Ringette award winners

Take a bow, people.

Sault Ringette Club saluted several individuals in a recent, end of season, virtual awards event.

For starters, Debbie Desgagne won the 2020-2021 Bill Claringbold Award, which is given to a Sault Ringette Club member who exemplifies leadership and contributes their time to assist the club and the coaches, taking on tasks whenever asked.

After the COVID-19 pandemic brought a sudden end to the 2019-2020 season in March of 2020, the local club was fortunate to begin the 2020-2021 season with practices adhering to cohort groupings. Later Sault Ringette was able to move to full five-on-five game play for most of the season.

Sault Ringette noted the guidance and efforts of its COVID-19 safety leader, Blythe Carota, along with executive board members, coaches, volunteers, parents, and players.

According to Sault Ringette, COVID-19 protocols were approved by Ringette Ontario, the sport’s governing body and put into place prior to the start of the season.

Overall, the Sault Ringette Club maintained viable numbers to support 11 house league teams between the under six to under 19 divisions, in addition to a pair of open 18-and-over teams.

• U10 Team Built Wright player award winners were Jessica Fasanello (most dedicated), Lillian Nystedt (most sportsmanlike), Maxime Morin (most improved), Sylvia MacQuarrie (best defensive) and Makensy Jarrell (unsung hero).

• U10 Team City Meat Market player award winners were Carmen Rosebrook (most dedicated), Brooklyn Adams (most sportsmanlike), Tia D’Orazio (most improved), Aubrey Carota (best defensive), Avery Fierro-Wood (unsung hero) and Gabriella Nowitski (unsung hero).

• U10 Team Kiwanis Lakeshore player award winners included Leah Vaughan (most dedicated), Mikayla Farelli (most sportsmanlike), Sophie Pozzo (most improved), Lexi Townsend (most improved), Tessa Young (best defensive), Keira Vaughan (unsung hero).

• U12 Team Great Lakes Timber player award winners were Calyx Stewart (most dedicated), Stella Richardson (most sportsmanlike), Melina Bernardo (most improved), Matthea Brown (best defensive), Maisie Laberge (unsung hero).

• U12 Team Silver Lining Engineers player award winners included Haylee Proulx (most dedicated), Kylie Beland (most sportsmanlike), Tessa D’Orazio (most improved), Avery Gauthier (best defensive) and Alex Lepore (unsung hero).

• U14/16 Team Arthur’s Angels player award winners were Danielle Baril (most dedicated), Ella Burns (most sportsmanlike), Chloe Comtois (most improved), Maia Fabbro (best defensive) and Callaway Stewart (unsung hero).

• U14/16 Team True North Custom Homes player award winners were Marisol Carota (most dedicated), Alison Lees (most sportsmanlike), Sophie Whittington (most improved), Debra Martone (best defensive) and Addison Seabrook (unsung hero).

The following awards were based on nominations from coaches for each age division.

• The U10 Division awards were presented to Maelle Brown (most sportsmanlike), Arianna Nowitski (best defensive player), Erika Bernardo (top playmaker) and Reese O’Neil (most dedicated).

• The U12 Division awards were presented to Abby Eklund (most sportsmanlike), Meris McCabe (best defensive player), Alanna Peltonen-Boisvert (top playmaker) and Sophie Marcellus (most dedicated).

• The U14 Division award winners were Sophie Kresin (most sportsmanlike), Maddison Labine (best defensive player), Brooklyn Gioia, (top playmaker), Emma Walker (most dedicated).

• The U16 Division awards were handed out to Mackenzie King (most sportsmanlike), Liliana Sawchyn (best defensive player), Emma Malone (top playmaker) and Madelyn McCabe (most dedicated).