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Get to Know the OSFL U18 Team
By Molly Kett Roberts, spoke with us to give a few
highlights about the season that’s
he Ontario Summer Football just around the corner.
TLeague (OSFL) season takes “Right now, we do have a lot of
place during the spring/summer and returning players and hope we keep
is a highly competitive, Ontario- getting better,” said Roberts. “The
wide, travelling team. The team players are training three to five times
is comprised of 16 - 18-year-old a week. Some of these are organized,
athletes from across Eastern Ontario and others are the players training
and Quebec. This is the best amateur by themselves by weightlifting and
football league in Ontario, and running.”
Canadian universities heavily scout/ Roberts says that the recent season
recruit the players from this league. shaped up very well, with the players
The coaches in this program are getting better as the season rolled
also incredibly talented, with six along.
coaches having playing or coaching “With a little more depth we would Photo Submitted
experience at the university level, have had a couple of more W’s,” said Roberts says that fans can expect teams from all over the province,
and two with experience playing Roberts. an exciting brand of football, and from Windsor to Sault St Marie back
in the CFL. If you’re interested in If you’re looking to get a spot on as much on the field as off the field to Cornwall,” said Roberts.
pursuing football at a higher level, the team, Roberts says to sign up and success.
this is the team you want to snag a come to tryouts. For more information on the team,
spot on. “If you are an athlete, we want “The fact is that this is the first time visit https://cornwallwildcats.com/
One of the team coaches, Phil you,” said Roberts. these young men will play against programs/osfl/.
South Branch Garage presents
“Game On” in South Glengarry
Meet our Athletes
Kathleen Wood
Grade: 5
School: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Katie is February’s Game On athlete. She’s an
energetic young lady with joie de vivre that is
contagious. She loves science, crafts, sports,
playing board games, and animals. Katie also
enjoys time spent with her grandpa learning
how to play the violin.
In terms of athletics, Katie has a lot going
on. She currently studies highland and step
dancing with the MacCullough School of Dancing in Williamstown, and she
plays soccer on Saturday mornings with the Seaway Valley Soccer Club. Katie
is also taking downhill skiing lessons on the weekends through the winter,
and she takes swimming lessons at the St. Andrew’s pool in the summer.
“Oh, and I also love to run cross-country!” Katie adds enthusiastically.
Katie feels that playing sports is a great way to meet new friends and to have
fun with them. She explains that sports give kids a chance to be a part of a
team. Katie also feels that it’s great fun for kids to take part in athletics at
school. “Next month my class is going outdoor skating and I can’t wait!”
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