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        Panthers Girls Hockey at EOSSAA



        By Casey Leger                        get anything going offensively.” That
                                              loss put the Panthers out of the medal
             espite  finishing  a  very  close   hunt, but they downed Carleton Place
        Dsecond  to  the  Holy  Trinity
                                              4-2 in a consolation tilt.
        Falcons  in  regular  season  play  and   Despite the showing at EOSSAA,
        losing  to  the  Falcons  in  the  first
                                              Coach Dickson feels that girls hockey
        ever  Sisters’  Cup,  the  St.  Joseph’s   at St. Joe’s has a very strong future,
        Panthers earned the right to represent   despite losing some key players like
        SDG at the EOSSAA Girls Hockey
                                              captain  Ally  Hebert  and  goaltender
        tournament on March 4 in Pembroke.     Kyra Butlin. The girls, who are grade
          To get there, the Panthers won the
                                              twelve  students  graduate  in  June.
        SDG  playoffs,  defeating  the  North   “Both Ally and Kyra have been a big
        Dundas Devils 3-0 in the semis and    part of our success on the ice.  They
        then beating arch-rival Holy Trinity
                                              will be missed,” says Coach Dickson.
        2-1  in  the  final  match  to  clinch  the
        SDG title.                              On  the  bright  side,  the  Panthers
          EOSSAA       was    however     a   have  a  deep  pool  of  hockey  talent
        heartbreaker. The Panthers lost their   from  which  to  draw.  “We  have  a
        first  game  1-0  to  a  strong  Bishop   strong bunch of athletes coming out
        Smith squad.  “It was a difficult game   of grade eight,” says Coach Dickson.
        for  us,”  says  Panthers  head  coach   “We’re a young team, too.  Half of
        Keith  Dickson.    “We  just  couldn’t   our players are in grade nine.”                                                             Photo Submitted


        Eastern Ontario Division 2 and 3 Women’s Tournament



         By Loreen Toutant                    Brockville,  Ottawa,  Gatineau,
                                              Montreal  and  area  as  well  as
             he      Eastern       Ontario  Cornwall.  The caliber of play
        TDivision 2 and 3 Women’s  was stellar! Audrey Ozon went
        Tournament, affiliated with the  undefeated            winning     $220;
        NAPT  was  held  in  Cornwall  Joelle Pilon was 2nd  receiving
        at  Rack-EM-Up  Billiards  on  $110;  Kelly  Tenholder,  3rd
        Saturday  March  16,  2019.  was  awarded  $50,  and Amber

        Tournament  Director,  Loreen  Fenlong  came  4th  ,  receiving
        Toutant  organized  a  9-Ball  $25.    Champion  of  the  2nd
        tournament for 16 women with  Chance  Tournament  was  Fern
        a prize purse of $445.00.             McIntyre.

          Outstanding  sportsmanship,            The  next  tournament  in  this
        no  handicaps,  double  knock-        series will be held on  April 13,
        out,  and  simple  ruling  kept  2019  at  Tailgators  in  Ottawa,
        the  matches  flowing.    A  few  hosted  by  Kelly  Tenholder
        learning curve “hiccups” in the  and Curtis Houlden.  Register
        early  in  the  tournament  were  early if you plan to attend this
        resolved  as  the  day  unfolded.  upcoming event.

        Hall  co-owner/player Amanda             “A  huge  “THANK  YOU”
        Collins,  and  Doug  Disotell         to    everyone      who     helped
        welcomed players and donated          in  small  and  big  ways  to
        the  “Green  Fees”  for  the          “GITRRRDONE!”                   I’m
        tournament.                           grateful  for  all  your  help  and

          Participants      hailed    from  participation!”                         Joelle Pilon, Audrey Ozone, Kelly Tenholder              Photo Submitted
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