Sault Ste. Marie, ON – The Sault Ringette Club wishes to thank all stakeholders for their hard work and dedication, making this season a successful one despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic and the sudden end to the 2019-2020 season in March 2020.
Fortunately, the Sault Ringette Club started the 2020-2021 season with practices adhering to cohort groupings and was able to move to full 5-on-5 game play for most of the season. This would not have been possible without the guidance and efforts of the Club’s COVID Safety Leader, Blythe Carota, Executive Board members, coaches, volunteers, parents, and players.
COVID protocols were approved by Ringette Ontario, the sport’s governing body, and put into place prior to the start of the season. Overall, the Sault Ringette Club maintained viable numbers to support 11 house league teams between the U6 to U19 divisions, in addition to two Open 18+ teams.
With yet another sudden end to the season, the Sault Ringette Club expresses our sincere thanks to all or our volunteers and families along with our community partners and sponsors for helping make this a successful season.
- OC Bath & Body for their help with COVID PPE and sanitizer
- Blythe Carota for stepping up as COVID Safety Leader and preparing the Club’s protocols
- Adriano Carota for assisting with the creation and maintenance of the attendance and attestation forms
- City Meat Market, Kiwanis Lakeshore, and BuiltWright for continuing as sponsors for the U10 division
- Silver Lining Engineers and Great Lakes Timber for sponsoring another season of the U12 division
- True North Custom Homes and Arthur’s Angels for sponsoring another season of the U14-U16 division
- Tim Hortons TimBits Ringette for sponsoring jerseys and socks for our U6 and U8 divisions
- The City of Sault Ste. Marie and Rankin arena managers and staff for coordinating the season’s ever-changing ice schedules and for taking steps to ensure the rinks were cleaned and safe for use
An end-of-season virtual event took place on June 17 to celebrate players’ hard work this year and to announce player and league awards.
The Bill Claringbold Award is given to a Sault Ringette Club member who exemplifies leadership and contributes their time to assist the Club and the coaches, taking on tasks whenever asked.
This member is a teammate and mentor for the younger players and is dedicated to making the sport of ringette better for all. The recipient of the 2020-2021 Bill Claringbold award was given to Debbie Desgagne.
Player nominated award winners were as follows:
U10 Team BuiltWright Player Award Winners
Jessica Fasanello, Most Dedicated
Lillian Nystedt, Most Sportsperson Like
Maxime Morin, Most Improved
Sylvia MacQuarrie, Best Defensive
Unsung Hero, Makensy Jarrell
U10 Team City Meat Market Player Award Winners
Carmen Rosebrook, Most Dedicated
Brooklyn Adams, Most Sportsperson Like
Tia D’Orazio, Most Improved
Aubrey Carota, Best Defensive
Avery Fierro-Wood, Unsung Hero
Gabriella Nowitski, Unsung Hero
U10 Team Kiwanis Lakeshore Player Award Winners
Leah Vaughan, Most Dedicated
Mikayla Farelli, Most Sportsperson Like
Sophie Pozzo, Most Improved
Lexi Townsend, Most Improved
Tessa Young, Best Defensive
Keira Vaughan, Unsung Hero
U12 Team Great Lakes Timber Player Award Winners
Calyx Stewart, Most Dedicated
Stella Richardson, Most Sportsperson Like
Melina Bernardo, Most Improved
Matthea Brown, Best Defensive
Maisie Laberge, Unsung Hero
U12 Team Silver Lining Engineers Player Award Winners
Haylee Proulx, Most Dedicated
Kylie Beland, Most Sportsperson Like
Tessa D’Orazio, Most Improved
Avery Gauthier, Best Defensive
Alex Lepore, Unsung Hero
U14/16 Team Arthur’s Angels Player Award Winners
Danielle Baril, Most Dedicated
Ella Burns, Most Sportsperson Like
Chloe Comtois, Most Improved
Maia Fabbro, Best Defensive
Callaway Stewart, Unsung Hero
U14/16 Team True North Custom Homes Player Award Winners
Marisol Carota, Most Dedicated
Alison Lees, Most Sportsperson Like
Sophie Whittington, Most Improved
Debra Martone, Best Defensive
Addison Seabrook, Unsung Hero
The following awards were based on coaches nominations for each age division.
U10 Division Awards
Maelle Brown, Most Sportspersonship Award
Arianna Nowitski, Best Defensive Player Award
Erika Bernardo, Playmaker Award
Reese O’Neil, Most Dedicated Award
U12 Division Awards
Abby Eklund, Most Sportspersonship Award
Meris McCabe, Best Defensive Player Award
Alanna Peltonen-Boisvert, Playmaker Award
Sophie Marcellus, Most Dedicated Award
U14 Division Awards
Sophie Kresin, Most Sportspersonship Award
Maddison Labine, Best Defensive Player Award
Brooklyn Gioia, Playmaker Award
Emma Walker, Most Dedicated Award
U16 Division Awards
Mackenzie King, Most Sportspersonship Award
Liliana Sawchyn, Best Defensive Player Award
Emma Malone, Playmaker Award
Madelyn McCabe, Most Dedicated Award
Congratulations to all award winners and to all players, coaches, referees, and volunteers for a successful season.
The Sault Ringette Club is the only professional ringette sport’s association in Algoma. Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in North Bay, Ontario, in 1963. There are currently over 31,000 athletes playing ringette in Canada. In Ontario there are over 75 local associations with 9,500 registered players.
Source: Sault Ringette Club
