CANORA - Canora Composite School hosted its annual awards night on June 7 in recognition of achievement in academics, sports and other extra-curricular activities.
Drea Beblow won the Governor General Award for the 2021/22 school year, presented by Shannon Leson.
Grade 5-9 academics
Certificates of Merit and Academic Proficiency Awards were presented to Grades 5-9 students.
Grade 5 winners were Presley Owchar and Karter Shukin, with the most improved award going to Abby Boulanger.
Jevon Keyowski and Reid Kitchen were the Grade 6 winners, while Izaiah Crowe was the most improved.
In Grade 7, William Sliva and Olivia Tratch took home the awards, with Brandon Sies earning the most improved recognition.
Award winners in Grade 8 were Jacob Lowes and Natalie Kosar. Chase Curtis was the most improved.
Grade 9 awards went to Andrew Owchar and Brenna Reine, while Mataya Bell was the most improved.
Peewee extra-curricular
Karter Shukin was the winner of the peewee Cross-Country Award.
Peewee volleyball awards went to Tobbi Effa (girls) and Reid Kitchen (boys). Tessa Prychak (girls) and Brandyn Woicichowski (boys) won the peewee basketball awards.
Courtlyn Heshka was the winner of the peewee track-and-field award, while Chance Weinbender earned the peewee NASP award.
Peewee badminton awards were won by Claire Ruf (girls) and Izaiah Crowe (boys).
Junior extra-curricular
Andrew Sliva won the junior cross-country award.
For junior girls volleyball; Maddy Dutchak was rookie of the year, Irena Yannoulis won the spirit award, and Meekah Unick earned the MVP.
In junior boys volleyball, Ira Mykytyshyn won the spirit award, Shiloh Leson was named the rookie of the year, and MVP honours went to Linden Roebuck.
Junior girls basketball awards went to: Maddy Dutchak (rookie of the year), Merrick Derkatch (spirit) and Falyn Ostafie (MVP). Ostafie also won the junior track-and-field award.
In junior boys basketball, the winners were: Jordan Makowsky (rookie of the year), Wil Krotenko (spirit) and Andrew Owchar (MVP).
Meekah Unick and Josie Mirva won the junior badminton award.
The junior NASP award went to Natalie Kosar, and Joshua Prychak was the winner of the junior curling award.
Falyn Ostafie won the junior female athlete of the year, and Linden Roebuck took the honours as the junior male athlete of the year.
Senior extra-curricular
The Black Box Players awards for drama were won by: Maisie Kuzminski, Zoe Becker and Mataya Ball.
Jack Craig won the senior cross-country award.
In senior girls volleyball, the top rookie was Sofia Tratch, the spirit award went to Robin Skurat, and Zoe Thomas won the MVP, in both volleyball and basketball. Tratch was also rookie of the year in basketball. Kailey Sleeva won the spirit award in basketball.
Hunter Lamb was the rookie of the year in senior boys volleyball. Logan Lewchuk was the winner of the spirit award and Toby Olynyk won the MVP. Lewchuk was also the MVP in senior boys basketball, where Joey Palagian took the spirit award and Matthew Makowsky was named the rookie of the year. Palagian also won the track-and-field award.
Ty Sleeva earned the senior badminton award and Landin Ball was named the winner of the NASP award.
Zoe Thomas won the senior female athlete of the year and Joey Palagian was the male athlete of the year.
Grade 10-12 academics
The Grade 10 award winners were: Delilah Wilson (first), Rasampreet Kaur (second), Ty Sleeva (third) and Karbin Rubletz (SCC most improved).
In Grade 11, the award winners were: Michael Owchar (first) Callie Sznerch (second), Nate Wolos (third) and Owen Borson (SCC most improved).
For Grade 12, the winners were: Zoe Thomas (first), Kailey Sleeva (second), Jackson Krotenko (third) and Daylia Lukey (SCC most improved).
Level 30 class awards went to:
Zoe Thomas – Chemistry 30, Biology 30, Physics 30, English 30B, Pre-Calculus 30 and Calculus 30
Robin Skuat – English 30B and History 30
Michael Owcher – Foundations of Math 30, and CAD 30
Delilah Wilson – Psychology 30
Joey Palagian – Physical Education 30
Callie Berehula – Construction 30
Ethan Heshka – Welding 30
Logan Wolkowski – Communications Media 30
Daylia Lukey – Art 30
Crossroads awards
Presented by Jeff Bisschop, the winners of the Crossroads Credit Union Student Recognition Awards were: Kenzee Kopelchuk (Grade 5), Brandon Woicichowski (Grade 6), Simon Craig (Grade 7), Josie Mirva (Grade 8), Meekah Unick (Grade 9), Noah Prychak (Grade 10), Joshua Rock (Grade 11) and Brooklyn Reine (Grade 12).
