Alberni Valley News Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
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SPORTS Bulldogs make some moves The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have made a small flurry of player moves. The Bulldogs acquired Walker Hyland, a five foot 11 inch, 180-pound defenseman, from the Texas Tornadoes of the NAHL. Hyland played 57 games with the Tornadoes last season, notching 12 goals, 23 assists and 99 penalty minutes, and was in the lineup with the Bulldogs against Powell River last Friday. Bulldogs goalie Adam Todd was recalled by the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL. He’s been replaced by Penticton’s Adam Harris, who played with the Quesnel Millionaires of the BCHL. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were at work in last week’s BCHL affiliate draft. The team drafted Chase Lang, a five foot 11 inch tall, 180pound forward, from
the North Island Silvertips. They also drafted Alec Dillon, a six foot one inch tall, 160-pound goalie, from the South Island Thunderbirds of the B.C. Major Midget League. With additions come subtractions though. The Bulldogs have released Steven Saretsky. ICE CHIPS... The 3-3 Bulldogs play a road doubleheader this weekend. They first face the 4-1 Surrey Eagles at the South Surrey Arena on Friday. And on Saturday, they face the 2-5 Langley Rivermen at the Langley Events Centre. The Bulldogs lost 4-1 to the Powell River Kings last Friday and played the Cowichan Valley Capitals to a 5-5 tie on Saturday.
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A high school PE course emphasizing basketball skills keeps students physically active while upping their game at the same time, instructor Nick Seredick said. PE 11 with a basketball emphasis is running as an elective course for credit at Alberni District Secondary School for the first time. The course is being taught daily at the Alberni Athletic Hall until January. The 23 boys and girls who are enrolled in the course learn ball handling, shooting, passing, defense, as well as conditioning and team work. “It’s like a week-long basketball camp but for a whole semester,” Seredick said.
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‘It’s a way of giving back to the community...’ – Nick Seredick The course has its roots in the growing basketball culture at the high school. “Students had expressed a real interest in a sportsspecific program like basketball to stay physically active,” Seredick said. Seredick assembled the course and it received school board approval earlier this year. The divided was immediate as 23 students — enrolled. The course is only available to students in Grade 11 and 12. While there are Grade 10s there is a caveat. “They have to take
PE 10 first, it’s a mandatory course and we don’t want to interfere with that,” Seredick said. “We have a couple of Grade 10 kids but they’ve scheduled PE 10 for next term.” Part of the course will see students donate their time to go into elementary schools to give an introduction of the game.“It’s a way of giving back to the community and to pique the interest of the next generation of players,” Seredick said. The athletic hall society allowed the gym to be used for the course. Canadian Tire stepped up by contributing two new hoops to the hall that now makes it possible for players to practise on six hoops and to play cross-court.
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Chelsea McIntosh performs a ball-handling drill at the Athletic Hall on Tuesday morning.
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