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Mof fat wresfes hîis way to cad-et-bronze Colin Moffat's national wrestflng debut was good Leadlng a four-entry local contingent he challenged enough to bronze. Waterloos Ty Bridgewater - who he hadn't yet faced The Craig Kielburger grappler - who earned GHAC - for the second spot and Iost by a controversial 1 -0 gold this past high school season - took third-place verdict. Under the new rules, one-point shutouts aren't honours in the 69-kilogram FILA cadet ranks at the Uni- supposed to happen. versity of Guelph. Twin brothers Cole and Jake Michaelis - in the 63 and Sports lin wod-mclass sync iSmith helps NEXXCE daim world championship silver By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Amidst emotional embraces anid congratula- tory exchanges, one prevailing thought raced through the mind of Victoria Smith. Namely, that an extremely difficuit choice made around this time last year was indeed the right one. "The journey getting to worlds and the entire experience has validated the decision for me," said the just tarned 21 -year-old Miltonian, stili ba sking in the joy of her Burlington-based NEXXICE senior squad's sîlver-medal finish the day before at the world synchronized skating championships in Courmayeur, Italy. "The sul- ver medal is more than 1 could've ever hoped1 for. I'm absolutely thrilled' Rewid 1 moths nd mit wasat crss- Victoria Smith proudly displays her world sy roads. chronized skating championship silver med Her Montreal club had stopped offering a se- Fnior team and - after agonizingly-long year not skating was simply too great. on the sidelines - she was presented with "I have this passion and had to find a way t the opportunity to join nationally-top ranked incorporate it back into my life!7 *NEXXICE. That, however, meant Ieaving McGill If Smith stili needed reassurance about h University, which Smith had worked awfully decision to switch schools (to University *hard to get into. Guelph) and move back home, she got a But, as she'd eventually realize, the voici left by ample dose of it in Itay. Q CL CD 0 0 o :0 n in natonaI debt! 69-kg. cadet divisions respectively - èach made it to the semnifinals before losing to the. eventual champs.,' Cole took fifth whule Jake finished sixth. -> Roundlng out the local grapplers with a sixth-place showing in the 50-kg. Greco Roman class was Suneel - Rambharose. hisidehabtn.com