YARMOUTH, N.S. — The 43rd annual Yarmouth County Athletic Awards have been handed out for 2019. Here are this year's recipients with bio information included in this year's ceremony's awards program.
SPECIAL AWARDS
Calvin Smith: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Official of the Year, Sponsored by the Town of Yarmouth
Calvin is a familiar face around many gyms in the South West Nova area. He started refereeing basketball in 1974! He has been at it for 45 years and is showing no signs of giving up anytime soon. His love of basketball and knowledge has given him the reputation as being one of the best referees we have in the area. He travels regularly for basketball games from Lockeport to Weymouth. Calvin has been officiating in many Provincial Tournaments as well, including High School Boys Division 2, Division 3, and Division 4. He also has done games at the High School Girls Division 3 level.
Calvin rarely turns games down. He can be seen refereeing any level of game, from minor basketball, junior high, up to the high school level. He loves to see the game of basketball grow locally as well. Calvin and his brother Chuck have ran basketball camps in Yarmouth for over 40 years! In September – October 2019, they ran a Basketball camp in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut for 10 days.
Calvin’s extensive knowledge of basketball goes back to his strong playing days with Saint Mary’s University from 1974 to 1978, playing for the Nova Scotia Agriculture College in 1981 and then playing in Intermediate Men’s leagues and provincials from 1978 to 1995.
Megan d’Entremont: 2019 Yarmouth County Female Youth Athlete of the Year. Sponsored by Tim Hortons
Megan has always been passionate about sports. She plays soccer, basketball, badminton and volleyball. Megan joined soccer skills at the age of 4 and was hooked on being part of a team ever since! She began playing competitive badminton at the age of 12. At a provincial level, Megan won gold in 2017 and silver in 2019 playing in the Girls Doubles division.
Megan is also a strong basketball player, beginning at the age of 12. She always is a leader on the floor. All though she plays a variety of sports, Megan’s biggest passion is playing volleyball. At the age of 11, she joined the Southwest Fusion Volleyball club and developed many friendships along the way.
In 2016, Megan and her team won Gold at Nova Scotia Tier 1 Provincials. In 2017, she was lucky enough to attend the U14 National Championships in Halifax, where her team won Silver in Tier 2 competition. In 2018, Megan went up an age group and played U16 and won Bronze at Tier 1 Provincials. That year was special for Megan as she was honored to win Silver at Tier 1 Provincials and was chosen Most Valuable Player!
Megan also attended the Elite Development volleyball camp in July 2018 at Acadia University. The attendance in this camp is by “invite only”. Megan also played volleyball for Par-en-Bas and in 2018, won Silver at Provincials in West Kings. This year, Megan’s team won the Volleyfest tournament in Senior High Female B Tier 1 championships in St.John’s, Newfoundland.
Megan was also named Ecole Secondaire de Par-en-Bas’ Female Athlete of the Year for 2018-2019, her Grade 10 year. Megan’s time is mostly spent at practices, games or watching other teams and cheering them on. Megan has made lasting friendships during these years and can’t wait to make more. She has a goal to play volleyball at the University level.
Blake Newell: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Youth Athlete of the Year, Sponsored by Tim Hortons
Blake started the 2018-19 hockey season as a member of the Yarmouth Peewee A Mariners. He earned the role of team captain very quickly, largely due to his leadership skills. He took his role very seriously and led the team for the entire season. Blake scored an amazing 61 goals and had 24 assists in 47 games played. That’s an average of 1.8 points per game! In the final game of the season, Blake and his team played Pictou for the Provincial title and once again he led the way with 5 goals and 2 assists! The score ended 9-2 and he and his team were now Nova Scotia Provincial Champions!
Blake’s success didn’t end there with a provincial hockey title. It was now time to shift gears to summer and to baseball. Blake was a member of the Yarmouth Peewee AAA Gateways. In May, he tried out for the Nova Scotia Provincial U13 Baseball team. He was selected and participated in the U13 National Championships in Repentigny, Quebec in August 2019. On that team, Blake played important positions of pitcher and infielder. He ended the tournament with a batting average of .429. Once back from Nationals, the Gateways played for the Provincial title, finishing in second place. Blake’s team had secured a spot to play in the Baseball Canada 13U Atlantics in Dartmouth, from September 12-15, with their second place finish. The Gateways rolled through the tournament, making it to the finals and eventually won the Atlantic championship. Blake had a stellar performance on the mound, hit very well and played good defense.
Blake continued with his hockey that fall and decided to play at a higher level and tried out for the Major Bantam team in Liverpool. It is very rare that a player coming from “A” level hockey makes the jump to Major Bantam, but once again Blake proved he could do it and be successful!
Blake has accomplished all of this at the young age of 12! It will be great to see what the future holds for Blake in years to come.
Tina Comeau: 2019 Yarmouth County Female Sport Volunteer Award, Sponsored by Tusket Sales & Service
Tina started out her “hockey career” as a hockey mom, when her children Jacob and Justin became involved in the sport. Throughout the past 12 years she has given back to the sport as a team manager, having volunteered with teams at the Atom A, Peewee A, Peewee AAA, Bantam A, Bantam AAA and high school levels. As a team manager her volunteer efforts have assisted and impacted hundreds of players and their families, in addition to volunteer coaching staffs.
She has helped teams through various means, including communication with families, organizing fundraisers, creating schedules, booking ice times for games and practices, handling game schedules, selling 50/50 tickets, booking hotels, working out travel arrangements, taking game photos, updating social media, and much more. This is a huge commitment, given that hockey seasons tend to run for seven months.
She has also helped to contribute to the local economy through her involvement with helping to organize and run the annual High School Cook’s Cup tournament (now the Pleasant Supplies Timber Cup tournament), as well as NSSAF/High School and minor hockey provincial and regional tournaments and all-star events.
She also volunteers as the webmaster for both the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association and the Valley High School Hockey League. Although she no longer has children playing hockey, Tina continues to volunteer her time as team manager of the Yarmouth Vikings High school team, a team she has been involved with for seven years.
Adam Churchill: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Sport Volunteer Award, Sponsored by Tusket Sales & Service
Adam’s connection to sport began back in 1999 when he began time keeping for the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association (YCMHA). He also started coaching hockey for YCMHA in 2003 and has coached at various levels over the years. He continues to be involved today and also has joined the YCMHA Board of Directors.
Adam coached the Yarmouth High School Boys team for 4 years from 2011 to 2015 and then went back to coaching minor hockey and has been coaching ever since. He re-joined the board at that time as a Timbits Director and as of last year, he has taken on the role as the ice scheduler for YCMHA. He now acts as YCMHA’s referee assigner, treasurer and communications officer.
Adam has been involved with scheduling the referees and timekeepers for minor hockey since 2003 and continues to do so today! He truly is a tremendous volunteer and is very deserving of the Sport Volunteer Award.
Andrea Doucette: 2019 Yarmouth County Female Fair Play Award. Sponsored by the Municipality of the District of District of Argyle
Andrea coaches the Par-en-Bas Volleyball Girls’ team and has won many tournaments over the last few years. She has won the Par-en-Bas tournament 2 years in a row, Drumlin Heights tournament 2 years in a row, won District Championships, Silver at Regionals and has hopes to win Districts & Regionals again this season. She also coaches with the South West Fusion Volleyball Club and the U14 Girls Team. Fusion has taken Silver at Carnivolley, Silver at the Digby tournament, placed 5th at Provincials Division 1 Tier 4, and Gold at Nationals in Halifax this past May.
Andrea is a coach as well as a coordinator, as she continues to run the Annual Fusion FunRaiser to kick off the volleyball season with the volleyball club. She has implemented and runs the yearly Fusion Classic and the annual skills camp for new volleyball players. She is a very busy contributing member of the South West Fusion Volleyball Club board and is responsible for annual registration. Andrea had been an assistant coach for 2 seasons with Fusion before becoming a head coach. She coached the Junior Boys at Par-en-Bas for 2 seasons, winning Districts and a Silver at Regionals. She also coached soccer with the Argyle Minor Soccer Club for 5 seasons, winning the end of season tournament once.
She has also been an assistant coach for 2 years with the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association, winning the end of the season tournament in her second season. She was also a trainer and a manager with various hockey teams over the years. She also had a role with the Par-en-Bas Curling team as manager, winning Regionals in their second season.
Andrea is a wonderful volunteer and coach and is there to help any team in any way that she can. She is a big supporter of fair play, giving players who have never played before the opportunity to learn the skills to play various sports. She is also a great and well-respected coach, taking the time to take the courses that are needed to be a coach and stepping up to offer her services when teams are in need of a coach. Her family is very supportive to her, as she spends many hours and days away from home.
Marcel Doucette: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Fair Play Award, Sponsored by the Municipality of the District of District of Argyle
Marcel helped lead the Yarmouth GPK Refrigeration PeeWee A Mariners squad to win a Provincial Title for the 2018-2019 season. He was a big part of the team’s success. This was the first team from the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association to ever win a PeeWee A Provincial Championship! They captured the Provincial banner with a 9-2 victory over the North Conference champions Pictou County Crushers. Marcel is a terrific coach and acknowledges his assistant coaches Greg Cottreau and Christian Deveau for all their hard work over the season.
In addition to claiming the provincial title, the GPK Refrigeration Mariners ended the season with an overall record of 41-6-2, taking home 3 other banners in the process (Fall Classic Tournament, Joe Lamontagne Tournament, and the Hockey NS South Conference Championship).
The highly successful season was in a large part due to Marcel's ability to bring the best out of his players and to develop their skills both as individuals and as a team. Marcel's leadership helped the team not only improve as a team on the ice, but also as a group of young men off the ice.
Marcel was positive yet constructive and all the kids loved to step on the ice with him. His energy was reciprocated by the kids and without his leadership, the season would not have ended in the same way. The team had lots of tough match ups and he believed in them so much that the kids stepped their game up to make him proud.
Leah Muise: 2019 Yarmouth County Female Coach of the Year, Sponsored by the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
Leah started her coaching career with the Senior Girls fast pitch team at École Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau (SAR) while she completed her teaching practicum during the Spring of 2000. In her second year of her education degree, she continued with coaching the team and was very successful. This is where Leah started building her love for coaching.
In September 2001, she began her teaching career at Barrington Municipal High School. During her first year, she coached the Junior Girls fast pitch team, winning both Districts and Regional Championships. In 2003, she began coaching the Barrington Senior Girls fastpitch team and did so over a span of 10 years. The team won many District and Regional banners over the years, with Leah as their Head Coach. Soon, Fast pitch was having fewer schools participating in the sport, as softball was transforming more towards Slo Pitch. Barrington High soon became the last school in the Southwestern Region playing fastpitch softball. With no one left to play in the region, the school stopped putting a team in the NSSAF league.
Leah then shifted geared into Slo Pitch and decided to help with coaching duties with the Barrington High Senior Boys team, a job she took for the next three seasons. In her last year of coaching the team, they won the Provincial banner!
More recently, Leah has been involved with coaching and organizing baseball in the Municipality of Argyle. Leah’s son was interested in playing baseball and there were no local clubs for his age group. She helped start a baseball school program in Tusket. This program was very well received, and the players learned new skills, made friends and most importantly, had fun! This past summer, she continued with the baseball school and the numbers grew up to 19 players.
Leah is glad to have contributed to her community and is thankful so many community members have helped her along the way. Baseball is always a popular summer sport for children, and she is doing her part to help keep it alive.
Jeff Gates: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Coach of the Year, Sponsored by the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
Jeff started coaching in 2013 with Little League Baseball with the Yarmouth Area Minor Baseball Association (YAMBA) and did that for 2 seasons. His long list of coaching accomplishments is listed below.
In 2014-15 he started coaching the Boys Senior Softball Team at Yarmouth High School (YCMHS), leading them to a Regional banner that year. He also coached and played for the Men’s Softball Team, Sudden Impact, that placed 3rd at Provincials.
In 2015-16, Jeff coached the Boys Senior Softball at YCMHS again, leading them to another Regional championship. He also started a Spring Hockey program through the Atlantic Hockey Group, coaching the Yarmouth Avalanche Novice House Hockey Team. He continued to be player/coach for Sudden Impact, taking home 4th place at Provincials.
Jeff also found time to coach the Yarmouth Gateways Rookie Baseball Team and the Barking Squirrels Women’s Softball Team that placed 3rd at Nationals that year.
In 2016-17, Jeff coached the Yarmouth Bruins Novice Tier 2 Spring Hockey team and also started the Lady Jays Softball Program for Girls aged 8-13, a program he still runs every summer. He also guided the YCMHS Senior Boys Softball team to a Provincial win after winning their 3rd Regionals in a row! He also coached the Speedy Glass Rookie Baseball house team, the Sudden Impact Men’s Softball team (placed 3rd at Nationals) and the Yarmouth Tusket Ford Novice Advanced Mariners hockey team.
In 2017-18, Jeff coached the Yarmouth Bulls Atom Tier 1 Spring Hockey Team, the YCMHS Boys Softball Team, and the Yarmouth JStrong Mosquito A Gateways baseball team. The Mosquito team won Provincials. Most recently in 2018-19, Jeff has coached the Southwest Thunder Atom Major AAA Spring Hockey team, the YCMHS Senior Boys Softball Team, the Yarmouth Watkins Foundations Mosquito AA Gateways Boys Baseball, Sudden Impact Men’s Softball Team and the Yarmouth Sweeney’s Funeral Home Atom AA Mariners Hockey Team.
Lindsey Minard: 2019 Yarmouth County Female Athlete of the Year, Sponsored by Tim Hortons
Lindsey started her hockey career a little older than most. She was in Grade 4 at Yarmouth Central School before she first tried playing hockey. She played in the house league with the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association for her first few years. In 2009, she was introduced to Female Hockey and participated for 2 seasons on a team that was put together to travel to female tournaments around the Province, all the while still playing for her regular team.
She started playing goalie full time in Peewee. She played for the Yarmouth Female Bantam A Mariners, even though she was only second year Peewee. The Female Bantam A Mariners, in their inaugural season, were the 2011-2012 South Conference League Champions and went on to win Silver at the Nova Scotia Provincial Championships. Lindsey also joined the Nova Scotia AAA Raiders at this time and continued to play with them until 2015 each spring season.
In 2012-2013, Lindsey played for the Female Bantam A Mariners and once again the team won the league championship and Bronze at the Provincials. In 2013-2014, the team won the league championship and captured Gold at the Nova Scotia Provincial Championships. She also was named to the All-Star team and won the shoot-out at the skills competition during provincials.
In the 2013-2014, Lindsey began to play for the Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (YCMHS) Female Vikings. In 2014-2015 she played for the Yarmouth Female Midget A Mariners and for the second year in a row, they won the South Conference League Championship and Gold at the Provincials. In this year, the YCMHS Female Hockey Vikings won the Western Regional Division II NSSAF championship and placed 2nd at the Provincials.
In 2015-16 Lindsey played for the Yarmouth Female Midget AA Mariners. The YCMHS Female Hockey Vikings again placed 2nd at provincial championships. IN 2016-2017, Lindsey played for the YCMHS Female Hockey Vikings.
Lindsey Graduated from YCMHS in 2017 and started to attend Dalhousie University in a Bachelor of Science Degree where she decided to focus on her studies. In 2019 Lindsey transferred to Holland College to take Primary Care Paramedicine and decides to strap on the pads once again and try out for the Holland College Women’s Hockey team where she is currently the starting goalie. After the two-year break form hockey, Lindsey is very happy to be back on the ice playing for the Hurricanes.
In addition to hockey Lindsey also played soccer for both YCMHS Varsity team for 4 years and the Yarmouth Clippers soccer club. She was a female singles player for the YCHMS Badminton team and plays softball as well.
Matt Barron: 2019 Yarmouth County Male Athlete of the Year, Sponsored by Tim Hortons
Matt began playing hockey with various teams in the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association. He started playing for the Yarmouth Junior A Mariners in the 2015-2016 season and instantly made his mark in the league, being named to the Rookie All Star Team.
Matt has led his team in points the last two seasons. He is an elite player, representing the Maritime Hockey League (MHL) the last 4 seasons at the Eastern Canadian Challenge tournament. Matt had 31 goals and 41 assists in 49 games last season. That is a total of 72 points and a 1.5 points per game average.
Matt led his team in playoff scoring and won the Most Valuable Player Award for the playoffs. He was a leader with the Yarmouth Junior A Mariners as they won the 2018-2019 MHL Canadian Tire Cup League Championship. The Mariners swept the Campbellton Tigers in four straight games.
Matt led his team in scoring at the Fred Page Cup in Amherst in May 2019, recording a goal and two assists in 3 games. Currently he is ranked 2nd in all time games played with the Yarmouth Junior A Mariners. He also is ranked 4th in all time goals, assists and points with the team.
Individual & Team Accomplishments
BADMINTON:
Yanick Cottreau and Julia Fish won Mixed Badminton Doubles at Provincials held in Truro in April 2019.
BASEBALL:
The Chris Scott Construction PeeWee AAA Gateways placed 2nd at the Provincials and then went on to win the National Atlantic Championships on September 12-15, 2019 in Dartmouth, NS. Members: Drew Jeffery, Liam Surette, Benjamin Lyons, Jared Pitman, Samuel Hope, Brady Saulnier, Mason Légère, Cameron Barnes, Miguel Surette, Caleum Hines, Blake Newell. Coaches: Scott Jeffery (Head Coach), Curtis Falls (Assistant Coach), Marilee Lyons (Manager)
BOWLING:
The Yarmouth Senior Bowling team won Gold at the Provincials in Antigonish, NS from July 31 to August 3, 2019: Russell Rodgerson, Allan Tone, Arthur Dulong Jr., Patty LeFave, Allan LeBlanc, Ronnie LeFave
CURLING:
Dave MacDougal and Paul Doucet won the Provincial Stick Curling Championship on February 17, 2019 in New Glasgow, NS and won the National Stick Curling Championship on April 5, 2019 in Cornwall, PEI. Pauline Bullerwell and Diane Mallinson won the Provincial Stick Curling Championship on February 17, 2019 in New Glasgow, NS.
FIGURE SKATING:
The Yarmouth Skating Club had 9 skaters that placed in Provincial competitions in the past season.
Lauren Lyons Participated in the Fall Skate, Rob McCall, Provincials and Atlantics. Qualified at Provincials for Team Atlantic in the STAR 5 U13 event, finished 12 in STAR 5 U13 at Atlantics.
Brynn Nickerson Participated in the Fall Skate, Rob McCall and Provincials. Placed 2nd in STAR 4 U13 at the Rob McCall and placed 1st at the Provincials STAR 4 U13.
Mackenzie Cook Participated in the Fall Skate and Provincials and finished 2nd in STAR 4 U13.
Bailey Pitman Participated in the Fall Skate, Provincials and Atlantics. Qualified at Provincials for team Atlantic in the STAR 5 Over 13 event and finished 13 in STAR 5 over 13 at Atlantics.
Allison Thériault Participated in Sectionals, Fall Skate, Rob McCall and Provincials. Placed 2nd in Fall Skate Juvenile, placed in STAR 7 and 3rd in Juvenile U14 at the Rob McCall, and qualified at Provincials for team Atlantic in Juvenile. She finished 10th in Juvenile U14 at Atlantics.
Jasmine LeFave Participated in the Fall Skate, Provincials and Atlantics. Qualifed at Provincials for team Atlantic in the STAR 5 event and finished 15th in STAR 5 U13 at Atlantics.
Shayleigh Doucet Participated in Sectionals, Fall Skate, Rob McCall and Provincials. Won Silver at Provincials in STAR 9 and STAR 10, qualified at Provincials for team Atlantic STAR 10 and won gold at Atlantics in STAR 10.
Sharlie Pinksen Participated at Sectionals, Fall Skate, Rob McCall and Provincials. Won Silver in STAR 8 at Rob McCall, qualified at Provincials for Team Atlantic in STAR 9 and finished 9th in STAR 9 at Atlantics.
Jessica Zhu Participated at Fall Skate and Provincials. Finished 3rd at Fall Skate in STAR 5 U13.
The members of Team Atlantic were Shayleigh Doucet, Sharlie Pinksen, Allison Thériault, Bailey Pitman, Jasmine LeFave and Lauren Lyons. This was the most ever sent to Atlantics from the Yarmouth Skating Club.
Coaches: Megan Long, David Altheim and Lorraine Piercey
HIGHLAND DANCING:
Mackenzie School of Dance: In 2019, these athletes received various 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards at various provincial competitions throughout the Maritime Provinces: Shaylee Comeau, Gracie Forrester, Chloe Foster, Madison George, Skye Lewis, Anna Murphy, Charlotte Murphy, Allie Perry, Madyson Ross, Kayla Smith, Jessica Wertlen, Bridget Murphy, Macy Gates, Mya Lowe, Julia Wertlen, Cadence Rankin. Coach: Michelle MacKenzie
HOCKEY:
• Jared Pitman played on Team Nova Scotia Under 14 hockey team at the Atlantic Challenge Cup in Moncton, NB in October 2019.
• The Western Riptide Peewee A Girls Hockey team won the Nova Scotia Hockey Female Peewee A Provincial Championships on April 14, 2019 in Truro: Chloe Surette, Kalli Goreham, Allie Dugas, Alyssa Boudreau-Poole, Kiersten Kenney, Brooke d’Eon, Katie Atkinson, Mercedes Melanson, Marissa Fevens, Isabel Doucette, Renee Olsen, Isabelle d’Entremont. Coaches: Aaron d’Entremont (Head Coach), Darren Olsen (Assistant Coach), Danya Fevens (Manager) and Jason Fevens (Trainer)
• The Yarmouth GPK Refrigeration PeeWee A Mariners won 4 banners this year. They won the Fall Classic Tournament, the Joe Lamontagne Tournament, the Hockey Nova Scotia South Conference championships and finished off by winning the Hockey Nova Scotia PeeWee A Provincial Championships on April 13, 2019 at the Rath Eastlink Community Center in Truro, NS: Boston Aldred, Damien Cottreau, Lucas Cottreau, Ryan d’Entremont, Lucien Doucette, Sean Fernandez, Bryce Fitzgerald, Benjamin Lyons, Drew Muise, Keaton Muise, Blake Newell, Cameron Perry, Connor Pothier, Alyre Richardson, Ashton Samms, Brady Saulnier. Coaches: Marcel Doucette (Head coach), Greg Cottreau (Assistant Coach), Chris Deveau (Assistant Coach), Todd Doucette (Assistant Coach) and Scott Muise (Manager)
• The Atom Redwings Spring Hockey team won Gold at the Nova Scotia Prospect Series at the RBC Centre in Dartmouth, NS.: Ellie Blinn, Gibby Deveau. Lucas Cushing, Gordan Deal, Nico Doucet, Luke Dickie, Cullen Fitzgerald, Brody Goodwin, Andre Hill, Dana Hill, Carl Landry, Xavier LeBlanc, Cohen Neil, Braden Nickerson, Jake Sanford, Sebastian Robichaud,, Zander White. Coaches: Jean Claude Doucet (Head Coach), Kris Deveau (Assistant Coach), Scott Nickerson (Assistant Coach), Alain Blinn (Assistant Coach), Courtney Goodwin (Manager)
• The Junior A Mariners won the Provincial Title, the Maritime Title (Canadian Tire Cup) and represented the MHL at the Fred Page Cup: Kaleb Boudreau, Ben Charles, Jacob Christie Griffin Kelly, Kurtis Lang, Keaghan Larage, Thomas Hillier, Sam Gillis, Tyler Caseley, Andrew Martell, Matt Barron, Brent Broaders, Brett Crossley, Logan Timmons, Cade Neilson, Landon Quinney, Noah McMullin, Connor Peveril, Chris Goreham, Derrick Johnson, Shawn Guison, Zachery Bennett, Jonathan Rees. Coaches: Laurie Barron (Head Coach and GM), John Murphy (Assistant Coach/Assistant GM), and David Leddicote (Assistant Coach)
JEUX DE L’ACADIE
The following athletes participated at «Les Jeux Régionaux» winning various awards in Truro from May 17-20, 2019. These athletes then went on to participate in “La 40e Finale des Jeux de l”Acadie” in Grand Sault, NB from June 28 to July 2, 2019.
Track & Field: Miguel Surette, Christopher Doucette, Céline Cottreau (4 x 100m – 2nd place), Sophia Pothier-Poretsis (4 x 100m – 2nd place), Keaton Muise (4 x 100m – 3rd place), Alyre Richardson (4 x 100m – 3rd place), Samuel Hope (4 x 100m – 3rd place, 1st in 150m, 2nd in 80m, 1st in High Jump 120cm). Coach: Bailey Gushue
Girls Volleyball: Carlee Atwood, Anne-Sophie Boucher, Tori d’Eon, Madison Hubbard, Jorgia Malone, Abby Morton, Josette Muise, Erin Surette. Coaches: Ricky Muise (Coach) and Jolynn Muise (Manager)
Mixed Badminton: Annik Doucette, Any Hirschfeld, Chandler LeBlanc
Mixed Mini Handball: Dylan d’Entremont, Maxime d’Entremont, Sophie d’Entremont, Ava d’Entremont, Lexx d’Entremont, Orenda Deveau, Ava Doucet, Charlee Nickerson, Dawson O’Connell, Connor Pothier, Anik Richardson, Miguel Surette. Coaches: Fernand d’Entremont (Coach) and Annette Richardson (Manager)
Mixed Improv: Noel Babin, Damien Cottreau, Cole d’Entremont, Kattie d’Entremont-Lombard, Jocelyn Goodwin, Sophie Muise, Juliette Pothier. Coaches: Denise Babin (Coach) and Cody Donaldson (Manager)
Chef de Mission Brandon Doucette
Chef Adjointe Karmanda Murphy
KARATE:
Members of Mukashi Dojo competed and placed at Provincial or Higher-Level Tournaments over the last year and the results are as follows:
Karate Nova Scotia Grand Prix #1: Journee Chetwynd Silver 5-7 Kata, Rayce Chetwynd Gold 7-9 Male Kumite, Bronze 8-9 Kata
Karate Nova Scotia Grand Prix #2: Journee Chetwynd Silver 5-7 Kata, Silver 7-9 Female Kumite, Rayce Chetwynd Silver 10-11 Male Kumite, Gold 10-11 Kata, Mackenzie Whittaker Gold 7-9 Female Kumite
Karate Nova Scotia Grand Prix #3: Journee Chetwynd Silver 5-7 Kata, Silver 7-9 Female Kumite
International Tournament “Soke Cup” held in Penticton, BC, July 26-28, 2019: Journee Chetwynd NS Soke Cup Team Member, Silver 7-9 Kumite, Bronze 7-8 Kata; Rayce Chetwynd NS Soke Cup Team Member; Doug Chetwynd NS Soke Cup Team Member, Silver BlackBelt Masters (40-50) Male Kobudo (Weapons), Silver BlackBelt Masters (40-50) Male Kata, Bronze BlackBelt Masters (40-50) Kumite; Joe Symonds NS Soke Cup Team Member; Carl Harris NS Soke Cup Team Member, Silver BlackBelt Masters (50-60) Male Kumite; David Baldwin NS Soke Cup Team Member, Silver Kyu Belt Master (40-50) Kumite, Silver Kyu Belt Masters (40-50) Kata. Coach: Doug Chetwynd
LUMBERJACK:
Burlin Nickerson won the World Championships in Semi Pro Long Rolling in Hayward Wisconsin in August 2019. He also won 1st place at the New Brunswick Provincial Championships in Boisetown, NB in July 2019. He also won the Canadian Axe Throwing Championships on August 25, 2019 in Liverpool, NS
SOCCER:
• The Yarmouth U15 Pet Valu Boys Rep Soccer team were undefeated this summer with a 32-0 record. One June 9 they won the Eden Valley tournament. One July 14 they won the Amanda Foster Tournament. On August 11 they won the Bruce Wagner Championships. On August 24 they were won the League Championship and on September 1st they were Provincial champions: Collum Cunningham, Dorian Clements, Logan Burgess, Davis Robichaud, Tanner Cormier, Ibaad Hemani, Josh Baltzer, Riley Hubbard, Seamus d’Entremont, Liam Hubbard, Dustin Lakusta, Ben Marais, Ben MacDonald, Liam Mosley, Jaleel Horton, Cameron Brown, Owen Fitzgerald, Jessie Abuta, Dante Swim. Coaches: Jerry Burgess, Derek Mosley and Chris Brown
BADMINTON:
• Josh Cottreau and Alec Cottreau were members of Team Atlantic which competed at the 2019 Canada Cup Tournament for Div 1 Men’s Volleyball. The competition took place July 17-21, 2019 in Halifax, NS and included provincial teams from across Canada. The team finished 4th after defeating the Number 1 ranked team (ONT) but taking a loss in the bronze medal match against Alberta.
• Vincent Surette represented Team Nova Scotia at the U15 Eastern Elite where they placed 3rd in the tournament. The tournament was held July 25-27 at the Canada Games Centre in Halifax.
• Dawson Babin represented Team Nova Scotia at the U17 Eastern Elite. The tournament was held July 25-27 at the Canada Games Centre in Halifax.
• The École secondaire de Par-en-Bas Junior Boys’ Volleyball team won the Tier 1 Regionals at Par-en-Bas on December 3, 2018: Jesse Amiro, Cohen Warner, Riley Hubbard, Jamie Doucet, Riley Muise; Alex Doucette; Isaac Albright; Landon Pothier, Vincent Surette, Trent Muise, Jared Pitman. Coach: Scott Surette
• The South West Fusion U16 Girls’ Team won Gold at the Tier 2 Volleyball Nova Scotia Provincials in April 2019 at the Hammonds Plains Community Center. Brooke Conrad and Rowan LeBlanc were named to the All Star team and Monique Muise was named tournament MVP: Monique Muise, Brooke Conrad, Rowan LeBlanc, Abigail LeBlanc, Chloe Spinney, Chloe Vilela, Marie Donaldson, Saydee Webster, Hailey Roberts. Coaches: Kristine Babin and Tessa d’Entremont, Jolynn Muise (Manager)
• The South West Fusion U14 Girls’ won Gold at the Division 1 Tier 4 Volleyball Nationals held in Halifax in May 2019. They also took the Silver at Carnivolley, Silver at the Digby Crossfire Tournament and 5th place at Provincials: Jorgia Malone, Anne-Sophie Boucher, Josette Muise, Carlee Atwood, Tori d’Eon, Abby Morton, Erin Surette, Maddie Hubbard, Sarah Huston, Taylor Baxter. Hailey Titus, Deanne Doucette. Coaches: Andrea Doucette (Coach), Andy Baxter (Assistant Coach), Payton Doucette (Assistant Coach) and Jolynn Muise (Manager)
