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        By Casey Leger                        Jack Chisholm.  The Panthers went 21-6  the  championship  game  at  home.    St.
                                              over the course of the season.  The girls  Joe’s lost a heartbreaker  of an EOSSA
            he fall of 2018 has been a good one for   lost a close one to second seed KCVI  qualifier  to  the  Gananoque  Trojans  on
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        TSaint  Joseph’s Catholic  Secondary   in  their  first  EOSSAA  game  but  beat  a cold, windy day.  The Panthers came
        School athletics.   The  Panthers won a   sixth seed Smiths Falls 43-24 in what  up 7 points short in what, according to
        slew of SD&G championships and will   Chisholm says was a great way to end an  Zappitelli, was anyone’s game.              SUB Place
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        compete for several EOSSAA titles from   excellent season.                          Midget Cross Country
        mid to late November.                        Junior Boys’ Volleyball          The  midget  cross-country  team            Damaris Sanchez
          Recent  Panther  SD&G titles  include   Sweeping  the  host  Holy  Trinity  finished first in SD&G, second at EOSSA           Home
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        varsity girls’ 7s rugby, junior girls’   Falcons junior boys by three straight sets  (behind perennial track and running
        basketball,  junior and senior boys’   in the SD&G final earned the Panthers  powerhouse  TISS),  and  qualified  for           of the
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        volleyball,  senior  football;  the  boys’   a  berth  in  the  EOSSAA  finals  at  the  OFSAA on the strength of their team time   Great Sub
        midget cross-country team qualified for   University of Queens in Kingston.  The  over a 4-kilometer run.  The team was
        OFSAA in Hamilton and placed 18th out   Panthers came home without a victory,  made up of five grade 9 boys:  Jackson
                                              but the experience was  an interesting  Chisholm, Bennett Lessard, Isaac Quail,
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          St.  Joseph’s vice-principal,  Mike   one, according  to Head Coach  Etienne  Cameron Baggs, and Spencer Levac.
        Whelan, credits the school’s staff for   Ferland.                             The Panthers are currently tuning              407 Pitt Street
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        the success of the Panthers’ athletic        Senior Boys’ Volleyball        up for the winter sports season, which
        program.   “We  have  teachers  who are   “Volleyball  is  an    extremely  includes boys’ basketball,  badminton,  which will be joined this season by the
        as dedicated to extracurricular activities   competitive  sport, especially once you  and of course hockey.  Fans of high  debut  of what’s expected  to  become  a
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        as they are to excellence in academics,”   get out of SD&G,” says Coach Don  school hockey are surely looking forward  local high school girls’ hockey classic:
        says  Whelan.    “St.  Joes  also  benefits   Mitchell.   “We don’t have boys’ club  to this year’s edition of the Bishop Cup  the Sisters’ Cup.
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        from strong support from  community   volleyball in Cornwall, and we felt that
                                              at EOSSA.”  The Panthers took a very
        coaches and parents,” he adds.        competitive  final  from  Holy  Trinity  to
                Girls’ Varsity 7s Rugby
          This is a relatively  new sport in   clinch SD&G.
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        SD&G, with 2018 being the second              Senior Boys’ Football
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        season  of  competition  and  the  first   Coming off a disappointing 2017 loss
        in which standings were recorded.      to La Citadelle,  Panthers Head Coach
        The St. Joe’s  Lady Panthers took the   Mitchel Zappitelli and the senior Panthers
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        championship,  outpacing  Holy  Trinity   began  preparations
        Catholic Secondary by a single game.  back in  August.   The hard work paid
                                              off, as the Panthers went undefeated in
           Sports  Energy                                                           The OFSAA St. Joe’s midget track team with coach Lynn McCuaig.
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               Junior Girls’ Basketball
                                              regular season play and handily took
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