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FANSHAWE DOMINANT IN OCAA CURLING

FANSHAWE DOMINANT IN OCAA CURLING

HAMILTON, Ont. - The Fanshawe Falcons went home with two gold medals and one silver at the 2019 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Curling Championships presented by belairdirect in Hamilton, Ont.

Charlie Richard's (Woodstock) Fanshawe men's foursome needed an extra end to defeat Nick Servant's (Sault Ste. Marie) Sault College rink 6-4 at the Glendale Golf and Country Club Sunday. The Cougars had gone through the round robin and semifinal without a loss.

Other members of the winning Richard team included vice Tyler Twining (Owen Sound), second Eric Jones (Mildmay), lead Brady St. Louis (St. Marys) and alternate Owen Tester (Fort McMurray, Alta.). DJ Donaldson is head coach of the Falcons.

Sean Armstrong (Ottawa) and his Humber Hawks' rink captured the men's bronze medal with a 5-1 victory over Confederation, skipped by Kurtwood McGuire (Fort Frances).

Fanshawe also won the women's title. Kaitlyn Poirier (Sioux Lookout) just got by Humber's Cassie Paccanaro (Cayuga) 3-2 in the gold medal match.

Other members of the winning rink were vice Erin White (Chatham), second Brianne Donegan (Listowel), lead Lauren Massey (London) and alternate Gabby McSloy (St. Thomas). Barry Westman is the Falcons' head coach.

Paige Droog and her Fleming Knights' foursome won the bronze medal, defeating the host Mohawk Mountaineers, skipped by Alex Nunes (Hamilton), 8-5.

Humber won the mixed event, 8-7 over Brett Henderson's (London) Fanshawe crew.

Members of the Hawks' gold medalists were skip Jonah Paquette (Lansdowne), vice Genna Clarke (Mississauga), second Gavin Hinton (Toronto) and lead Nadia Marrast (Toronto). Humber's head coach is Zach Shurtleff.

2018-19 OCAA CURLING AWARDS

OCAA Mixed Gold Medals

Humber
Lead
: Nadia Marrast
Second: Gavin Clinton
Vice: Jenna Clarke
Skip: Jonah Paquette
Coach: Zach Shurtleff

OCAA Mixed Silver Medals

Fanshawe
Lead: Natalie Nixon
Second: Owen McMillian
Vice: Hope Mosco
Skip: Brett Henderson
Alternate: Ben Clinton
Coach: Shirley Westman

OCAA Women's Gold Medals

Fanshawe
Lead: Lauren Massey
Second: Brianne Donegan
Vice: Erin White
Skip: Kaitlyn Poirier
Alternate: Gabby McSloy
Coach: Barry Westman

OCAA Women's Silver Medals

Humber
Lead: Brittany Elson
Second: Mikayla Ottogallli
Vice: Quinn Walsh
Skip: Cassie Paccanaro
Coach: Cindy Bishop

OCAA Women's Bronze Medals

Fleming
Lead: Amber Luloff
Second: Nikkita Campbell
Vice: Nicole McClennan
Skip: Paige Droog
Alternate: Leslie Campbell
Coach: Steve Whitehill

OCAA Men's Gold Medals

Fanshawe
Lead: Brady St. Louis
Second: Eric Jones
Vice: Tyler Twining
Skip: Charlie Richard
Alternate: Owen Tester
Coach: DJ Ronaldson

OCAA Men's Silver Medals

Sault
Lead: Gavin Bell
Second: Aaron Soulliere
Vice: Jacob Reid
Skip: Nick Servant
Alternate: Kevin Morin
Coach: Dan Lemieux

OCAA Men's Bronze Medals

Humber
Lead: Ben Hughes
Second: Brady Lumley
Vice: Matt Garner
Skip: Sean Armstrong
Coach: Sean Turriff

Men's First Team All-Stars
Lead: Gavin Bell (Sault)
Second: Aaron Soulliere (Sault)
Vice: Tyler Twining (Fanshawe)
Skip: Nick Servant (Sault)

Men's Second Team All-Stars
Lead: Ben Hughes (Humber)
Second: Brady Lumley (Humber)
Vice: Matthew Garner (Humber)
Skip: Kurtwood McGuire (Confederation)

Women's First Team All-Stars
Lead: Lauren Massey (Fanshawe)
Second: Nikita Campbell (Fleming)
Vice: Nicole McClennan (Fleming)
Skip: Paige Droog (Fleming)

Women's Second Team All-Stars
Lead: Brittany Elson (Humber)
Second: Kassidy Spence (Sault)
Vice: Hanna Hack (Mohawk)
Skip: Taylor Longo (Sault)

Mixed All-Stars
Lead: Nadia Marrst (Humber)
Second: Owen McMillian (Fanshawe)
Vice: Jenna Clarke (Humber)
Skip: Faith Herbert (Confederation)

Mixed Coach of the Year
Zach Shurtleff (Humber)

Women's Coach of the Year
Steve Whitehill (Fleming)

Men's Coach of the Year
Dan Lemieux (Sault)

Fair Play Awards

Hap Holman Mixed Team

Confederation
Lead: Shubbam Sharma
Second: Vanessa Wyllie
Vice: Sean Cameron
Skip: Faith Herbert
Coach: Larry Rathje

Vern Dow Women's Team

Sault
Lead: Kelsey Woods
Second: Kassidy Spence
Vice: Grace Winter
Skip: Taylor Longo
Assistant Coach: Rejeanne MacLeod
Coach: Dan Lemieux

Ron Fearon Men's Team

Mohawk
Lead: Nick Noworyta
Second: Mike Timmons
Vice: Jared Summers
Skip: Dylan Robertson
Coach: Betty Calic

Source: Mohawk Mountaineers

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