Sports Energy News - Cornwall, Lancaster, Long Sault, Williamstown

Jeremy Latour Wins Top Football Award, Arts Award, and Excels in Academics.

Cornwall Hosts Provincial Baseball Championships.

July was a big month for baseball in the city. Cornwall Little League and Cornwall District Minor Baseball hosted the 2018 Senior Ontario Provincial Baseball Tournament, which ran from July 2 to July 9. The home team Royals earned the right to host the tournament, which moves from district to district each season, by clinching the District 7 championship.

Peewee Celtics are Having a Hot Summer.

The defending Provincial “B” Champs are having a great 2018 season with an overall record of 21-4- 3. They started the year off with silver in the Niagara Falls tournament with an OT loss to the Orillia Kings who are ranked in the “A” level. Weeks later the boys put together a gold medal performance at Cambridge Tournament & then gold again at the Gloucester Tournament a few weeks after. In the zone playoffs they made it to the finals vs Kahnawake, but Celtics ran out of gas losing 5-4.

Celtics’ Bench Boss, Yvon Besner pushes the kids to play tough and aggressive defence and a quick transition offence. They have so many weapons on offence that can put the ball in the net and one player has hit the “50 Goal Milestone”.

Connor Hum Talks His Passion for Fishing.

Fifteen-year-old Connor Hum lives in Cornwall, is in grade ten at Holy Trinity Catholic School, and is involved with local sports.

“If I’m not playing competitive hockey at the Midget level, you will most likely find me out on the river or a lake doing one of my favourite things in life – fishing,” says Hum.

Hum has been fishing seriously for the past three years.

“I enjoy fishing with friends, on my own, or with my dad. My dad and I both love to fish and we get to spend quality time together,” says Hum.

Hum says it took a bit of time to realize how great of a pastime fishing is.

Tai Chi: Mind and Body Balance.

An impressive number of people in the Cornwall area are making Tai Chi part of their regular fitness regimen, if the comings and goings at the Benson Centre are any indication. According to instructor Marie France Clement, the local chapter of the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Society has about 60 members.

A Shining Season for the Cornwall Minor Lacrosse Association.

With lacrosse season coming to a close, teams from the Cornwall Minor Lacrosse Association (CMLA) have had an impressive year. “This year, for the first time in the history of the CMLA, two of our rep teams, Tyke and Novice 1, will be participating in their respective provincial championships at the Ontario Lacrosse Festival in the A division. This is a significant accomplishment for our association and all the players and coaches involved,” explained Bonnie Ruest, media director for CMLA and assistant coach of the Novice 1 team.

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.