Annual Awards Banquet Winners 2024

The Don “Pete” Petersen Trophy: This award is presented annually to the individual from each division rendering the greatest and most faithful service to the general good of the league.

Little Guys Luis Dematos

Little Gals Rose Dean

Girls Julie Whitbread

Biddy Colin Purcell and Emmitt Irwin

Graduate Grace Woodman

The Referee’s Trophy: This award is given annually to the coaches of the year in each division who best exemplify what coaching in the league is all about.

Little Guys Jayhawks – Matt Glass and Thomas Vink

Little Gals Monarchs – Brock Easter Sheen and Chris McCarthy- Brideau

Girls Storm – Kate Kelsey and Shanna Todd

Biddy Nuggets – Brock Poirier and Ahmer Shazad

Graduate Bulls – Nikki Irwin and Will Hansen

The Guy Wells Trophy: This trophy is given to the male and female players who best exemplify what the league stands for – sportsmanship, fair play, team play and leadership.

(female winners) – Lyra Branscombe and Eden Branscombe – Storm

(male winners) – Miles Cantarutti – Celtics and Will Kerr – Hawks

The Tony Pettitt Award: This award, started in 2007 was put in place in memory of long time league supporter Tony Pettitt and is given to recognize the contributions of a non-coaching, adult volunteer.

Colin Purcell

Holy Cross Secondary School Summer Camps

Little Guys Spencer MacGregor – Jayhawks

Little Gals Monarch Malinowski – Slammers

The Bill MacLeod Memorial Cup: This award is given annually to the player in each division who best reflects the spirit of the league format “Just for the Fun of it”

Little Guys Liam Dematos – Wildcats

Little Gals Olivia Semchison – Rockers

Girls Grace Eves – Sparks

Biddy Eli Sothmann – Spurs

Graduate Zach Griffin – Heat

The Lenny Falcoa Award : This award is given for the TEAM OF THE YEAR in each division that best exemplifies the hustle, team work, and all around attitude that makes the league so much fun.

Little Guys Tarheels – Cory and Haden Hollywood

Little Gals Aztecs – Shakaya Dopwell and Maddy MacKenzie

Girls Starzz – mary Jane Besselink and Mary O’Neill – Howlett

Biddy Orange – Paul Medeiros and Jack Molson

Graduate Sixers – Jolene O’Brien and Fraser McArthur

Two Ball Champions and Runners-up : These are the winning teams and the runners up from a two ball tournament held for all league players in November.

Little Guys Winners- Morrie Mignault and Sebastian Romero-Matthews

Runners – up – John Allen and Maveris DeSilva-Cobb

Little Gals Winners – Claire Sweet and Lottie O’Donnell Runners – up – Annika Fogels and Charlotte Soucy

Girls Winners – Zoey Black and Summer Vallier

Runners – up- Ruby Castle and Anastasza Windover

Biddy Winners – Grey Malinowski and Eli Sothmann

Runners – up – Carter MacKenzie and Bentley Babcock

Graduate Winners – Colton Irwin and Wesley Black

Runners – up – Oscar Martinez-Munier and Ryan Kyle

Trinity Van Heddegem Memorial Award for the Little Gals Rookie of the Year. This award was established in memory of Trinity VanHeddegem, a player on the Golden Gals that tragically died during the 2012-2013 season.

Serenity Smith – Tigers

Avery Doering – Lions

The Gerry Besselink Award : This award is given for effort, respect and dedication to the league.

Emmitt Irwin

St. Lawrence Basketball Camp Awards for one week at the camp this summer

Girls Myla Harvey-Shields – Sky

Biddy Liam Kirkpatrick – Spurs

Graduate Warren Berry – Celtics

The Bucky Spencer Memorial Free Throw Champions: This award goes to the best free throw shooters in the league in each age group.

Age group Winners

Boys 8 years Leyton Locke – Hoyas

9 years Grayden McMillan – Hoyas

10 years Christopher MacKenzie -Mills – Hoyas

11 years Preston Bolton – Raptors

Kolton Buscaino – Spurs

12 years Dylan Morris – Raptors

13 years Graham Hinch – Celtics

14 years Saha Wheeler-Dee – Bulls

15 Years Darren Fernandes – Sixers

Girls 8 years Harper Langridge – Aztecs

9 years Annika Fogels – Lions

10 years Ava Abbott – Slammers

11 years Adriana Bracciodieta – Storm

12 years Sadie O’Donnell – Liberty

13 years Jaden Hope – Dream

14 years Karen Hernandez – Castillo – Sky

Most Improved Players in each Division:

Little Guys Hudson Murray – Hoosiers

Little Gals

Ambrielle Cabral – Aztecs

Girls Mira Vanyolai – Liberty and

Jaden Hope – Dream

Biddy Oliver Moreland – Suns and Beau Riley – Orange

Graduate

Warren Cosgrove – Heat

The Most Valuable Players in each division:

Little Guys Sebastian Romero-Mathews – Mustangs and

John Allen – Wolfpack

Little Gals Aliyah Brean – Golden Gals

and

Hailey Henderson – Monarchs

Girls Savanah Deszpoth – Mercury

Biddy Dylan Johnston – Nuggets

Graduate Sasha Wheeler- Dee- Bulls

The Most Sportsmanlike Players in each division

Little Guys Callum Michael Petras – Hoyas

Little Gals Stella Boussougou – Rebels

Girls Karen Hernandez-Castillo – Sky

Biddy Koen Walmsley – Raptors

Graduate Dylan Sutton – Warriors

The Carm Londry Trophy for the player in each division that shares the ball with team mates.

Little Guys Kale Svenson – Jayhawks

and

Connor Warren – Tarheels

Little Gals Reese MacLean – Lions

Girls Janelle Shoniker – Starzz

Biddy Connor Broeders – Magic

and

Hudson Murray – Jazz

Graduate Jericho Bridgen – Hawks

The Top Defensive Players in each division

Little Guys Felix Arnold – Huskies

and

Nathaniel Tilley – Tarheels

Little Gals Teleah White – Tigers

Girls Summer Vallier – Sting

Biddy Joe McNutt Brown – Grizzlies

Graduate J.J. Stolz – Celtics

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Little Gals Division Scores

Last Games of the Season Games Played February 29

Aztecs 16 (Quinn Canning 10, Haven Gionet 4, Ambrielle Cabral 2); Slammers 16 (Raelynn Brown 6, Monarch Malinowski 4, Faith Blackstock 2, Evelyn Brathwaite 2, Lindsay Goldie 2)

Lions 24 (Annika Fogels 14, Lottie O’Donnell 2, Emily Sitoski 2, Claire Sweet 2, Charlotte Soucy 2); Rebels 19 (Stella Boussougou 9, Laine D’Aloisio 4, Willa Murphy 2, Chloe Mundell 2, Sophia Hepburn 2)

Monarchs 32 (Hailey Henderson 16, Olivia Greavett 8, Miller Stevenson 6, Callie Virtue 2); Rockers 21 (Emma Griffin 8, Nora Goudreau 2, Mairyn Brophy 2, Olivia Emery 2, Olivia Semchison 2, Ariana Mitchell 2, Annika Ganyu 2, Clara McKeown 1)

Golden Gals 26 (Sloan Morrison 10, Aliyah Brean 6, Ruby Splinter 4, Kennedy Samways 2, Neziya Poser 2, Avelyn MacDonald 2); Tigers 20 (Gabriella Mundacruiz 14, Abigail Hatt 4, Scarlett Hurd 2)

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Girls Division Scores

Results of Games Played Wednesday February 28, 2024

Mercury 24 (Summer Campbell 10, Savannah Deszpoth 8, Melina Demers 4, Sophia Gilchrist 2) Storm 20 (Violet Joyce 8, Eden Branscombe 6, Jacinda Spiridakis 4, Alyssa Scott 2)

Sky 24 (Myla Harvey-Shields 8, Evie Dixon 4, Taleah Blacklaws 2, Karen Hernandez Castillo 2, Abigail White 2, Aya Abdoulhafize 2, Maeve Huddle 2, Reece Menzies 2); Sparks 18 (Jouslynn Perrin 6, Jazmine Saylor-Turner 4, Maddalena Castro 2, Mackenzie Bailey 2, Grace Eves 2, Victoria Castro 2)

Starrz 22 (Janelle Shoniker 9, Kadence Ryan 5, Ella Marshall 4, Isobel Reason 2, Stella Knott 2); Dream 9 (Vivienne Loboda 4, Annie Niemann 3, Gracie Winkelman 2)

Liberty 36 (Mira Vanyolai 10, , Sadie O’Donnell 6, Zoey Black 6, Annalise O’Connor-Wordley 4, Kendra Young 2, Kortnee Young 2 , Skylar Kirkland 2, , Allisen Dennie 2, Lillien Dennie 2); Sting 20 (Abigail Cook 10, Lily Ohara 4, Summer Vallier 4, Taylor Hunt 2)

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Trophy Origins 10

With just a few days left before our Awards Banquet and Hot Dog Feast on March 3rd, we conclude our Trophy Origins series with a look at the Carm Londry Trophy.

Awarded to the player in each Division that “Best shares the ball with teammates” .

First presented in 2009, the award was the brainchild of local businessman and long time Biddy Division coach Carm Londry, and was inspired by Greg Faulkner, a player on his team who later played Canadian University basketball and professionally in Europe. He wanted to have us recognize the contributions of the unselfish playmakers in the league with this award.

Carm was a kind and caring man, who passed away in 2011, leaving behind this reminder of the kind of player and coach he was in his life.

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Little Guys Division Scores

Results of the Last Game of the Season Played February 27, 2024

Tarheels 28 (Nathaniel Tilley 20, Connor Warren 6, Jace Menard 2); Hoosiers 14 (Hudson Mercer 6, Owen Morris-Pocock 2, Colt Denison 2, Miles Olner 2, Lennox Denison 2)

Hoyas 36 (Grayden McMillan 11, Corson Hull 8, Sylas Vickery 4, Otto Bailey 3, Max Zeltser 2, Leyton Locke 2, Callum Petras 2, Wyatt Petras 2, Chris Mills 2); Mustangs 32 (Sebastian Romeo-Matthews 20, Morrie Mignault 6, William Huddle 4, James Gowsell 2)

Huskies 24 (Ben Arnold 8, Felix Arnold 6, Benson BreckenRidge 4, Cameron Shibley 2, Davi Castro 2, Daniel Smith 2); Wolfpack 14 (John Allen 8, Emmett Grant 4, Maveric DaSilva-Cobb 2)

Jayhawks 27 (Wynton Fishers 15, Blake Thomas 10, Gabe Svensson 2); Wildcats 25 (Parker Heyman 14, Avery O’Connor 5, Cassius Heighing 4, Sawyer Rix 2)

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Trophy Origins 9

Today we review the history behind the Tony Pettitt Award, a trophy you will see presented at the Awards Banquet on March 3rd.

Through this series of explanations we have attempted to give you some background about the people the awards are named after, and donated in memory of.

This award, established in 2007, is given annually to “A non -coaching adult volunteer” that contributes to the league success. Tony had a daughter, Trish McAuley that was involved in the league as a member of our executive, as was her husband Greg and Tony had grandchildren playing in the league too. He became a fixture on the score clock on game nights, but it was at the banquet, however, that his “free spirit” shone through the brightest.

Always there for the pre-banquet set up, on banquet day Tony would patrol the hall with a box of chips doing his best ball park vendor imitation tossing bags to the outstretched hands of players calling for more, and laughing the whole time he was flicking his wrist to send another bag flying. Dave Noble , who still volunteers, was the first recipient of this very special recognition of people that do what they can to make the league work on a regular basis.

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Graduate Division Scores

Results of Games Played Monday February 26, 2024 LAST NIGHT OF SEASON

Hawks 56 (Jamie Deak 5, Mason Beleza 4, Cooper Broome 5, Misha van Anders 7, William Kerr 10, Jericho Bridgen 6, Aidan Murphy 9, Kyle Feeney 2, Joshua Romero Brown 4, Cash Cameron 2); Bulls 55 (Michael Hanson 18, Colton Irwin 2, Jack O’Connor Wordley 2, Colton Olner 5, Graham Henry 6, Sasha Wheeler Dee 22)

Celtics 51 (Luke Van Der Pryt 6, Lucas Woodman 2, Parker Hollywood 4, Carsen Livingstone 6, JJ Stotz 13, Simon Drumm 6, Graham Hinch 6, Santiago Zamora 6, Bode Splinter 2); Heat 45 (Parker Haynes 2, Warren Cosgrove 2, Ryan Kyle 12, Matthew Edmunds 2, Aiden Rooyakkers 2, Coby Yonick-Mundacruz 4, Ryder Bailey 8, Theo Sothman 5, Niall Fogels 2, Jacob Bell 6)

Warriors 61 (Dylan Sutton 4, Noah Heisterkamp 24, Riley Garrett 2, Patrick Lloyd 2, Ben Lloyd 2, Memphis Drew 5, Preston Weaver 4, Nathan Lamothe 4, Pierce Carr-Harris 11, Otis Fairley 3); Sixers 49 (Bacher Abdoulhafize 6, Darren Fernandes 16, Chase Leonardo 13, Oliver Hofaster-Chester 10, Nathan Orr 4)

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Trophy Origins 8

With just a few days to go before our year end Awards Banquet and Hot Dog Feast, we continue our look at the history behind the league trophies that you will see presented at that event, with The Don “Pete” Petersen Award.

This award, formerly The President’s Award, was renamed in 2017 following Don’s passing and is given to “The individual from each division rendering the greatest and most faithful service to the general good of the league.”

Don Petersen founded our program in 1955 as a 17 year old caretaker at St. Pat’s school to give the children in the neighbourhood a safe place to play and learn our game. He was a selfless man of deep faith that spent his life committed to this league, and was a mentor to many of us involved. This award recognizes some of our volunteers that demonstrate those same qualities lived by Don. It is a high honour for our volunteers to be recognized with this award named after a very special man.

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Donations update

Yesterday we received a VERY generous donation from St. Joseph’s Parish in support of our program. Our thanks to the parish leadership for believing in what we do for the children in our community. Your donation will go directly to making a difference in the lives of our players and their families.

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Biddy Division Scores

Results of the last games of the Season Played Monday February 26, 2024

Jazz 42 (Hudson Murray 12, Rueben Collins 10, Heath Coombes 7, Keegan Roberts 6, Tahjae Daly 3, Mason Campbell 2, Lucas Valente 2); Raptors 23 (Dylan Morris 9, Koen Walmsley 9, Lincoln Locke 5)

Magic 43 (Russell Koopman 10, Levi Vanyolai 8, Miles Cahill 8, Logan Hollywood 7, Moxen Drew 4, Connor Broeders 2, Reed Gauthier 2, Chris Couture 2); Orange 39 (Landon Moreland 14, Alex Bridgen 8, Grey Malinowski 8, Carter MacKenzie 5, Liam Baird 2, Seth Thompson 2)

Spurs 25 (Liam Kirkpatrick 6, Eli Sothmann 5, Ashton Vivian 4, Kolton Buscaino 4, Reid Davis 4, Keoni Larson 2); Grizzlies 13 (Nathan Morrison 4, Eddie McNutt-Brown 3, Noah Bedard 2, Myles Weaver 2, Jaden Huganas 2)

Suns 25 (Charlie Bellemare 9, Jake Shibley 4, Tyler Tadeu 4, Elvis Fisher 2, James McCarthy 2, Harland Armstrong 2, Oliver Moreland 2); Nuggets 23 (Dylan Johnston 15, Jacob Piat 4, Charlie Harnden 2, George Spiridakis 2)

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