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South Branch Garage presents
“Game On” in South Glengarry
Meet our Athletes
Peter Van Den
Oetelaar
Age: 11 Grade: 7
Hometown: South Glengarry
School: Iona Academy
September’s Game On athlete is young Peter Van
Den Oetelaar. Peter has been playing hockey and
soccer for eight years. This defensive-minded
athlete minds the blueline while he’s on the ice
and minds the net when he’s on the pitch.
“I love stopping the breakaways in soccer,” he
enthuses, “and in hockey I love catching the breakaway player and stopping
them.”
Peter has solid short-term goals for his sports life. He wants to make AA in hockey
and make Blazers again for soccer. As for the longer-term, like for lots of people,
it’s complicated. “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up,” Peter says.
Playing rep level hockey for the past three seasons, being asked to play spring
hockey, and being a part of the Blazers for the past four years are, he feels, his
most notable accomplishments.
“Sports are important because it brings people together both to play and to cheer,”
Peter says.
Girls Football at La Citadelle
Casey Leger Stacey and Emma, who have
recently returned from a very
irls football is booming at La successful Canadian U18 Girls
GCitadelle in Cornwall, thanks in Football Championship, co-
large part to dedicated staff and two captained the Patriotes. “They set
very enthusiastic female athletes: up a booth in the entrance at lunch
Stacey St-Amand and Emma-Lily and recruited 25 girls,” says Legros.
Stamm. “Both girls are entering “We had practices in the gym and at
grade 12 at La Citadelle,” says head the Benson Centre during the winter,
coach and principal, Dan Legros. until the field was ready in the spring.
“Stacey and Emma have been The Cornwall Wildcats were great
playing on the boys senior football partners, sharing Benson Centre
team,” Principal Legros explains. time as well as practice equipment.”
“This year, they approached me Stacey and Emma are high
wondering why there was no girls performing multi-sport athletes.
tackle football team. I told them
“Stacey plays soccer with the
that if there were enough interested
Blazers as well as soccer, basketball,
girls that I would do what it took to and volleyball at La Citadelle,” says Photo Submitted
ensure we had a team. The CSDCEO Legros. “Emma plays hockey with
school board immediately supported In addition to Legros coaching the Emma Jeaurond, and Mme Hélène
the Cornwall Typhoons as well as team, three female staff members Cormier. “La Citadelle and Wildcats
and encouraged the launching of the basketball, volleyball, soccer, and
first ever girls tackle football team in track for La Citadelle.” were assistant coaches and managers: experienced players Preston Dennis
Tina
Mme
Mme
Charlebois,
our region.” Continued on page 10
