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“Play Ball” Athlete of the Month

Niamh Raines Annika Lafrance
Age: 11 Grade: 6
Age: 15
School: Rose des vents
Grade: 10
School: Holy Trinity CHS Hometown: Cornwall
December’s Athlete of the Month was
Hometown: Cornwall
nominated by a sister athlete at the Apeiron
January’s Kinsman Minor Girls Softball Mixed Martial Arts Club. Annika has been
featured player is pitcher and third practicing martial arts for six years, and she
basewoman, Niamh Raines. Of the two has been training in jiu-jutsu for three of those.
“I like competing,” says Annika. “I like
positions, pitcher is her favourite. Niamh
rolling (sparring) with the boys. It’s fun when
has been playing softball since the age
I beat them.” She also enjoys the self-defense
of three. “I just like the whole game in aspect of the sport, but she wishes more girls
general,” Niamh says. “I enjoy the sport, would join so she could train with a partner. Annika recently placed third in her

the energy on the field, and my teammates.” division at the Ottawa Open, and she earned another stripe on her belt in late
At school, Niamh hits the volleyball court, October.
and her favourite classes are Math and Science. When she graduates, When she’s not rolling on the jiu-jutsu mats, she enjoys swimming, skiing, and
she intends to pursue post-secondary education and become a coroner. golf. Her favorite class at school is Math, and she’s thinking about following her
mom Tara into nursing when she grows up.
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