(1997 BELLEVILLE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Welcome to todd BONS, — Volleyball star adds city honor to impressive resume By Paul Svoboda Tho neigencer You might say fate intervened on Loyalist Lancers Markham to Cloyne in his first year of high school, little did the ey e year ai nat is in Alberta where Loyalist finished fo eee low, Boys can add a new tro- ea to ‘his Eieaay crowded. yee tle — the Robinson-1 ‘Kelleher Mem rial Award (Unit 201 ANAF Veter. as Belleville’s athlete of the Leadership a Me wasn't even aware a was ira heard of it,” he says. “But I Res peta suEeised fo to hear I'd won iE.” Tntel| Now.t2 “We're very pleased he’s being (by the city),” says | Loy: athletic director Greg Gar Ss done a lot for EI ce Lo! . With- out wed be, competitive but we int “have gone to any ips. “He’s certainly one of the aa mier volleyball play athletic Loyalist . *AWe're fortu- nate to have him here. pee een teams and made PA level Z what really. separa ites him from ig oe he arrived at Cloyne and says. “But I I loved it. And, ripe easy to something when ee Mae well at it.” him excel at volley- he quickly evolved into * Fp Ay St et, I guess my e he says, referring to his lanky 6- leaps credit on his Loyalist coa his mepiaire a inincen on the court. By the time he was ready for college, Boys was a hot commodi- ty. At Loyalist, where men’s vol- leyball is the premier varsity sport, the word was out: Get Boys. “Yes, we chased him,” admits cary “He could just as easily gone to ham (Oshawa) We've sort sort of ridden on his oat: tails. There's a lot of talent here but he’s gotten us over the 18 e4 Actually, eee is | NAEC teammates ies decided tolarol success. “We'd been eae for a were “We knew A roles in high 1 and we continued it here. I and th leyball. “Tf he was a junior hockey play- er, he’d be destined for the pros.”