Page 24 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 131

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South Branch Garage presents

“Game On” in South Glengarry

Meet our Athletes

Jack Poitras

Age: 11 Grade: 6
Hometown: Martintown

School: École élémentaire catholique de
l’Ange-Gardien
December’s Game On athlete is young Jack Poitras. A
hockey and football player, Jack would like to make 
the NHL, or the CFL, or the NFL some day. He would 

also like to be a firefighter, just like his dad.

Jack has been playing hockey since the age of four. He plays goalie for the Char-Lan Rebels  
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U13 Rep team where he has fun, makes friends, and comes up with the big saves. “My goal 
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is to keep getting better and better, to make the highest level I can, and to play forever,”
Jack explains.
This young athlete has also been hitting the gridiron for the last three years, most recently
with the Cornwall Wildcats Football Mosquito team, where he plays on the defensive line
primarily, and sometimes on the offensive line and on special teams as needed. Jack likes
the contact football provides, and he likes getting to be a little rough - sacking the quarter-
back, the team aspect of the sport, and making friends. His goal is to continue to get better,
to keep practicing and to win the provincial championship.

Jack’s most notable accomplishments in football include finishing the 2023 season 10-0 in

NCAFA league play and competing and finishing second at the Ontario Football Fall Cup
provincial championship in November. As for hockey, it’s making the rep team with Char-
Lan for the last two years.
EXCITING NEWS – Nominations being Continued from page 4
part of it,” Sebastian expressed.
Accepted for 2024 CSHOF Inductions a job with a renovation company,
Outside of the rink, Sebastian has

still in the air. In early 2022, several present (November 2023,) you do and spends time in the gym to better
not have to reapply as we have the
members of our board dealt with his on-ice performance. His goals
serious health issues. We decided nomination on file. for hockey are to have a good season
to try for 2023. With the untimely The Selection Committee requests
this year, play NCAA hockey, and
passing of executive member David a list of awards or accomplishments
By Thom Racine ultimately play professional hockey
Murphy and a depleted board, it was accompanied by media clippings or a
not feasible to try for an induction scrapbook outlining the person being and get paid to do what he loves.
this year. Alas, we recruited some nominated. “The most influential person
new members to the board and are in my hockey career would be
The board will meet in early
he Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame looking for a date in 2024, which March and Inductees will be notified my dad,” said Sebastian. “He is
Tis pleased to announce we are will be announced early in the new
before being publicly announced in the one that introduced me to the
planning for the ‘Call to The Hall’ year.
April 2024. sport, he was my coach all through
for 2024. As everyone experienced Nominations for the next set of
with the pandemic, setbacks were Nominations or further questions youth hockey, and he continues to
inductees will run between December about the nomination process for
the norm. In early 2020 we had no 1st, 2023, until February 28th, 2024 offer support and guidance to this
choice but to cancel the scheduled (submissions after that date will not the next class of inductees can be day. I can’t thank him, my parents,
banquet and decided to defer it until forwarded to me as the Selection and my whole family enough
be considered for 2024). Committee Chairman (thom_
2022, keeping with our two-year for the continued support and
induction process. It would give If you have already nominated an racine@hotmail.com). encouragement they have given
athlete or builder prior to January
the board an extra year to feel good Have a Merry Christmas and me!”
about meeting again as Covid was 2020 or between January 2020 and Happy New Year everyone.