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Cornwall Novice Celtics win A championship.

From the Bottom to the Top with the Cornwall Novice Celtics.

When the season started for the Cornwall Novice Celtics lacrosse team, they were preliminarily ranked as a C team. By June, they had moved up the rankings to an A team, where they played some of the best teams in Ontario.
The team became the first ever Cornwall team to win a Zone 5 A Championship. They beat the Nepean Knights, a strong team, for this win. Then they moved on to play provincials in Whitby.

Morrisburg Wins Gold Medal in the Canada 55+ Senior Games.

The Morrisburg Combines, representing District 8 of the Ontario 55+ Senior Games Association, travelled to St. John, NB last week to compete in the Canada 55+ Senior Games in the 70+ age division. The Combines came home undefeated; having defeated Alberta 4 to 2, Quebec 8 to 0, Prince Edward Island 6 to 3, Nova Scotia 4 to 1, and finally Orangeville (Ontario’s second entry) 4 to 1 in the Gold Medal Game.

Dragon Boat Finale.

To say that this year’s Cornwall Waterfest Dragon Boat Races were a resounding success is an understatement. August 11th began with a beautiful summer morning, and Cornwall’s west end waterfront at the canal was thronged with hundreds of dragon boat paddlers, vendors, and spectators.

Cornwall’s Ontario Hockey Academy (OHA) Kicks off Another Season.

With a focus on education and playing excellent hockey, the Ontario Hockey Academy (OHA) is kicking off another year of what is sure to be full of success for all teams at the school.
According to Pete Montana, female coach, female director and director of player personnel at OHA, there is much to look forward to in this new school year and season.

Big Ride for Littles Grows in 2018.

The Big Ride for Littles, a cycling fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters Cornwall, will take place on Sept. 8. Cory Reggentin and his wife Vicki have been volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters for the past five years. Reggentin said he came up with the idea for the Big Ride for Littles last year.

“I got a little inspiration from one of my older cycling friends who did a charity ride for another organization,” said Reggentin. “One thing led to another and my wife and I put this ride together to help out the families of Big Brothers in Cornwall.”

The inaugural Big Ride for Littles took place in 2017, with Reggentin riding his bike 200 km from Kingston to Cornwall, with his wife following in a vehicle. Reggentin’s initial fundraising goal of $200, to match the kilometres of the journey, was blown out of the water. He raised $4,900. At the end of the ride, littles and big brothers from the organization met him and he presented them with the cheque.

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.