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halloffame 06 | Meet Bridget Carleton 07 | Chatham’s Cassandra Weishan Cheering for the CFL 08 | Local Athlete Prepares for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio 09 | Meet Jake Hooker 10 | The O’Leary Brothers Are Racing for Mom

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Launch Party hosted by Starfire Gymnastics

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Taryn McEvoy, competitive gymnast with Starfire Gymnastics, posing with Dave Van Kesteren, MP

Shortly after our first issue went to print, we decided to throw a launch party for our readers in Chatham-Kent. Starfire Gymnastics agreed to host this event at their facility. It quickly turned into a bigger deal than we had ever anticipated!

Team Canada Olympic gymnast Dominique Pegg, who is currently on a scholarship with Alabama, came to our launch party. We had our official SportsXpress photo booth set up and Dominique took photos and signed autographs with her fans, and we were able to hang out with her mom Cathy, and her sister Cassiah, who is a choreographer for Starfire Gymnastics and dance instructor at Erin’s Dance Club.

Starfire’s athletes were also able to perform some of their newest routines, and Dave Van Kesteren, our local MP, who came out for the day and served as our emcee, was very impressed with the club in general, and with the athlete’s routines.

“The open house at Starfire was a great day,” said Van Kesteren. “I enjoyed meeting many of the young athletes, one in

Dominique Pegg posing with Starfire athletes Megan Gooch, Taryn McEvoy, Olivia Woodcock & Christine Va Nooten

particular, Taryn McEvoy, who utilizes this facility and who has already, at an early age, accomplished so much in gymnastics.”

One of the greatest highlights of the day was seeing all the little kids with their faces painted, holding an (incredible) balloon creation, eating cotton candy and smiling ear to ear in the sunshine. The weather was beautiful and we were able to meet so many people from the community.

The SportsXpress staff would like to thank Todd & Sue Valade and the staff at Starfire Gymnastics for hosting this awesome event, and opening the doors of their club to the community.

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Meet Bridget Carleton Interview by Amber Valade

knew I loved to play basketball ever since I started playing the game.

“Through basketball, I have learned so much more than just the sport itself. I have learned many things that have not only helped me become a better player but a better person.”

Photo by: Rob Carleton

What’s your favourite thing about basketball?

My favourite thing about basketball is the competitiveness and being a part of a team. Playing basketball has always been an important part of my life as it gives me something to set goals for and strive to be the best I can be. I am, and always have been a very competitive person, which is part of the reason I love sports, especially basketball. Playing with 12 girls who all have the same goal and love for the game is very special.

When did you start playing?

I started playing basketball when I was 8 years old.

Who do you look up to the most?

I look up to my mom, Carrie Carleton, the most. She has always had a huge influence on my life. She has helped me become the person and player I am today. I remember when I started playing basketball I would always think to myself that I wanted to grow up just like her. She is an amazing person and a great role model.

Who is your biggest fan?

My biggest fans would have to be all of my grandparents. They are always so positive and supportive of everything I do and they love to come watch my games and cheer me on!

Tell me about your career up until now?

My basketball career has kind of been a roller coaster ride! I’ve had many ups and downs, positives and negatives. I

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Things like, communication, respect, teamwork, leadership, adaptability etc.

Basketball is also something my mom and I have in common and I think that is a large part of the reason I was drawn to it so early.

At what point in your life did you realize you just had to go for it?

When I started playing basketball in grade 3 it was always just another sport I played for fun. I played hockey and basketball in the winter and soccer and basketball in the summer. Basketball was always my second sport as I would miss basketball games and practices to go to hockey or soccer. It wasn’t until grade 7 when I made the decision to focus on basketball. It was an extremely difficult decision but I knew that basketball was the sport I enjoyed the most and it was the sport I wanted to pursue.

What motivates you on your bad days?

All athletes have bad days whether that be a bad practice, game, or just not being in the mood to go to the gym. The fact that I have another opportunity or just the opportunity itself to play the sport I love is enough to keep me positive and determined. Every time I step on the court I try to remind myself to be thankful that I have the chance to play basketball.

What’s your plan for this year?

This year I will be in Grade 12 at John McGregor Secondary School. I will play on the senior high school basketball team there and for the London Ramblers in the JUEL league. This spring, I committed to play Division 1 basketball at Iowa State University. I will attend Iowa State in the fall of 2015.

What’s been your favourite game ever?

My favourite game ever was probably my very first game with Team Canada.

We were playing Venezuela in Mexico at the U16 Fiba Americas in 2013. The feeling of representing your country for the first time is really hard to explain. Reality really set in for me as I stood with my teammates singing our national anthem for the first time.

What moment sticks out in your mind when you think of your greatest achievement?

The moment that sticks out in my mind when I think of my greatest achievements is definitely making Team Canada for the first time last year. Making the national team had always been a goal of mine and that feeling of accomplishment was so rewarding. There is really no words to describe how thankful I was to have the honour to represent Canada.

What teams have you played for?

Chatham Wildcats, London Ramblers, Team Ontario (2011, 2012 & 2013), U16 Cadette National team (2013), U17 Cadette National Team (2014), U18 Junior National Team (2014), John McGregor Secondary School Team (2011, 2012 & 2013)

What is your biggest hobby outside of basketball?

My biggest hobby outside basketball is hanging out with my family and friends. My family and friends mean the world to me!

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DOB: May 22, 1997 Hometown: Chatham Team: London Ramblers, Team Canada (U18 Junior & U17 Cadette), Team Ontario, McGregor Panthers Position: Guard About me: 6’1” basketball player, family of 5, two sistersSarah (18) and Rachel (13), committed to Iowa State

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Chatham’s Cassandra Weishan Cheering for the CFL

By Naomi Fehr

“When I went to the Pines and I joined cheer that’s where I knew that cheer was going to be more than just a love for me.”

Cassie began gymnastics when she was just two years old, and she became a competitive gymnast at the age of 13.

Her competitive gymnastics background with Starfire Gymnastics was imperative to her career as a stunter, and when she joined the UCC cheer team, her two passions converged. “When I went to the Pines and I joined cheer, that’s where I knew that cheer was going to be more than just a love for me.”

After cheerleading for the ChathamKent cougars football team and the UCC cheer team, Cassie joined the Power Cheer Vibers, an All-Star team in London.

She then attended Fanshawe College to pursue a degree in fitness and health promotion, while simultaneously competing with the Fanshawe College cheer team.

Two years ago she went to Edmonton to visit family and work for three months during which she attended an Eskimos game with a friend. “Watching them perform and seeing the crowd at the game, I just knew that I wanted to be on that field.”

Cassie was living in Chatham at the time, but decided to make the move to Edmonton to live, and try out for the team. “I put a video together and I sent it to the coach, knowing that I was going to be moving there… So she could already see what I could do as far as skills.”

She then travelled to Edmonton for two tryouts which were each two hours long, including basics and skills, performing a dance she was taught in the tryout, and putting it all together in front of a panel of judges. Cassie aced it.

“I’m a stunter, so that’s gymnastics in a sense that there is flipping and

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Cassandra Weishan is a stunt cheerleader for the Edmonton Eskimos, the only CFL team with a cheer stunt team.

rotations and it’s all in the air, so it’s more of an acrobatic type stunting. But everything is in the air and flipping, and twisting,” Cassie explained. “You have to re-tryout for every season and I’m personally going to go as long as I can. Until my body can’t take it anymore.”

Cassie describes her team as a family, and an extremely professional, supportive, amazing group of people with a passion and a drive different than any other team she has been on.

As well as being an Eskimo’s stunt cheerleader Cassie is a member of Inferno, the open level six all-girl world’s team in Edmonton and will be competing in Orlando, Florida, in the biggest cheerleading competition in the world. She is also a personal caregiver for the disabled, a part time server, and personal trainer.

When visiting home, Cassie continues her training at Competitive Edge, a health and fitness gym in Chatham.

“Competitive Edge honestly has been so supportive and I’m really surprised and honoured and overwhelmed because I wasn’t expecting it. Every time I go there they’re super nice…They’re supporting my cheers and everything, always rooting for me, and it’s nice to know I have that.”

Cassandra Weishan, stunt cheerleader for Chatham-Kent the Edmonton Eskimos

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Local Athlete Prepares for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio

By Joscelynne Leach, photo by Daniel Brousseau Tri-athlete Ryan Van Praet was born and raised here in Chatham-Kent. What’s extraordinary about Ryan’s story isn’t that he discovered a love for running while he was in high school. According to him, “I was never really fast, I just really liked it!” It isn’t even the fact that he added the swimming and biking later on, in 1998. It’s not even that Ryan completed six Iron Man triathlons over the subsequent ten years. What is remarkable about Ryan’s story is that he has accomplished all of these things, all the while losing his ability to see.

As a youngster, he was diagnosed with the hereditary eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa. This degeneration is progressive, where the peripheral vision slowly gets more narrow, until, eventually, blindness occurs. Doctors warned Van Praet’s family that Ryan’s vision would probably last until his early 40’s. “I’m 35, and things are progressing as they said, unfortunately.”

Ryan’s first Iron Man was in Lake Placid.

To this day, it remains his favourite race, because it was a personal best time and many goals were accomplished in this race. Since his final solo race, the Iron Man in Hawaii - Ryan’s one and only DNF race of his career - he has trained and raced with a partner. How does it work? For the swimming leg, Ryan’s legs are tethered via bungee-type cords to his guide. His guide will use the bungees to either pull or push him in the right direction. The bicycle leg is completed on a tandem bike. Ryan uses the back seat. “I always tell people, ‘Yeah, the blind guy sits in the back!’” he jokes.

Van Praet’s guide does the gear-shifting, the steering and the braking. For the final leg, Ryan is tethered at the waist to his guide, following verbal cues like, “step up,” “step down,” “right hand turn coming,” etc. “It’s a difficult job,” Van Praet

credits his guides, “especially if you’re moving really fast, it’s harder to do!”

For a long time, starting in 2009, Van Praet’s guide was Sid Trefiak, with whom he completed an IronMan as a para-triathlete. Since their partnership, however, Trefiak has had children, and is honouring

“I’ve had more fun in the last 5 years as a para-triathlete than I did in the 10 years I raced solo, because now every race you do, you get to share with somebody.”

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his family commitments, so he is unable to train with Ryan. His new guide is B.C. native, Austin Horne, who is in the process of moving to London, in order to complete his Master’s degree. While these guides are invaluable to his triathlons, Van Praet adds that he relies on a lot of people to help him train - including his mother-in-law. In essence, the triathlon is transformed into a team sport, which Ryan admits is “cool!”

Finding the bright side seems to come easily for Van Praet. “I’ve had more fun in the last 5 years as a para-triathlete than I did in the 10 years I raced solo, because now every race you do, you get to share with somebody.”

While training is tougher with impaired vision, Ryan understands that much of his success and opportunities have come not in spite of his disability, but because of it. “As a sighted triathlete, I’m average, but as a blind triathlete, I’m a little above average, so it’s provided a lot of opportunities. I’ve had a lot of awesome opportunities because of my impairment.”

Ryan met his wife, Mindy, in high school, but didn’t start dating her until much later in life. They’ve been married for eight years and love to spoil their nieces and nephews. Van Praet insists that Mindy is his biggest supporter. He says that she does not really care about the triathlon part, but that she just wants

Ryan Van Praet competing with guide Syd Trefiak

Ryan to do what makes him happy.

Mindy and the rest of Van Praet’s family have been cheering him on through World Championships, and will continue to do so during the upcoming World championships in Edmonton. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that it was announced that the Triathlon would make its Paralympics debut in Rio De Janeiro. If Van Praet does well at the Worlds, he could qualify not only for Rio, but he could be going as a carded athlete. Essentially, this means that he would no longer have to foot the majority of the bill himself, because the government would take financial responsibility for him.

Van Praet is very grateful for all of the local support and sponsorship he’s received. He says local business “Up & Running” has been incredibly supportive of his endeavours. He’s had successful fundraisers for his trips to New Zealand and England for previous World Championships, and he thanks the running community for all of the encouragement he receives from them.

“My main goal as an impaired athlete, isn’t to inspire because, oh I’m just a blind guy doing something. My goal is to inspire by getting anybody else in Chatham-Kent who may have a child who has an impairment or is in a wheelchair or has a challenge and doesn’t know how to get them out and be active. Regardless of my own successes, my goal is to be a resource for anybody who might be sitting on the couch and doesn’t really know what steps to take. Because of my career and my connections, I know a lot of other physically challenged athletes. If there’s anybody out there who’s interested, I can hook them up. Regardless of your challenges, triathlon is a possibility.”

Ironically, sometimes it takes someone with impaired vision to help us see the silver lining in a cloudy situation.

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Meet Jake Hooker

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress, Photo by James MacDonald Jake Hooker started racing go-carts when he was seven years old. His family took him all over North America, where he won all the state races in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.Back home he raced in Tilbury and Windsor, but last fall he was hurt in a race in his go-cart. His parents then decided to put him into a big car.

“There isn’t really safety equipment other than a net protector and a good helmet in go-carts,” his father, Kirk Hooker, explained. “So now he has a good seat, and a good roll cage around him. It was more of a safety factor than anything that we moved him into the race cars. We decided we were going to test the waters at South Buxton for a couple years.”

Kirk himself raced for over 30 years and has raced 38 cars. He has since retired from racing.

“I watched my dad race basically all my life, and I saw his crewman Brett, when he went out in go-carts, and I said ‘Dad, I wanna try that,’” said Jake.

For his first year in the big cars, he’s been racing in the sport stock division at South Buxton against veterans like Steve Shaw, Tyler Lozon, Eren and Eric Venderiviere, and Rob Young.

“For the first couple weeks, my wife and I decided to start him at the back of the field, just until he got used to it. Then we tested

him at the race track with it. He got used and my sister, and Kyle Forbes. When we to the stick shift and all that, and it was a first got the car in New York, he went with full sized car. It makes about 480 horse, so us and he helped me and my dad put the he jumped from a little go-cart which is 11 car together.” horse, to almost 500.”

Jake graduated from St. Vincent and Jake won a heat race in early August, will be going into grade nine at the Pines and his main objective this year is just to this year. earn the respect of the other drivers, stay out of trouble, and bring the car home in one piece.

“My first race in the big car was this year, and it was good I guess, ‘cause they let me have my dad in my ear instead of the transponder. So he helped me stay cool and stay out of trouble. Like, if the leaders were coming, not to get in their way. I wanna win another heat race, and get in the top five in a feature.

That would be pretty cool.”

Jake says he wants to Jake Hooker, #38, racing at South Buxton go through to be a police officer when he’s older.

Jake asked to thank his My first race in the big sponsors; Dover Sanitation, Churchill car they let me have my Transportation, Vertec Construction, Triple P Farms, Extreme Race Cars by dad in my ear. So he Hook, Country View Golf Course, Spiar helped me stay cool and Fire Protection, Country 92.9FM, Five Star Race Car Bodies, and RPM Designs. stay out of trouble.

“I also want to thank my mom, my dad

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The O’Leary Brothers Are Racing for Mom

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress

Racing is definitely a family affair for the O’Leary boys.

Tate and his brother Caleb, who live just outside of Wallaceburg, have been racing with their dad since they were small. Tate, now 12, who is racing a 4 cylinder 5 speed stick shift in the Bomber Class at South Buxton, started soap box racing when he was 5. He moved up to lawn mowers when he was 6, and go carts when he was 8. This was his first year racing cars.

His brother Caleb, who’s going into grade 9 at WDSS, has had basically an identical racing career.

The O’Leary’s started out building a car for Caleb, as Tate wasn’t old enough at the time. It was a stick shift, and although Caleb placed 5th in his first race, he just wasn’t comfortable driving it. So, his dad built him an automatic car in the span of a few days so he could get back on the track. They brought both the cars to the track, and ended up getting Tate approved to drive as a backup driver. Tate

hopped in the stick shift, and finished 4th in his first feature.

The boys’ dad, Victor O’Leary, says the boys have been driving tractors for years, helping him out on their farm. “Tate can change the rear end gear in a quick change rear end. He’s 12 years old and he can rip apart a rear end and change the gears. He does the majority of the repairs on his own car. I don’t know many 12 year olds that know how to put a clutch in his race car.”

Vic explains that racing teaches the boys so much more than driving a car.

They build the car themselves, and learn all about how the vehicle works from bumper to bumper. Then they learn about marketing and networking by going out and getting sponsors. Then they race.

After, they fix up the cars, and they are always learning how to properly maintain the vehicles between races.

“There’s a lot of stuff to it that the boys are involved in. Caleb is running in the bomber class too. I had to go buy a 46 foot trailer to haul both their cars!” His pride for both his boys, and their racing, has been a huge source of strength for Vic. They lost Caleb and Tate’s mom suddenly

Tate O’Leary — photo by James McDonald

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in 2012, and have their mom’s name on their vehicles. They are also both number 28, which is their mom’s birthday.

Tate also played on the Chatham-Kent Cougars peewee team this year, who took the OFC peewee championship, on the offensive line. At 12 years old, this was his 6th year playing football. He also plays hockey in the winter.

They are currently sponsored by New Vision Optical, Napa, E & R Shephens, and PJ Welding, all in Wallaceburg. The boys always proudly race with Oleary Farms on their vehicles, too. The boys didn’t spend a lot of time going out to look for sponsors after their mom passed away, so anyone who’d like to sponsor their cars, or have an old car to donate for them to race next year, please feel free to contact the magazine and we will put you in touch with them.

“Tate can change the rear gear in a quick change rear end! He does the majority of the repairs on his own car. I don’t know many 12 year olds that know how to put a clutch in his race car.”

Caleb O’Leary — photo by Vic O’Leary

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Chatham-Kent Co-Ed Slo Pitch League

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress, Photo by Sarah Regnier like, ‘Alright! Nice try! Who cares? We’ll get them next time!’ You still want to try and win, but it’s also not the end of the day if you don’t,” Dave added.

League member Kate Dath posted on Facebook that we were looking for information for this article, and within the span of a few minutes there were multiple messages asking us to thank Jolene Keith for all her work. We are happy to oblige!

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The “D” division champions - Crabby Joe’s Giggity!

The Chatham Co-Ed Slo Pitch League held its annual season-end tournament on August 17.

The league is tirelessly run by Jolene Keith. Jolene is responsible for sending out all of the roster forms and waivers, collecting the money, creating the schedules, calling the rain games, fielding texts at all hours for scores and cancellations, dealing with all the league’s random issues (i.e. lights not working or flooded fields), working around other schedules (i.e. other leagues), and just doing an all-around phenomenal job running the league for its 22 teams.

pools for the tournament.

“Please make sure Jolene Keith gets a big pat on the back for all her organizing and hard work she did ALL year and this weekend!! “ - Mary Beselaere

The winning teams from each pool were: A - Custom Tree Service B - Fubar C - Crabby Joe’s 2 D - Crabby Joe’s Giggity

“Mike Martin’s United Floors also wants to thank Jolene and everyone else involved in making another season a success!!

Your efforts are appreciated.

We are looking forward to next season!!”

Jolene accepts team registrations on the Facebook page (Chatham Co-Ed Slo Pitch League) by February, when she goes to a city allocation meeting, but will accept new members or teams up until April.

“A big thanks to Jolene for putting up with another year of ball! A great year, great memories and even more fun. On the behalf of the Master Batters, thank you.”

The league begins in May and continues until mid August. They play Friday nights at 6:30 and 8:30, and this year, there weren’t enough diamonds in Chatham! The league played on fields in Buxton, Merlin, Blenheim, Kent Bridge and Chatham.

“We’ve got various skill levels,” explained Crabby Joe’s Giggity player Dave Palmer, mostly known as the other half of Dave & Cheryl in the morning on CFCO. “We have people who play in other leagues and are very good… but this is sort of the relaxing time with our other halves.”

“Teams aren’t divided into divisions through the season, but the year end tournament is based on team scores through the season. They’re split into pools based on the number of teams playing,” explained Jolene. This year, they had 22 teams, so she split them into 4

“When you’re able to get in with a good group of people that have that same sort of attitude… You know, we don’t tolerate anybody yelling at anybody else. You get competitive within yourself, right? I mean, if I make a bad play, I get angry at myself.

But if somebody else drops the ball, it’s

Jolene doesn’t just organize slopitch. She also organizes the Blenheim Women’s Ice Hockey league which starts the first Tuesday in October. For more information on joining a hockey team, visit their Facebook page and contact Jolene.

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Chatham-Kent Cougars Win OFC Peewee Championship

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress with Selwyn Jordan, photos courtesy of Dean Creechan

Many thanks to Head Coach Cesar Torres for setting high goals and leading this Peewee team to an Ontario Championship. Also thanks to all the assistant coaches Dean Creechan, Dan Deneau, Alex Sullo, Mike Hadden and Jordan Arseneau, Selwyn Jordan and to our amazing Cougar parents.

Youth play football because it is fun, challenging and exciting. Most kids love being part of a team. Football teaches cooperation and team work, helps develop positive social skills and teaches respect for others. It helps build self-confidence, a positive self-image and self-worth. It enables a child to improve upon and develop a broad range of motor skills like throwing, catching, running, kicking, balance, agility and coordination. Because a large variety of skills and physical abilities are required on a football team, there is a position for every child to play.

This summer, our Chatham-Kent Cougars peewee team brought home the OFC peewee division championship, not only claiming the victory, but securing a completely undefeated series. This is the second peewee division championship for the Cougars.

“I believe the Peewee Championship is a strong reflection on how our Cougar Minor Football program is doing, from all our minor players to our minor coaches

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including our dedicated volunteers,” said Selwyn Jordan, the club’s president.

“I really enjoyed working with this group of players. This team was very much a “team” and everyone’s unselfish play and the players’ willingness to help one another was awesome.

“Our coaching staff led by our head coach Cesar Torres was excellent about the balance between participation and competition. In all our games every player played and the stats like scoring, tackles, carries were well distributed among many players.”

A large part of their success can certainly be attributed to their approach to coaching. The teams strive for excellence, but not at any cost. Their devotion to playing fair and playing safe has obviously paid off for them exponentially this season.

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It helps build self-confidence, a positive self-image and self-worth.

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This year the Chatham-Kent Cougars Football Club announced that they will be mandating a specific tackling technique to the entire organization.

The tackling method itself is not new for this club, and it is taught by NFL teams like the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

“The tackling philosophy means that the player’s head is removed from the tackling process,” Jordan explains. “It really focuses on keeping the player’s head up, putting the head to the side, and wrapping the opponent’s thighs.

This is often taught without players wearing any equipment.”

There are coaches who are teaching this method now, however, going forward there will be a single unified approach to tackling.

Kevin Allman, Cougars board member says, “Consistency means safety. If all coaches at every level are teaching the same method the exact same way, players who move through the system will become experts.”

Jeff Green, Cougar Vice President

mentioned, “The video provided by the NFL and Seattle Seahawks demonstrating this technique is well laid out”. This video can be found on the Seahawk’s website.

This fall, each coach will be provided with both training and materials from house league Tyke players who are in grade two to Varsity Players who play until grade twelve and up.

Cougars coaches Selwyn Jordan and Cesar Torres celebrate with the peewee team

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“Safety has always been paramount to the Cougars organization. This is just another step the club decided to take to ensure player protection,” adds Jordan.

For more information contact Sel Jordan (email) or visit the website: www.chatham-kent cougars.com

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Happy Anniversary CYSA! Submitted By Joscelynne Leach, Photos By Joscelynne Leach This year, the Chatham Youth Soccer Association [CYSA] celebrates its 40th year. Back in in 1975 Chatham Sports Hall of Famer, Martin Aarts, together with a group of other soccer enthusiasts, cofounded the organization. What started out as a league of 4 teams and 60 players, has grown to include almost 200 teams and over 2500 boys, girls, men and women. The club is run entirely by volunteers, from board members to coaches, and consists of recreational and competitive teams.

At the end of every January, the CYSA holds its registration for a little over a week. During that time, citizens of the Chatham-Kent community come to the office (located in the plaza on the SouthEast corner of McNaughton Ave. and Sandys St.) and register themselves and their children for the upcoming season of soccer. From there, the volunteers crunch the numbers and work tirelessly to organize schedules, sponsorships, field allocations and coaches.

This year, after all the tallies were in, the CYSA had 2270 players (1225 male and 1045 female), which made up 17 club rep teams and over 150 recreational teams; starting with a co-ed U4 recreational division with 12 teams, and including up to a women’s recreational open division with Clowns Face painting Waterproof face painting Wacky hair painting Body and belly painting Glitter tattoos Balloon animals Bouncy castles

10 teams, a men’s open recreational league with 8 teams, and a men’s over 35 recreational division with 4 teams. At age 5, the divisions are divided according to gender. The club rep teams include U9, U10, U11 and U12 boys’ and girls’ teams in the Lambton-Kent District Youth Soccer League. These teams, in accordance to the new Long Term Player Development philosophy, are considered non-competitive.

In the London and District Youth Soccer League, they have a U13 girls’ team, a U15 girls’ team and a U15 boys’ team. There are also two teams playing at the L3 level. The U17 boys’ and U17 girls’ teams both belong to the regional Western Ontario Youth Soccer League. There are three adult male competitive teams and one adult female competitive team.

For all youth players up to and including the U10 division, the season ends with an inclusive “Day of Champs.” On this day, ALL teams get to play one last game, celebrate a great season, and are awarded medals for their effort and commitment.

This year, players will be receiving commemorative medals, marking the club’s 40th anniversary. The U4 and U5 divisions’ Day of Champs took place on Saturday, August 16th. The U6-U10 divisions’ Day

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“It’s so nice to see that after 40 years in the community, soccer is still alive, well and growing.” of Champs was held on Saturday, August 23rd.

The club is also gearing up for another Fall League season, which has involved men and women and U17 players, who would like to carry on their soccer experience into the next months. The Women’s league depends greatly on numbers of registrants, while the Men’s league has had to expand to include 6 teams.

The club welcomes, encourages and appreciates all volunteer coaches, and is hoping to see a large turnout this year at the Annual General Meeting at Aristo’s in November. This is where suggestions and criticisms are heard and considered, and where many ideas for changes and improvements are made.

It’s so nice to see that after 40 years in the community, soccer is still alive, well and growing.

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Wallaceburg Griffins Take Provincial Gold and Silver Submitted By Jason Fox, Photos By Jason Fox

What was the biggest thing that contributed to these wins(for both the men and the women)?

Boys - The contributing factors for boy’s gold medal win was their confidence and their ability to execute our game plan. There was a moment when I was standing outside the dressing room tunnel before the game when I knew this championship was ours. Each player on the team walked by me after our final warm-up before the game and nobody was saying a word. There was just a quiet confidence they all had in themselves and in the rest of their teammates. At that point I knew we were taking home the gold.

“Ontario puts out the best lacrosse in all of Canada so what both teams accomplished at provincials is truly special.”

As a team we dedicated our provincial journey in honour of Gerry King and Devin “Teddy” Tedford who are no longer with us. Gerry was the man responsible for starting the Intermediate Lacrosse Program in Wallaceburg back 8 seasons ago after a long layoff for the age group. He also served as manager for the team until his passing last year. Teddy was in his first year as a lacrosse player this season and the team had to battle through his tragic passing. We had Gerry’s lucky teddy bear and Devin’s Jersey hanging on our bench for every game as inspiration.

Girls - The contributing factors for the girls silver medal win was definitely their

ability to stick together as a team and their heart and desire to overcome obstacles. After sustaining injuries to key players late in the season we were forced to play the tournament with a shortened roster of 12 runners, a few of which were playing with serious injuries of their own. They all dug deep and found the ability to push through and play for each other. Most of the younger core were inspired by the play of a handful of girls who are graduating after this season and will not be returning to next years team due to age. It was very obvious that they were all playing inspired lacrosse for all the right reasons. Although we fell a bit short in the final game there is no way Wallaceburg or myself could be any more proud of what they accomplished.

What does this mean for lacrosse in Wallaceburg?

This is a great accomplishment for all of Wallaceburg lacrosse. It really justifies the importance of what all the coaches, trainers, managers and executive members do.

It really shows younger kids that they still have a place to enjoy competitive lacrosse even if they chose not to pursue the junior level. With the accomplishments both for the boys and girls intermediate teams my hope is that this really sparks interest in the game at all levels for years to come.

Why is it important to win at the provincial level?

It is important to win at the provincial level because in minor lacrosse it is the

highest possible level of achievement. It is an added bonus and nice piece of mind knowing that Ontario puts out the best lacrosse in all of Canada so what both teams accomplished at provincials is truly special.

How will these wins help improve Wallaceburg’s intermediate lacrosse in the future?

My hope is that the publicity and exposure from both the intermediate team’s success will have the positive spinoff of a surge of new players next year that will enable us to continue to grow and thrive for years to come.

Looking into next season what will you continue to work on to ensure wins at the provincial level again?

Intermediate is pretty unique in that many of the players we rely on are also attending universities and colleges so it is very difficult to get an early start on the season. During the season many of them also have summer jobs that they require in order to continue paying for their education. We need to work hard and focus more in the limited time that we have compared to other age groups. Maximizing opportunities and time management for the players is very key to the success of the program. My work begins a few months before the season begins communicating with returning players and recruiting new players to ensure the growth in the age group that we require to continue having success next season and years to come.

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Erieau Yacht Club - Pride & Tradition

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress

If you’ve ever been to Erieau, it’s not hard to notice that the village is steeped in tradition and pride.

Many of the beautiful cottages throughout the village are 4th and 5th generation summer homes. So to find out that the lark sailboats, which began racing on the bay more than 80 years ago, are still racing today, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise,

but it definitely merits some recognition.

The first lark that was designed and built on Rondeau Bay was

by Dr. Kenneth Crow of Detroit, who was a member of the Rondeau Yacht Club. He built this new boat design in 1933 and persuaded Scottish brothers Al & “Pop” Weird to begin building the boats for others in Rondeau. They eventually built more than 300 larks in their lifetime and raced them on Rondeau Bay. The Erieau and Rondeau yacht clubs had quite a rivalry for many years. The Weir boys were winning with their new lark, and the Erieau boys decided they’d better retire their dinghies and get on board with this new flat-bottomed boat too.

Both the EYC and RYC suspended their club activities during both the world wars as many of their members were serving overseas and in the Armed Forces here in Canada. In 1945, after the war ended, the club was re-activated when T.J. Bresnahan called a meeting, where S.B. Arnold was elected Commodore.

The

S.B.’s grandson, C.M. Wilson, and great-grandson, Paul Wilson, preceded him as Commodore in their lifetimes, and Paul still races today. T.J. Bresnehan’s descendant, Tim Bresnahan, is the standing EYC Commodore for 2014. Both S.B. Arnold and T.J. Bresnahan’s cottages still exist and are enjoyed by their families in Erieau.

New fibreglass boats are being designed for speed and efficiency all over the world, but the fact that these classic, wooden boats are still being built, resorted and raced at Erieau is inspiring.

For more information on the detailed history or current events happening at the Erieau Yacht Club, please visit their website at www.erieauyachtclub.com. ChathamKent SportsXpress would like to thank Brian McNeil for his interview and extensive information about the larks of Erieau.

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Dance the World Disney Article by Debbie McGonigle

In April of 2012 I received an email inviting our school to participate in Dance the World Disney. I looked into it, invited my performance team (New Sensation) and we decided it was a great opportunity. The parents did some fundraising and in June of 2013 I took a group of 28 dancers to Dance the World Disney.

The dancers danced a parade routine, choreographed by the Disney Choreographers at Disney’s Magic Kingdom along with dance schools from US, Canada and Mexico. They also performed a routine choreographed by myself at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This was such an amazing experience for all the dancers.

In 2014, PURE Academy came on board and together with Debbie McGonigle School of Dance, we took 36 young dancers to Dance The World. This time the dancers danced the parade routine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in a night time electrical parade, with their costumes lit up in sparkling lights, along with dance studios from Canada, US and Mexico.

They also performed a routine choreographed by myself at the Premiere Theatre at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This was another exciting and amazing experience.

All of the dancers also attended a Gala Celebration with a DJ and awards for their studios and afterwards got to see the spectacular fireworks put on by the Disney’s Epcot.

PURE dancers at the Premiere Theatre at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Family and friends of the dancers are able to take part in the trip to support their dancer. The trip is 4 days and 3 nights, but families have the option of extending their stay and making a vacation out of the trip. Dance The World leaves time for families to see all the parks along with the exciting experience of dancing as a Disney Dancer! Park hoppers are included in their package.

I would be thrilled to take another group of dancers to Dance The World Disney 2015. Anyone interested in joining our team should contact PURE Academy.

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Chatham Bowlerama

By Chatham-Kent SportsXpress

If you’re from Chatham, then you’ve likely been to Rock ’N’ Bowl on a Saturday night at Bowlerama. The house lights are off and the black lights and club lights are on, the floor is glowing in the dark, and the music is cranked. Chances are you’ve celebrated a birthday or two there, or gone out with friends for a good time. What you might not know, is that Saturday night Rock ’N’ Bowl is just a fraction of what’s going on at Bowlerama.

They have daytime leagues for senior citizens, evening leagues for men, women and mixed, children’s leagues, leagues for the visually impaired, leaves for a variety of special needs groups… Basically any human being, at any age, at any time, can join a bowling league.

Bruce, the owner, describes their program bowling as “light social competition.”

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Think you have to be good to join?

Think again. “People are under the misconception that you have to be good to be in a league, and that’s the furthest from the truth,” explains Bruce. “Leagues are handicapped. So, in other words, if you’re a 110 average, and he’s a 150 average, you would have an extra 40 pins added to your score at the beginning of every game to equalize this. So then it becomes whoever bowled higher above their average. You’re competing against other people, but it’s a level playing field, or at least as level as you can get.

We’ve got people who have bowled for 40 years and they stink. They’re terrible!

But they enjoy it, and they have as much of a chance at winning each night than everyone else.”

So although their leagues may be running all the other days of the week, they

leave a couple lanes open to the public.

Bruce encourages people to call and reserve a lane if they want to bowl during the week. They have a full service snack bar and restaurant and are fully LLBO licensed.

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Local Sports Coverage in Chatham-Kent Submitted by Peter Martin

Left: TVCOGECO volunteer camera operator Chris Taylor concentrates on high school sports action.

Right: TVCOGECO volunteer camera operator Bill Zock prepares to cover the 2013 Girls High School Basketball Final at St. Clair College.

TVCOGECO Sports is back for another year of great local Chatham-Kent sports action!

We kick off the new season in September with Chatham-Kent Cougars house league football on Friday nights, followed by coverage of the annual Chatham Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony including local sports celebs Courtney Babcock, Ron Coristine Sr. and many others.

Then we’ll drop the puck on Chatham Minor Hockey live Saturday morning games from Memorial Arena and monthly live Chatham Maroons action.

School Sports with Peter Cobb makes its return with exciting Elementary Soccer and Volleyball Championships followed by the High School Girls Volleyball and High School Boys Basketball Finals, taking us through October and November.

TVCOGECO Sports hosts Peter Cobb and Shawn Moynihan get set to go on the air.

Your Chatham-Kent SportsXpress’ editor Amber Valade will also be hosting a new show on TVCOGECO called “C-K Sports Talk with Amber Valade.” Watch for it on TVCOGECO and to check your local listings or their website schedule at www.tvcogeco.com/chatham/schedule And stay tuned for more TVCOGECO local sports action in the new year!

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GO PRO PROTEIN!

By Greg Foster

THE MOST IMPORTANT MACRONUTRIENT! Next to water, protein is the most abundant substance in the body. Our body’s dry weight is 50% essential to our body, and a major part of our internal organ structures.

Proteins are subdivided into units called amino acids. There are 22 amino acids that are biologically important, and 8 of these are considered essential, and we need from our diets. Through a process called protein synthesis, our body can manufacture protein structures comprising of many amino acids in different sequences, within seconds.

This protein synthesis helps keep us in an anabolic state (cell growth) and it is a well-known fact that our aging is caused by a decrease in glutathione, putting our body in a catabolic state (breakdown of molecules).

Protein (amino acids) endow our body with a perpetual supply of nitrogen and sulphur which in turn helps us remain in an anabolic state.

A bad guy - cortisol - the supreme stress hormone, through mental and physical stress, can and will deplete our muscle mass (catabolism) and make us gain fat weight. It steals nitrogen from our protein in our muscles, turning amino acids into sugar for energy. So in essence we are cannibalizing our own muscle tissue.

So without preserving and assimilating enough PROTEIN daily and at every meal, you are heading down the Hannibal Lector highway.

So what’s the most important meal of the day? Breakfast? Think again! It’s the meal you have after your workout!!!!

This is the absolute most important meal of the day! You have a 15 to 30 minute metabolic window to feed the muscle and keep it! Over the years I have seen many clients and customers complain about their immune system feeling sick and tired the more they exercise, and they wonder why.

The 3 main reasons are 3 amino acids: cysteine, glycine and glutamic acid.

Without these 3 we are susceptible to free radical damage, toxic exposure, and our body repair slows down and our body goes into a catabolic state.

The answer is to increase your protein intake, thus eliminating most, if not all, of the immune system and free radical issue. Again, remember the more active you are, the more protein you require to repair your body.

There are several protein supplements on the market. I put them in the “Good, Bad and Ugly” categories. (I have seen them all as a sports supplement rep for over a decade.) Feel free to e-mail me for my recommendations.

Supplements have come a long way over the years and there is some great

quality ones out there and many not so good!

For the vegan, there are high quality brown rice protein (non GMO), pea protein, hemp protein, and chia seed.

Many whey proteins are on the market with only a few that I would consume.

They should be non-GMO, un-denatured, with no artificial sweeteners, grass fed with proper labelling, and nothing to hide!

You aren’t what you eat, you are what you absorb!

As an athlete maintaining or reaching the next level, or a weekend warrior trying to lose some extra fat or gain a little bit of muscle, whey protein isolate will keep your immune system elevated. The more you workout and exercise, the more free radicals and cell tissue breakdown occurs, causing your body to go into repair mode, decreasing your immune system.

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High alpha isolate stimulates the release of the hormone glucagon which increases your metabolism, thus burning fat for energy. Bonus!

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The Importance of In-Season Training Submitted by Colin Roeszler The goal of in-season phases of training is to maintain what you have gained during the off-season. While this has some truth to it, your goal should be to improve your performance numbers from the off-season.

Even though your main focus is on recovering and staying fresh for games, training still needs to play second fiddle. Why? It’s the most important training period throughout the year because it’s the longest training period of the year. Most competitive seasons last about 8 months. Most athletes train during their off-seasons for a maximum of 3 months. You do the math. Many coaches and athletes think that because they have put the work in during the off-season, their performance will stabilize without further consistency in the gym.

I’m here to tell you this is wrong.

So what’s the key? Get workouts in! Some days you will feel more recovered and fresher than others. Doesn’t matter. A sluggish workout is better than a skipped workout. I think of in-season training as, something is better than nothing.

Intensity is more important than volume. I have seen a lot of programs that focus on reps in the 10-12 range. I can honestly say that we almost never lift higher than 8 reps, and rarely do we go below 3 reps. It’s all about strength!

Strength leads to improved force production, and the more force you can produce, the harder you can push through the ice and create more acceleration and gamechanging speed. So stay away from the high-rep stuff; it is ineffective in improving performance and it will drastically increase muscle soreness. Keep the volume low and the intensity on the bar high.

The same goes for plyos. A large quantity of jumping fries the central nervous system. This means that the usual “pop” you are used to getting out of your legs as you look to accelerate, will not be there if you over-due it. Think quality of jumps, not quantity.

Keep your lifts to 45-60 minutes. Get in, get the work done, and get out. That’s the name of the in-season game. Anything more than two lifts per week is too much.

The in-season program needs to be a strength program. Forget the flashy gimmicks of agility work, heavy conditioning, and assistance exercises (that look cool but are in fact useless). Continue to use the “big rocks”; the large compound, multi-joint lifts.

Most importantly, focus on regeneration! This is incredibly important in-season. Regeneration involves active recovery methods designed to decrease muscle soreness, facilitate muscle tissue recovery, and get you back to feeling 100% for those important games. I suggest a 5-step protocol immediately after a workout or an off-day (when you don’t have a practice or game). Self-myofascial release, stretching, cold water immersion, nutrition, and sleep.

As always, stick to the stuff that is proven to be effective. Don’t get caught up in the gimmicks of what looks and sounds “cutting edge”. Strength is the foundation, and recovery must take precedence following your workouts.

Lauren Nicholson- Here is one of our area’s top women’s hockey prospects, Lauren Nicholson. I’m a big fan of heavy sled pushes in-season, particularly during the workout closest to a game. The muscular action required to push the sled is exclusively concentric.

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Gymnast Courtney Oriet Serving Others in Panama Submitted by Courtney Oriet, Photos from Courtney’s phone Hi, my name is Courtney, and I’d like to tell you a little bit about my summer.

This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to Panama on a mission trip. It was probably the most challenging, yet rewarding experience of my life. It was exhausting, physically demanding and absolutely incredible.

As I arrived in Panama, I underwent two days of training with the 70 other missionaries to prepare us for living in the jungle and telling the tribes about Jesus. After training, we were split into 3 teams of around 20 people. I was on team “awake” which symbolized being awake in our faith and taking advantage of every second with the villagers.

The first village my team lived at was in the Darian jungle, called Tibardi. As soon as we arrived, the children grabbed ALL the luggage and brought it to our hut.

While we were there, we hand washed laundry, got water from the river, cleaned huts, helped out at the schoolhouse, cut grass with a machete and did Vacation Bible School. We lived in the community’s recreational hut and slept in our hammocks. The people were so welcoming and loving. They were so thirsty for love

and attention, which we tried our best to provide. Leaving the village of Tibardi was heartbreaking, because we loved the people so much.

Next we went to the island of Mamitupu, which was around the size of one football field. Making relationships was challenging at the island because the villagers didn’t trust us at all. We did a lot of the same tasks, but also helped build huts, picked up lots of garbage and helped cook meals. Near the end of our time spent there, the people had completely opened up to us and were willing to listen to us share the Gospel. We were able to pray over a man’s eyesight and watch healing be restored to his eyes and his soul. God is so good.

Looking back on the trip, I’m so thankful to have had a sports background. It helped me in many real life experiences. I was able to persevere through the rough days, deal with frustration and exhaustion, and those are all things I learned through sport.

Going on this trip with Global Expeditions was absolutely life changing and 100% worth the sacrifices. God used me in more ways possible and our team

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“Looking back on the trip, I’m so thankful to have had a sports background. It helped me in many real life experiences.” was able to touch the hearts of the Kuna tribes. If you ever feel the urge to go on a mission trip, do it. It’ll be the best decision of your life.

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