Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 30 Mar 2011, p. 21

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

,, fl WWW-w.mso.mn ~21 l ' A Cinderella season 0 I C O ‘ Highlanders make it to the consolatwn finals of OFSAA QuadA girls hockey finals ; ‘ Br 30an: 3 . Chronicle Staff . I. 0 one was quite sure exactly } Nwhat an antique bronze , _ 1 was after the Sir John A. . 1 Macdonald Highlanders finished ' 1 fourth at the OFSAA girls hockey " championships in Stratford last ‘ Friday. But that didn't stop the girls on 3 { i this remarkable team from cele~ brating like it was like their Stanley Cup championship. even lining up .. for the traditional team shot to cel- :- . ' . ‘ ebrate the new medals hanging ;, " . “1 around their necks. . ~~ ‘ That's because three years ago ' _ . g _ . there were members of this High- {3 J A ‘ a. ; ‘ _ , landers squad who didn’t win a *' :7 ' single game in the inaugural sea- ‘ x .' we! son for girls hockey at the Waterloo ‘ {7’ ‘ “‘1' , . ‘ « - school. ‘ . «v .. g ‘7 y a“: J TWO short years later they found ' , t i » * ii: ‘ themselves in the championship " ;_ w: 4 round of the all-Ontario Quad A , v; w ' ' . ‘ ' ' i .33 1 girls high school hockey finals 3? . ._.,“ «:5le > l . ,1 y .. a? ‘ undefeated with impressive wins fig; tigegi’i, . L g g: {I ’E lfi-h " 1.: over No. 2-ranked Mother Theresa a}? 331* w ' 1 ,- ‘ ”*1 a. .. ’ ‘15:. 2"". a and No.5-ranked Bill Crothers. 7; fa. w . . y. a . as: . . The win over Mother Theresa '3 ’5'" 7 . . - .5: . H} f ' ‘ I ' V . a l 5 ~. was particularly impressive with a . . ' ”‘3'“ ‘ _ ,5. " ' ’ ‘ . . _ . the Highlanders trailing 1-0 in the '< ‘ I » 7 ' l 7» third before a Laura Baker goal . ,7 . ,f ‘ .. H l ‘ sparked at 2-1 comeback win. v ’ ~' ' ' was A 0-0 tie against St. Joe‘s Scol- The Sir John A. MacDonald Highlanders celebrate the antique bronze they earned at the OPSAA Quad A girls hockey dumpionships last Friday in Strat- lard Hall left them unbeaten in ford. The Highlanders went into the tournament ranked as the No. 12 seed in a tS-team toumarnent but surprised Memo-ranked teams in the province pool play. Not bad for a team to make ittothe bronze medal game. lawman ranked No. 12 in a 16-tearntouma- ment. of Barrie. the ability that our turn ha,” said their finalseason. amazing," Unfortunately, that set up a The HighlandersweredownZ-O Baxter, who isone ofthreegradu- “We got whereweare because 'lbeybothgavealotofcreditto semifinal match up between the late in the third when Highlanders ating seniors on the squad includ- of our hard work.” said Hanrner. their coaching staff, especially Highlanders and the No. l-ranked blueliner Haley Baxter got her ing goalie Paige Hanrner and the 'The Grade 95 through to the Dave Officer, the school guidance Paul Dwyer in the semifinal round. rm on the board w'nh about five team's leading scorer Amanda Grade 12s all did theirpart counsellor and veteran Junior B The Highlanders' Cinderella run minutes left to play. Woodcrol’t. “We‘re really proud of ‘We did this as a team and and university coach enlisted to ended with a 4-0 loss to the school “it was really exciting." she said. all of our y'ris.” that's how we got through No. 2 turn theirfommes maid. that eventually went on to win the "The puck just landed in the right Baneris the daughter ofWilfrid and No. 5 and got all the way 'l'm just so proud, this is a allâ€"Ontario title. spot." Lauder University athletic director throng: to fourth place.’ happy moment." he said. But it was more than a moral The Highlanders put on the Peter Baxter. and said her dad is While theywerepart ofthefirst (insider-Eng some ofthe teams victory that they still had a chance pressure for the remainder of the trying to convince her to come try g'fls hockey team at the school the and championships he’s won with to bring home a medal from the contest but couldn't come up with out for the Hawks program next two l7-year-olds said they never inthepasthesaidthis rankedrldit 1 bronze medal game. And the High- an equalizing goal. But there was year. But she and Hanmer are imagined the opportunities they up there as one ofhis best experi- . landers resiliency that saw them no hint of disappointment as the undecided about where they'll wouldgetthisyearwith SIAM. enoes. i claim earlier titles at WCSSAA and Highlanders celebrated what was a play at the nextlevel. . “The whole mentality has “It never ceases to amaze me } CWOSSA was on display again in sensational season. They were just happy to help changed on this man): said Rana. the ability of young people to work their consolation finals game "We were the underdogs com- build a legacy with the High- 'Fromwherewe've come, theiour- together for a common cause," he 1 against No. 4-ranked St. Joseph out ing in and we proved to everybody landers that will continue on alter ney has really been surreal and said. "I'm so proud oftheae girls.” . O y . Introducing the almost all-new 2005 to 2010 VW. ‘ _. \. Willi l 12-point inspection, additional 2-year or 40,000 km limilad wommty, (lid 2 years of roadside assistance. ‘ ' ‘ ' 9-...»â€" . ' _ - : ‘ p we ‘ \ ‘ o Valvmmummbfidb Volkmgenpufe a ‘ ‘ fls‘h f“, 1 /o WMWMMHNW WWW ‘ t - w J, k i - v A . . : â€"«- Volkswagen Waterloo in :2: F.%M IQ __. ”NJ. I :L- ssoWabarerWaterloo ‘ â€"‘ » imam, ‘* mo M s I true-7470 Wm « F » ._....» www.mtodoom . p. ._. . ”1,523.“ _. . .fi’Eâ€"Lâ€""ZEE-E-?£~1~*Ew:-=E££=_-‘3éPEEE‘i-Zâ€"EEâ€"E~:.~‘€-’£iiâ€"Â¥E.EI

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy