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VCI CURLERS SWEEP UP EOSSAA SILVER
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Still in play, VCI went on to the semi-final round of the competition and beat Kingston Secon- dary 8-6. That qualified the four VCI curlers for their finals rematch against L’Héritage. “I see a bright future for these four, with a little more experience,” said Tremblay, adding that the four have all curled together for the past three years. “They all came up through the Vankleek Hill Curling Club.” The VCI girls rink of skip Sydney Mode, Heidi Zihlmann, Cooper Smith, and Alexa MacLaren did not do as well during EOSSAA. They lost both of their round-robin matches against Kingston’s Frontenac 7-2 and St. Joseph of Cornwall 8-1 after seven ends. The Cornwall school went on to win the girls division at EOSSAA. Coach Tremblay noted that the members of VCI’s girls rink had not played together for several years and decided this season to put together a rink “for fun” to represent the school in girls curling at the regional level. They won the Prescott-Russell title last month, which earned them their berth at EOSSAA. “They all have experience in curling and I expect they will return next year,” said Trem- blay. “I am really proud of how they (mixed and girls) represented the school.”
Four junior curlers from Vankleek Hill swept their way to silver medal sta- tus among Eastern Ontario student athletes. The Vankleek Collegiate Institute (VCI) mixed rink rocked its way into the finals match of the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletics Association (EOSSAA) curling cham- pionships in Kingston last week. The VCI mixed rink of skip Rafael MacKinnon, lead Addison Eva, second Tristan Das Eiras, and third Madison Parisien went the full seven ends against Cornwall’s École L’Héritage rink in the finals with Cornwall taking the gold with a 9-3 score. “They (Cornwall) had a little bit more expe- rience on their side, which is always a factor,” said VCI Coach Dan Tremblay. VCI played against Ernestown first in their roundrobin event the first day of the EOSSAA championships March 6. The four Vankleek Hill curlers edged out their opposition 6-5, then went on for their first encounter of the bonspiel agains L’Héritage. The Cornwall school won that round 10-6.
The VCI mixed curling rink of skip Rafael MacKinnon (left), Madison Parisien, Addison Eva, Tristan Das Eiras won the silver at EOSSAA curling championships in Kingston. —supplied photo
HOCKEY SEASON OVER FOR THE VANKLEEK HILL COUGARS
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from Champagne and Jacob Éthier. In the last four minutes of the period Alexandre Saul scored an unassisted goal for the Cougars to tie up the score again. Thomas Kelly’s unassisted goal broke the tie in Vankleek Hill’s favour at the midpoint of third period. Then the Volant fired in a series of points during the rest of the period starting with Champagne to tie up the score again, Villeneuve to break it, and then two unassisted empty net goals by Marcotte to finish the game. The Cougars coach noted that he and the players are disappointed they did not get to move on to the second round of the playoffs. Next season, Coach Dopelhamer noted, should be different as he expects to see most, if not all, of this season’s roster of players return for another try at the NCJHL title. Dopelhamer noted that only four of this season’s Cougars won’t be coming back because they have reached the league’s 21-year-old age limit. He observed that would leave Vankleek Hill with a good core group of veterans and seasoned rookies for next year compared to some other NCJHL clubs that will see a large number of their older players leaving. Dopelhamer expressed thanks for local fan support of the Cougars during their playoffs series. He noted that at least 300 local fans showed up for all of the team’s road games against the Volant and the last home game had a crowd of between 500 to 600. Si vous avez besoin d’aide ou d’information, contactez-nous. Appelez-nous au 1 888 939-3333 Cancer? Nous sommes là.
The Vankleek Hill Cougars are finished with hockey for the season now losing their final game in the opening round of the NCJHL playoffs series to the Gatineau-Hull Volant. “It was close,” said Head Coach Franky Dopelhammer, “but we weren’t playing to our potential.” The two teams were tied 3-3 coming out of second period in their fifth match against each other March 8 in Gatineau. They each got a goal around the mid-mark of third period. Then the Volant got a pair of empty-net goals to win the match and the right to move on to the next round in the National Capital Junior Hockey League (NCJHL) playoffs. Cougars assistant captain Eric Skyba put Vankleek Hill on the scoreboard first midway through first period, with help from team captain Mikael Bissonnette and Brendan Easterbrook. Bissonnette added another point to the Cougars’ score five minutes later, with an assist from assistant captain John Mahoney. Guillaume Durocher, with help from Samuel Duval, got the Volant’s first goal of the game with four minutes left in first period. During the final two minutes Samuel Lamarche, assisted by Étienne Champagnes and Jérémy Marcotte, tied up the score. Second period saw Mathis Villeneuve break the tie in the Volant’s favour, with help
Les Cougars de Vankleek Hill sont maintenant hors course pour les séries éliminatoires de la LHJN après avoir perdu le cinquième match de la ronde d›ouverture contre le Volant de Gatineau-Hull 7-4. —photo Yeon Photograph
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