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Athletics + Academics = A Winning Combination

Antoine Lafrance - Grade 8 Ethan Macdonald - Grade 12 Aida Desautels - Grade 10

École secondaire publique L’Héritage Char-Lan District High School Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School

Participating Sports: Participating Sports: Participating Sports:
Participating Sports:
Participating Sports:
Hockey, Soccer , Badminton Hockey Volleyball, Cross-country
Hockey, volleyball, soccer,
Senior Volleyball
Volleyball, Basketball cross-country, tennis, track, Soccer, Badminton
Volleyball
Viking 16U
Favourite Sport: beach volleyball, softball Track & Field
Badminton
Soccer
Soccer Favourite Sport: Favourite Sport:
Favourite Sport:
Favourite Subject: Hockey Volleyball
Baseball
Soccer
Art Favourite Subject: Favourite Subject:
Favourite Sport: Favourite Subject:
I look up to this sports Biology World religion/French
Biology
personality: P.K. Subban Hockey/Baseball I look up to this sports
I look up to this sports
Sport achievements: I Favourite Subject: Sport achievements:
personality:
personality:
Second place Minor Bantam AA Gym and English Mo Farah – British distance runner
Second in SDG volleyball 2017
hockey in Oshawa Cup Tournament 2018 Hayley Wickenheiser Sport achievements:
Went to EOSSAA senior girls’ volleyball 2017
I look up to this sports personality: Wayne
First place in Hawkesbury Regional Soccer Won - SD&G senior boys’ cross-country – 2018
Silver and bronze with Vikings
Sport achievements:
Gretzky
Tournament 2018 Provincials – Vikings twice
Junior MVP – track and field
Sport achievements: - OFSAA for XC (2017)
First place in Casselman AAA spring hockey
Nationals – Vikings once
Most sportsmanship in hockey
Athlete of the Year - SD&G senior boys’ volleyball 2017
tournament 2018
Black belt in Taekwondo
MVP – midget badminton
Most Dedicated Hockey Award - Gold in SD&G 800m, 1500m, 3000m – 2017
First place in doubles in school badminton 2017
MVP – cross-country
Captain of hockey team -East Regionals for T&F: 800, 1500, 3000 (2017-
Academic achievements: 2018)
Academic achievements:
Academic achievements:
Volleyball MVP (gr. 10)
Honour roll student Academic achievements:
Honour Roll
Honour Roll
OFSAA pole vaulting (gr. 9)
Achieved best grade in health and physical Outstanding Work Ethic Award Looking forward to attending U of Ottawa or
Grade 8 mini-courses at Carleton
education and had an average of over 80% for grade Academic achievements: Carleton for science.Always Award
History award
Proficiency in English Award
7 in 2017-2018 Bronze Award (grades 9 through 11)
Cornwall Novice Black Wins Silver at 35th Annual
By Casey Leger
he Cornwall Girls’ Hockey Association’s 35th Annual House League
TTournament, which ran from the 9th of November to the 11th at the Benson
Centre, is one that the young ladies on the Cornwall Novice Black team and
their coach Mark Kench will fondly remember. They were the only Cornwall
team to medal at the event, taking home silver.
“Our tournament got off to a rocky start. On Friday morning we took a 6-1
loss to Kanata,” says Kench. “Our next three games we won without too much
trouble. With our 3-1 record we ended up a very good 3rd out of 13 teams.”
But fate had a surprise in store for the Cornwall Novice Black squad: They
stepped onto the ice to face the same Kanata team that pummelled them in the
first round. “This is where it is probably easier to be a kid than a parent” says
Kench of his team. “They went out as if they had never seen this team before
and beat them 4-3.” Next, Cornwall Black took a close game from Cornwall
Grey and then lost to a strong Russell team in the final.
Kench is proud of his team. “The girls worked really hard,” he says. Despite
the fact that he’s fairly new to his head coaching role, Kench has been playing
hockey for 35 years, and he refereed for 18 seasons. The girls he coaches at the
novice level are 7 and 8-years old. “I enjoy the fact that I get to be one of their
first hockey coaches. They are very open to any style or technique.” He says
that patience is one of the key ingredients in his coaching philosophy.
With four children of his own, Kench, a Hydroelectric Operating Supervisor
at RH Saunders Generating Station, and his family keep busy year ‘round on
the rink and the soccer pitch. He credits his wife, Melissa, with being very Photo Submitted
understanding.