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      Bishop Cup Returns - Colts making a run
                                           showdown, the Bishop Cup is back.  your donation at the door on game night  than not, and have surprised a few top
                                           Circle the date  Wednesday, March 8  and settle in for a great night of Catholic  teams of late with road wins in tough
                                           - Civic Complex, for the 16th  Annual  School Boy rivalry. Oh, and bring your ear  places.  The big change was behind the
                                           rendition - puck drops at 6:30.       plugs, it tends to get noisy.         bench. Ian is still there, but the recent
                                                                                  Don’t look now, but if the Cornwall  addition of Scott Colosimo has paid off.
                                           Insiders tell me this year’s game between
                        By Thom Racine                                           Colts can play a little above 500 over the  Colosimo has experience coaching Junior
                                           St. Joseph’s and Holy Trinity should be as
                                           exciting as last year’s game, which was   remainder  of  the season,  it could mean  A hockey in Vaudreuil and is an assistant
                                           won by the East. As the game chairman,   a play-off spot for Ian MacInnis and his  coach with the Concordia Stingers (CIS).
                                                                                 Red, White, and Blue. While it would be  What it did was empower the players and
                                           I  can  confirm  that  the  two  teams  will
                                           sport their own names this year and will   about time, there is no doubt this year’s  it has shown from the get-go. I predict
          fter a year off for the pandemic,   wear  their  own  school  jerseys.  If  you   group has what it takes to get there. They  they will make it through and who knows
      Afollowed by an East vs  West        are a fan of high school hockey, make   work extremely hard, are in more games  what happens when you get to the dance!
      Cornwall District Minor Baseball: Update


                                            season since the late ‘90’s  and we’re
       By Casey Leger                       hoping to capitalize  on that  and grow
                                            more,” he says. “We partner with
           ccording to CDMB President Kyle   Glengarry Baseball, and we are working
      ABergeron, Minor Baseball has been    on new partnerships in the area to offer
      operating in Cornwall for 65 years. “We   the  best possible  baseball  product  for
      are  a  Little  League  affiliated  baseball   kids in SD&G.  These partnerships
      organization,”  Bergeron    explains.  allow baseball to grow in local spots in
      “We offer house league programs and   SD&G, and it allows older kids to keep
      competitive  programs  through our    playing house league in the area.  For
      Cornwall River Rats Teams. Our house   example, we have some house league
      league is for children aged 4-16 years,   teams  competing  out  of  Alexandria.
      where  we  develop,  practice,  and  play   We’re expecting another great season of
      baseball.    We offer competitive  ball   baseball.”
      teams  starting  at 7U and going up to   A new feature  is in the  offering  for
      19U, where we not only compete  in    CDMB.  “This  will  be  our  first  season
      the Little League tournament and other   competing  in the Can-Am League,”
      tournaments, but also in the Can-Am   says Bergeron, “which will be great
      League  where we play the best teams   for our kids. They will play in a good,
      in  the  Brockville-Ottawa-Montreal-  competitive  league,  which  helps  keep
      Northern New York area.”              more games local. We will be hosting a
         Currently, CDMB competitive teams   lot of local tournaments this season, and
      are practicing for the upcoming season   Legion Park will be hosting more ball
      out of the Benson Center and some local   games from outside of our organization,
      high schools, as demand for the Benson   which is going to keep the park packed
      field house is extremely high.        all summer long.”
         Bergeron is looking forward to great   Anyone interested  in playing  or
      things for baseball in Cornwall and   getting  involved  with  baseball  should
      SDG.  “Last Season was our biggest    check out SDGriverrats.com.           Ball player Memphis Cox (left) and Coach Nate Van Putten
                                                                                                                                        Photo Mandy Daye
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