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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-12-14, Page 19Wednesday, December 14, 2016 • Huron Expositor 19 sports St. Anne's gids' hockey excelling on the ice Team recently wins large tournament in London; hopes to beat out main competitor, St. Michael, and advance to WOSAA later in season Justine Alkema Clinton News Record Six years ago, the St. Anne's girls' hockey team was the worst in the league and now they are amoung the top teams. Six years ago, St. Anne's teacher Steve Geiger started coaching the team; Geiger had coached the boys' hockey team for eight years before that. Since Geiger started coaching the girls, they have accumulated many talented, committed players and the team has improved exponentially. Most recently, the team won a large tournament in London with teams from all across the province. It was St. Anne's first time at that tournament. "We've never gone because it's two days and it's expensive," sad Geiger, "But I thought, you know what, this year we're going to go:' There were two divisions at the tournament in London. St. Michael Catholic Secondary School from Stratford won the other division; St. Michael is St. Anne's biggest competitor. The Stratford school has won gold at OFSAA for the past two years. To qualify for OFSAA, you must first win WOSAA. To qualify for WOSAA in this area, you must win the Huron -Perth championships. For the past two years, St. Anne's has won Huron -Perth silver behind St. Michael. However Geiger said the two teams are close in com- petition. The two teams recently played in a tourna- ment on November 21, and St. Anne's was up 2-0 at one point, but ended up losing 3-2 in a shootout. He said that spectators agreed St. Anne's had out played St. Michael. The two teams haven't played a league game yet this year, however their first one will be on January 9 in Strat- ford. They will also play St. Michael on Wednesday, Febru- ary 15 at 1:45 p.m. in Clinton. Geiger is trying to arrange for all of St. Anne's to attend this game, though nothing has been finalized. Though they have been una- ble to advance to WOSAA or OFSAA due to being in the same division as St. Michael, Geiger believes they are one of the best teams in the province. This year, if they are able to beat St. Michael at the Huron - Perth championships and advance, they may have the opportunity to prove that. Geiger said they have many strong players. "This is the deepest team Shuffleboard scores Nov 30 scores Men's high: Harvey Nor- ton, Hugo Menheere 4 wins, Erich Matzold, Arnie Ram- sey, Cor VandenHoven, Red Vantyghem, Ken Preszcator 3 wins. Women's high: Charlotte Norton, Joyce Matzold, Grace Dawe, Marian Pull- man 2 wins. Dec. 7 scores Men's high: Arnie Ram- sey, Cor Vanden Hoven 3 wins, Hugo Menheere, Erich Matzold Norm Dawe, Red Vantyghem, Ken Presz- cator and Ralph Gaudet 2 wins. Women's high: Joyce Mat- zold, Grace Dawe and Mar- ian Pullman 2 wins. seaforthhuronexpositor.com tf 4 ClIRIS'TM>4S' CONCERT Jefferson House Clinton News Record The St. Anne's girls' hockey team at their last league game in Clinton where they played Listowel District Secondary School on November 30. we've ever had - the whole team is strong;' he said. However a few players stand out. Grade 12 student Sierra Burt, the team cap- tain, will be attending Lin- denwood University in Mis- souri on a hockey scholarship next year. Grade 11 student Brooke Schoeder has already committed to attending Ivy League school Dartmouth in New Hamp- shire to play hockey for them. Geiger noted that they also have one of the "best goalies around", grade 12 student Kaitlyn Chagnon. He and the girls anticipate a very competitive season as they attempt to beat out St. Michael. featuring HuronSong Chorus all Benefits to the Huron Women's Shelter i<. 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