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Times Advocate, 1995-06-14, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, June 14, 1995 SHDHS award receplents from left, Sara Szabo, Junior Girl Athlete of the Year, Tara Pep- per, Girl Paw Award, Jen Romphf, Panther Award, Adam Jean, Boy Paw Award and Cara Gardner, Senior girl Paw Award. Front row, left, Mark Bell, Junior Boy Athlete of the Year, and Bryan McAlliseer, Senior Boy Athlete of the Year. outh Huron District High School Athletic Awards Recipients Panther Award: Jen Romphf Paw Award: Girl - Tara Pepper; Boy - Adam Jean Athletes of the Year Awards: Junior Girl - Sara Szabo; Junior Boy - Mark Bell; Senior Girl - Cara Gardner; Senior Boy - Bryan McAllister. Mike Prendergast Award: Christy McInnes John Peters Award: Tara Pepper and Candace Miller Cross Country Running: MIP - Patty Wegg; Runner-up MVP Christian Stuckless; MVP Kevin Beierling Field Hockey: MIP - Preslee Maver; Best Defence - Carisa Willis; Best Midfield - Cara Gardner; Best Of- fence - Danielle Miners; MVP - Brenyn Baynham Midget Girls' Basketball: MW - Julia Geiger; Most Dedicated - Jen Regier; MVP - Melissa Hayter Junior Girls' Basketball: Team Spirit - Meagan Ratz; MVP - Julie Rooseboom Senior Girls' Basketball: MW Peggy Brownlee; Big 0 Tara Pepper; MVP - Christie McInnes Junior Boys' Volleyball: MIP - Scott Reid and Dave Farquhar; Killer B - Luke Sims; Most Dedicated - Chris Straw Senior Boys' Volleyball: MIP Khanxay Chantharath; Killer B - Denis McCann; MVP - Dennis Welsh Midget Girls' Volleyball: MIP Lisa Chansamone; Killer B - Lori Richardson; MVP - Lisie Guerts Junior 1$s' Volleyball: MIP - Cathy Regier; Killer B - Jodee Grasdahl; MVP - Sara Szabo Senior dirty' Volleyball: MIP - Teresa Petch, Killer B Kerri -Lynn Case; MVP - Candace Miller Midget Boys' Basketball: MIP - Greg Geoffrey; MVP - Derek Etherington Junior Boys' Basketball: MIP: Jeremy VanEsbroeck; Big O - Mark Bell; MVP - Luke Sims Senior Boys' Basketball: MIP - Gavin Poole; Big O - Denis McCann; MVP - Bryan McAllister Ice Hockey: Best defence - Mike Bowerman; Best Offence - Trevor Taylor; MVP - Matt Godbolt Curling: MW Boy - Steve Bern; MIP Girl - Erin Richardson Junior Badminton: Dedication - Ryan Morrison; MVP - Chris Straw Senior Badminton: MVP - Chrissy Morgan and Candace Miller, Dedication - Kevin Beierling and R.J. Milne Junior Girls Soccer: MIP - Sunny Dinney; Best Defence - Julie Rooseboom; Best Offence - Sara Szabo Senior Girls' Soccer: Best Defence - Erin McLeod; Best Midfield - Kim Farquar; Best Offence - Heather Da- vies; MVP - Cara Gardner Junior Boy's Soccer: Outstanding Rookie - Matt Szabo; Best Defence - Mark Bell; Best Offence - Dave Far- quhar Senior Boys' Soccer: Hustle Award - Gavin Snell; MIP - Bryan McAllister; MVP - Marty DeBruyn Rugby: Most Valuable Forward - Jeremy Bern; Most Valuable Back - Brian Jesney; All Black Award - Mike Rimmer Track & Field: Rookie - Melissa Hayter; Most Dedicated - Christian Stuckless; Best School Representative - iosh Watson i This Week in Sports... • Women's soccer team win first game - page 15 • Regional track and field results - page 16 South Huron awards top athletes at awards night 238 SHDHS athletes participate in 23 different sports Chris Skalkos T -A staff EXETER - South Huron District High School took a time-out Tues- day to recognize and honour the school's top athletes. South Huron Athletic Awards Night, held in the school gym- nasium, marked the end of a suc- cessful 1994-95 sports season as 80 awards were handed out to the stu- dents that excelled in their chosen sport. In her opening remarks Pat Rowe, Athletic Director, said "the people who get awards tonight are the people who worked hard to achieve excellence in their sport, but I hope all of you play sports be- cause you enjoy it." Rowe also credited the teachers who doubled up as coaches and volunteered hours of their time "to make it possible for 238 student - athletes to participate in sports this year." Rowe said South Huron had a "great year" winning four Huron Perth Championships, a W.O.S.S.A. and an O.F.S.A.A. ti- tle. The ice hockey team won their first HP conference championship, the senior badminton team faced some tough competition to win their HP championship, the junior girls also clinched a HP title and the junior boys have enjoyed their fifth consecutive year as HP cham- pions. Track and field athletes also left their mark in the record books with iorIDanielle Miners shattering the jun- girls HP javelin record and Josh Watson setting a HP record in the 1,500 wheel chair event. The highlight of the year was the girls field hockey team winning O.F.S.A.A. three years in a row, their fourth championship ko date. The senior girls and senior boys soccer team also had successful seasons, the junior boys basketball team did well in their conference and the rugby team is gaining a lot of popularity. "The people who get awards tonight are the people who worked hard to achieve excellence in their sport." Individual awards were given out to ten students who did excep- tionally well over the year. Tara Pepper and Candace Miller won the John Peters Memorial Award for their contributions to the basketball program and Christy McInnes won the Mike Prendergast Memorial Award for combining excellence in academics and basketball. Athlete of the year award went to juniors Sara Szabo and Mark Bell and seniors Cara Gardner and Bryan McAllister. The nominees for this award are put forth by the coaches and voted on by secret bal- lot. The Paw Award donated last year by Ron Bogart to commend one female and one male student currently in the physical education program was presented to Tara Pepper and Adam Jean. The prestigious Panther Award given to a graduating student for outstanding achievement and con- tribution to athletics at South Hu- ron throughout high school went to Jen Romphf. When guest speaker for the eve- ning, Jerry Gonser a professor at U.W.O. and a long time Boston Marathon runner addressed the au- dience he presented a 21 question checklist asking the young athletes to look at what they have contrib- uted towards their teams whether they won an award or not. "I encourage athletes to give back to their sport as much as their sport has given them," said Gonser add- ing that participating in sports has a lot to offer. "Sports train and condi- tion us, it gives us courage under pressure and the ability to win and lose gracefully," he said. Despite the ongoing challenge of getting enough funds to meet ath- letic expenses the athletic program at South Huron stands out among other high schools in Huron county. "I think we offer a good program here comparatively speaking. We give the kids good opponunities to play sports," said Rowe noting that South Huron has more teams par- ticipating in different events than any other school in the county. "We're doing fairly well in a rel- atively small fishbowl," she said. Imperials win one of three EXETER - Exeter Imperials ran their 1995 Ontario Junior Men's Fastball League record to three wins and seven losses last week as they won one of three starts last week. On Wednesday night, they travelled to Ingersoll and absorbed their most lop- sided defeat of the year as they were trounced 16 to two. Sean McCann and Greg Dalrymple each provided a hit, walk and run scored while Darrell Ford sin- gled. Jeremy Mason and Steve Cook shared the pitching duties. At home on Thursday night, five runs in the fourth inning proved the difference as the Im- perials edged New Dundee five to three. Greg Dalrymple led off the in- ning with a double and scored on a single by Steve Farquhar. After Jamie Ramer over reached on an error, both he and Farquhar scored on a single by Chris Ken- nedy who later scored, along with Ben Armstrong, to com- plete the scoring. Jeremy Mason was the win- ning pitcher as he pitched six strong innings. Mason struck out seven and walked three while al- lowing only four hits. Steve Cook picked up the save with a scoreless seventh. Despite allowing only two hits, Cook was the losing pitcher on Sunday night in Stratford as Exeter dropped a five to one decision. He struck out 12 and issued six walks in going the distance. All the Stratford runs were scored in the third inning on two walks, two hits and two Exeter errors. The imperials opened the scoring in the top of the first as Sean McCann opened with a walk and later scored on a fielder's choice. The Imperials, whose record in their past eight games is four and four, return to action on Thursday night at the South Huron Rec Cen- tre as they host Hickson at 9:00 p.m. Jen Romphf - Panther Prrrrfect Chris Skalkos T -A staff It's been quite a year for Jen Romphf. The graduating student at SHDHS was still reeling from winning the prestigious Panther Award last -Tuesday when she was crowned Female Student of the year during the high school formal on Friday night. The Panther Award is the most sought after sporting award in South Huron as it is awarded to the school's top athlete. This student must be in his or her graduating year and they must have made an outstanding contribution toward the athletics program throughout their high school years. An O.A.C. student in her graduating year, Romphf tits certainly left her mark on high school sports. During her five years at SHDHS she has played both junior and senior volleyball, and basketball every year while participating on the senior girls soccer team for two of those years. As if this wasn't impressive enough, Romphf was also the chairper- son for the Student Athletic Council, a volunteer job that required her to organize athletic events such as the banquet, run the intramural pro- grams and basically be an overall representative for sports at South Hu- ron. Considering the amount of time these commitments would take you can't help but wonder where Romphf got the time to study; and it's even more puzzling trying to figure out how she managed to make the hon- our role every year except this year, missing the cut off mark by only two percent. Despite all this Romphf was still surprised at winning the Panther. Award. "1 thought I would win something but I didn't know exactly. I really wasn't expecting this," says the 113 year old from Dashwood. She says she was even more surprised to be named student of the year. "I'm honored. It was tough competition and I thought one of the other girls would get it," says Romphf who appreciates this title since the winners are chosen by their peers. Ironically, it was only two years ago a female graduating student cap- tured both the Panther Award and the student of the year crown. Stacy Rader, also from Dash- wood had a carbon copy year par- ticipating in the same three sports Romphf did while sitting as chairperson on the Ath- letic Council. If tradition holds true, Romphf will have some pretty big footsteps to follow after she leaves South- Huron. All of the past recipients of the Panther Award have gone on to en- joy professional careers. According to SHDHS Athletic Director, Pat Rowe, some have gone on to become, engineers, doctors, sport ther- apists and, most commonly, physed teachers. After graduating, Romphf will be studying physical education at the University of Calgary. No matter what the future holds for her, Romphf will be leaving SHDHS with many fond memories. The most memorable were the three consecutive 0.F.S.A.A. championships she had the opportunity to be involved with. "More students came to cheer us on. The whole field was surrounded by spectators. School spirit was at the highest level I can remember, everybody was skipping class to see the field hockey team even though it was snowing and cold," she says. Romphf likes to credit the many different coaches that have helped her to become the successful athlete she is today. "I've had several coaches over the years, and i think it's good to be exposed to a variety of different coaching," says Romphf. "I know how hard they work and I feel all the time and effort they put into coaching is for the good of the athlete." Romphf is a firm believer that every student should participate in sports at one level or another. "1 think sports are very important, it helps you to relate to others and it gets you involved. You soon develop a sense of respect for your school because you're representing your school," Romphf says. "It gives you the confidence and leadership skills you'need to work as a team." Before Romphf leaves South Huron she has one simple piece of ad- vice for all of the grade nine students who may be thinking of missing out on sports to hold down a part-time job. "Get involved with as many sports as you can...you're only in high school once."