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Glengarry DHS, Heritage, and St. Joseph High

School Aim at Curling Championship.

at Provincials, which will take place at
By Christine Ouellet
the end of March.
“Curling in high school is a great
or the first time since 2020, nine sport. For us, it is easy to set up:
Fschools and seventeen teams you only need four people to form a
competed in the High School SGD
team, so any school of any size can
Curling Championship held at the put a team together. It is great to keep
Cornwall Curling Center in February.
students active and it’s not like other
Nigel Carlisle, secondary teacher sports, like football where you need
at UCDSB’s Cornwall Collegiate and 20 people to make a team,” Carlisle
Vocational School, was the convener
explains.
of the event. He worked hard to make He continues, “In my school, I had
it happen, and he was happy with the
2 people who wanted to play, and then
results and the high number of teams we looked for 2 more people willing
that placed in that championship. to come and try it. In some schools,
The Cornwall Curling Center
friends got together and formed a
provided the ice for the competition: team. At St. Joseph and Heritage,
starting at 8.00 am and finishing at 5.00
they put a league together. It’s great
pm, the day was very intense. Carlisle for the kids because curling is a sport
explained that there were no breaks for that you can take outside of school,
anybody, and everything went well.
unlike basketball, for example, where
His teams were all beginners, and they once school is over, you can’t continue
did really well.
playing with the team. With curling, it
Glengarry DHS for the men’s is a full year - we practice all year long
division; Heritage for the mixed and the students form friendships.
division; and St. Joseph for the
They can play at the local curling club
women’s division, will represent the on their own with the same 4 people.”
SD&G district at the Eastern Ontario
Curling is very popular in high
Region Championship scheduled to school, but the only restriction is
take place in Kingston March 6-7. having access to an ice rink, which Men’s - GDHS Boys team: Lukas Auer, Connor MacRae, Donald
Photo Submitted
MacDougald, and Cohen Williams
The teams will play against other
is not available in all schools. The
schools from Eastern Ontario, such Cornwall Curling Center is good to
as Kingston, Pembroke, and Ottawa,
the area high school teams, allowing
competing for the opportunity to them to use the rink on Tuesdays for
represent the Eastern Ontario Division
practices.

Women’s - St. Joseph: Eerin Dekker, Heba Haroon, Morgan Bray, Vice Mixed - L’Héritage: Chrystina Owen-Demers, Caleb Johnson, Mairen
Rhiannon Beckstead, and Alexis Brooks Photo Submitted Fleming, and Sean Lalonde Photo Submitted