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The Team that Almost Wasn’t Wins the Championship

By Shawn O’Brien

he Seaway Valley Spartans
TMinor Midget B Rep team
has won the Upper Canada Minor
Hockey League Minor Midget B
Rep Championship.

What this team has accomplished
this season, considering there was
no minor midget hockey being
offered in the eastern portion
of the UCMHL back in the fall
of 2016, is remarkable. It was
Mark Desnoyers, President of the
Seaway Valley Minor Hockey
Association who offered to host
this team. The team is comprised
of players from the Cornwall and
South Stormont area.

The Spartans turned out to be
a strong team in the five-team
UCMHL minor midget division,
collecting 13 wins and 6 ties in 24
contests; finishing second. 1st Row - Jack McLean, Braeden Levac, Pat Campeau, Jared Sequin, Mick Miller, Evan Brunet, Trentan
The Spartans received a bye Veenstra, Justin Leclair.
2nd Row - Nicolas O’Brien, Alexandre O’Brien, Andrew Doyon, Kale McCormick, Joey Brisson, Riley
for the first round and would face Fitzgerald, Steven Williams, Hunter Leeman and Cameron Stewart.

the NGS Braves in round two, Sitting - Nolan Shane. Photo Submitted
winning the 4 point series with a
win and two ties. Brought to you by Scores
win or a tie but Smith Falls would
The Spartans faced the regular not go down without a battle, Athlete of the Month
season champions Smith Falls winning the game 4-2. Game 4
Bears in a five point series. The would return to Cornwall and, with Nevynn Witteveen
Spartans travelled to Smith Falls that, a chance to win the series on
for game 1 and emerged victorious home ice. The game was exciting Hometown: Finch
with a 3-2 win. Game 2 in Cornwall, and entertaining as both teams School: Tagwi Secondary School
the Spartans won 3-1. Game 3 battled back and forth in fierce Grade: 8
would return to Smith Falls and, competition with the Spartans Age: 13
with the Spartans holding 4 out of winning 5-4 and being crowned Joining new sports associations over the
past couple of years, Nevynn Witteveen has
5 points, they had a chance to wrap the UCMHL Minor Midget B Rep
thrived representing a pair of Glengarry-
up the championship series with a Champions. based teams.
With the Glengarry Highlanders hockey team
she excels as a defenceman. “I enjoy playing
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hockey because I’m more confident when
would have it no other way. Dean - a globe. She realizes in I’m battling in front of the net and getting the
hindsight that he was telling her puck up the ice than I am scoring goals.”
Of course while one person In soccer with the Glengarry Hearts,
sails, there are a lot of friends and something. Witteveen trades in the defence for offence as she plays as a skillful striker. Her favourite
family back home. I wanted to But even while busy getting recent sports memory is winning a Montreal tournament last season and winning a
know what Dean’s family thought determination award early on, after moving into a new hockey association. “I enjoy the
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