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Cornwall Mazda

Athletics + Academics = A Winning Combination

Genevieve Grigg - Grade 12 Kamryn Fraser - Grade 7 Sara-Michèle Tremblay - Grade 12

Noah Morin - Grade 11
École secondaire publique L’Héritage Char-Lan District High School École secondaire catholique La Citadelle

Participating Sports: Participating Sports: Participating Sports:
Volleyball and Soccer Glengarry Highlanders Football
Favourite Sport: Soccer PeeWee B competitive Soccer
Favourite Subject: Biology hockey team Basketball
I look up to this sports GSL Soccer Volleyball
personality:
412 Glengarry Hearts Tennis
Lionel Messi
Soccer Badminton
Sport achievements:
Favourite Sport: Soccer Hockey
Member of 2019 seniors’ A Favourite Sport: Soccer Favourite Sport:
division EOSSAA finalists
Favourite Subject: Math Football
Member of 2018 junior Favourite Subject:
EOSSAA A division winners I look up to this sports
personality: Hayley Wickenheiser Maths
Academic achievements: I look up to this sports personality:
94 % average Sport achievements: Odem Beckham Jr.
Highest overall grade biology “Best midfielder in the league” award last year Sport achievements:
Highest overall grade chemistry for soccer EOSSAA championship winner for soccer
Continuously on the honour roll/academic merit MVP for hockey last year EOSSAA participants for Basketball
Academic excellence award grade 6 Academic achievements: Academic achievements:
Member of the student government Character Always awards in elementary school Honour roll at ESC La Citadelle
Member of the parent council Remembrance Day poster winner, Grades 4 and
Completing the International Baccaleaureat 5
Student representative for transition team at
WPS

A Cornwall Colt from Day One: Georges Bougie

By Victoria Klassen are correct before checking to make
sure the scheduled refs have arrived.
ince the Cornwall Colt’s inception In the penalty box, he checks the
Sin 1992, Georges Bougie has been microphone and gets ready for the
involved as the announcer. He is also game. After the game, he ensures all
the director of off-ice officials and the proper statistics are on the score
formerly the director of education. sheet and he makes copies for the
His passion for the game has kept referees and coaches.
him involved for all of these years.
Although it sounds like a busy
“Hockey is in the blood. I’ve night, Bougie said that this is a de-
played a lot of hockey, I worked for stressor for him. The team he has
35 years at a hockey school that I ran been working with has been together
in the final years of it, and I’m still for the past seven years.
playing hockey,” said Bougie. “I love “Everything goes so well because Photo Ice Level
working with those young men who “These kids are working hard and
are playing for the Colts. You have of the quality of the crew that works upmost respect and confidence in the carving out a future for themselves.
together. The penalty box crew, the way we run things.”
to enjoy doing what you’re doing, Most of them want to pursue university
otherwise it’s no fun.” office crew—we work as a team. We Over the years Bougie has
like each other. We have a good time. worked at two Fred Page Cups and studies in the States. They’re working
Bougie is still having fun 27 years Things roll because everybody is quite hard to achieve their goals and
the Royal Bank Cup. In 2020 he is
later. A typical game day for Bougie watching everybody’s back,” shared the least we can do is back them and
looking forward to working at the
starts with arriving at the arena and Bougie. “Our crew is probably looked show up at the rink,” said Bougie.
World Junior Championship. In
making sure the script is in order for upon as the best in the central league, “It’s good, solid entertainment. It’s
the meantime, he hopes that more
the game. He then visits with both simply because we’ve been together not goon hockey.These kids actually
fans will come out to cheer on the
coaches to make sure the lineups for so long, and the referees have the know how to play hockey.”
Cornwall Colts.