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Recapping Goderich's school successes of 2009
VIKINGS
The GDCI Senior Boys Volleyball team won the Tier -2
Division at the Fanshawe College Overkill Tournament this
September. The Vikes also won a consolation championship
in Chatham -Kent, as well as their annual Viking Invitational.
The Senior boys Vikings volleyball team took silver for the
season at both Huron -Perth and WOSSAA.
The boys played St. Mike's and Westminster Secondary
respectively.
After 20 years, 2009 marks the return of wrestling to GDCI.
After just three tournaments, the team has an impressive 11
medals combined.
Tyler Durst was first in pole vault and went on to take fifth
place at OFSAA. Coy Kulich took a second place in javelin
and a fifth in discus.
Laura Walker placed third in the 1,500 metre, and second in
the 3,000 metre. Sister Leslie placed fourth in the 3,000m.
Shawn Dawson and partner Josh Ban took gold in men's
doubles at GDCI's invitational tennis tournament June 4.
The GDCI Vikings field hockey defence held strong for
another grrat season on the pitch. The Vikes finished shy of
OFSAA this year, though they enjoyed an unbeaten regular
season as Huron -Perth champions as well as placed
second at WOSSAA. Field hockey alumni Shannon
Vance and Katie Feagan are now playing varsity for
York and UWO respectively. .
The GDCI Junior Girls Basketball team finished
second in Huron -Perth this year with a narrow 33-37
loss to St. Mike's of Strafford. The senior Vikings fin-
ished fifth in league play.
Earlier, the GDCI Senior Girls battled short-handed
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Summer summary
The Jeremy Austin Memorial Mosquito Tourna-
ment may have been delayed by rain, but it didn't
stop Delaware from mopping up Listowell 17-2 in
the final match. The 10 -team tournament featured a
mostly -local lineup.
The Listowell Legionaire Peewees took first place
at the 2009 Ray Ducharme Memorial Peewee Base-
ball Tournament July 21.
The Goderich Oldtimers' ladies slo-pitch team
swept the Goderich Women's Slo-Pitch final tourna-
ment, taking the title of 'A' champions after routing
TTK. The Babes took the 'B' spot and Boston Pizza
topped the 'C' division.
The Goderich Oldtimers placed a heart -breaking
second in their 29th annual tournament June 6. The
loss was close, 1-0 against Windsor Caboto. Goder-
ich also beat Toronto and Exeter 1-0 on their way to
the silver. For the first time in years, the Oldtimers
soccer team took home the coveted Hanover Cup,
after a heated match with hometeam Hanover.
Goderich dominated the game in a 2-0 win.
The Goderich Tempest U 11 girls soccer team
claimed the West Middlesex Youth Soccer League
championship August 23, defeating Lucan 3-0.
The Gardiner Peewee Seahawks travelled to
Flesherton to win a single -elimination tournament
August 16, playing nearly six hours of non-stop
baseball!
The Goderich Junior Rookie 1 team took first
place for their 2009 season, sweeping their year-end
tournament in Mitchell. The team's record was 12-
2-2.
The Goderich Orioles claimed the `BB' champi-
onship in the annual Brussels Tigers' Fastball Tour- ,
nament, The Orioles borrowed from the Goderich
Gators' bench for the tournament
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to take the St. Anne's Eagles Basketball Tournament in Oc-
tober.
EAGLES
The St. Anne's Eagles girls swim team took fust place over-
all at WOSSAA, and the school took second overall.
Correena Otten set a new record in the senior girls 100 me-
tre backstroke at 1:14.81 - nearly four seconds faster. In April,
the St. Anne's Eagles swim team came in eighth place out of
267 schools in Ontario.
St. Anne's sent three teams to OFSAA cross-country
finals this fall, after excpetional performances at the
Huron -Perth and Western Ontario (WOSSAA) winais.
The school sent 18 runners to OFSAA where the se-
nior and junior girls placed 7th in Ontario. The senior
boys came in 14th.
SPARTANS
The Huron County Chess Championships were host-
ed and swept by St. Mary's School. St. Mary's placed
first in all eight elementary school divisions.
The St. Mary's Spartans were the overall champions
at the Huron -Perth Catholic cross-country meet. A total
of 437 runners from across the HPCDSB took part in
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ementary school track meet May 20. Colborne and Brookside
took second and third.
Goderich Public School took the overall title at the annual
Wawanosh cross-country meet October 8.
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