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Bantam B Typhoons Win Gold in Lake Placid

By Shawn O’Brien ended in a 1-1 tie with no decisive
winner.
ver the weekend of Nov 10th,
Othe Cornwall Typhoons Bantam The Typhoons, well rested,
faced the Vaughn Flames the next
B girls’ hockey team competed in the
morning and were ready for a storm.
Can-Am Lake Placid Challenge Cup
Tournament. They put out the Flames with a 4-1
win and advancing us through the
We opened the tournament vs round-robin to take on the Andover
the Clarington Flames on Friday Islanders. Our Typhoons spread like
morning. It was a close game resulting a storm to engulf the Islanders 6-0;
in a win with a power wrist shot by
securing a spot in the gold medal
Chanel Thompson with .01 second game.
left in the third period. The Typhoons
We were ready to once again
extinguished the Flames!
face the formidable force that is
Our second game was later that the Bay State Breakers but this
day when we faced the Bay State time we showed up with a purpose.
Breakers from the Boston area. They All season, we have dedicated our Top of the Podium - Sara O’Brien - Captain.
are a varsity level hockey team and a tournaments to Camryn Cook. She Left to right starting with the top row. Karahkwenhawe White - Alternate,
force to be reckoned with. The game Ria Amo - Alternate, Chanel Thompson, Lushia Vachon, Tessa Ramsay.
has inspired our girls from the start Middle Row: Cayden Iwachniuk, Millie King - Alternate, Emma Ransom,
Jaryn Chubb, Kaitlyn Sage, Emma Ravary.
Bottom Row: Sophie Trahan, Emma Lafontaine - Goalie, Emma
Brought to you by Flowers Cornwall Jamieson - Goalie, Laura Grady.
MVP of the Month Coaching Staff from left to right: Shawn O’Brien – assistant coach and
manager, Patrick Ravary – assistant coach, Leanne Jamieson - trainer,
Al Vachon - head coach. (Not in the photo) Kathleen Tonkin - trainer,
Camryn Cook - Honorary Typhoons Member. Photo Submitted
Nick Longchamps
and we held to her story and gave the the season that the Typhoons have
Age: 17 Grade: 12 GOLD medal game all we had. We left competed in and have advanced to the
Hometown: Cornwall
everything on the ice and it resulted in championship game. The Typhoons
School: La Citadelle have two tournaments remaining for
a 3-1 victory for our Typhoons.
the season, as well as their league
Nick is running back and safety with the This is the third tournament of play.
newly crowned SDG high school football
selected by his team mates as the MVP of It’s in the Genes: Three
champion La Citadelle Patriotes. Nick was

the squad. Generations of Athletics
Nick is versatile, playing running back, safety, and he spent some time
playing corner during the playoffs. He is also on every one of the special played a little,” said Eric, “but I was
teams. His coaches value his ability to play everywhere and to play all By Casey Leger always more on the organizing end of
positions well. ports are a big deal in the Harps things.” The Cornwall Pop Shop team
According to his coaches, Nick has also been a great leader this Sfamily, and well it should be. The won it all in ‘82, their second national
championship season. Harps’ men of Cornwall and area have title in three years, and thanks to Eric, it
was in front of a home crowd.
a long list of accomplishments and
Flowers Cornwall
Flowers Cornwall www.fl owerscornwall.com accolades to their credit. Eric Harps Eric’s son Steven Harps is also
Flowers Cornwall
and his son, Steven, are both Cornwall a broomball inductee, and like his
Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, while father, he has won the prestigious
We Deliver at twelve years old, the youngest of the Jacques Richard Memorial Trophy
clan, Greg, is well on his way to getting for outstanding Cornwall Sports
there. Personality. Steven has played in ten
First, there’s the patriarch, Eric Harps. Canadian Broomball Championships
Eric was inducted into the Hall of Fame with Embrun Plumbing, winning six
in 1982, in large part for organizing the of them. He was named a First Team
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and bringing them to Cornwall. “I Continued on page 11