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Kyle Collette Scores Hockey and Educational

Opportunity

By Victoria Klassen Brockport College became interested
in him. With the offer of a hockey
yle Collette remembers how his scholarship, Collette is interested
Kfather would make outdoor rinks in studying business or something
in the winter and how his grandfather related to sports.
and mother came to every game Now he is training three times a
when he was little. With this support week on ice, and three times a week
behind him, Collette grew up playing in the gym. He is looking forward to
a level up in minor hockey, played what the future has in store.
AAA, and won the championship “One of my goals for the future
during his rookie year as a junior is definitely to be a leader for the
with the Casselman Vikings. team,” shared Collette. “I definitely
With a passion for motocross want to graduate and have a good
and hockey when he was younger, job later on—if that’s playing pro or
Collette faced the difficult decision to even majoring in business or sports
choose one. He chose motocross and management.”
went on to win two championships
in that sport. However, it meant he
missed his draft year of junior and the
OHL. When he returned to playing
hockey, he found himself still on a
path to success.
At 17 years old, Collette moved
to Syracuse to play for the Syracuse
Stars for two seasons. He had a
strong season with 55 points in
44 games. During a showcase in
Boston, State University of New York
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Hometown: Cornwall Grade: 12 Age: 17
School: École secondaire catholique La Citadelle “ An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He
August’s Rookie of the Month, Amber Flannigan, played baseball
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championship this summer in Montreal. Amber, however, is only a
rookie when it comes to senior women’s baseball: In 2016 she won a Emil Zatopek
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She’s been playing baseball since the age of 4, having started with tee
ball in Cornwall.
Amber is a multi-sport athlete with an impressive record. She plays
school sports such as basketball, softball, tennis, and badminton. She SHUTTERS
won SD&G and EOSSAA senior girls’ badminton singles and attended
OFSAA badminton in grades 9, 10, and 11 and reached the quarter
finals. She qualified for EOSSAA tennis in singles in grades 9, 10 &

11 and also qualified for OFSAA tennis in grade 11. When it comes to academics, Amber enjoys sociology

and phys ed.
There are many things Amber enjoys about baseball. “You must play as a team to win, however when you SAVE
are at bat or when a ball is hit to you, you must make the play. You can not pass it off to a team mate or let
someone else on the team make the hit or the play for you.” She also loves the complexity of the game and
the fact that the length of the game is based on play, not a pre-set time.
Amber plans to study social sciences once she graduates from La Citadelle. She is looking forward to going to %
Stonewall, Manitoba, from August 9-12 to play for Team Ontario at the U21 national championships. 35
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