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La Citadelle Patriotes Crowned SD&G High

School Football Champs

By Casey Leger
Renaud, whose day job is managing
the Farm Boy market on Sydney
or Coach Marc Renaud and the Street. Fortunately for his football
FLa Citadelle squad, revenge club, Farm Boy sees Renaud’s
was a dish best served cold. Cold, commitment to the Patriotes as
and, in this case, wet. On a chilly important involvement in the local
and rainy Friday, November 3rd community, and it’s something they
afternoon, the Patriots became the support.
SDG high school champs, defeating
the defending champion St. Joseph’s Formed in 2010, this is La
Citadelle’s third year in the SDG
Panthers 3-0 and avenging a 36-1
loss in this year’s Rose Bowl. league. Prior to that, according
to Renaud, the team played in the
Coach Renaud had a game plan, French Catholic league. “SDG is
and that plan was to control field a very competitive league,” said
position and to kick all the points he Renaud. “There are lots of strong Photo credit to Jorick Callan.
could. As it turns out, the Patriotes teams. The boys are very excited
were only able to split the uprights about the win.” he played university football at Sir and Francis Gervais, have a plan
once in three attempts, but it was Wilfrid Laurier from 1984 to 1987. for that one, too. In what can only
all they needed. The other part of Renaud has coached the team He was an outside linebacker. be described as a testament to the
that plan, which Renaud’s players from its inception. He got his start local football community, St. Joe’s
coaching at Holy Trinity, where he
executed well, was to keep the The next challenge for the Patriotes coach, Mitchell Zappitelli, was
opposition pinned in their own worked with Trinity coach, Jeff Mac will be the EOSSAA semi-final on spotted working with Renaud and
end by kicking the ball away and Allister. When La Citadelle got the November 16 in Arnprior against a
deep every time they needed to. It green light from its board to put very strong Arnprior District High the Patriots at a recent afterschool
together a football team, Renaud was practice. Kirby Camplin, of
worked. School side. Luckily, Renaud, and
a natural choice to head the program. Cornwall Wildcats’ fame, was also
“Winning feels great,” said He’s a La Citadelle graduate, and his assistant coaches, Alan Wheeler spotted working on the field.

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Christine De Repentigny

December’s Mom of the month, Christine De
Repentigny of Maxville, has been involved
in sports long enough to see three daughters,
Michelle, Celine, and Caroline, through sports
and academics at École secondaire public
L’Heritage in Cornwall. She has a fourth
daughter, Maxine, in grade 12 there as well.
Christine has been coaching at L’Heritage for
thirteen years and has been heavily involved in
soccer and has volunteered to coach basketball
this year. “I haven’t played basketball since
high school,” she laughed, “and it’s changed a
little bit since then.” Now that the basketball
season is over, she can be found pitching-in
with the volleyball program at the school.
Christine’s involvement with sports and coaching doesn’t end in at the
high school level. This versatile mom is a former Glengarry Hearts’
soccer coach, and she is currently coaching competitive travelling juvenile
girls’ broomball with the Seaway Valley Devils; a team based in the Finch-
Chesterville area. The Devils won a national title in 2014-15.