Adriana Conti’s Life after Queen’s

It’s been an interesting few months for local athlete and scholar Adriana Conti, a recent graduate of Queen’s Bachelor of Commerce Program. This fall, she’ll be starting law school at the University of Ottawa. In the meantime, she’s joined Thomas Le Gallais at Cornwall’s Swish School and is helping young local basketball players sharpen their skills.

“Thomas reached out to me about helping him run some sessions because he had so many kids looking to sign up,” says Conti. “Demand for his services is super high, and it’s definitely hard to schedule everyone who is asking for sessions when it’s just one person.”

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Local Hockey Star Pete Piquette

Ellery Maloney, recently spoke with Sports Energy News to remember his friend Pete Piquette. Piquette was a local hockey goaltender in the 1940’s and 50’s who saw great success in his hockey career, landing him a spot in the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame. Maloney says he’s known Pete and his wife Betty for most of his life.

“We both played hockey, we were both goaltenders on separate teams. We’ve been such close friends since our early teens,” says Maloney. “We were in each other’s wedding parties as well.”

Pete Piquette was an exceptional good goaltender and he started his junior hockey with the Cornwall Community Sports Club. Piquette was soon called to play with the Oshawa Generals Jr. A team in the OHA, (Currently OHL). Maloney recalls one of the highlights of Piquette’s time with the Generals was his encounter with George Armstrong, an All-Star player with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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