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        Taking the Shot with Dante Latour



        By Victoria Klassen                   to moving players up the ranks,”
                                              said Dante, who plays centre back.
           13 yr. old Dante Latour has
        followed his passion for soccer         Dante said his past coaches -
                                              including Marc Primeau,  Aaron
        all the way to Ottawa to play with
        Ottawa South United (OSU).            Primeau,  and  Dan  Fontaine  -
                                              helped  build  up  his  confidence
        Dante  began  playing  soccer  as  a
        summer sport when he was just 3       and helped him get to where he is
        years old.                            today.
           “It  was  great exercise and         With OSU, Dante has been
        excellent off-season training for     practicing twice a week on the
        hockey. As I grew more into the       field  and  training  at  home  due  to
        sport, I wanted to be more and        restrictions with COVID-19. When
        more competitive and excel at it,”    sports were put on hold this spring,
        shared Dante.                         Dante’s OSU practices were held
                                              three times a week via Zoom.
           He  played  house  league  with
        Seaway Valley Soccer Club, with         It is Dante’s goal to play soccer
        the Coyotes tournament team, and      at the Provincial level and to earn
        a season with the Seaway  Valley      a scholarship to play at the college
        Blazers. Dante now plays with         or university level.
        OSU.                                    “I am also very blessed to
           “It was recommended to me that  have my current coaches, Elie
        if I wanted to excel in soccer at a  Ouesraogo and Jody Royer who
        higher level, OSU would be a great  help me work on systematic play,
        place to go. It has a tiered system  ball skills, and other things that
        that gives players the chance to  I need to improve on,” shared
        move up as their abilities and  Dante.  “All of my coaches have
        skills improve. They have a very  made me a better person and player
        systematic approach when it comes  on and off the soccer pitch.”            Dante Latour,(13) plays with the Ottawa South United Soccer Club
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                         2020 Registration





 Thank you Lynn!
 Looks good to me… if you could just
 make the following minor changes:                                   Online                 Open to Minor Hockey Players
 September 8 – December 20, 2020                                 registration               of District 2:
 (removing the “th”)                                                 ONLY
                 Register August 1 – 31st,                                                  Akwesasne Minor Hockey
 just (add “st,”)
                 Balance due November 15,                                                   Alexandria Minor Hockey
 2020 (removing “th” adding the year)                                                       Char-Lan Minor Hockey
                 A separate program….
 January – April 2021 (removing the                                                         Cornwall Minor Hockey
 “2021” after January)                                                                      NGS Minor Hockey
 Much appreciated!
 Ginny                                                                                      South Stormont Minor Hockey
             www.seawayvalleyrapids.com



           Our Stage 3 - Return to Hockey Program will
                run September 8 - December 20, 2020.

                                                                $

          Register August 1-31st just   25 down

                   Balance due November 15, 2020

          A separate program will be developed from January - April 2021

                   Updates will be posted on www.seawayvalleyrapids.com
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