MHHS holds Annual Blue and White athletic awards

2012 Blue and White award recipients

Frank van Zandwijk, Pincher Creek Voice

On June 19, 2012 Matthew Halton High School held the annual Blue and White Athletic Awards. Everyone on each the team received an award for participating, which was then followed by the coaches of each teams making a small speech about what the specifications were for the other specific awards and/or how the specific individual earned it. 



The event began with the Royal Canadian Legion awards. 

Legion Awards

Senior poems – 1st Cassidy Keeley
Senior Essay – 1st Lisa Manners
Senior poster colour – 1st Shyanne Lesmeister
Intermediate poems – 1st Cayleigh Duffield, 3rd – Hayley Davis and Levi Anderson
Intermediate black and white poster – 2nd Marieka Welke, 3rd Alexsana Butt
Intermediate colour poster – 1st Katrina Kocsis, 2nd Cayleigh Duffield

Area winners (Pass to Leth and Nanton to border)
2nd Cayleigh Duffield intermediate poem
2nd Lisa Manners senior essay

District winners (everything south of Calgary)
Senior essay 2nd Lisa Manners

Sports Awards



Some of the 2011/2012 accomplishments of the Matthew Halton Sports teams:

• JV Boys Basketball won Consolation Chamberlin Tournament  
• Dakota Van Loon Qualified for Track Provincials
• Malorie Goasdoue & Jessi Strokke Qualified for Cross Country Provincials
• Rugby finished 3rd in Tier 2 Girls South Zone
• Rugby won Frank Maddock Tournamnet 
• Baseball 2nd in regular season
• Sr Girls Basketball 3rd in Fort Macleod Tournament
• Sr Girls Basketball 2nd in Titans Tournament
• Sr Girls Basketball 3rd in League

Cross Country Running - Coach Hilary Matheson

• Jr High Rookie - Braden Jessen
• Jr High Most Valuable Male/Female - Sam Gerrand/Claudia Higginbotham
• Sr High Most Valuable Female - Malorie Goasdoue

Rodeo - Coach Hilary Matheson

• Most Valuable - Morgan Claypool
• Rookie - Jack Mitchell

Volleyball

Junior B Girls -  Coaches Sandy Treit and Sydney Riedel  

• Most Improved - Dani Lounsbury
• Spirit Award - Bailey Ball
• Team Leader - Miranda Van loon 

Junior A Girls - Coach Tanis French

• Most Improved - Amber Sokownin
• Rookie of the Year - Megan McGlynn
• MVP - Samantha Cyr
• Junior B Boys - Andrew Janzen  
• Most Improved - Ryan Plante
• Rookie of the Year - Craig Oliver
• MVP - Jeremy Kretz

Halton Major Athletic Awards
Junior High Female Athlete of the Year presented by Mr. Randy Whitehead - Jayden Kennedy
Junior High Male Athlete of the Year Presented by Mr. Kirby Dietze - Colton Ball
Senior High Female Athlete of the Year Presented by Ms. Sandy Treit - Malorie Goasdoue
Senior High Male Athlete of the Year Presented by Mr. Randy Whitehead - Andrew Janzen
Nic Mackintosh Sportsmanship Award Presented by Ms. Sandy Treit - Andrew Janzen

Rugby
Sr and Jr. Girls - Coaches Randy Whitehead, Charmayne Casson  

• Most Improved Sr & Jr - KaSandra McKinnon/Adecia Fox Blood 
• Rookie of the Year Sr & Jr - Jayden Kennedy/Justine Jorgensen
• Most Valuable Back Sr - Emma Lowry
• Most Valuable Forward Sr - Veronica Oczkowski

Track and Field

Junior High Team - Coaches Hilary Matheson, Rhonda Oczkowski

• Most Improved - Kayla Zeikle 
• Rookie of the Year Male & Female - Austin Bruder/ Maia Jorgensen
• Midget Outstanding Male & Female - Sam Gerrand / Samantha Cyr
• Juvenile Outstanding Male & Female - Lucky David/ Claudia Higginbotham

Senior High Team - Coaches Hilary Matheson, Rhonda Oczkowski

• Junior Outstanding Female & Male - Dakota Van Loon / Calahan Bruder
• Intermediate Outstanding Female & Male - Amy Bonertz / Stephen Hochstein 
• Senior Outstanding Female & Male - Jessie Stokke / Kory Geddes

Basketball

Junior B Boys - Coach Brian Mackenzie

• Rookie of the Year - Jack Mitchell
• Most Improved - Craig Oliver 
• MVP - Brandon Giesbrecht

Junior A Girls - Coach Wayne Hollander

• Most Improved - Megan McGlynn
• Rookie of the Year - Samantha Cyr
• MVP - Jayen kennedy 

Junior A Boys - Coach Kirby Dietze

• Most Improved - Joey Jackson
• Rookie Of the Year - Levi Anderson
• MVP - Jack Dietze 

Senior Varsity Girls - Coach Tanis French

• Most Improved - Kendall Oliver 
• Rookie of the Year - Dakota Van Loon
• Hustle Award - Alyssa Barbero
• MVP - Sydney Riedel & Malorie Goasdoue

Senior Varsity Boys - Coach Niki McNabb

• Most Improved - Graham Milligan
• Rookie of the Year - Ferlin CrowShoe
• MVP - Carlos Burgo

Badminton -  Coach Don Taylor

Junior High Team

• Rookie of the Year - Maia Jorgensen
• Most Improved - Kaitlin Speight
• MVP - Janet Taylor

Senior High Team

• MVP - Andrew Janzen

Baseball -  Coaches Kent Goodreau, Keith Foster

• Most Improved - Lane Kalbhen
• Rookie of the Year - Josh Hillard 
• MVP - Alex Elliott