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            Cornwall Mazda
                     presents...







                                    “Athletic’s + Academics = A Winning Combination







                       Savanna Legue                                     Youri Gutknecht                                     Zoe Meunier

                       La Citadelle High School                         Rothwell Osnabruck School                             L’Heritage School



                                                                                         Gutknecht
                                                                                                                                Our  featured  student  is
                                                                             Youri
                            Volleyball  has  been  a  part
                            V olleyball   has   been   a   part              Y ouri      Gutknecht        is  is                Our    feature d   student   is
                                                                                                                                         Meunier
                                                                                                                                                  ,
                                                                                                                                                     who
                                                                                                                                   Zoe
                               of  Savanna  Legue’s  life
                                                                                                                                                            is
                               of  Savanna  Legue’s  life                      a    Gr .   10    Rothwell                          Zoe  Meunier,  who  is
                                                                               a  Gr.  10  Rothwell
                                since  her  arrival  at  École                   Osnabruck    Lancer ,  who                         currently  in  grade  9
                                since  her  arrival  at  École
                                                                                                                                                    grade
                                                                                                                                                            9
                                                                                                                                                in
                                                                                                                                    currently
                                                                                 Osnabruck Lancer, who
                                 secondaire    catholique                                                                            at  L’Héritage.    Zoe
                                 secondaire
                                               catholique
                                 La  Citadelle  in  grade                         consistently  achieves                              participates   actively
                                 7.  Positive, determined,                        above  average  grades,                             in a number of sports,
                                 and  talented,  this  young                      to  stay  on  the  honour
                                 athlete  is  a  definite  key                                                                        including  basketball,

                                                                                 role.    His  favourite
                                                                                                                                     volley-ball, curling, and
                                player to this year’s senior                     role.      His   favourite                          volley-ball, curling, and
                                player to this year’s senior
                                                                                subjects  are  math  &
                                                                                                                                    hockey.    Zoe  played  on
                               girls’   volleyball   team.   team.              subjects    are   math   &                          hockey.    Zoe  played  on
                               girls’
                                       volleyball
                                                                                     Y
                                                                                           is
                                                                                      ouri
                                                                              gym.
                                                                                                 important

                                                                                              an
                                                                                                                                  the senior girls’ basketball
                             Currently
                             Currently in grade 12, she is a in grade 12, she   gym.  Youri is an important                       the senior girls’ basketball
                          devoted  and  talented  young                   player  on  the  court,  having      t e a m        this year and, while competing
           athlete  who  is  ready  to  share  her  knowledge   proudly  suited  up  on  both  the  school     against  girls  two  or  three  years  older  than
           of the game with newer players.   Savanna is a                                                      her,  made  a  significant  contribution  to  her

           model for her teammates, as she sets high goals   basketball & volleyball teams for Gr. 9 &         team.  Outside of school, Zoe is a successful
           for  herself  and  works  hard  to  achieve  them.     10.  He is also planning on wearing the      hockey  player.    Besides  being  a  dedicated
           Also on the Cornwall’s Vikings Volleyball team    Lancers’  colours  for  badminton  and  the
           and playing in the region’s 4-on-4 mixed league,   track & field team this spring!                   athlete, Zoe is an exceptional student.  She

           Savanna’s passion for volleyball shines through.                                                    consistently  achieves  academic  excellence.
           Altogether,  Savanna’s  academic  and  athletic   While Youri balances his academics and            We are proud to call Zoe a Dragon as she
           successes  have  enabled  her  to  be  É.S.C.  La   athletics at school, he is also is kept very    truly  embodies  the  qualities  we  strive  to
           Citadelle’s athlete of the month.  Congratulations   busy working at home on the family farm.       develop in our student-athletes.
           Savanna and keep up the great work!
                         Brittany Hum                       Alex MacDonald & Hannah Rousseau                             Madison Needham
                        Holy Trinity High School                    Char-Lan District High School                      St. Lawrence Secondary School
                                                                                                                                When
                                                                                                                                              to
                                                                                                    Hannah
                            Brittany  Hum,  grade  10,  is  a
                                                                             Alex
                            Brittany   Hum,   grade   10,   is   a           Alex  MacDonald  and  Hannah                       When  it  comes  to  being  the  total
                                                                                               and
                                                                                                                                                          total
                                                                                                                                                       the
                                                                                                                                        comes
                                                                                                                                      it
                                                                                   MacDonald
                                                                                                                                                 being
                                                                                                                                  package – Madison Needham is at
                                                                               Rousseau, grade 8 students at
                               well-rounded  student-athlete                   Rousseau,  grade  8  students  at                  package – Madison Needham is at
                               well-rounded  student-athlete
                                                                                                                                    the top of the list.  Academics,
                                who  successfully  balances
                                who  successfully  balances                      Char-Lan  DHS,  competed                           the top of the list.  Academics,
                                                                                 Char-Lan  DHS,  competed
                                                                                                                                     athletics,
                                                                                                                                                     leadership,
                                 her  academic  and  athletic                     on  January  30,  2015  at                         athletics,      leadership,
                                 her  academic  and  athletic
                                  pursuits.    Brittany  started                  the South Nation Archery                           volunteerism, this young lady
                                  her  athletic  career  by                        Club  and  won  Gold  in                           goes above and beyond in all
                                  playing  soccer  with  the                       their  Cub  Compound                               that she does.
                                  Glen Walter Minor Soccer                        Bow  classes.    Hannah                            Madison is a grade 12 student
                                                                                                                                     at  St.  Lawrence  Secondary
                                 program,  and  she  now                          scored  262  points  out  of                       at  St.  Lawrence  Secondary
                                                                                                                                    School.  She displays excellence
                                               eld  position

                                plays  the  midfield  position                                                                       School.  She displays excellence
                                plays  the  midfi
                                                                                300 at a draw weight of 25
                                                                                300 at a draw weight of 25
                                                                                                                                  in terms of academic achievement;
                                                                                                               i
                              for the Seaway Valley Blazers
                              for the Seaway Valley Blazers                                                    i n  n             in terms of academic achievement;
                                                                              lbs.    Hannah  has  only  been
                                                                              lbs.    Hannah  has  only  been
                           travelling  team.    In  addition,  she                                                             consistently putting forth a high degree
                                                                         competing in archery for 3 months
           plays centre for the Glengarry Highlanders hockey                                                   of care and effort and has been accepted to the prodigious
                                                             and has only been an active archer for a year.
           team.  At the school level, she plays on the soccer,                                                Science School at the Ontario Science Centre for second
                                                             Alex  MacDonald  scored  276  points  out  of
           hockey, basketball, volleyball, and soccer teams; and                                               semester of the 2015-2016 school year.
                                                             300 at a draw weight of 38 lbs.  Alex has been

           has been part of EOSSAA Championships in soccer                                                     Madison  has  always  been  involved  in  athletics;  figure
                                                             competing for 2 years and has been involved in
           and  volleyball.    Brittany  participates  in  activities                                          skating  for  Skate  Canada  and  playing  basketball  and
                                                             archery for 3 years.  Both Hannah and Alex will
           outside of sports.  She enjoys painting and has been                                                volleyball for SLHS teams.  Last June, she was awarded St.
                                                             be competing again in February and their goal
           taking art classes since age 10.  She is also a youth                                               Lawrence Secondary School’s Sportswoman of the Year.
                                                             is always to increase their consistency.  Staff at
           leader at a summer camp at a youth centre.  We are                                                  Perhaps the best way to sum up Madison’s achievement is
                                                             Char-Lan DHS were recently trained in archery
           proud  that  Brittany  has  maintained  high  honour                                                to end with a quote from one of her teachers, “An amazing
                                                             and are planning to introduce archery into their
           roll  status  in  each  of  her  semesters.  Brittany  is  an                                       young  woman  with  a  bright  future  ahead  of  her…  she
                                                             Phys. Ed. classes and as an after school activity.
           excellent role model for all those she meets.                                                       makes others better, simply by working with them.”
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