On Friday, ©
June 20
over 200
students |
graduated
from |
Caledonia
Senior
Secondary
School

Denise Therrien and Craig Soutar attend grad 86
ceremonies.

Five years in high
school and five awards
for the most outstanding
athlete.

That’s at least a local
record, and one that
talented all-round athlete
Val Philpot can be proud
of as she picked up her
fifth straight outstanding
athlete award at the June
25 Caledonia Senior
High School awards
ceremonies.

Philpot started col-
lecting these MVP
honors in Grade 8 at
Skeena Junior High and
hasn’t missed since then.
If she hopes to keep this
mark intact, Philpot will
have to pick up an award
at the University of
British Columbia where
she’ll be attending on a
basketball scholarship
starting this fall.

In addition to the top
sports award at the 17th

also won an athletic large
block award, and won
top honors in the
Physical Education
Department’s Commun-
ity Recreation 12 class.
She was also honored
by the Terrace District
Teacher’s Association
with a $300 scholarship.
Philpot saw four of
her Kermode girls’
basketball teammates

Philpot wins fifth
outstanding award

annual awards day, Val -

announce that they had
also picked up scholar-
ships. Leona Tank
received one for basket-
bal! at Grande Prairie
College in Alberta, and
Caroline Hendry has a
basketball scholarship
for Capilano College in
North Vancouver.

Jaci Sturn will be at-
tending Fraser Valley
College at Abbotsford
for some more basket-
ball. Colleen Anderson
has a scholarship to
Cariboo College ia
Kamloops, but it’s for
volleyball and not
basketball. At the time
of this report she had not
decided whether to ac-
cept it or not. This is
quite an accomplishment
for the Kermode girls’
hoop squad, who placed
fifth in B.C. last season
despite difficulties aris-
ing out of the teacher’s
work-to-rule situation.

Other honors went to
Kevin Maki for athletic
service, and a trio for
most sportsmanlike
athletes — Satnam
Manhas, Jaci Sturn and
Brent Volk.

Named as large block
award winners were Col-
leen Anderson, Tony
Broman, Hester Flewin,
Pammi Gill, Caroline

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