookie of the Year: Imogen Hyndman, Kelsie Mote; Coach’s Award: Skylar Ayling
SV Boys
MVP: Will Hatherley; Most Improved/Dedicated: Nick Novosel, Mavrick Bryson; Beacon if Inspiration Award: Nick Martin; Free Spirit Award: Grant Hatherley
Wrestling
Most Dedicated: Darwyn Wasylciw; Most Improved: Hunter Lee
Badminton
MVP: Maddy Lies, Jayden Laliberty; Most Dedicated: Kashif Lone; Most Improved: Kalena Kittle
Basketball
JV Girls
MVP: Calli Lenderbeck, Tessley Korchinski; Most Improved: Kalena Kittle, Jayde Boyd; Best Defensive Player: Caitlin Henderson, Julie Finnie; Most Dedicated: Mckenna Muench, Jayla Wilson
JV Boys
Best Defensive Player: Trenton Gauthier; Most Dedicated: Jamie Anaka, Dominic Ruckle; Most Improved: Eric Rutherford; MVP: Pearce Pordoski; Lady Byng Trophy (Sportsmanship): Brendan Dumas, Mike Werbicki
SV Girls
MVP: Sierra Kopachinski, Candace Whitford; Most Dedicated: Hasana Church; Most Improved: Ariel Henderson, Heaven Graham
SV Boys
MVP: Will Hatherley; Rookie of the Year: Branson Powell; Defensive Player of the Year: Mavrick Bryson; Coach’s Award: Devon Puchailo; Provincials second team all-star: Will Hatherley; Hustle Award: Isaac Dufour-Jarvis
Track and Field
JV MVP: Kelsie Mote, Hasana Church; SV MVP: Travis Buick; JV Most Dedicated: Jayla Wilson, Tessley Korchinski, Caitlin Henderson, Gemma Davis, Miles Quick, Parker Matthews, Ben Dallas-Funk; SV Most Dedicated: Taylor Olyinyk, Nick Novosel, Nick Martin; Little Steam Engine Award: Brandon Kolt; Heart and Soul Award: Trina Bear, Mavrick Bryson, Zach Nixon, Henry Remple
Double Major awards
Sierra Kopachinski; Candace Whitford; Tayler Kittle
Major awards
Taylor Oliynyk; Nick Martin; Nicholas Novosel; Megan Yaworski
Minor awards
Hasanah Church; Ben Dallas-Funk; Imogen Hyndman; Kelsie Mote; Stephanie Novosel; Branson Powell; Cole Rierson; Dominick Ruckle; Eric Rutherford; Samantha Yewchuck; Ariel Henderson; Bladen McCallum; Maverick Bryson; Travis Buick; Kaylee Pardoski; Kalena Kittle; Destinee Lahonen; Madelyn Lies; Trinity Beheyt; Calli Lenderbeck; Jayden Laliberty; Makenna Muench; Nathan Whitbread; Caitlin Henderson
