May 2015 - Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame
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May 2015 - Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame
May 2015 to July 2015 Newsletter SASKATOON SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2020 College Drive Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 2W4 (306) 664-6744 saskatoonsportshalloffame.com Photos of all inductees on touch screen at Field House Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame on Facebook Jerry Shoemaker Hall of Fame president Builder inductee, 2009 Welcome to this edition of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame newsletter. On June 17th we announced the 2015 inductees into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. On behalf of our board I would like to extend our congratulations to those individuals selected for induction as builders, athletes and team members. This year we are inducting five builders, four athletes and one team. All of our inductees for 2015 have made outstanding contributions to the sporting community in Saskatoon and have represented our great city at provincial, regional, national, interna- tional levels. They are indeed most deserving of the honour that is to be bestowed on them. Our banquet and induction ceremony will be held on Nov. 7 at TCU Place.This year is a very special occasion as it will be our 30th induction dinner and banquet. The Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame extends an invitation to all past inductees, past board members and sports fans to attend the induction ceremonies to honour the 2015 inductees and to celebrate 30th anniversary of our Hall of Fame. Hope to see you there. 30th annual induction dinner Saturday, Nov. 7, TCU Place Hall of Fame 2015 inductees DON GALLO Builder, triathlon LISA DOWN Builder, softball ELVA TAYLOR Builder, baton GORD WINTERMUTE Builder, hockey AL LEDINGHAM Builder football U of S HUSKIES 1998 FOOTBALL TEAM Scott Aaro Ryan Acaster Cory Aikins Kurtis Albers Sheldon Ball Kelly Bates Trevor Bates Mike Beazely Charlie Biggins Brad Bowler Lee Brentnell Curtis Bulych Glen Carson Tony Chad William Cooke Jason Crumb Brett Czarnota Brent Dancey Michael Denny Colin Dutton Mark Dutton Kirk Eaton Byron Eberle Scott Flory Trevor Flory Shaun Geurts Andrew Ginther Lonnie Hayes Jared Isabelle Reggie Jackson Dean Kabaroff Brent Keeler Matt Kellett Boyd Koldingness Brett Kryskow Kevin Lefsrud Trevor Loback Justin Loschack Trevor Ludtke Todd Lynden Tyler Majcher Derrick Malinchuk Richard Marleau Robert Martz Jesse Matheson Ken McLean Kelly McNairn Mike Milo Brad Mitchell Jason Moser David Murza DB DB WR DB QB OL OL DB DL WR LB RB OL TB WR QB SB DL LB DB OL LB OL OL OL OL WR RB RB DB DL LB P/K WR LB OL WR DB LB RB DB WR OL OL DB DB WR LB DB DB WR MURRAY EDDY Athlete baseball, curling, golf Head coach Brian Towriss Assistant coach Bart Arnold Assistant coach Ed Carleton Assistant coach David Blackburn Assistant coach Mike Harrington Assistant coach Calvin Hobbs Assistant coach Barry Radcliffe Assistant coach Brent Schneider Assistant coach Travis Serke Assistant coach Rick Wakeman Physician Dr. Bill Haver Trainer Al Bodnarchuk Trainer Joelle Burley Trainer Devon Mann Student trainer Ryan Phillips Manager Ryan Flett Equipment manager Katie Spriggs Warren Muzika LB Olatunde Olatunbosun DB Luc Oleniuk LB Ryan Reid QB Jaret Rennie SB James Repesse DL Craig Robertson OL Doug Rozon TB Kris Sembalerus OL Tyler Siwak RB Paul Slaney LB Mike Stewart CB Kyle Stroeder DL Brandon Stroh LB Jason Sulz SB Colin Tanner DL Rob Thimm DL Jason Weber DB Theodore Zavlanos RB GORD BARWELL Athlete football JAMIE EPP Athlete track and field, cross-country running NANCY BRENTNELL Athlete basketball, softball, track and field Sports organization of the year SASKATOON TRACK & FIELD CLUB Saskatoon sports hall of fame, may 2015-july 2015 newsletter Pan American Games The 17th Pan American Games are in Toronto in July. Listed are athletes in Games history from Saskatoon or who have lived in Saskatoon. *Enshrined in Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame Gina Smith equestrian Touching base With Saskatoon Sports Hall inductees T 1959 Chicago, United States Bob Cameron Track & field *Audrey Campbell Basketball *Lena Fior Basketball *Judy Holt Basketball *Judy Jenkin Basketballl Rever Doug Kyle Track & field Enshrined in Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, UBC Sports Hall of Fame *Pat Lawson Basketball *Maureen Rever Track & field Jenkin 1963 Sao Paulo, Brazil *Gail Daley Gymnastics *Pat Dobie Track & field *Irene Haworth Gymnastics Doug Kyle Track & field Enshrined in Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, Kyle UBC Sports Hall of Fame Maureen McDonald Gymnastics 1967 Winnipeg, Canada Marg Curry Basketball Enshrined in University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Honour Val Johnson Equestrian Rudy Neufeld Volleyball *Glenna Sebestyen Gymnastics Curry Heather Witzel Basketball Enshrined in University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Honour 1971 Cali, Colombia Marg Curry Basketball Enshrined in University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Honour Ron Friesen Diving Stone Enshrined in Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Honour Ross Stone Baseball *Catherine Wedge Equestrian Heather Witzel Basketball Enshrined in University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Honour Wedge 1975 Mexico City, Mexico *Tom Graham Volleyball *Diane Jones Track & field Joanne Jones Track & field *Joanne McTaggart Track & field John Paulsen Volleyball J. Jones Enshrined inVolleyball Alberta Hall of Fame, ManitobaVolleyball Hall of Fame Bruce Pirnie Track & field Enshrined in Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame hree inductees in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame are being enshrined in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall this year: athlete Cliff Koroll for hockey, builder Sharon Tkachuk in athletics and curler Eugene Hritzuk with the rink of lead Dave Folk, second Verne Anderson and third Kevin Kalthoff. Hritzuk’s team won Gymnasts Gail Daley (foreground), the Canadian senior men’s championship Irene Haworth and Maureen McDonald, in 2008 and the world senior championcoach Chuck Sebestyen ship in 2009. . . Also being enshrined in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall is speed skater Jason Parker of Yorkton. Parker’s first race was at the Clarence Downey Oval in Saskatoon at age 11 . . . Hoopla, the Saskatchewan high school basketball championships, had a banner finish this year for Saskatoon Sports Hall inductees Scott Hundseth and Jay Kost. Hundseth is the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders, who won the provincial 5A girls title. Hundseth’s daughter Amanda Hundseth and Kost’s daughter Alex Eyolfson play for the Crusaders . . . Hall inductee Dan Dewar is head coach of the Marion Graham Falcons, who won the 5A high school boys basketball title in Saskatoon and were third in provincials. Athletes Darcey Busse and Joyce (Seynk) Gamborg, coach Anne Cote, —Saskatoon StarPhoenix archive photos coach/builder Mark Tennant and five Alison Lang, basketball, Allan Francis, fencing, teams — the 1978-79, 1979-80 and 1980Nancy Jewitt, judo 81 University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes women’s volleyball teams 1999 Winnipeg, Canada Larry Plenert Volleyball Enshrined in ManitobaVolleyball Hall of Fame and the 1978-79 and 1987-88 Huskies Cam Baerg Rowing Larry Steele Swimming Tim Berrett Track & field men’s volleyball teams — are inaugural *Janet Cook Swimming inductees in Saskatchewan Volleyball’s Hall 1979 San Juan, Puerto Rico *Tracy Duncan Rowing *Nancy Brentnell Softball of Fame.All are enshrined in the Saskatoon *Vanessa Monar Track & field Baerg *Heather Campbell Softball Sports Hall.The Volleyball Hall is based at Natalie Lukiw Volleyball Terrie Cruly Softball the Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in *Jacki Nichol Softball *Deb Donald Softball Saskatoon . . . Matt Busse, a son of Saskatoon Saxton *Lesley Wright *Chris Gervais Softball Synchro swim Sports Hall of Fame inductees Darcey and *Rob Guenter Softball Cindy Busse, was named an all-star in *Diane Jones Track & field 2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s *Alison Lang Basketball Jennifer Adamson Kayaking volleyball championship in March. Matt plays Erin Cumpstone Softball *Diane Lynn Softball Trevor Ethier Softball for the Huskies who finished fifth. The Hus*Helen Maupin Softball Carolyn Ganes Basketball kies are coached by Saskatoon Sports Hall *Don Saxton Volleyball Keith Mackintosh Softball inductee Brian Gavlas. A middle blocker *Barb Shockey Swimming Guenter Stinson Rhett Stinson Gymnastics on the Huskies is Rob Graham, son of *Brenda Staniforth Softball Dennis Su Table tennis Hall inductee Tom Graham . . . Gisele *Ann Tkachuk Softball ViolaYanik Wrestling (Rongve) Kreuger and Don Saxton *DonnaVeale Softball were inducted into the Volleyball Canada *Irene Wallace Softball 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hall of Fame in May. Kreuger played for the *Ardice Walter Softball Kris Brand Volleyball Wegner Canadian junior team that won the North, *Pat Wegner Softball Jason Caswell Shooting Central America and Caribbean zone title Sarah Crooks Basketball 1983 Caracas, Venezuela in 1980. Saxton was on Canada’s team that Erin Cumpstone Softball *Cyprian Enweani Track & field Niefer Mark Dodds Volleyball was fourth in the 1984 Los Angeles Olym*Nancy Jewitt Judo Cynthia Hamulas Shooting *Gene McWillie Softball pics. Kreuger and Saxton are in the SaskaChad Hankewich Swimming *Bob Molle Wrestling toon Sports Hall with U of S Huskies teams. John Haver Rowing *Joyce Senyk Volleyball Hall inductee Dale Hazell ended a Molle Todd Keesey Rowing 20-year run in May as the course admin1987 Indianapolis, United States Jayd Lukenchuk Gymnastics Crooks *Carey Nelson Track & field istrator in Saskatchewan of the National Richard McBride Shooting *Yoon Sang Ha Tae kwon do Coaching Certification Program for figure Cristin McCarty Rowing Rob Scheller Softball skating . . . Kieran Akhtar’s dad Imran Dione Meier Softball *Jay Sim Softball Akhtar is enshrined as a wrestler in the Cory Niefer Shooting *Brenda Staniforth Softball Ha Saskatoon Sports Hall. Kieran was first in Gavin Schmitt Volleyball *DonnaVeale Softball Jean-Pierre Seguin Fencing Vermuelen his weight class at the national wrestling *Gwen Wall Track & field AmyVermuelen Soccer trials in April and is on the Canadian cadet 1991 Havana, Cuba team. Kieran, who is a member of the Sas*Corinna Kennedy Kayaking 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico katoon Jr. Huskies club, finished second in Rob McFarlane Swimming Jeff Adamson Wrestling the 46-kg division at the Canadian juvenile *Eileen Nelson Volleyball Hubert Buydens Rugby championships . . . Calgary’s Teresa Hlady, Dave Paetkau Softball Erin Cumpstone Softball who is in the Hall of Fame with the 1984-85 *Jay Sim Softball Sofiak Nanyak Dala Rugby Adamson and 1985-86 U of S Huskies women’s track *Gina SmithEquestrian Brandi Jacobson Prentice Racquetball Wendy Sofiak Softball and field teams, has been contracted to Kaylyn Kyle Soccer manage the national Female Coach MentorTim Landeryou Racquetball 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina ship Model . . . Hall inductee Peter Anholt Michael Lieffers Basketball Tim Berrett Track & field has received a three-year extension to his Cory Niefer Shooting *Allan Francis Fencing contract as GM of the WHL’s Lethbridge Kris Odegard Racquetball *Nancy Jewitt Judo Parker Magus Kelly Parker Soccer Hurricanes. Jay Magus Volleyball Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame Jack McLeod Vic Lynn Enshrined in the provincial Dave King Hockey Hall in July this year are four previous inductees in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame: Builder: Jack McLeod In Saskatoon Hall as a builder Athlete:Vic Lynn In Saskatoon Hall as an athlete Builder: Dave King In Saskatoon Hall with 1982-83 U of S Huskies hockey team Team: 1933-34 Quakers In Saskatoon Hall as a team 1934 Saskatoon Quakers Saskatoon sports hall of fame, may 2015-july 2015 newsletter Going far After making their mark in the Saskatchewan high school track and field championships, athletes became Hall of Famers in other sports Thank you sponsors l Al Anderson’s Source for Sports l Cherry Insurance l Hunters Bowling l Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon l Realty Executives Saskatoon l Saskatchewan Blue Cross l Travelodge Hotel Hall directors l President Jerry Shoemaker l Past president Ed Bryant l VP Keith McLean l Ken Gunn, treasurer l Don Cousins Val Jensen l Dana Kidd l Ian Mirtle l John Neufeld l Bob Reindl l Ron Walsh Members at large Gerry Heskett Walter Mudge Mark Tennant Bob Florence Passings Some inductees in the Saskatoon Sports Hall who were provincial high school champions in track and field may be missing from this list. If an inductee won in both the junior and senior divisions, only the results from the senior division are listed. Football Ed Swiderski Don Bristow.............................................1990 Huskies 1st junior boys discus 1984 provincials Errol Brown.............................................1990 Huskies 1st senior boys 100-metre hurdles 1988 provincials Jermaine Brown..................................... 1991 Hilltops 1st junior boys 100 metres 1989 provincials Darrell Burko.......................................... Coach 1996 Huskies 1st senior boys shot put 1975 provincials Dick Chinn................................................1968 Hilltops 1st senior boys 100 yards, 220 yards 1965 provincials —Saskatoon StarPhoenix photos Kyle Doerksen........................................ 1990 Huskies 1st senior boys javelin 1989 provincials Len Breckner.............................softball/baseball 1st junior boys javelin 1949 provincials Tyler Dueck.............................................2002 Hilltops 1st junior boys triple jump 2000 provincials Nancy Brentnell........................1980 Harmony Centres 1st senior girls 80-metre hurdles 1974 provincials Dan Farthing........................................... CFL 1st junior boys pole vault 1986 provincials Val Jensen...................................1969, 1970 Imperials 1st sr girls 60, 100, long jump, javelin1962 provincials Cory Flaman............................................ 1990 Huskies 1st senior boys 100-metre hurdles 1990 provincials Jay Kost.......................................1980 Harmony Centres Carl Hoath............................................... 1985 Hilltops 1st junior girls high jump 1979 provincials 1st senior boys shot put 1985 provincials Bonnie McAskill....................... 1980 Harmony Centres Howard Kellough................................... 1958 Hilltops 1st senior gjrls shot put 1980 provincials 1st junior boys discus 1958 provincials Ed Swiderski. . ............................ 1969 Merchants John Konihowski.....................................CFL 1st sr boys 100, 220, triple jump 1957 provincials Errol Brown 1st junior boys 110-m hurdles 1965 provincials 1st junior boys 110-m hurdles, triple jump 1966 provincials 1st junior boys 110-m H, long jump, triple 1967 provincials Mike Harrington...............................................Coach ’90, ’96, ’98 Huskies 1st sr boys 110-m H, 220, 440, high jump 1971 provincials Gary Goplen.............................. Canadian national team 1st senior boys 3,000 metres 1975 provincials David Murza............................................ 1998 Huskies 1st junior boys pole vault 1993 provincials Gord Goplen.............................. 1988 Olympics 1st junior 100-m hurdles 1994 provincials 1st junior boys two miles 1973 provincials 1st junior 100-m hurdles, pole vault 1995 provincials Catriona Le May............................... 1992, ’94, ’98, ’02 Olympics James Rakochy........................................1990 Huskies 1st senior girls 80-metre hurdles 1988 provincials 1st junior boys 100-m hurdles, long jump 1988 provincials Lee Reimer.............................................. Trainer 1985 Hilltops 1st senior girls discus, javelin 1973 provincials Rob Symchyck..................................................1985 Hilltops, ’90 Huskies 1st junior boys discus 1980 provincials Ray Syrnyk.............................................. 1953 Hilltops 1st senior boys shot put 1951 provincials Marshall Toner........................................ CFL 1st senior boys 800 metres 1981 provincials Ken Wasden............................................ 1978 Hilltops Dick Keith Bonnie Charlene 1st junior boys 220 yards 1973 provincials Gord Goplen Chinn Magnuson McAskill Butler Dale West.................................................CFL 1st jr boys 220 yd, high jump triple jump 1958 provincials Lee Wolfater........................................... 2002 Hilltops 1st senior boys triple jump 2001 provincials 1st senior boys 100m, triple jump 2002 provincials Charlene Butler..........................................1979, 1980 Huskiettes 1st junior girls 80-yard hurdles 1976 provincials Eileen Kramchynsky..................................Canadian national team 1st junior girls 80-metre hurdles 1981 provincials Irene Haworth....................................... National team Cindy Shepherd......................................................... 1979, 1980, 1981 Huskiettes 1st junior girls shot put 1961 provincials 1st junior girls 400 metres 1975 provincials Softball Speed skating Volleyball Gymnastics Hockey Curtis Leschyshyn...................................NHL 1st junior boys 100-metre hurdles 1986 provincials Keith Magnuson.................................... NHL 1st junior boys long jump 1964 provincials Cy Rouse.................................................. 1952 Quakers 1st senior boys long jump 1944 provincials Wrestling Gord Garvie.................................................1968 Olympics 1st senior boys long jump 1962 provincials Multiple sports Pat Lawson.............................................................. Ray Syrnyk 1st senior girls 100 yards, long jump, javelin 1947 provincials Look at them now Raymond (Buster) East, 1931-2015, age 84 Saskatoon Sports Hall inductee, 1978 Hilltops Ray East and Norm Cram led the formation of the Saskatoon Football Officials Association. East was an official for 17 years, including seven years in the CFL, from 1959-62 and 1967-69. East, a graduate of Nutana Collegiate, was a two-way lineman for the Saskatoon Hilltops, who reached the Canadian final in Raymond East 1949 and 1951. He was the manager of the Hilltops for eight years in the 1970s.The Hilltops won the national title in 1978. East played in the Saskatoon basketball league for 11 years and for the Merchants softball team. He served as president of the Granite Curling Club. James Grant, age 78 Jim Grant was a Level 5 umpire with Softball Canada. An umpire for more than 40 years, among the competitions where he was an official were the 1983 Pan-American Games in Caracas,Venezuela and the1987 International Softball Congress championship in Saskatoon. Grant received the Neil Theissen Award from the Saskatoon James Grant Amateur Softball Association in 2012 in recognition of his contribution to softball as an umpire. Donald Hunter, 1941-2015, age 74 Saskatoon Sports Hall inductee, 1959 Hilltops Donald Hunter was a two-way lineman for the Saskatoon Hilltops, playing guard on offence and defensive end. A graduate of Bedford Road Collegiate, he was a rookie on the Hilltops who won the Canadian junior football title in 1959, defeating Toronto North York Knights 46-7. Donald Hunter Hunter was with the Hilltops also in 1960 and ’61. Bill Taylor, 1937-2015, age 77 Bill Taylor of Saskatoon is enshrined in the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame as a builder. Taylor was executive director of the Saskatchewan Golf Association for 10 years through 1996, promoting junior golf and rural golf. He was a rules official at four national championships. Since 2005, the PGA of Saskatchewan has presented the Bill Taylor Award for sportsmanship to a Saskatchewan golfer in the Canadian Bill Taylor Professional Golfers Association. Taylor was a member of the Wildwood Golf Club, the Saskatoon Golf & Country Club, Greenbryre Country Club and The Willows Golf & CC. An enthusiast of motor sports, he was a member of the Saskatoon Sports Car Club. In the 1960s and ’70s, he wrote a weekly motorsports column for The Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Bill and Louise Taylor have four children — Stirling, Barbara, McLaren and Jacquie. The names Stirling, McLaren and Jacquie were inspired by Formula One driver Stirling Moss, F1 driver and engineer Bruce McLaren and F1 driver Jackie Stewart. On deck in Saskatoon Canadian Football Hall of Fame Jacket presentation, Delta Bessborough, Aug. 9 Bust unveiling, induction dinner,TCU Place, Aug. 10 Among the 2015 inductees is Gene Makowsky, an offensive lineman from the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders Sask. athletes, coaches, volunteers make news Ken Babey Lynne Wilson Josh Bodnarchuk Phyllis Haslam Rourke Chartier Ken Babey, a native of Saskatoon, is head coach of the Canadian sledge hockey team that finished third at the World Challenge last winter in Leduc,Alta., and second in the world championshp in Buffalo in May. Babey was the head coach for 27 years of the men’s hockey team at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary. The Trojans won 534 games in the regular season and playoffs, giving Babey the career coaching record in Canadian college hockey. SAIT was the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national champion in 2000. Lynne Wilson of Saskatoon received Curling Canada’s Award of Achievement for 2014. Wilson has coached in the Learn to Curl program as well as high school rinks at Walter Murray Collegiate. She has compiled memorabilia and a scrapbook of curling in Saskatchewan dating to 1948.The collection is shown at CurlSask events. Wilson played on Barb Despins’s rink that won the Saskatchewan women’s championship in 1979 and with Deb Thierman’s rink, the 2007 provincial senior champions. Josh Bodnarchuk of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies was named rookie of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport wrestling. A native of Saskatoon, Bodnarchuk won the CIS title and was first in the Canada West conference in the 54-kg weight class. Bodnarchuk, a graduate of Holy Cross Holy Cross, was the provincial high school wrestling champion four times. He was honoured with a sport and recreation award at the annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence in 2014. The late Phyllis Haslam was enshrined into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in May. Phyllis was born in India in 1913 where her father was a missionary and her mother a doctor.The family returned to their nativeToronto in 1916,then moved to Saskatoon in 1922. Haslam broke Canadian records in the 100- and 220-yard breaststroke. In the 1934 British Empire Games in London,England,she was on the medley relay team with Margaret Hutton and Phyllis Dewar that won gold. She was a silver medallist in the 200 breaststroke. Haslam studied social science at the University of Toronto in 1934-35 after four years at the U of S where she was coached by Joe Griffiths. Rourke Chartier of Saskatoon received the Brad Hornung Trophy as the most sportsmanlike player in the WHL this season. Chartier plays for the Kelowna Rockets., who are the WHL champions and Memorial Cup runners-up. He was third in the WHL in goals with 48 in 58 games. He had 18 penalty minutes. Chartier played AAA midget for the Saskatoon Contacts. Rourke’s father Marc is head coach of the Contacts. Marc is enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall with the 1982-83 University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team. Rourke’s grandfather Rusty Chartier is in the Hall with the 1953 Hilltops football team. Hockey Curling Wrestling Swimming Hockey