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Playing at the National

Sports Energy features
Level for the National
Member of the Month Team
Member of the Month

By Casey Leger played six games, including an
STEPHANIE HILL-NICHOLLS exhibition tilt against the US,
ocal hockey phenomenon which Canada won 5-2.
Steph was born in St. Catharines and grew up LJosh Barnes may be young,
in Martintown and Cornwall. She attended Barnes played centre and wing
C.C.V.S., St. Michael’s Academy, and studied but his future looks pretty
Nutrition and Home Economics at Kemptville bright. He’s already decided to for Canada, the same positions
College. he plays for the Cornwall Colts.
Steph has two sons, Todd and Lee, and three play hockey for the Penn State He got plenty of ice time and was
grandchildren, Kaleigh, Owen, and Avery in the Nittany Lions after he graduates
Cornwall area. Her parents, Peggy and Lloyd, a regular on the Canadian power
were active in the equestrian community in St. from high school in 2020, but play. “It’s a very high skill
Catharines, Toronto, and Cornwall. meanwhile, he’s got plenty to
Steph rode for pleasure but also enjoyed other seasonal sports like track and field level,” he says about playing

and downhill skiing in high school and ice hockey and soccer at college. Years later occupy his time. internationally. “You’ve got to
downhill skiing is still a winter sport she continues. Steph has won two bronze medals One of the things that kept him
at O.S.G.A. provincial competitions for Alpine Giant Slalom downhill skiing. She will pay a lot of attention to detail,
be representing District 8 in the provincials in Huntsville in March 2019. busy this fall was playing for because even one little mistake
Her new O.S.G.A. sports include pickleball, prediction walking, skating, cycling, Team Canada in the 2018 World
cribbage, horseshoes, and carpet bowling. When Steph retired as Nutrition Care can cost you.”
Manager from Glen Stor Dun Lodge in 2014 she was recruited by District 8 President Under-17 Hockey Challenge A 16-year-old honour roll
Graham Vickers to join the board. In 2016 she became their promotion and publicity in Saint John, New Brunswick.
director. Her role is to increase public knowledge of the District 8 summer and winter student in grade 11 at Saint
events and to acknowledge the competitors and winners. Although Canada lost the bronze Joseph’s Catholic Secondary
Steph knows the importance of staying active. She appreciates the added bonus medal game to Sweden in a shoot-
of meeting new sports-minded seniors in district, regional, and provincial out, Barnes was very upbeat, and School, Barnes is interested in
competitions. For more O.S.G.A. information please check out FB at OSGAdistrict8- studying business at Penn State,
SDG,Prescott,Russell,Akwesasne or contact District Coordinator Linda Vickers, at he was quick to point out that the
lindav1262@gmail.com experience was a positive one. which he says is a major many
athletes pursue because that field
“Saint John was an awesome of study traditionally works well
Brought to you by Flowers Cornwall host,” he says. “There were with athletics. Between now and
MVP of the Month Canada flags everywhere, and then, though, there’s the potential
a lot of the early games were
for young Mr. Barnes to be lacing
sold out. We played in front of up for Team Canada in more
Makya Bingley
thousands of people.” The team international youth competition.
Home Town: Williamstown
School: Rose des vents
Grade: 3 Age: 8
December’s MVP of the month was submitted by Cornwall
Girls’ Hockey Association novice coach, Mark Kench.
“Makya is a second-year player,” says Kench. “She is

the size of a first-year player and has the skating ability
of Atom player. She played defence last year, and that is

probably one of the reasons she is always one of the first
back to our zone, whether playing forward or D.”
According to Kench, in the past month Makya has had
a couple of two-goal games and she scored a hat trick in
the quarter finals of the recent CGHA tournament. “She

has the skill to effortlessly stick handle through crowds of
players and the hockey sense to wait for rebounds after she shoots. Doing the latter has
gotten her at least three goals this year,” he says.
According to her mother, Makya’s favourite subjects in school are gym and art! “Makya has
been playing hockey since she was four,” says Makya’s mom, Daphnie, “and the thing she
loves the most about hockey is being with the other girls and having fun.”

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