NEWS RELEASE
ORILLIA LADY KINGS
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The 2019 Orillia Lady Kings rep lacrosse season came to an end eariler this week as executives, players, parents, siblings and guests attended the season-ending banquet held at the Hawk Ridge Golf and Country Club.
Vice President of Lady Kings Lacrosse, Mardi McLaughlin, and her team of volunteers set up the venue and McLaughlin served as the moderator of the evening's events.
A celebration of the teams and some personal achievements were the highlight of the evening as coaches from each group recapped their seasons as well as awarded individual player achievements.
The U19 World Cup event in Peterborough was being held at the same time and a number of Orillia Lady Kings involved in the Team Ontario Canadian Championship as well as the World Cup Festival, were in Peterborough representing their respective teams with great success.
Representing Orillia in the Canadian Women’s Lacrosse Championships, who retained their national gold medals, were Paige Stachura, Kennedy Lynch, Hannah Morris, Kassidy Morris and Jerica Obee despite a season-ending knee injury during her Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse (OWFL) provincial championships two weeks earlier.
Other Lady Kings participating in the World Cup festival event include Emma Torkoff (U17), Kaya Maracle (U17), Kayleigh Aitken (U17) and Riley Marwick (U15).
In OWFL provincial playdowns recently, the Orillia John Mayo BMO Nesbitt Burns sponsored senior team as well as the Sweet Oven sponsored U19B team were provincial bronze medal winners for the 2019 season.
Award winners for the Orillia Lady Kings rep season are as follows:
U11A
Most improved: Hailey Devine
Most defensive: Rayne Noganosh
Heart and hustle: Billie Rouse and Anna Fagan.
U11B
Most improved: Leiah Krynicki.
Heart and hustle: Mia Ligers and Kaydence Thompson.
U13A
MVP: Sofia Ceccanese
Heart and hustle: Catherine Varley
Most defensive: Ali Rolston
U13B
MVP: Mira Cresanto
Heart and hustle: Jade Shilling
Most improved: Claudia Page
U15
Most improved: Jorja hedges
Most defensive: Karley Eckstein
Heart and hustle: Anna Lajoie
U19A
MVP: Paige Stachura. Jerica Obee and Kassidy Morris.
Rookie of the year: Emma Torkoff.
Coaches award: Kayleigh Aitken.
U19B
Most defensive: Avery Paek
Most improved: Lily Osburn.
Heart and hustle: Kieran Goldthorpe
Most sportsmanlike: Reese Oliver.
The winners of the three major awards were:
President's Choice Award: Annie Lloyd.
Joanne Stanga Award: Shannon O’Connor.
John Mayo Award: Bobbi Parnell.
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