Staff
Rainy River High School held its annual awards banquet last Wednesday to honour its elite performers both in athletics and other areas.
During the sports part of the evening, Bethany Sinninghe and Lemuel Carradice were named the senior female and male athletes of the year.
In the junior categories, Paige Anderson won for top female athlete while Jackson Arpin captured the male honour.
Asher Chorney was tabbed for the prestigious “Gold Jacket,” recognizing a student-athlete for at least two years of outstanding contribution at a senior level.
Chorney received the award for hockey as part of RRHS’ partnership with Lake of the Woods School in Baudette, Mn.
He has been team captain of the Lake of the Woods Bears the past two season and was named to the all-conference team in 2015-16.
Then this past season, Chorney repeated that achievement, as well as being named to the all-section team and earning the Hobey Baker Character Award.
Here is the complete list of award winners, including those in the non-sports categories:
•Jr. girls’ basketball–Paige Armstrong (MVP/Hot Shot), Lara Wood (most improved), Lilly Blakeney (most sporting), and Taytum Stone (top rookie);
•Sr. girls’ basketball–Bethany Sinninghe (MVP/Hot Shot), Calli Vandenbrand (most improved), and Abby Tolen (most sporting);
•Jr. boys’ volleyball–Jackson Arpin (MVP/Hot Shot), Reece Chorney (most improved), Evan Govier (most sporting), and Hayden Haw (top rookie);
•Sr. boys’ volleyball–Lemuel Carradice (MVP/Hot Shot), Tyson Penner (most improved), and Tyler Hamm, Theren George, and Chris Stone (most sporting);
•Jr. girls’ volleyball–Paige Anderson and Paige Stamler (MVP/Hot Shot), Aynsley Williams (most improved), Mackenzie Jolicouer (most sporting), and Kayla Michl (top rookie);
•Sr. girls’ volleyball–Bethany Sinninghe and Madison Whetzel (MVP/Hot Shot), Jasmine Holmes (most improved), and Abby Tolen (most sporting);
•Jr. boys’ basketball–Nick Vogan and Jackson Arpin (MVP/Hot Shot), Darrell Jonasson (most improved), Tanner Neilson (most sporting), and Hayden Haw (top rookie);
•Sr. boys’ basketball–Myron Armstrong (MVP/Hot Shot), Nick Teeple (most improved), and Gethon Wood (most sporting);
•Curling–Myron Armstrong (MVP/Hot Shot), Abby Tolen and Morgan Desserre (most improved), Evan Govier (most sporting), and Hayden Haw (top rookie);
•Jr. badminton–Paige Stamler and Christian Tiboni (MVP/Hot Shot), Liam Pearson (most improved), and Hayden Haw (top rookie);
•Sr. badminton–Jackson Arpin (MVP/Hot Shot), Tyler Hamm (most improved), and Cass Teeple (most sporting);
•Girls’ soccer–Madison Whetzel and Bethany Sinninghe (MVP/Hot Shot), Leonah Jourdain and Regan Big George (most improved), Alexa Veldhuisen and Lilly Blakeney (most sporting), and Paige Anderson (top rookie);
•Boys’ soccer–Lemuel Carradice (MVP/Hot Shot), Hayden Haw (most improved), Tyler Hamm (most sporting), and Skyler Friesen (top rookie);
•Jr. girls’ athlete of the year–Paige Anderson;
•Jr. boys’ athlete of the year–Jackson Arpin;
•Sr. girls’ athlete of the year–Bethany Sinninghe;
•Sr. boys’ athlete of the year–Lemuel Carradice;
•Gold Jacket Award–Asher Chorney (hockey);
•Outstanding contribution to the dramatic arts–Kevin Anderson and Abby Tolen;
•Yearbook, medallion award–Amy Dyck;
•Honour roll (achieved honour roll standing every reporting period throughout high school career)–Bethany Sinninghe and Madison Brown;
•Ontario Principals’ Council Student Leadership Award–Calli Vandenbrand;
•Leadership awards–Calli Vandenbrand (student council president), Alia Big George (vice-president), Danier Andy Isaiah Srivastava, Kirsten Horton, and Abby Tolen; and
•First responders–Rebecca Brown and Madison Brown
