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34          April 2017 Issue #53                                                            www.sportsenergynews.com



        OHA Prep Team Wins Hamilton HSSC Showcase Tourna-


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        In no particular order, Peter Toth, Jake Howis, Liam Danskin, Aron Sarmiento, Ben Solder, Morgan Clarke Pizzo, Julien Chau, Ross Cowan, Owen
        Haiek, Cedric Beck, Clemente Espinosse, Ruairi Lockerbie, Rais Francis, Aaron Lyon, Sandro Grannass, Korbinian Lutz, Tim Uhrig, Jason Hill.
        Coaches Jay McNeil and Josh Laderoute                                                                                                Photo Submitted

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          The Budda   Player of the Month
             Boom                                                                   Spring Tournaments

                                               Rebecca Reed                                                                 “We do hockey programs for all
                                                                                    By Victoria Klassen
                                   Age: 14                                                                                ages—from Learn to Skate, right
                                   Hometown: Williamstown                                                                 through to Junior A pro,” said Jeff
                                   Rebecca Reed loves the game of soccer so much; she plays                               Carter, director of Own the Ice.  “We
                                   it year-round and has even played a game on ice with skates.
                                   “I love playing defence,” she says.  “I feel like I need to                            work with all different athletes.  We
                                   stop the ball from going to the net, for my team.  I love                              have our own training  facility  at
                                   soccer, and I play at lunch with my friends, even in the                               Own the Ice Hockey, at the Cornwall
                                   winter time.  Soccer is a great team-building game and it’s                            Sports Centre.   We  have  our own
                                   fun.  I have made a lot of friends, and I hope to play at a
                                   more competitive level one day.”                                                       gym,  where  we’ll  run  fitness
          Reed participates in summer with the Glengarry Soccer League and also the Glengarry Hearts                      programs, and we also have a 3,000
          U14 team.  In the winter she competes in the GSL indoor league, and during school months                        square foot synthetic ice rink.”
          represents Char-Lan District High School, where she attends Grade 8.
          She looks back fondly on last year’s Hearts season remembering all the water fights before                         Own the Ice has 10 teams

          games and ice cream afterwards.  On the pitch, her favourite memory is pulling off a tie with   he second annual Border  Town  competing in the spring tournaments.
          a team that won all of their other games during the season.  This winter her team played

          extremely well in the final tournament which made her proud of the way they ended their   TChallenge is being held in Cornwall  Carter said the tournaments last year
          season.                                                                   on April 28-30 and May 5-7.  The Own  were a success with 50 teams over
          Along with soccer, the multi-talented athlete is also involved in cross-country skiing, down-  the Ice tournaments will run from 8  the two weekends.  This year there
          hill skiing, running, canoeing, and kayaking.  At school she plays volleyball, baseball, and   a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday,  are already 80 teams registered from
          badminton.
                                                                                    and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.   around Cornwall, Ottawa, Kingston,
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                                                                                      The two spring hockey tournaments
                                Home of                                             are for athletes ages 6 to 15.  All of the   “It’ll  be  an  exciting  weekend  of
                                All You Can                                         games will be played at the Benson  hockey with a lot of teams coming

                                Eat Salad,                                          Centre, Cornwall Civic Complex,  into  the  Seaway  City,”  said  Carter.
                                Soup &                                              Long Sault Arena, or Finch Arena.     “It’s good for us, but it’s also good
                1106                                                                  Own  the Ice Hockey is a hockey     for the area and the city, with 75
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           613-937-3278         Teams and large reservations welcome                development company that started in   win-win for the whole area.”
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