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The benefits of getting good at sitting still
One of the primary, but often overlooked, hunting skills is the ability to keep very still for a very long time. And not just at hunt camp when they are looking for volunteers to clean the outhouse, either.
No, this ability proves useful in the field too.
To the uninitiated, this might seem like a very simple task that takes no skill at all. But that’s only because the uninitiated have never gone out into the field and tried to keep very still for a very long time. It’s not as easy as it sounds.
Essentially, there are two ways of keeping very still. In the first, you remain wide awake, alert, and practicing various levels of fidgetiness –anything from checking your social media up to, and including, trying to mime your way out of an invisible box.
Few people ever see deer when utilizing this technique.
In the second way, you simply nod off, which is the pinnacle of keeping very still.
Yet, as you might have guessed, this is also a siren call for every deer in the vicinity. I’m not sure why, but I suspect it is because snoring often sounds like the grunt calls deer make.
All I know for certain is that there isn’t a hunter in my acquaintance who hasn’t, at one time or another, woke from a sound nap to see new deer tracks or other sign just feet from where he or she was “keeping very still.”
I am no different.
I once was laying down very still in a ground blind
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Not-So-Great Outdoorsman
when a huge doe ran right beside the structure and the vibrations of her hooves hitting the ground woke me up. Minutes later, I was field dressing the animal – partly because I had an antlerless tag and wanted to fill the freezer, but mostly because I was upset that she interrupted a perfectly good nap.
(Pro tip: repeat a story like that to the people you live with, and you will significantly improve the quality of your naps.)
The point is keeping still, one way or another, will affect your success in the deer woods. And so it behooves every deer hunter to learn how to do it properly.
I find the best way to practice is to sit in a big armchair and start reading a book, thinking about life, or, even better, watch a TV show or a movie that my partner chose. (Documentaries or educational shows work best.)
Since the entertainment chosen will invariably be devoid of gun fights, martial arts, explosions or car chases, I will almost immediately doze off –and if you are as good at it as I am, once you wake up, you should be able to look out the window and see deer sign nearby. Or maybe even a deer running off.
There is only one downside to this: Your significant other will then quiz you on the movie or show they chose. And, after you
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Lancers capture WCSSAA football title for second year
Bill Atwood
AFTER A DEFENSIVE BATTLE IN the first half, the EDSS Lancers were able to pull away in the second and clinch their second WCSSAA junior football title in a row Saturday with a 28-13 win over the Waterloo Oxford Gators at the University of Waterloo field.
The win capped off a very successful season for the Lancers, who went 8-0 (including playoffs) while outscoring their opposition 222-69. Their closest
games all year were their 17-15 semi-final win over Waterloo Collegiate Institute and their 17-8 regular season over WO.
Coach Alex Derma knew the championship game was going to be a battle.
“We expected it to be really close. We actually expected to be close the whole game and I think our defence just turned the switch. We were just so happy to get to play with them. They are a great program and their coaches do such a good job that to even have them in the finals with us was a
celebration right there,” Derma said of the match up with WODSS.
Running back Wade McKenzie got the Lancers on the board first with a touchdown run in the first quarter; however the Gators tied it up in the second with a converted touchdown of their own to make it 7-7 at half-time.
The preparation the Lancers put in was the difference maker that allowed EDSS to pull away, Derma said, adding they did not have to make adjustments to their game plan for the second half.
“We had it planned at half-time what we’re going to do so we game-planned the game for the first half and then we talked about the second half of what we think we’re going to see and what we wanted to do that was exactly how we wanted the second half to go and it worked,” he explained.
“The two formations we came out with were exactly the ones that we knew we’re going to do in the second.”
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The Wellesley Skating Club will be the first group to use the ice at the new Township of Wellesley Recreation Centre on Friday (Nov. 17) at 5 p.m. Crews have been putting in the ice this week.
groups,
minor hockey, are scheduled to use it throughout the weekend. The Applejacks’ game this weekend will be at the St. Clements arena, however.
The EDSS Lancers junior football team celebrate their second WCSSAA championship in a row, defeating WODSS 28-13 on Saturday in Waterloo. Above left, head coach Alex Derma (second from right) celebrates with his fellow coaches. Above right, captains Cole Dixon, Spencer Hume, Chris Kaskampas and Brayden Discroll receive the championship plaque. Bill Atwood
Jacks drop a pair over weekend, remain in sixth place
Bill Atwood Observer Staff
THE STRUGGLES
CONTINUED FOR THE defending Schmalz Cup Champions, as a pair of weekend losses on the road saw the Wellesley Applejacks record fall to 5-10, leaving them in sixth place in the PJHL’s South Doherty Division 15 games into their season.
Despite having a deceive edge on the shot 46-29 in Paris against the Titans on Friday, the Jacks were on the wrong end of a 5-2 decision. After a scoreless first period, Paris opened the scoring at 7:55 of the second on Christian Campanelli’s first of the year with the assist going to Thomas Lonsdale. The Jacks’ power play struck just 2:40 later to even the scoring, with Connor Doerbecker getting his first of the year in his first game this season. Assists went to Logan Crans and Carson Wickie. The tie was short-lived, however, as Paris added two more, including a shorthanded marker with 59 seconds left to take a 3-1 lead heading into the third.
Wellesley got a shortie of their own just over a minute into the final frame on Owen Stoddard’s third of the year, with the helper going to Isiah Katsube. That would be as close as the road side
would come, however, as Paris pulled away with Timothy Mervyn’s first of the year (Simon Otaki, James Patterson) at 5:58 and an unassisted marker from Patterson (his third) at 13:45.
In goal, Josh Roman made 46 saves to pick up the win and Tyson Gustlaw stopped 24 in a losing effort. Both teams had seven chances with the man advantage with Wellesley being successful on one opportunity and Paris coming up empty.
Saturday afternoon in Hespeler was a back and forth tilt, with the Shamrocks skating away with a 6-4 victory.
After Hespeler opened the scoring, the Jacks potted two of their own, first from Wickie at 10:50 (Doerbecker, Crans) on the power play and then from Stuart Sinclair, his second of the year, assisted by Doerbecker.
The Shamrocks wasted no time tying it up in the second as Liam Nelson notched his sixth of the campaign on the power play just 54 seconds in, with Justin George picking up the assist. Wellesley took the lead again just 1:35 later on Jake L’Heureux’s first of the year (Roenick Jakielaszek).
Jakielaszek would add an unassisted marker at 14:52, however that was
Kings chalk up pair of wins in rare inter-conference games
Steve Kannon Observer Staff
INTER-CONFERENCE
PLAY MADE FOR AN enjoyable weekend for the Elmira Sugar Kings, who outscored their opponents 13-4 in a pair of games.
A 6-2 win over the Stars in St. Thomas on November 10 was followed by a 7-2 home win Sunday over the Sarnia Legionnaires, both from the GOJHL’s Western Conference. They’re not teams the Kings often see, so preparing was a little
more difficult, said head coach Corey Prang.
“We didn’t know what to expect, so we just focused on our game plan. The guys showed up and worked hard – things came out in our favour.”
The wins saw the Kings improve their record to 16-4-0-1, giving them 33 points and top position in the Midwestern Conference standings.
On the road last Friday, the Kings were all over the Stars, outshooting them 10-3 in the first period –
and 41-17 by game’s end –though neither team could find the net in the first 20 minutes.
The visitors got rolling in the second, however.
Liam Eveleigh’s powerplay goal at 3:09 was the start of it all, with assists going to Brendan Gerber and Joey Martin. A little over three minutes later, it was 2-0 Kings when Luke Della Croce scored, with some help from Tanner McDonald.
At 9:04, it was 3-0 thanks to Gerber’s 13th
MINOR SPORTS SCOREBOARD
WOOLWICH WILDCATS
■ U11
11/11/2023 vs Woodstock
Wildcats
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 2 VISITOR: 2
GOALS: Everly McCoubrey, Addison Bridge
ASSISTS: Jessie Weber
■ U11
11/12/2023 vs Waterloo
Ravens
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 1 VISITOR: 1
GOALS: Everly McCoubrey
ASSISTS: Jessie Weber, Kandis Heckendorn
WOOLWICH WILD
■ U11
11/11/2023 vs Wilmot Wolverines U11-2
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 9 VISITOR: 0
GOALS: Maggie Edwards, Delilah Woolner(5), Mikaela Denbok(2), Jordyn Herman
ASSISTS: Callie Shakyaver, Danika McCallum
Shutouts: Charlotte Young
■ U13
11/12/2023 vs Saugeen
Shores Storm
HOME: Saugeen Shores
Storm
HOME: 3 VISITOR: 1
GOALS: Mackenzie Smith
ASSISTS: Isla Dunn, Maggie McAdam
■ U13
11/11/2023 vs Grand River
Mustangs
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 7 VISITOR: 0
GOALS: Meryl Doherty, Sophie Hahn, Maggie McAdams (2), Charlie Wilson (2), Avery Robinson, Bronwyn Rozema
of the season, assisted by Isaiah Shantz. The Stars were able to get on the board before the end of the frame, with the Kings taking a 4-1 lead back to the room for the second intermission. Martin made it 5-1 just four minutes after play resumed. St. Thomas got one back on the power play, but that would be it for them. Carter Lawson scored an unassisted empty-net goal at 19:16, and Shantz (Ian Speiran) → KINGS 14
HOME: 2 VISITOR: 3
GOALS: Sophie Hahn, Charlie Wilson, Meryl Doherty
ASSISTS: Abbey Versteeg, Meryl Doherty, Bronwyn Rozema (2), Charlie Wilson
■ U13
11/10/2023 vs Kincardine Kinucks
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 1 VISITOR: 1
GOALS: Meryl Doherty
ASSISTS: Charlie Wilson
■ U13
11/10/2023 vs Kitchener
Lady Rangers
HOME: Kitchener
HOME: 4 VISITOR: 0
■ U13
11/04/2023 vs Kitchener
Lady Rangers Blue
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 4 VISITOR: 4
GOALS: Hazel Kelly, Monika
Kumbera, Stella Haid, Lauren Hennessy
ASSISTS: Hannah
Kellough(2), Aurora Dobson
11/11/2023 vs Owen Sound
Ice Hawks
HOME: Woolwich
HOME: 5 VISITOR: 1
GOALS: Allie Desbarres (2), Hannah Vallier, Haylee Zinken, Liv Bright
ASSISTS: Sage Balog (4), Lexi Bowden, Julia Hallman, Allie Desbarres
Elmira forward Jordyn Ertel looks for a play during game action Sunday at the WMC. The Kings beat Sarnia 7-2. Bill Atwood
FOOTBALL: Lancers put the game away in the second half
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reception in the third quarter by Brett Bowman, and a touchdown run on a reverse by receiver Spencer Hume early in the fourth padded the lead.
“I think they just weren’t expecting it,” Hume said of the scoring play.
“They didn’t think a reverse would come out of such a formation where we’re stacked on the right side and reverse to the left. I was super excited, super happy that happened. It just felt good scoring that touchdown,” he said.
A pick 6 by Sam Kruschat increased the Lancers’ lead to 21, although the Gators later scored in the dying minutes (their two-point convert was unsuccessful). That interception sealed the deal for EDSS, Derma said.
“He’s a wildcard, and we give him a hard time a lot, but he was disciplined on that play and did exactly what he was supposed to do. Saw the ball, jumped the ball and made a fantastic play,” Derma said of the interception and resultant run to the
end zone.
McKenzie, who also played linebacker, had a great view of the play.
“I saw the ball go up in the air, and saw Sam take it. It was like ‘Oh my god, he’s going downfield – this is awesome.’ And he made it. I was so happy for him,” McKenzie said.
Back-to-back junior football titles have Elmira “well on its way” to being a football town, Derma said.
“I’m just proud to be part of a town that’s bought in so much with our football. Elmira is a fantastic area to have football grow like this, and I hope it continues to grow the way it is. I’m just so proud of these kids. They come from the very beginning knowing nothing and to come out on top is a magical moment.”
While Hume was on the team last year, this is the first championship for McKenzie.
“It feels amazing to be a WCSSAA champion. I can’t imagine how the boys felt last year winning it, but I hope we will do it again next year with the seniors,” he said.
The Lancers had plenty to celebrate at UW field Saturday as they defeated WODSS to take the regional title. Bill Atwood
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How to choose a Christmas tree
Alot has been written on the joy and traditions of going out into the woods and cutting down your very own Christmas tree. People wax eloquently about choosing a tree that is the right height with the ideal density and fullness. They hope to find a tree that smells wonderful and is perfect for decorating. They are looking for a glorious thing that will cradle garlands of tinsel and hold a majestic silver star high atop its tip.
That’s all well and good but as an outdoors enthusiast, I look at these things a little differently.
The tree I have in mind – my ideal one – is a little more lopsided and a whole lot sparser. It’s perhaps 56 feet tall and maybe three feet around the trunk. Heck, it’s not even an evergreen.
But I would be overjoyed to cut it down and bring its birdshot peppered branches into our living room.
Some might suggest that this is merely because that tree keeps obstructing my upland hunting shot opportunities. They might even tell you that, if those local birds did not always flush so that this tree stands between their flight path and my shotgun’s muzzle, I would have no interest in cutting it down and using it as a Christmas tree at all.
And they would not be wrong.
Look, I love trees as much as the next person.
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Not-So-Great Outdoorsman
anglers and hunters back.
Regardless, Jenn pointed out that the aforementioned poplar is a bit big for our living room and not very Christmassy either. And those are fair points, I guess.
That is why I also asked her to consider an extremely disagreeable willow that overhangs my favourite brook trout stream. This tree is definitely not too big, and it even comes pre-decorated with many of my hand-tied flies.
“If another fly angler hasn’t made that willow their Christmas tree, can I go cut it down?” I begged.
She said no.
Nor could I convince her that we should make a Christmas tree out of the hawthorn that keeps stealing my hats and tearing my hunting coats either. And she didn’t approve of me bringing home that blown down spruce, which that big buck that scared the crap out of me sprung out from behind. According to Jenn, it’s “too rotten and fungussy.”
She also won’t consider the old hemlock where that red squirrel lives – you know, the blabbermouth that keeps scolding me every turkey season, any time a big gobbler starts its approach.
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And when I tried to sell her on the ash tree I placed my tree stand in –
Kings split weekend games against Golden Horseshoe Conference teams
After loss in St. Catharines, Kings return home to defeat league-leading Caledonia
Steve Kannon
Observer Staff
THE ELMIRA SUGAR KINGS SPLIT last weekend’s foray into the Greater Golden Horseshoe Conference, dropping a 4-2 decision to St. Catharines before bouncing back to beat Caledonia 4-2 on home ice.
With a record of 22-70-2, the Kings remain in first place in the GOJHL’s Midwestern Conference, two points ahead of the Listowel Cyclones.
Special teams were the deciding factor as the Kings travelled to St. Catharines Friday night to face the Falcons.
After a scoreless first period, Elmira opened the scoring at 4:02 of the second courtesy of a shorthanded goal by Brendan Gerber, assisted by Dustin Good. The Falcons, however, replied with two power-play makers of their own in a 42-second span as the Kings ran into penalty trouble midway through the frame.
Halfway through the third, St. Catharines went up 3-1, again with the man advantage.
Luke Della Croce, from Brodie McLeod, got the Kings within one again at 15:07, but the Falcons capped things off with an
empty-netter with just 37 seconds left on the clock.
The Kings had their chances, outshooting the Falcons 37-24, with netminder Liam Reid stopping 20 of the 23 shots he faced in the losing cause. Elmira went 0-5 on the power play, while St. Catharines was 3-6.
They scored in the empty net,” said head coach Corey Prang.
The Kings had much better luck Sunday afternoon at the WMC taking on the league-leading Caledonia Corvairs, with all of the goals coming at even strength.
“I was happy with the way that we played on Friday. I thought we were the better team – sometimes that’s the way it goes. Their goalie played really well, and they capitalized on the power play, but we didn’t. We did make it a close game, got one late to make it a one-goal hockey game. → KINGS 13
The Corvairs provided the only scoring of the opening 20 minutes to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission. It wasn’t until 31 seconds were left in the second that the Kings got on the board when Joey Martin scored his 15th of the season, assisted by Brett Warrilow and Tanner McDonald.
Elmira Sugar Kings head coach will lead Team Prang at the GOJHL “Top Prospects” event Dec. 27 in Ayr. His squad will include Brendan Gerber and Nate Gravelle. Other Kings taking part include Isaiah Shantz (Team Shepley) and Owen Edwards (Team Passero).
The Wellesley Applejacks will raise their Schmalz Cup banner at their new home arena on Jan. 20. The evening's event starts off with an alumni game at 6 p.m., followed by the banner-hoisting ceremony at 7 p.m., prior to the Jacks’ tilt against Norwich.
Elmira’s Brett Warrilow in action Sunday at the WMC as the Sugar Kings beat the Caledonia Corvairs 4-2. Leah Gerber
Jacks fall to Woodstock, get chance for payback
Bill Atwood Observer Staff
WITH JUST ONE GAME LEFT before 2023 winds down, the Wellesley Applejacks will look to end on a high note after falling 5-3 on the road to the Woodstock Navy Vets last Friday.
The Jacks found themselves down 2-0 after one before getting on the board exactly four minutes into the second.
Owen O’Donnell’s second of the season was assisted by Isiah Katusbe and Curtis Butler.
O’Donnell added another one at 8:40, this time on the power play that was assisted by Jack Walmsley and Connor Doerbecker. The Jacks briefly took the lead on Carson Wickie’s sixth of the season (Kastube) at
11:24, however Woodstock’s Tyler Smeda tied it up just 3:31 later.
Nolan Brett’s team-leading 19th of the year at 17:53 put the Navy Vets ahead for good going into the third. Woodstock added the insurance marker at 9:57 in the final frame to round out the scoring.
Shots were fairly even, with Woodstock’s Scott Rodrigue stopping 26 of 29 for the win and Wellesly’s Travis Jansen stopping 22 of 27 in a losing effort. Each side netted one power-play marker, with Wellesley going 1-4 and Woodstock 1-5. Twenty-five games into the season, the Jacks remain in sixth place in the South Doherty Division with 17 points. However, they are tied with the Hespeler Sham-
rocks, but have two games in hand.
As the calendar flips, Wickie leads the way with six goals, sharing the team lead of 13 points with Logan Crans, who has four goals and nine assists.
In goal, Tyson Gustlaw leads the way in appearances at 15. He has six wins and owns a .905 save percentage and 3.05 goals against average. Jansen has played in 12 contests, picking up two wins to go with .857 save percentage and 4.23 goals against average.
The Jacks close out the year by hosting Woodstock at the new Township of Wellesley Recreation Centre on Saturday night. Game time is 7:30. p.m.
The team will then enjoy a Christmas break, returning to league play January 4 in Hespeler.
GALEA: An outdoorsman’s take on what makes a good tree
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the one that waved like a metronome when a hard wind blew – she showed very little interest too. Evidently, she doesn’t want to rake leaves in the living room over the Christmas holidays.
It seems to me that she’s stuck on getting a standing evergreen, preferably spruce, that is five feet tall, fragrant, and full as can be – no matter how unreasonable that sounds. Of course, that is fine because she likes traditional Christmas trees and is not a hunter or angler. And, as such, she has no reason to harbour grudges against any tree.
There’s not a lot more to say, except perhaps, Merry Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Grouse. I hope to see you next year.
GOALS: Kim Bishop, Maggie McAdam, McKenna Mackenzie-Taylor
ASSISTS: Abbey Versteeg, Sophie Hahn, Mackenzie Smith, Maggie McAdam
EDSS boys’ hockey team remains undefeated so far this year
Bill Atwood
Observer Staff
A 12-2 WIN OVER GALT Collegiate Institute on Tuesday has the EDSS boys’ hockey team undefeated through six games of the regular season.
Coach David Munroe said he was unsure how the season was going to go, as this is a younger team with four Grade 9 players on its roster.
“Year to year you never really know until you see some of the other teams in the league. But generally now we are a pretty strong program.…We’ve never had that many Grade 9s, but we have some of the older guys that have played for a couple of
years and our leadership group’s pretty good,” Munroe said.
While younger players can sometimes be used to fill out a roster if there are not enough players for a sport, all of the rookies have earned their spots, Munroe said.
“They’re all very skilled players. Sometimes even with the age gap there because you’re playing against some Grade 12s or fifth years sometimes it’s difficult for them even if they play AAA to make it, but in all these guys have been great,” he explained.
Although one of their wins came via forfeit when Huron Heights lacked enough players, the only blemish on their
record was only taking two of possible three points in an overtime win over Jacob Hespeler Secondary School on December 7.
“They were a really good team. They have some really strong players on their team. It was kind of back and forth, and our goalie played really well and we struggled a little bit to finish our chances in that game. That’s kind of why it went to overtime,” he said, noting the team stuck with its game-plan in the extra frame. “Just keeping it simple, putting the puck on net and burying the rebound in overtime.”
While burying their chances are part of the learning curve, they have
also played several of the stronger teams so far, Munroe explained. He expects the schedule to be a little easier in the new year.
“A lot of the teams that are at the bottom of the standings we haven’t played yet. And I think on those ones, we’ll see the number of goals per game go up in those ones, but a lot of the other teams we’ve played, like Jacob [Hespeler], Laurel Heights, KCI and WO, they’re all good teams. They’ve been pretty close games where you’re not going to put seven, eight, nine goals in against those teams, for sure,” he said.
In the scoring department, Owen Weber leads
the way with six, including a hat trick on Tuesday. Josh Frey and Zack Forwell have four apiece.
Several others, including Colton Sinclair, have two.
“Josh Frey is a U18 AAA forward in Waterloo. He’s a very good player. And then both Colton and Zack are Grade 9s.
I’ve never really seen them play before this year, obviously because it’s their first year at the school, but they both play AAA and they’re both very good. They’ve been great. And then Owen, he plays on the junior Kings here in town, he’s a very good player as well. He works really hard, so I expected him to do well this year,” Munroe said.
After the team fell to Grand River Collegiate Institute in last year’s semi-final, Munroe expects his team to be in the mix again this year.
“With us being undefeated at this point in the season and seeing some of the other scores, I think we’re definitely right in the mix where we would want to compete to try and win WCSSAA again this year,” he said. He has a lot of confidence in goalie Reed Straus in a one-game elimination situation, where good goaltending can make all the difference.
“He’s very good. He’ll hold us in any game that he’s playing in.”
KINGS:
Just one more game before year’s end, as the team takes on the fourth-place Siskins in Waterloo Friday night
It was all Kings in the third, however.
Warrilow tied it at 2-2 with a goal at 7:17, with a helper going to Della Croce. Martin put the home team ahead 3-2 when he found the back of the net at 11:31, assisted by Della Croce and Jack Clancy. Isaiah Shantz’s
goal at 13:59, assisted by Good, was the final scoring play of the game.
Shots were an even 32 apiece, with both teams going 0-5 on the power play. Reid turned aside 30 shots to post the win.
“They lost the previous night, and they came out really, really hard and in the first period and went
up on us early. But the guys just stuck together and stuck to the game plan, gutted it out. Eventually, slowly they took over that hockey game. In the third, we were too much for them to handle at times,” said Prang.
“I thought the guys did a really good job of sticking together, and we got
the result that we wanted, at the end of the day.”
The Kings have just one more game left in 2023. They’ll be in Waterloo Friday night to take on the fourth-place Siskins (15-8-1-3). Game time is 7:30 p.m. The team will then have a Christmas break before returning to action January 6 at the
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WMC, again facing the Siskins.
Prang said he expects it’ll be a tight game, given that both the previous meetings this season were decided by one goal.
After that, the team will enjoy some downtime.
“We’ll give them a week off. Then the following week, we’ll start practic-
ing, getting ready for the week, but the week off is well deserved,” said the coach, noting he and his staff have much to be pleased about thus far in the season.
“The guys have bought in to the plan and they’ve done really, really well. They deserve all the credit in the world.”
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The Kings poured it on in the third to defeat the league-leading Corvairs Sunday afternoon at the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena. Luke Della Croce prepares to pass the puck. Austen Pomerleau looks to get past his opponent. Della Croce takes it to the net. Leah Gerber
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The EDSS girls’ hockey team dropped a 1-0 decision to Bluevale Collegiate Institute Monday afternoon at the WMC. Bill Atwood
The EDSS senior boys’ basketball team defeated Preston Heights 50-34 on Dec. 14. Calum Crawford concentrates before he takes his shot. Ben Erjavec takes a shot. Dustin Good dribbles the ball. Tyson Bauman making his way to the net, and shooting. Leah Gerber
