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26                 Issue #147 April 2025                                                          www.sportsenergynews.com




        South Branch Garage presents







       “Game On” in South Glengarry




       Meet our Athletes







                                           Lincoln Lefebvre

                                      Age: 8
                                      School: Williamstown Public
                                      Grade: 2
                                      “I have been playing hockey and soccer since
                                      I was 4 years old,”  says Lincoln  Lefebvre,
                                      Sports Energy’s Game On athlete for April. “I                                      
                                      love skating and making new friends playing                                          	     
                                      sports. I love playing defence in both soccer                                                                    
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                                      and hockey. I love playing sports because it                                                 
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                                      makes me happy. I have been working hard
                                      on my toe taps, and I hope to work hard and
        get better at passing in both hockey and soccer.”
        Lincoln  wants to  be  a  zoologist  when he  grows up. “I  love  animals,”  he
        explains. “My school goals are to work hard and keep getting better at my
        UFLI reading with Mrs. O’ Farrell. She is a very good teacher.”
        Lincoln’s  most notable accomplishments include making the U8  Blazers
        soccer team this year. He adds, “My hockey team—the Char-Lan Rebels U9
        team—also came in second place in the skills contest at the Sensplex Hockey
        Tournament this year.”
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      Bishop Cup Thriller - Falcons beat                                                                                Continued on page 26 above

                                                                                                                        “It’s really  fun to talk  about
      Panthers 7-6 in Overtime!                                                                                         sports with your friends,” Lincoln
                                                                                                                        continues.  “It  is  fun to  see  what
                                                                                                                        teams your friends like, and it’s
                                            Bishop Cup record. Both coaches  which forced the extra session.
                                            indicated the game would be close       After controlling the opening face-  fun to  watch  hockey  together. I
                                            and evenly matched.  As coaches       off, the Falcons moved into the       really liked the Four Nations Cup
                                            are usually right, it was, but the    Panthers zone and captain Brady       and was happy Canada won. I love
                         By Thom Racine     Falcons might have felt they were in   Bell spotted Adam Mailhot streaking   going outside on our ODR and
                                            uncharted territory when they bolted                                        playing hockey with my brother,
                                                                                  towards the goal. Mailhot roofed      cousins, and  friends.  Winter  is
                                            out to a 5-1 lead midway through      a backhander just under the crossbar,
                                            the second period. St. Joe’s got one   setting off a celebration that could   my  favourite  season.  I also  like
                                            back late in the period, setting the                                        to swim and am excited to work
           fter a few lean years when there                                       be heard all the way to  Tyotown      towards my level  4 badge this
      Awas not much meat on their           stage for a wild final twenty minutes   Road. Mailhot was the Dairy Queen   summer.”
                                            of regulation time.  The Panthers
      bones (not that a panther would feast                                       MVP for HT, while Alex Campeau        Lincoln’s favourite hockey team
      on a small bird), the Falcons could   pressed early but had to wait six     won  the award  for St.  J. Bishop
                                            minutes before getting on the board                                         is the Florida Panthers. “I love
      only hope their crosstown cousins                                           Emeritus, Damphousse, was on hand     Brad Marchand,” he explains.
      would not run up the score. Even      and a few minutes later the game      to perform the opening ceremonial     “I’m saving my money to get
      during those tough years, the goals   was tied.                             puck drop and awarded the trophy
                                                                                                                        a Marchand Panthers jersey. It
      didn’t go in like they did throughout   HT regrouped and took the lead  to Captain Bell of the Falcons. It        was an exciting trade for me, but
      the 18th annual Bishop Cup, played  back, but the Panthers tied the game  was the fourth title for the birds. St.
                                                                                                                        my uncle Bradley is sad about it
      on March 19th. The 13 goals proved  with six minutes to go and up and  Vincent de Paul food bank was the          because he is a Boston fan.”
      to be a new total goals scored in a  down they went unable to score,  beneficiary.
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