by Joe Carreon
jcarreon@myweeklysentinel.com
CANTON — The Canton High School held their annual Sports Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 20.
The first award presented at the ceremony was the Ed Larcom Memorial Award. The Ed Larcom Memorial Award is given to a senior boy and girl, multi-sport athlete, who demonstrates qualities that Ed valued seeing in students during his 30+ years of involvement with Canton athletics. Including an exceptional off-season work ethic, pride in their school and who display a personable attitude with coaches, teammates, and fans. The female recipient of this year’s Ed Larcom Memorial award was Taylor Gilbert. The male recipient of this year’s Ed Larcom Memorial award was Zachary Rentzel.
jcarreon@myweeklysentinel.com
CANTON — The Canton High School held their annual Sports Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 20.
The first award presented at the ceremony was the Ed Larcom Memorial Award. The Ed Larcom Memorial Award is given to a senior boy and girl, multi-sport athlete, who demonstrates qualities that Ed valued seeing in students during his 30+ years of involvement with Canton athletics. Including an exceptional off-season work ethic, pride in their school and who display a personable attitude with coaches, teammates, and fans. The female recipient of this year’s Ed Larcom Memorial award was Taylor Gilbert. The male recipient of this year’s Ed Larcom Memorial award was Zachary Rentzel.
The second award of the evening was the Warrior Booster Club Memorial Award. The criteria for the award is summed up in a quote by Howard Cosell. “The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.” Nick May was the male recipient and Emily Ferguson was the female recipient of the award.
Josie Kelly and Zach Rentzel were the sportsmanship award winners.
Ellianna Binford and Garrett Storch were the outstanding athletes of the year.
Esther Martin was the Letterman’s club trophy recipient. The Letterman’s Club Trophy is chosen by the coaches presented to a female athlete. This female athlete is a great athlete, a very coachable person, a good leader, has a good all-around personality and is respected by her teammates.
Uriah Baillie won the Robert McWilliams award. The award is presented to an athlete who is not necessarily the best, a very coachable person, a good leader, has a good all-around personality and is respectful of his teammates. This athlete best exemplifies the qualities of Robert McWilliams. Robert McWilliams was a 1966 graduate of Canton High School and was killed in the Vietnam War.
Josie Kelly and Zach Rentzel were the sportsmanship award winners.
Ellianna Binford and Garrett Storch were the outstanding athletes of the year.
Esther Martin was the Letterman’s club trophy recipient. The Letterman’s Club Trophy is chosen by the coaches presented to a female athlete. This female athlete is a great athlete, a very coachable person, a good leader, has a good all-around personality and is respected by her teammates.
Uriah Baillie won the Robert McWilliams award. The award is presented to an athlete who is not necessarily the best, a very coachable person, a good leader, has a good all-around personality and is respectful of his teammates. This athlete best exemplifies the qualities of Robert McWilliams. Robert McWilliams was a 1966 graduate of Canton High School and was killed in the Vietnam War.