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Basketball Gold medal for Cornwall Lions U16
By Christine Ouellet even despite the rain it is was great,
it was all for the kids.”
great team effort all weekend Meanwhile, the Cornwall Selects
A led the U16 Cornwall Lions to were playing in their first competitive
the Championship, winning the gold tournament. They played well and
medal. Throughout the tournament, improved throughout the weekend.
the team was not defeated once, they
singularly beat all their opponents, There will be five more league
games leading up to the end of year
one after the other.
playoff tournament, which Cornwall
After beating Nepean A (84 to will be hosting again, on May 10-12.
35), and the Ottawa X-men (78 The OBA provincial championships
to 31), Cornwall Lions advanced will be held in Kitchener, May 24-26, Photo Submitted
to Division 1 winners’ bracket on followed by their final tournament
Sunday. In the semifinals Division 1, in Potsdam, New York, in June Colts Reload the Stable at CCHL 2024 Draft
they beat the Brockville Blazers (58 1-2, bringing their nine months of
to 29). Then they moved to the Gold basketball to an end.
Medal Division 1 Championship
Lewis said that most players
where they won, Cornwall AA 69 -
will be participating in camps over
ONL Ottawa AAA 51
the summer and there will be a
Cornwall Lions were the favourite few taking place in Cornwall. For
to win and currently sit atop the details, check their Cornwall Lions
7-team league. Their overall record Facebook page.
is 21-5, including tournament and
exhibition play.
Coach Manager, Perley Lewis, Photo IceLevel
said that the tournament was a huge
success. “Just from Kanata, we
had four teams. We received very
positive comments from all the Protected player A.J. Alejandrino, (F) Eastern Ont Wild, Colts GM Ian
coaches and the parents. I didn’t MacInnis, Protected player Camden McCuaig, (F) Eastern Ont Wild
have any complaints from anyone, Selected in the draft were the following players:
the referees were good, the venues
Brandon Rockwell (F) Eastern Ont Wild, Kale Grant (F) Eastern Ont
at St-Joseph were good, even the
Wild, Nicolas Levesque (D) Eastern Ont Wild, Chansey Novosad (D)
parents were coming up to me saying
thank you so much, we will be back Ottawa 67’s, Carter Rolland, (F) Seaway Valley Rapids, Caleb Grady
(F) Seaway Valley Rapids, Joshua Morrison (F) navan Grads, Houston
next year, the kids will have great
memories and they are going to talk #11 Alex Roach #3 Matt Lewis Johnson (F) Seaway Valley Rapids, Lukas Sullivan (D) Seaway Valley,
about this for years. I am happy, #24 Ronan Sloane Noah Rahmer (D) Gloucester Rangers
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