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Celtics Bow Out Of Meredith Cup But The Future Stays Bright

By Vincent Cama to pay the price for that,” said Lauzon The Celtics needed to limit the
after the loss. Hamilton Bengals to at least seven goals
he members of the Cornwall Celtic’s and score a bushel themselves in their
Hosts of the event, the Celtics made
TJr. “C” lacrosse team would rather final game to have a chance to advance

a lot of good impressions and some
have been playing in the Meredith Cup new fans of the game of lacrosse. Even to the championship game. Their hopes
finals on their home turf at the Benson during games that meant very little to the were officially dashed as Bengals

Center on August 18th than watching balance of the tournament, the stands at forward Dan Foote scored Hamilton’s
from the stands. The Celtics with a The Cornwall Celtics Jr. “C” the Benson Center were well populated 8th goal midway through the third.
record of one win, one loss and one tie Lacrosse team would have liked with onlookers. The prime-time games According to coach Lauzon, the
to play one more game, but it was
found themselves on the outside looking not meant to be as they failed were broadcast by TV Cogeco, further Celtics will have 18 of 22 players
in, by virtue of their goal differential to qualify for the championship increasing the profile of the young eligible to return next year. Many players

game of the 2013 Meredith Cup
“It was disappointing,” said Celtic’s lacrosse program within the Cornwall will be gaining additional experience
defenseman Brandon Labelle, echoing Championship. community. playing for various university field

Photo by Vincent Cama.
the feelings of his whole team, of having lacrosse programs. They also have a
Celtics forward Steve Mellios
to watch from the rafters as Clarington defending champion Clarington dismissed the idea that the added promising crop of upcoming players
and Halton Hills duked it out for the top Shamrox against the Halton Hills attention had anything to do with the from the midget ranks to draw upon
prize in Ontario Jr. “C” lacrosse. Bulldogs, with Halton Hills going Celtics disappointing result against giving them a good opportunity to take
on to win a thrilling double-overtime another run at the Meredith Cup title in
Nevertheless, the 2013 season was a Halton Hills. “Teams are going to have
success for the Cornwall club by every game 11-10. The champion Bulldogs their good days and their bad,” said 2014. “I would venture to say that next

other measure. They finished at the top were also the only team that managed Mellios. “We had our bad day at the year’s team could be stronger than this
of their division in the regular season to hang a loss on the Celtics during the worst possible time.” year’s,” said Lauzon.
and went undefeated in the playoffs to tournament, winning 9-3 in the second
win the East Division championship. game. For the Celtics, who posted a
Labelle received East division defensive 1-1-1 record in the tournament the loss Sports Energy presents Sports Panel
MVP honours and head coach Shawn would play a large part in missing the

Lauzon received the Coach of the Year final, as they would eventually lose a The 2014 Winter Olympic Games will take place in Sochi, Russia from
award. The team also managed to go out tie-breaker with Clarington based on February 7-23 2014. The hype, however, has already started. Some of the
on a high note winning their final match goal differential. more obvious signs are the constant commercials on CBC and also the

against the Hamilton Bengals 12-8. The loss against Halton Hills was summer “camp” for prospective members of the Men’s Hockey team.
atypical for the Celtics season in 2013. Does this build-up have much of an effect on how much you look forward
“It’s always our objective to improve to the Olympics, or will it not be until they light the flame that you get

from season to season,” said Lauzon. Gone was the characteristic discipline interested?

In the 2011 Meredith Cup, the Celtics and teamwork that typified the 2013

only managed an overtime loss. In 2012 run as the Celtics were left puzzled by Terry Tinkess At this point, I can honestly say I find the number of commercials
they won a single game. This year they a team they had never faced and who promoting the Olympics as increasingly annoying. Like most people,
I have some idea of when the programs I enjoy are on television, but it
won and tied a game. “We’re building ran an odd diamond formation scheme isn’t usually more than a couple weeks in advance. If there was some

momentum in every year and from this rather than the box formation more variety in the commercials I might find it less irritating, but seeing
point on we should be getting stronger commonly used in the East division. the same thing again, and again, and again, it just makes me want to
tune out.
and stronger,” said Lauzon. There were no excuses from Celtics My interest will increase the closer we get to the opening, because
players and staff however. “Give credit with this, as with any event where the world is watching, you can

The final game of the three-day to Halton Hills, they played a superior Canadian Press never assume that things will go smoothly until long after they are
tournament pitted the three-time game. They outplayed us and we have Correspondent complete. Here’s hoping that there won’t be any accidents, such as the
one in Vancouver that led to the death of 23 year-old Georgian luger
Nodar Kumaritashvili.
Sports Energy The promotion has started. The Olympic games are one of the largest

Jim Riddell
global media sporting events. Many large corporations are investing
huge amounts of money to have consumers associate their brand with
Greater Cornwall & Area Community Sports Newspaper the Olympics. The strategic marketing used by these corporations
will probably spark an interest in many people without them even
realizing it. With karate classes twice per week, plus class and seminar
Is a Publication of:
preparation, I don’t watch a lot of television. Once the games begin I
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Sports Energy is a monthly publication covering the Greater Robert Walker The advance advertising of the Olympics by using the men’s hockey
Cornwall Area. Our goal is to offer a quality, informative and team is a savvy move by the CBC and it did pique my interest
enjoyable newspaper and website to our readership, focusing somewhat, however, it still feels a long way off and the NHL season
on the accomplishments of the many gifted athletes and sports is about to start. Hockey is such a part of the fabric of Canada that I
think we get excited by the prospect of a new season starting for all
organizations in our area. The opinions and statements of our writers levels from minor hockey to junior to the NHL and our focus is on
and columnists are not necessarily the opinion of Sports Energy. what is happening now. The Olympics are essentially a tournament
Sports Energy is always on the lookout for positive sports stories. and we will cheer our team wholeheartedly but I don’t think that will

pick up speed until the team is finalized and we are watching the
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opening ceremonies. In the meantime, we will gear up for the opening
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