HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-11-10, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011. PAGE 9. Madill Sr. Girls take OFSAA cross country goldThe F.E. Madill Secondary SchoolSenior Girls cross country team wasall smiles as they returned from theOntario Federation of School
Athletics Association (OFSAA)
Cross Country Championships with
gold medals hanging from their
necks.
The girls team joined thousands of
runners competing in Ottawa last
weekend at the event, which is the
highest level of high school
competition in Ontario where the
best runners in the province meet to
compete.
This year, Madill’s Senior Girls
team won the honour of representing
their school for the second
consecutive year, at this provincial
competition where they won gold as
a team.
The meet was held at the Green’s
Creek Conservation Area in Ottawa.
It was perfect cross country weather
with clear sunny skies and
temperatures hovering around 6ºC.
It is rare in the life of a school of
Madill’s location and size that a
group of girls with the level of
running talent coupled with
dedication come together at one
time. It wasn’t just one season of
work but several years of practices,
competitions and racing experience
that culminated in the success the
girls experienced at this year’s
OFSAA.
There were plenty of nerves and
raw excitement on the starting line
as the girls found their place among
the multitude of senior girl runners.
When the gun went off, the Madill
girls ran hard off the line fighting for
a place near the front of the pack.
The pace was furious and emotions
ran high. Elbows were flying, legs
were kicking, girls were jostling for
position. Over the next 20 minutes,
they ran a grueling five-kilometre
race over rolling hills, along wooded
trails, up a steep toboggan hill, along
muddy flat lands and then made thefinal kick over grassy fields to thefinish line. It was a total team effort, each
runner doing their part for the team.
Julie-Anne Staehli and Madeline
Yungblut ran together at the front of
the pack (15th and 16th) and were
Madill’s first runners across the line.
Then Brianna Bird, of Blyth, was the
third Madill runner followed soon
after by Erin Yungblut and Rachael
Nivins.
At race’s end, there was
exhaustion and triumph and no
regrets. Each girl had run the hardest
race she could. When the team
results were announced, a great
cheer arose from the Madill
contingency as they were
announced the winners of the
OFSAA gold.
This is the only time in the history
of the school that Madill has won
OFSAA cross country team medals
and to win gold is an exceptional
accomplishment because they
competed against every school in the
province from A to AAAA.
Madill’s OFSAA medalists are
Julie-Anne Staehli, Madeline
Yungblut, Brianna Bird, Erin
Yungblut, Rachael Nivins, Michele
Studhalter, and Kaitlin Bloemberg.
This was an exceptional group of
athletes. In this year alone, these
girls have accumulated 18 OFSAA
medals in the three sports in which
they compete (nordic skiing, track
and field, and cross country
running).
This is an incredible
accomplishment not just as
individuals but for the school they
represent. History was made with
this year’s win. It marks the first
time in the history of Madill’s
running program that a team has
medaled at OFSAA. The gold
medals made the accomplishment
even better.
Ontario Champs
The F.E. Madill Secondary School Senior Girls Cross Country team took first place at the
Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association Cross Country Championships in Ottawa
on Nov. 5. The members of the team are, from left: Michele Studhalter, Madeline Yungblut,
Julie-Anne Staehli, Erin Yungblut, Brianna Bird, Rachael Nivins and Kaitlin Bloemberg. (Photo
submitted)
Lightning make tourney finals
The Saugeen Maitland Bantam
AA Lightning girls travelled to
Rochester, New York to participate
in the Bauer International Invite
tournament last weekend. The
Lightning did more than proudly
represent their region and each of
their hometowns, they finished
second out of 24 of the best Bantam
AA teams in Ontario and all of the
United States.
The Bolts started the tournament
Friday morning with a 5-2 win over
the Gloucester Cumberland Stars.
Friday afternoon the girls outplayed
the Chicago Mission, outshooting
them 29-5, but ended up on the short
end of a 1-0 score.
On Saturday the Lightning faced
last year’s U.S. National Champion,
the East Coast Wizards, in a must-
win situation and downed them 3-1.
This put the Bolts into the quarter-
finals against the previously
unbeaten Bluewater Hawks. The
Lightning prevailed again downing
the Hawks 3-1.
The semi-finals brought a rematch
against the Chicago Mission and this
time the Lightning were not to be
denied, sending the Mission home
on the wrong end of a 2-0 score.
In the finals the Lightning met
their rivals the Oakville Hornets.
The pesky Hornets edged the
Lightning 2-1 in a game that showed
both teams were tiring after six
games in three days.
Scoring the Lightning on the
weekend were Avery Reeves (three),
Nikki Zabel (two), Tori Terpstra
(two), Miranda Lantz (two), Ashlee
Lawrence, Kaitlin Eckert, Lexi
Smith, Cassidy Mason and Ciara
Lark. Assists were awarded to Lantz
(three), Lark (two), Lawrence (two),
Neve VanPelt (two), Jessica Dales
(two), Lexi Smith, Hannah Herman
and Eckert.
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one of six games scheduled for the
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Bantam girls remain undefeated with tie
The Blyth Brussels Bantam Girls
remain undefeated after beating the
Upper Maitland Mustangs and the
TCDMHA Rebels and tying the
Mildmay Monarchs.
The Rebels held the Bantam girls
to a tight game on Nov. 6, but a goal
scored by captain Lauren Bedard
and assisted by Teresa Atkinson and
Leanne Plunkett was all the girls
needed to take the 1-0 win.
Goaltender Lindsay Shiell picked
up her second shutout of the year in
this match, the first being over the
Mustangs.
The Mildmay Monarchs came
back with a vengeance after the
Blyth Brussels Bantam Girls had
trounced them during their Blyth
home opener 8-2.
It took goals by Emily Mitchell,
Taylor Higgins and Ashley
Stevenson, with assists by
Mackenzie Nesbitt (2), Teresa
Aitkinson and Mitchell just to keep
the game tied 3-3 at the final buzzer
of the Nov. 5 game.
The Upper Maitland Mustangs
proved no match for the Bantams
during their Nov. 2 game, as the girls
were able to trump the visiting team
2-0.
Goals were scored by Nesbitt and
Mitchell with assists going to
Kathryn Chalmers, Mitchell, Nesbitt
and Plunkett.
The Bantam girls hosted the
Mitchell Meteors on Wednesday,
Nov. 9 at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre, but a final
score was unavailable at press time.
The squad next plays on Nov. 15
when they again take on the
Mustangs at the Wallace Township
Community Centre. The puck drops
at 6 p.m.
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municipality, between the hours of 2:00 am and 7:00 am.
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having their vehicle towed away. The owner of any such parked vehicle
will be liable for any damage to the said vehicle or to snowplow
equipment.
and
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snow or ice on a roadway without permission in writing so to do from
the Ministry or the road authority responsible for the maintenance of
the road.”
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