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Sports Energy’s Mom of the Month to Game
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“I also have a daughter, Mila,” Vanessa continues. “Until this year she loved Cornwall
gymnastics and dance. She is embarking on a new journey in September and
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love with the game. I am so who owns Life Behind Bars Blue Jays Woes
Her sister is a personal trainer
excited to see the friendships Fitness. Their parents were also
and positive lessons my kids will very involved with sports. “My out of the race by early June, which
made for a long summer of futility.
learn and carry with them for their sister, stepbrother, and I all played Since the 2015 season when the Blue
whole lives.” hockey growing up,” Vanessa Jays turned a corner and have been
says. “My mom was actually the
Vanessa started her athletic By Thom Racine competitive ever since, we have all
journey with figure skating. “After trainer for my sister and I during been spoiled, and that is what frustrates
a couple of years,” Vanessa says, our hockey years. They were us this year. As casual fans or die hard
followers, it’s hard to watch and realize
“it felt like something was missing. always there cheering us on, being the season can slip away as early as
After travelling from arena to our biggest supporters.” usually write about historical tidbits June 1st.
arena watching my stepbrother Her dad is a lover of soccer I for this column, while the owner of What we didn’t have in the late seventies
play hockey, I knew that’s where and hockey. Her stepdad played this paper would prefer I dabble in more and throughout the eighties was a wild
I wanted to be. I made the switch hockey and baseball growing up. recent history, I thought this would be a card. Sitting five games back in the wild
to hockey and never looked back. “I met my husband seventeen good month to do just that. card at this time of year is not good, it
is not unrealistic to think this under
As I grew older, I switched to ball years ago in high school gym As baseball fans of my vintage, the achieving version of the Blue Jays can’t
hockey and loved that for a few class,” Vanessa says. “He played early season start for the Toronto Blue stay in the mix. It will take a consistent
Jays has been disappointing, and it
years. I was an assistant coach in competitive lacrosse as a goalie brought back a memory or two from run of winning a few in a row or go on
U9-U11 ball hockey and really and even made it to Toronto for my youth. a good run to pick up those game in the
enjoyed sharing the love of the an Ontario all-star game. He While following the Expos year after ‘games behind’ column, but safe to say
game with fresh minds.” followed in the footsteps of my year, it really wasn’t until the late 1970’s that should keep us all interested as the
summer approaches, and hope that the
Vanessa’s family is very father-in-law who was also an that we all got a taste of a pennant drive. dog days of August can be meaningful
In those days winning the division was
committed to sports and fitness. incredible lacrosse goalie.” all that mattered, and many teams were as the past decade has been.