The Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association presented its annual awards last weekend, recognizing some of the most impressive young box lacrosse players in the region.
Honoured as the Most Inspirational Players for each of the seven teams were:
Novice Inter: Josh Macdonald
Peewee C: Matthew Currie
Peewee A: Brandon Carlson
Bantam C: Liam Bell
Bantam B: Miles Brooks
Bantam A: Isaac Tonkin-Palmer
Midget C: Shylo Gibbs
Midget B: Jaeden Ashbee
Midget A: Brian Robb
Mat Jung, also of the midget A Thunder, was recognized as the Top Graduating Midget Player for the association, which was no surprise as he had already received the same award for all of B.C. The referees of the year were Brayden Zunti (junior) and Taylor Quaife (senior), and Bill Sanderson (bantam C) and Dale Nordstrom (bantam A) were recognized as recreational and competitive coaches of the year, respectively.
At the B.C. Lacrosse Association's annual general meeting a week earlier, the CVLA's Sue Lidstone received the President's Award, and Cowichan junior B and intermediate B coach Lorne Winship was recognized with the John Cavallin Award for Senior Box Coach of the Year.