Times Advocate, 1993-06-09, Page 13Athletic swards night
Students pay for half of program
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - South Huron District
High School athletes can be very
proud of the year they have just
completed.
Thursday night, the Panthers
handed out their annual awards but
it was the high school's students
which helped pay for the 24 differ-
ent teams.
It cost $30,400 to fun the athletic
South Huron's Athletes 01' the Year, are, back, left; Bryan
McAllister, junior boys; Ryan Stuart, senior boys. Front, left;
Helen Theophiloppulos, junior girls; Stacey Rader, senior girls.
Individual winners at this year's South Huron District HIgh
School athletic awards banquet were, left; Keith Crawford,
Paw Award; Stacey Rader, Panther Award; Jen Romphf, Paw
Award.
program at South Huron this past
year, nearly half of that was fund
raised by the students, including a
$9,000 contribution from the stu-
dent council.
"The future of inter -school sports
is uncertain due to budgetary cut-
backs," said athletic director Pat
Rowe.
Rowe, in her inagurtal year as di-
rector, and her staff of 29 coaches
had an outstanding year as the field
'hockey team won the Huron -Perth,
WOSSA and OFSAA titles. Huron -
Perth championships were also won
by the junior and senior badmintan
teams, junior girls soccer and junior
boys soccer who took their third
straight title.
Randy Johnson and Danielle Min-
ers represented South Huron in -the
OFSAA track and field meet. Sever-
al track and field athletes excelled at
Huron -Perth this spring.
"I extend a thanks to the people
who helped me through my fust
year as athletic director," said
Rowe.
While the financial future of high
school sports is uncertain, the Pan-
thers' program remains strong and
will gain provincial recognition in
November when it hosts the OF -
SAA girls field hockey champion-
ships.
"For the first time ever, South
Huron will host an OFSAA tourna-
ment," said Rowe. "The committee
is excited and the players are excit-
ed.,,
At South Huron this year, there
were a total of 179 girls and 196
boys who . participated in school
sports.
"You are the ingredients of what
makes South Huron a good
school," said Rowe.
New award: A new individual
award was added to the list of
plaques and trophies presented as
former athletic director Ron Bogart
donated what will be called the Paw
Award.
This will be presented to one girl
and one boy who are taking a physi-
cal education course in the current
year, who play at least two major
sports and who demonstrate skill,
leadership, -academic achievement
and are good and valuable team
.members.
"I wanted to return something to
the school," said Bogart who was a
coach and director at the school for
32 years prior to his retirement last
year.
The fust recipients of the award
were Keith Crawford and Jen
Romphf.
South Huron's Athletic Council
Chairperson Stacey Rader was the
winner of the prestigious 14 year-
old Panther Award which goes to
the graduating student who most
displays outstanding achievement
and contribution to athletics
throughout high school.
Rader won several awards on the
night including senior girls Athlete
of the Year, Most Valuable Player
on the girls basketball team and she
was the Killer 'B' on the girls vol-
leyball team which goes to the
player who is the best spiker.
The John Peters Memorial Award
was won by Rader, Stacie Spicer
and Anne Waiper while Kerry
Manders won the Mike Prendergast
Memorial Award for combining ex-
cellence in both academics and bas-
ketball.
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Most Valuable: abeTgio
were named : the Most Valuable
Players in the differtsrti,.sports:
Cross country Melly McClure,
Dan Vanderlaan; : Field hockey -
Tonya Riehl, Wendy Sims; Midget
;girls basketball • Helen Theophilo-
?joulos; Junior girls basketball -
feather Davies. Jen Romphf; Sen-
* iris basketball - Stacey Rader,
Any Campbelktviidget boys volley-
ball --Kyle V amuleen; Junior boys
vollebyall -:*Sof"-McAllister; Sen-
ior boys volleyball - Dan Martens;
310I}f iris volleyball • Stephanie
Tearinir. Lisa Campbell; Junior
girls volleyball - Jen Romphf, Jana
Webster; Senior girls volleyball -
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This time, speech
had a good message
arwin Semotiuk is
a man of numbers.
In the fall at the
United Way Celebri-
ty Dinner, his speech about
international competition was
delivered point -by -point, he
actually numbered them.
I didn't enjoy the speech
and unfortunately it was a bad
first impression for me of a man who has attained a great deal
of success in university sports as a football coach.
But Thursday, at the South Huron District High School Ath-
letic Awards Banquet, Semotiuk brought a message to the
young student -athletes which I did enjoy and no doubt, the
large crowd understood and maybe even absorbed.
"It's important to acknowledge that there are great lessons to
be Teamed from being involved in sport," said Semotiuk.
The coach of four national football championship teams
from London's University of Western Ontario, also said it is
very important for young people to opt -in rather than opt -out.
He said it is easier to say, "no I would rather not," but that
certainly hinders personal growth.
Such students as Stacey Rader, who was the winner of this
year's Panther Award for outstanding achievement and contri-
bution to athletics throughout her years at South Huron, is a
fine example of someone gaining personal growth for getting
involved.
Semotiuk explained that there is a six step formula to ob-
taining goals whether it be athletic orientated or not. This
time, his point -method in a speech was very well executed.
1. Set goals which *rein your reach.
"There is nothing more frustrating in life, than setting a goal
which is beyond your reach," he said.
And how does one find where the goal is?
Well, he said to stand up straight, reach high and at the end
of your fingertips, that's where your goal is.
2. Commitment - finding the answer to the question, how
important is it to reach your goal?
3. Strategy and plan to reach your goal - that's where Semo-
Iluk's importance of time management comes into play.
4. Effort
'94rave yet to see a successful athlete or a team which hasn't
worked hard to reach that success."
5. Achievement - personal satisfaction
"Reflect upon those and put significance into them."
6. Evaluate - he said the difference between an excellent
athlete and a good one is that the excellent one, "you have to
work at it."
On Thursday, Semotiuk's speech began with a special mes-
sage to the parents who had come to be part of the annual
awards night.
In the past, the Times -Advocate has criticized the lack of
parental involvement in sports, but this year at the high
school there were dozens of parents who not only sat through
the awards ceremony but who enjoyed the dinner on the front
lawn.
'For the parents -yyRnitre ,lgcipuirs..t►:wert 4ppeccjU1.evening.
The organizers should be congratulated for ineluding the par-
ents," said Semotiuk.
As part of the awards presentations, South Huron had- a
plaque designed honouring former athletic director Ron Bo-
gart which will be hung in the hallway of the athletic wing.
Just a final note on the 1992-93 athletic season at South Hu-
ron, all the coaches and athletes should be congratulated, not
just those who carted off the hardware on Thursday.
High school sports offer times a person never forgets, I
know I still have fond memories of my days on the basketball
court.
It was a year of somewhat confusion for the school as Pat
Rowe replaced Ron Bogart and basketball coach Terry
O'Rourke was there only until December.
The adjustments coaches and athletes had to make at times,
were large but they did it quite well.
Sidelines
By
Fred
Groves
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