In an election of Trumps and Tariffs, ‘Agriculture is a non-topic’
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Ellie Callister of LCCVI was named the Female MVP of the Lambton-Kent Wrestling Championship
Callister wins big for LCCVI at the Lambton-Kent Wrestling championship
February 13, 2025
Ellie Callister of LCCVI was named the female most valuable player at the Lambton-Kent high school wrestling championship at Northern Collegiate in Sarnia.
She was one of two Lambton wrestlers to win the top prize at the event. Jordan Anderson of North Lambton was the winner of the Doug Sykes Memorial award and the male MVP.
St. Patrick’s Secondary School won the overall championship at the event. The Irish outscored Great Lakes 118-109 for the trophy. The host Vikings were third with 102 points.
St. Patrick’s prevailed in a tight three-way race this week for the overall championship at the Lambton Kent high school wrestling championship at Northern.
The SWOSSAA championship will be held at Lambton College Thursday, Feb. 20.
Below is a complete list of the winners.
FINAL RESULTS
Open Boys
38
1st Place – Hunter Hottot of UCC
41
1st Place – Liam Burns of Northern
44
1st Place – Tyler Tasker of St Pats
2nd Place – Simon Schoeley of NLSS
3rd Place – Alex Campbell of LCCVI
47.5
1st Place – Carson Toms of LCCVI
2nd Place – James Brooks of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Rohit Subramanian of Northern
4th Place – Landon VanBoven of LCCVI
51
1st Place – Micah Kember of LCCVI
2nd Place – Marcus Vennettilli of St Pats
3rd Place – Logan Stepniak of UCC
54
1st Place – Matt Levesque of UCC
2nd Place – Nick McCall of Tilbury
57.5
1st Place – Cal DaSilva of Northern
2nd Place – Owen Adams of St Pats
3rd Place – Daniel O`Donnell of St Pats
4th Place – Cohen Huggett of LCCVI
61
1st Place – Vito Salamanca of St Pats
2nd Place – AJ VanderSlagt of St Pats
3rd Place – Gavin Henderson of Great Lakes
4th Place – Anthony Parent of UCC
64
1st Place – Leo Docherty-Stamos of St Pats
2nd Place – Mateo Valdez of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Zach Carr of LCCVI
4th Place – Dean Rocheleau of UCC
67.5
1st Place – Wyatt Langford of Northern
2nd Place – Nathan Roberts of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Brant Higgins of St Pats
4th Place – Felix Schoeley of NLSS
72
1st Place – Faisal Mulhim of Northern
2nd Place – Bo Cockburn of UCC
3rd Place – Ben Shephard of NLSS
4th Place – Kaleb Kalo of Northern
77
1st Place – Jj McCahill of Northern
2nd Place – Mekhi Cuffie of St Pats
3rd Place – Brayden Nickles of St Pats
4th Place – Gage Corvers of St Pats
83
1st Place – Jordon Anderson of NLSS
2nd Place – Ben Shafer of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Declan Watson of Northern
4th Place – James Strampel of Northern
89
1st Place – Mathys Carrier-Moreault of St. Francois-Xavier
2nd Place – Titus Hayes of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Taqwa Jibril of St Pats
4th Place – Eddie Moons of NLSS
95
1st Place – Daniel Silk of Great Lakes
2nd Place – Cye Nesbitt of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Logan Conry of St Pats
4th Place – Austin Beattie of Northern
130
1st Place – Griffin Wittliff of St Pats
2nd Place – Landyn Bardoel of UCC
3rd Place – Logan Arnold of St Pats
4th Place – Austin Dew of NLSS
130+
1st Place – Ayden Brown of UCC
Open Girls
41
1st Place – Lucy Butler of Great Lakes
2nd Place – Jaylene MacLean of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Alexis Leclair of St Pats
44
1st Place – Skya Roop of St Pats
47.5
1st Place – Paige Srokosz of UCC
2nd Place – Taysia Morningstar of Great Lakes
3rd Place – Lisa MacLean of Great Lakes
4th Place – Milly Green of Northern
51
1st Place – Ellie Callister of LCCVI
2nd Place – Lilee Levack of St Pats
3rd Place – Makayla Moddejonge of St Pats
4th Place – Willow Johansen of LCCVI
54
1st Place – Ayrianna Shawnoo of NLSS
2nd Place – Josie Thompson of Northern
3rd Place – Sabriena Zhang of Northern
4th Place – Daphne Farr of NLSS
57.5
1st Place – Shelby Kemp of Tilbury
2nd Place – Adelia Wettergreen of St Pats
3rd Place – Breanna Trudgeon of Great Lakes
4th Place – Anna Havryliuk of NLSS
61
1st Place – Kaelyn McArthur of Great Lakes
2nd Place – Amelia Limoges of LCCVI
3rd Place – Julianna Deryck of UCC
4th Place – Beth Dekort of Great Lakes
64
1st Place – Kensi Pollard of Northern
2nd Place – Abbi White of LCCVI
3rd Place – Addy Hodgson of NLSS
4th Place – Kalyn Kwarciak-Bishop of LCCVI
67.5
1st Place – Sage Madere of Great Lakes
72
1st Place – Emmanuella Caleb of UCC
2nd Place – Danica Cates of NLSS
3rd Place – Kylee Somerville of LCCVI
4th Place – Sara McCahill of Northern
77
1st Place – Aurora Williams of UCC
2nd Place – Mj Baldwin of Northern
3rd Place – Ansley Strampel of Northern
83
1st Place – Kaitlyn Scheihauf of Great Lakes
2nd Place – Kamryn Mercier of Northern
89
1st Place – Taylor Chad of Great Lakes
2nd Place – Abigail Phelan of St Pats
115
1st Place – Lexi Wilkinson of Northern
2nd Place – Tara Wilson of UCC
3rd Place – Ziya Craig of Great Lakes
4th Place – Kayla-Jean Malcom of St Pats
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