MATT SPINA
St Charles College

Grade: 11 - Sports: Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball

Matthew Spina is a grade 11 student at St. Charles College. He has made several contributions to the athletic program; he has been a member of the soccer, volleyball, and hockey teams.

Matt’s strengths on the ice have contributed to the success of the SCC hockey team this season. In the semi-final playoff round, against the Manitoulin Mustangs, he recorded an impressive eleven points in two games. In game one of the series he scored one goal and added four assists. In game two he scored a hat-trick and recorded three more assists. In the championship series Matt has recorded five points in two games against the Lo-Ellen Knights.

Matt is a very talented athlete and has also proven to be strong in academics as he is an Honour Roll student at St. Charles College. He is also involved in the Arts Program and Drama productions.

LAURA SCHAUPPEL
Marymount Academy

Age: 16 - Grade: 11 - Sports: Alpine Skiing, Volleyball, Rowing & Tennis

Laura has been a wonderful addition to the Marymount community and to our athletic program. Her enthusiasm and positive attitude exemplify all of the personality traits that we promote at Marymount.
Hailing from Germany, and currently on a year-long student exchange, Laura appeared at the top of the standings in the SDSSAA and NOSSA alpine skiing events and qualified for OFSAA at Blue Mountain. Unfortunately, she could not attend due to injury.

Recently, Laura was a huge part of the NOSSA winning Girls’ volleyball team and will be traveling with the team to Kenora to participate in OFSAA.

Laura enjoys competing and also loves to play the saxophone with the concert band. She has a huge support system at home in Germany and here in Canada with her host family. Laura’s biggest inspirations are her family.

Laura greatly appreciates the time and effort that her teammates and coaches have put in and explains that “Different coaches teach me new styles and it will help me in Germany to improve my skills and to teach and coach other people through my own experiences.”

Mar 6 - The local high school hockey season drew to a close Saturday night with the division I and II sites decided at different venues. First, the St Charles Cardinals dispatched of the Lo-Ellen Park Knights in game four of the division I best of five final series by a final score of 5-2 at the Carmichael Arena last night. The Knights forced a fourth game thanks to a 5-4 overtime win Tuesday night. The crown marks the Cardinals' first since 2005. Both teams now qualify for the NOSSA A/AA championship hosted at the Countryside arena beginning Tuesday.

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Meanwhile, the Lockerby Composite Vikings swept the Espanola Spartans in game three of the best of five division II series hosted in Espanola Saturday night, leaving no doubt in the deciding game with the final score of 8-2. Vikings took game one 8-2 Wednesday and game two 5-0 Thursday. For the Vikings, the playoff title represented their first since winning the division I playoff title back in 1965.

Thursday afternoon, the College Notre-Dame Alouettes and Horizon Aigles were crowned new girls hockey champions in the division I and II leagues respectively. The Alouettes defeated the Lively Hawks in the third and deciding game of their series 2-0, while the Aigles swept regular season champ Lo-Ellen Park two games straight, winning on Thursday 6-3.

Mar 5 - The gold rush for local wrestlers in OFSAA Wrestling competitions continues in 2010 thanks to Spencer Burton of Chelmsford and Mercedes Byrnes of Esc Champlain. Burton grabbed gold in the 72 kg weight class in the boys division while Byrnes finished atop all female wrestlers in the 72 kg weight category. Pete Barbeau of Lo-Ellen Park managed a fourth place finish in the 47 kg weight class as well.

Sudbury hosts OFSAA wrestling next year where organizers hope the medal haul will continue ...

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Mar 3 - The OFSAA Swimming Championships were hosted Tuesday and Wednesday at the Etobicoke Olympium, with SDSSAA athletes managing some near-podium performances at this massive two day event.

Lockerby Composite School was the highest overall aggregate local finisher with 176 points, good for 65th place amongst the 270-school field.

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Mar 3 - The Confederation Charger junior and Marymount Regals senior girls volleyball teams accomplished what no other high school team in these age groups were able to accomplish in NOSSA basketball and volleyball competition this winter: win top honours. Shut out in all but one classification in girls volleyball, the Chargers and Regals grabbed their gold medals in final style, without dropping a single game throughout the championship hosted at Esc Franco-Cité in Sturgeon Falls.

By virtue of the senior crown, the Regals earn a berth to the OFSAA "A" Championship hosted in Kenora beginning Tuesday, March 9th.

Further information to follow ...

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Mar 1 - Hot on the heels of a record breaking gold medal haul for Team Canada at the Winter Olympics, Lo-Ellen Park nordic racer Alannah MacLean was taking home some gold of her own from the OFSAA Nordic Ski championships that were hosted in Midland this past Thursday and Friday.

Competing in the 5km senior race, Alannah finished with a final time of 19:35.4, almost eight seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

A total of 146 skiers participated in the race. The impressive results did not stop there for SDSSAA racers. Here's a few other highlights:
Junior boys 5km - Victor Hopper (Lively DSS) - 2nd place silver medal
Junior girls 4km - Isabelle MacLean (Lo-Ellen Park DSS) - 5th place
Senior boys 8km - Andrew Kendall (St Benedict CSS) - 9th place

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