Voyageurs Honour Graduating Players at Banquet

Eight players have graduated from the squad

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“Overall, we had a successful year. We had a year that ended too soon; but, there were a lot of successes and a lot of improvements throughout the year,” Head Coach of the Bonnyville High School Football Voyageurs, Larry Godzuik says he’s content with the season and happy to celebrate the team at the awards banquet on Wednesday. “We’re looking to build on that success and have an even better year, next year.”

The banquet handed out awards to deserving players, celebrated the graduating players and honoured the coaches, parents, and fans. “This is the first year that we’ve had eight players graduate, that are starters. That is a huge hole,” the coach explains the team will be looking at a younger team next season, “we have anywhere from 15-20 bantam players moving up. Among those players, there’s some pretty solid grade 10 kids. But, we’ll be looking at our grade 11s, who gained a lot of experience this year, to step in those leadership roles.

2016 Voyageurs Award Recipients

• Rookie: Jacob Cardenas
• Special Teams: Zach Hesson
• Most Improved, Defense: Aaron Smith
• Most Improved, Offense: Triston Smith
• Defensive Front 7: Kole Malishewski
• Defensive Player: Evan Poole
• Defensive MVP: Cameron Zelisko
• Offensive Line: Arrien Gerlach
• Offensive Player: Silas Fagnan
• Offensive MVP: Reid Skrypichayko

“I think we have a great system,” Offensive MVP, Reid Skrypichayko is one of the eight graduating players on the Voyageurs and an integral part of the the team’s success. “The system really puts everyone in position to do great work, with their skill set.” He wasn’t solo out there, says Skrypichayko, “my team mates putting in work in front of me, those blocks. I really use those blocks. I do my best to help out offensively.”

2016 Graduating Players

 

Records broke/tied/set this year:
Reid Skrypichayko – Game –Punt Return TD (1)
Zach Hesson – Game – Interception TD (1)
Zach Hesson – Career – Interception TD (2)
Silas Fagnan – Season – Passing Yards (1520)
Silas Fagnan – Season – TD Passes (20)
Silas Fagnan – Season – Completions (79)
Silas Fagnan – Game – TD Passes (5)

The Bonnyville Voyageurs went to the second round of the Wheatland Football League Playoffs and lost out to the Lloydminister Composite High School Barons, 21-14.