Last Friday players, coaches and parents packed the hall at the 5th Ave. Seniors Centre for the annual Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association’s awards night.
This years award winners were: in the Initiation division, Most Sportsmanlike: Cassie Heine, Addie Fazan. Most Improved: Sawyer Ralph, Linden Venter; Most Dedicated: Hudson Wright, Dreysen Sherman.
The Novice division Most Sportsmanlike winners were: Addison Wager, Matthew Marino, Eli Eklund and Toryn Sherman; Most Improved were: Ryan Greenhough, Ben Harrington, Jemar James and Connor Steward, while the Most Dedicated winners were: Marcus Nickles, Carter Lawrence, Sam Doray, Denali Forsyth and Hailee Hunt.
In the Atom Rec division, Most Sportsmanlike trophies went to Taylor Sanford and Treyden Currie; Most Improved were Trent Thiessen, Sebastien Sayers and Nate Evanishen, while Most Dedicated went to Joseph Jones and Connor Howell.
The Atom Dev A&B teams, Most Sportsmanlike were Beckett Johnson and Caleb DeHoog. Most Improved went to Lucas Patterson and Landon Ruth, while Most Dedicated were Matteo Bordin and Linden Walters.
In the Pee Wee Rec division, Most Sportsmanlike: Anthony Materi and Tegan Webster-Locke; Most Improved: Kyle Chorlton and Landen Sherwood; Most Dedicated: Madison Wallace and Cole Menzies.
In the Pee Wee Rep Tier 2, Most Sportsmanlike went to Rod May, Most Improved to Lucas Piekarczyk and Most Dedicated to Marino Bordin.
For Pee Wee Rep Tier 3, Most Sportsmanlike was Justin Schielke, Most Improved: Matthew Bushell, and Most Dedicated: Carson Irmen.
Bantam Rec winners were, Most Sportsmanlike: Reilly Johnson and Dawson Perry; Most Improved: August Thomson and Landon Quilty; Most Dedicated: Jaron Bootsma and Dylan Eckland.
Bantam Rep Tier 2, Most Sportsmanlike: Aaron Plessis; Most Improved: Brayden Haskell and Most Dedicated: Mitchell Brown.
In the Bantam Rep Tier 3 division, Most Sportsmanlike went to Nicholas Fournier; Most Improved: Brandon Matvenko and Most Dedicated: Ryan Freed.
The Midget Rec division’s Most Sportsmanlike were Kris Main and Jake Buffie; Most Improved: Miguel Thomas and Calvin Hector; Most Dedicated: Eric Bruce and Brandon Jalving; 3rd Year Most Sportsmanlike were Austin Pugh and Daniel Atsma, while 3rd Year Most Improved were Peter Geier and Chris Kovacs.
Midget Rep Tier 2, Most Sportsmanlike: Austin Miller; Most Improved: Tyler Turner and Most Dedicated: Cameron Graham.
Midget Rep Tier 3, Most Sportsmanlike: Steven Luchkanych; Most Improved: Harley Bootsma and Most Dedicated: Cam Watson.
In the Midget Female Rep division, Most Sportsmanlike went to Catlyn Marshall; Most Improved went to Ava Wutke and Most Dedicated: Hailey Haskell.
Referees: Most Promising: Tyler Bushell; Most Dedicated: Jon Turko.
The special award for Unsung Hero is Lana Fitt.
Honorary Life Members: Dedicated Volunteer: Deb Petty and Val Kloska; Dedicated Coach: Mark Sandau and Mark Bannister; President’s trophy went to Tami Lund.
The Safety Award went to Jason Freed.
