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Scott Girls Give New Meaning To Active Lifestyle

By Jan Murray the school basketball team, volleyball
team, and soccer team and is currently
Keeping active is not just a figure trying out for the school ball hockey

of speech in the Scott household. team.
Whether it is soccer, swimming,
Looking ahead, Makenna says “My
Celtic-Canadian step dancing, golf,
immediate plans for the future are to

track and field, basketball, volleyball,
work hard in school, stay fit and help

cross country running, or even sword
my team succeed in OYSL soccer
fighting, there is always a sporting

this year.”
event happening to keep these two

young ladies active. When they can find a spare
moment, both girls enjoy playing
Kensington “Kensie” Scott, 12,
golf and take lessons at Summer
and her sister Makenna Scott, 14
Heights Golf course. Looking ahead
could put most people to shame with
both young ladies have solid plans for
the rigorous schedules they keep,
the future. “My plans for the future
yet they are invigorated by these
are to go to university and hopefully
schedules and wouldn’t change a
get the opportunity to play university
thing even if they could.
soccer and professional soccer,” says
Kenzie Scott is currently in grade Makenna.
seven at Holy Trinity in Cornwall.
Kenzie, for her part, is determined
She began playing minor soccer
Makenna Scott is a skillful soccer player who would like to play the game at the “to work hard to achieve my goals in
for Kinsmen at the age of five and professional level someday. Supplied photo

continues to play it now for the Holy school, swimming and dance.”
Trinity Soccer Team. In the fall she Cornwall Coyotes where she earned participating as a competitive With so many accomplishments, it
represented Holy Trinity for the most improved player in her fi rst gymnast as well as competing in is possible to forget just how young
cross-country run at Iona Academy, year and most valuable player in her Highland Dance for years prior to the Scott sisters are. Regardless of
at which she placed 22nd in the two second. deciding to concentrate on soccer. the skills they still need to develop,
km. run. She has also enjoyed being an active time management certainly isn’t one
Makenna also enjoyed two seasons

member of her school track and field of them.
Kenzie is also currently a Highland with the Cornwall Blazers and
team, placing 3rd in the 60 m., 2nd
and Traditional Celtic-Canadian step- another season with the Ottawa Fury
in the 100 m. and 1st in the 1500
dancing student with MacCulloch organization. She is now enjoying
m. during competition against other
School of Highland Dance. With all her second year with Ottawa South
schools in the Catholic Board.
her “free” time, she is also enjoying United (OSU). She has just returned

her first year as a member of the from a tournament in Texas and will “She also beat the record in the
Cornwall Sea Lions competitive team be soon travelling to Niagara Falls 1500 m. for her school,” proclaims

and swims four to five days a week. at the beginning of May for the next mom Tia. “Her relay team also placed
tournament. 3rd. At the city-wide meet, Makenna
Kenzie, fortunately, loves being

placed first in the 200, first in 400 and

active. “My immediate plans are to Skilled enough to play all positions
first in 1500 metre races. Her relay

continue swimming competitively and with OSU, Makenna thrives when on team came in first as well.”
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better my times at each competition,” the fi eld. Her team placed fi rst overall
she says. in the ERSL League last year and this Makenna works very hard, training
year won the ERSL cup. Her team three to four times a week and has
Her older sister, Makenna is just Greater Cornwall & Areas Community Sports Newspaper

has advanced to the semi finals in the been rewarded for all her hard work
as active. She started playing soccer
Ontario Cup and are ranked 6th in the with a $2000 scholarship. Like her older sister, Kensie Scott
at age four in the Cornwall Kinsmen province for their age group. enjoys many sports, but swimming
age eight she was playing for the Sports Energy Supplied photo
League. She continued on and by
If that’s not enough, she also and dance are two things she really
has
Makenna
also
enjoyed currently runs cross country, plays on enjoys.
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