Huntsville Minor Lacrosse celebrated a banner season with their annual awards banquet last week, held in the Active Living Centre and active it was. Starting with the youngest players, the Paperweights, who according to their coach Jeff Higgs adapted to the rules and spirit of lacrosse right away, 11 teams in both box and field lacrosse were represented. According to club president Jason Rudge, this season saw 190 kids suit up for box lacrosse while 105 played field lacrosse.
Rudge had these words of wisdom to pass along to the players: “Be proud for the jersey that you put on this season, remember every success, failure, sweat and tears as these memories and friendships will last long after your sport ends.
“You are all now part of the lacrosse brotherhood as this game brings you friendships that will last a lifetime. With this great game also comes many opportunities in life and sport. You can follow the path of many current and past athletes that have put on a Hawks jersey and play at the national level or attend and play at a NCAA or Canadian University School. All this is very achievable as long as you put in the work in.”
Congratulations to the players, coaches and parents. The tradition of strong lacrosse teams in Huntsville is alive and well.
Paperweights
Tyke Box Lacrosse and U9 Field Lacrosse
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- (Front from left) Tyke Most Dedicated, Willow Davidson; MVP, Owen O’Halloran; and Most Improved, Kurtis Kings with coaches (back from left) Kyle Shirtliff, Kory Shirtliff and trainer Craig Fraiser
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- (Front from left) U9 Most Offensive, Avery Shirtliff; Most Defensive, Brandon Woollings; and MVP, Cohen Carlson with coaches (back from left) Kyle Shirtliff and Kory Shirtliff
Tyke
MVP: Owen O’Halloran
Most Improved: Kurtis Kings
Most Dedicated: Willow Davidson
U9
Most Defensive: Brandon Woollings
Most Offensive: Avery Shirtliff
MVP: Cohen Carlson
Novice Box Lacrosse and U11 Field Lacrosse
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- Novice Most Dedicated Peter Perentesis, Most Improved Thierry Cameron, MVP Hunter Crawford, Special Coach’s Award to the goalies, Ethan Roos and Jaxon Crowder
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- U11 Most Improved, Owen DeCarlo, Austin Waters and Riley Reid
Novice
MVP: Hunter Crawford
Most Improved: Thierry Cameron
Most Dedicated: Peter Perentesis
U11
Most Improved:
Austin Waters
Riley Reid
Owen DeCarlo
Peewee Box Lacrosse and U13 Field Lacrosse
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- Peewee Most Dedicated Kaiyden Crowder, MVP Riley Knox, Most Improved Tuleigh Cameron with coach Ken Robbins, Trainer Ross Clarke and Manager Kari Aubin
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- U13 MVP Blake Punchard, Most Offensive Carson Robins, Most Defensive William Caswell with coach Ross Clarke and Trainer Ken Robbins
Peewee
MVP: Riley Knox
Most Improved: Tuleigh Cameron
Most Dedicated: Kaiyden Crowder
U13
MVP: Blake Punchard
Most Offensive: Carson Robins
Most Defensive: William Caswell
Bantam Box Lacrosse and U15 Field Lacrosse
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- Bantam MVP Keese Zugehoer (via Facetime), Most Improved Zac Dalgleish, Most Dedicated Ryan Clarke, with team Manager Lesley Reynolds
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- U15 MVP Keese Zugehoer (via Facetime), Most Offensive Morgan Aubin-Vardy, Most Dedicated Tieran Hornick-Martin with team Manager Lesley Reynolds and coach Cory Veitch
Bantam
MVP: Keese Zugehoer
Most Improved: Zac Dalgleish
Most Dedicated: Ryan Clarke
U15
MVP: Keese Zugehoer
Most Offensive: Morgan Aubin-Vardy
Most Dedicated: Tieran Hornick-Martin
Midget Box Lacrosse and U17 Field Lacrosse
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- Midgets Most Improved Brayden Sorenson (absent), the Jimmy Thompson Award Jason Knox, Most Dedicated Evan Dickson, MVP Tyler Arnott with Coach Kevin Knox
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- U17 MVP Jason Knox with Coach Jason Rudge
Midgets
MVP: Tyler Arnott
Most Improved: Brayden Sorenson
Most Dedicated: Evan Dickson
Jimmy Thompson Awards:Jason Knox
U17
MVP: Jason Knox
Most Improved: Braiden Jones
Heart and Hustle: Maverick Noel
Special Awards
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- Shianne Reynolds received the Elva Stinson award presented to the person who embodies the spirit and lives for every aspect of the game. Presented by her mom Lesley
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- Lesley Reynolds received the Jim Bishop Award for the volunteer with outstanding contributions to the development of minor lacrosse. Presented by Hawks president Jason Rudge
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- Kaiyden Crowder received the Dave ‘Rusty’ Russell award for the most dedicated player on the Peewee Team. He is joined by his coach Ken Robbins, manager Lesley Reynolds and Trainer Ross Clarke
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- Cory Veitch was the recipient of the President’s Award presented by Lesley Reynolds and Hawks president Jason Rudge
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- Keese Zugehoer received the Kirk Evans, most inspired player, award via video feed. On hand to present the award were his coach Cory Veitch, team Manager Lesley Reynolds and his dad
Elva Stinson Award: Shianne Reynolds
Jim Bishop Award: Lesley Reynolds
Dave ‘Rusty’ Russell Award: Kaiyden Crowder
Presidents Choice Award: Cory Veitch
Kirk Evans Award: Keese Zugehoer
Jim Merideth Award: Cole Hanrahan
Russell Murdy Awards: Ayden Veitch
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