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St. Anne Shines at 10th Annual Rainbow-Catholic Coed Basketball Tournament

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This past weekend saw quite a haul of both team and individual awards for the St. Anne Grade 5/6 Co-ed Basketball team at the 10th annual Rainbow-Catholic Coed Basketball Tournament.

On Saturday morning, the team fought a closely-matched battle againstt Valleyview and prevailed, winning the Consolation Medal 26-20. Chris Marcotte led all scorers with an incredible 18 points!

St. Anne entered a boy and girl into the Xcalibur competition, which is a shooting accuracy contest that pitted our 2 entries againstt 15 other schools. Jennifer Chalut and Cole Thomson finished 3rd in the initial 16 team competition, making them eligible for the four-team semi-finals. In the semis, Chalut and Thomson scored an incredible 57 points, missing the all-time tournament mark by only 3 points and qualifying them for the finals againstt last years winner, St. James.

In the final, Chalut and Thomson continued to shoot the lights out (from distances as far away as 20 feet, 18 feet and 15 feet!!) and were proclaimed the Grade 5/6 first place champions for the Xcalibur Competition!! Success continued for Chalut and Thomson. Chalut was awarded one of 6 Lion Heart awards, given to the top defensive and hard-working players in the tournament. Thomson followed up with the St. Charles College “Best Foot Forward” award, bringing home a new pair of leather basketball shoes.

Overall, the hard work and determination of the team was rewarded and Mr. T would like to congratulate all the team for their success and also their great fans who supported them all along the way. Thanks to Mr. Thomson who devoted countless hours, and his vocal chords to this fantastic team. Way to go Angels!

St. Anne Catholic School’s Canadian Idol

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Olympic Speed Skater, Kristina Groves visited St. Anne Catholic School in Hanmer on Friday to chat with students and to put faces to the names that she has been corresponding with over the last several months. The two-time Silver Medalist (1500 metre and Team Pursuit) has been pen pals with the Grade One and Two classes at St. Anne since the fall of this year. Kristina has been corresponding with the students on a regular basis teaching them about her exciting sport, and her training.

From the onset of her arrival at the Sudbury Airport at 8:25 a.m. last Friday, Kristina spent the entire day with the St. Anne Catholic School students. Her itinerary included an introduction to the school community followed by skating at the Tom Davies arena in Lively and meeting with the entire student body in the late afternoon before returning to her hometown of Ottawa.

When asked by a Grade Two student why she decided to take up speed skating, Katrina replied that, “It was Gaeten Boucher, a Canadian Olympic speed skater in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary that first inspired me to become a speed skater. From the minute I saw him skate I knew that I wanted to do what he had done . . . I wanted to fly on ice . . . my dream was to compete in the Olympics for Canada some day and bring back a medal. So although I was only eleven years old, I went home and told my mom that I wanted to take up speed skating . . . eighteen years later at the age of 29, I was lucky enough to be presented with not one but two silver medals in Turin. Never give up on your dream,” stated Groves to a captivated audience. “With enough passion, dedication and commitment, dreams can come true.”

Groves’ presentation to the students included a slide show of her stay and competition at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy, as well as an overview of the equipment, and training required in order to become a speed skater, followed by a question and answer period.

Olympic Speed Skater Kristina Groves to Visit St. Anne Catholic School Students

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Olympic Speed Skater, Kristina Groves will be visiting St. Anne Catholic School on April 21. The two-time Silver Medalist (1500 metre and Team Pursuit) has been pen pals with the Grade One and Two classes at St. Anne since the fall of this year.

Kristina has been corresponding with the students on a regular basis teaching them about her exciting sport, and her training. “She even took time out from her busy schedule during the Olympics to write to them,” states grade 1/2 teacher Tania Lacroix.

“All eyes were glued to the television at school when she raced. The Grade One and Two classes were able to watch her live the day she captured the individual Silver Medal, other races were taped by their teacher, so they didn’t miss a single race. Every morning during the Olympics, students gave a special news bulletin over the P.A. system, to update the school on how our Olympic athletes were doing.”

10th Annual Rainbow-Sudbury Catholic Co-ed Elementary Basketball Tournament, April 18 to April 22, 2006

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The annual Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament is celebrating
its tenth anniversary. This year the event will run from April 18 to April 22,
2006. The Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament is jointly sponsored
by the Rainbow District School Board and the Sudbury Catholic District School
Board. The organizing committee believes that through extracurricular activities,
such as sporting events, students learn to become active participants in their
community. The format for all games will be 4-on-4 (two boys and two girls). The
purpose of the tournament is to encourage equitable participation and fair play
of both boys and girls in sporting events.

The qualifying games will be played in five locations throughout the city –
Confederation Secondary School, Ecole secondaire Hanmer, Lockerby Composite
School, Northeastern Elementary School, and St. Charles College. The tournament
includes close to 30 teams at the Grade 5-6 level and the 7-8 level. The action
will begin on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at
4:00 p.m. in all five locations.

One of the highlights of the ten-year anniversary tournament will be the alumni
game scheduled for Friday April 21, 2006 (4:00 p.m.) at Northeastern Elementary
School. Male and female athletes that have previously participated in this tournament
will come back to relive their glory days and compete for bragging rights.

Please visit the tournament website for scheduled games and sites www.rainbow-catholic-coed-basketball.org.
A special banquet will take place after the alumni game with special speaker
Cassandra Carpenter from the Lady Vees addressing the young players. Mayor Courtemanche
will also be present to address the budding Sudbury athletes at the banquet
scheduled for April 21, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the Northeastern elementary School
cafeteria, 45 Spruce Street, Garson.

Tournament finals and an Xcalibre Shootout will be held at Confederation Secondary
School on Saturday April 22, 2006 starting at 1:00 p.m.

For more information on the Rainbow-Catholic Co-Ed Elementary Basketball Tournament
please contact;

Dave Farrow
Northeastern Elementary School
Tel: (705) 693-2110
E-mail: farrowd@rainbowschools.ca

or

Colette Fraser
St. Charles College
Tel: (705) 566-9605
E-mail: fraserc@scdsb.edu.on.ca

Marymount Junior Regals, NOSSA CHAMPS!

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Congratulations to the Marymount Junior Volleyball team on capturing the “AA” NOSSA Volleyball Championship lastweekend in North Bay. The team went undefeated in round robin play upsetting the host favorite -Chippewa in two straight sets to claim the NOSSA title.

This is the first “AA” Championship in Regal History and puts the exclamation point on a very successful season. Earlier in the year the team won the Champlain Tournament, The St. Charles Tournament, The Chippewa Raiders tournament, The Nickel Classic Tournament, and a senior tournament at Huntsville High School.

In addition to winning NOSSA, the Marymount Junior Regals went undefeated in regular season play and captured the SDSSA City Championship by defeating Collège Notre Dame in three straight sets.

Flames-Bears Girls Basketball Tourny-Huge Sucess Despite Major Storm

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Even though the recent winter snow storm played havoc with road
conditions and regularly scheduled events, it wasn’t a big deterrent to the girls’ basketball championships held at St. Benedict Catholic
Secondary School this past weekend. The twelve team tournament began
Friday night at St. Francis Catholic elementary school with games
continuing on Saturday, followed by the finals on Sunday.

As in other years, the medal rounds showcased excellent play, sportsmanship and spirit. This year was no exception. The St. David Dragons went down to defeat at the hands of the Marymount Regals 38-24 in the championship match. The score was tied for over half of the game, but in the end the Dragons simply ran out of steam.

Jessie Hamilton was awarded the Bronze medal over Felix Ricard, while R.L. Beattie defeated St. James to capture the Consolation championship. Special recognition was given to Christie Sitko from Jessie Hamilton for outstanding offense. Sitko was the top scorer of the tournament with eighteen points in one game. Top defensive player was Chelsea Wandziak of St. David, while Brittany
Michaud of Marymount was selected as tournament MVP.

Organizers Judi Way (St. Benedict) and Jean Gallien (St. Francis) would like to thank all players, coaches and fans for making this event a success and also the Sudbury Catholic District School Board for generously donating the plaques and medallions.

Marymount Junior Regals, Nickel Classic Volleyball Champions

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Congratulations to the Marymount Junior and Senior Regals for their excellent showing in this past weekend’s Nickel Classic Volleyball Tournament. The Senior Regals finished first in their respective pool and were only one of two Sudbury teams to make it to the quarter finals but ended up losing a close match to Sir James Dunn of the Sault marking the end of their tournament run.

The Junior Regals also competed in the Nickel Classic but faired much better than the seniors by finishing first in their pool in round robin play, defeating Sir James Dunn in the quarter finals, and Chippewa from North Bay in semifinal play. In the exciting final match, the Regals shocked the Franco Cite team by defeating them two games straight to claim the Nickel Classic Volleyball championship. The victory marks the second consecutive year that the Marymount Junior Regals have one the largest junior tournament in the province.

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