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Golden Win in Kingston!

he Seaway Valley Rapids AA Minor Peewees won gold at the 2019
TTaylor Hall Cup Classic held over January 11-13th. In round-robin

play, the SVR team logged 3 wins and dropped one loss, earning them
a spot in Sunday’s semi-final action against league competition Upper
Ottawa Valley Aces - the Rapids secured their spot in the finals with a
resounding 6-1 win against UOA. Championship play saw the Rapids
face off against the Kingston Frontenacs, a team that proved to be strong
competition during the preliminary round of the tournament (SVR beat
the Kingston team 1-0, scoring during the last minutes of the game).

The championship game was momentous with fast play going back and
forth throughout the match-up. In the end, the Rapids edged ahead 4-3
to take the win and earning the Taylor Hall Cup Classic title. Photo Submitted

Wildcat’s Winter Skills Peewee B. Rep Colts

Camp Going Strong Win Again in Montreal

Can/Am Challenge Cup Champs
By Casey Leger Panthers, praises the off-season
camp. “It’s a great introduction
By Staff Writer A 4-1 win and goals going
arly January saw the Cornwall to football for new players,” says to Jenson White with 2, Drey
EWildcats Football Club kickoff Zappitelli. “The Wildcats run great Thompson with 1, and a beautiful
their 5th annual 2019 Winter Skills programs.” big team win versus the 1st shorthanded goal by Waksi Rice to
Camp at the Benson Centre. This The focus, according to Camplin, is A place Canton Bulldogs from finish the Bulldogs off.
is the camp’s fifth year, and so Massachusetts. The Bulldogs were
on developing athletes and the skills
far, approximately 80 athletes are necessary to be a football player. 4-0 in the round-robin play, Colts Coach Sunday says it was a
registered, according to Wildcats’ finished round-robin 3-1 and had “gratifying win” Peewee Colts have
“It’s a great mix of new and existing
president Kirby Camplin. lost a heated game vs the Bulldogs in an impressive regular season record
players,” he says, “with the older
round-robin play. So the Colts were of 21-2-1; 1st place in the UCMHL
Running for a total of 8 weeks from kids helping out the new athletes. So with 4 games remaining.
6-7:30 PM on Saturday, the camp is much has changed with football over looking forward to the rematch in the
Finals.
open to anyone between the ages of the last few years. The sport is safer, Coach Quenneville believes the FPO
7 and 14 years who is interested in and the coaches are better.” Coach Jean Greggain was win versus the Bulldogs brought the
improving football skills. pleased. “We really came back and Colts even closer together. “It was
Camplin enjoys the camp for
“This is a full equipment several reasons. “It’s great to watch stood up to the challenge and every a playoff atmosphere game vs the
single player on our team busted their Canton team and was great for our
camp focusing on the skills and these athletes improve at the sport butts. I would say it was our best kids and will be a benefit all them
fundamentals of football,” says they love,” he says. “Cornwall game of the year.” going forward.”
Camplin. “The off-season is the time football has never been stronger,
to get better fundamentally. This and this camp is a big part of that.”
camp allows players, new and old, to Camplin would like to invite any
improve their skills.” interested athletes, veteran football
players, and rookies alike, to come
Mitchel Zappitelli, head coach of
and check out the Wildcats Winter
the current SDG football champion St.
Skills Camp.
Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School

Back Row – Coach Tobi Sunday – Dante Lemoyre – Bradley Greggain –
Owen Mekker – Waksi Rice – Drey Thompson – Jenson White – Ethan
Vachon – Ryder Sunday – Coach Jean Greggain – Stanton Antoine-
Pyke Ryder Starblanket
Middle Row- Landon Dupuis-David – Zack Boltz – Keenan Quenneville
–Kahontiio Lazore –
Front Row - Keegan Delormier – Colton Rheaume
Not in Picture: Coach Al Quenneville & Goalie Coach Jazzy Labelle
Photo Submitted Photo Submitted