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u - th‘uurxr (Jim - “My. October 24. 20:2 Rising to the challenge I O O C O I O Resurrection Phoenix begin run to OPSAA this week wrth District8 title defence Br km Blur . _ chm 5111 / “OFSAA is always there, . . . . lingering in the back- ifc can get a little lonely In the Resurrec. L tion Phoenix crease. , ground. But we sat down But for the past three seasons, it has 1 1 as a team and said given Kellee Snider the best View in the a ' , , ’ house when it comes to observing one of the ‘_ You don t make an top high school girls field hockey programs .1 OFSAAfinal without in the province. ‘ . . Since her Grade 9 year. when teammates 1“ ‘ , fOCU$lng 0n the little Hannah Askin and Danielle Buttinger easily _ ' "pay” convinced the fortner soccer and ice hockey .~ *7 thlngs along the . goalie to suit tip as the Phoenix field hockey . “f; Shannon Evy tender. Snider has watched her teammates 3‘ if Resurrection MIMI! midfielder roll to two District 8 titles. one CWOSSA ' i crown and a pair of ()i-SAA championships ’ g ’ . ' marnock School from 200609. Burlington's This year's team, however. may be the .- V s "1' Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School best yet and the Phoenix can begin proving from 200143 and Exeter's South Huron Dis- that theory right today at 2 pm. when they i trict HighSchoolfmm 1993-95. face the Monsignor Doyle Mustangs in the . g D It hasn‘t been easy taking things one step District 8 Athletic Association final at St. . ... : atatime. Ebysaid. David Catholic Secondary School. ’ “OFSAA is always there, lingering in the ”We're getting stronger every year.‘ . background.” she said. “But we sat down as Snider said Monday after the Phoenix elirni- “, a team and said, ‘You don‘t make an OFSAA nated the St. Mary's Eagles 7-0 in a semifinal . final without focusing on the little things game at Resurrection. “We can play the ball along Lheway." to so many people now instead of just rely- ' To get there, Resurrection needs to beat ing on a couple of players when I started." " if Monsignor Doyle today in order to qualify Without the services of departed veterans t for the CWOSSA tournament starting Friday (Early Payerl. Melanie Smith and Jessica \ _ j‘ and ending Saturday at Budd Park in Kitch- l)awson, the Phoenix are once again domi- ener. nating and took the District 8 regular season ' ‘ ‘\ "a From there. the Phoenix need to make it title in typical fashion by outscoring their f ‘v’. through a field that includes the host Sir opponents 53-0. .,. , . John A. MacDonald Highlanders. last year’s In their stead, future NCAA players Mad- i.- .. -, . . . . . A. .. . t! .. .. u. .2. .. CWOSSA champs and a WCSSAA league die 1 hompson (Kent State) and Shannon it' I I‘ for R ~ “a" - H badtst f finalist this fall. The Highlanders squared off liby (Wake Forest) have filled the leadership 33.23%!)ng mflrfiizpmgogz‘m ggmfibgftrm op rarely aces against the Waterloo Collegiate Vikings for void. while another pair of Buttinger sisters. mus-mm theWCSSAA championsz at Jacob Hespel- Danielle and Emily. is blossoming in a span er Swondary School in Cambridge May their older sisters Jessica and Natalie have donald's Nikki Woodcroft. prevalent on the pitch as Won chas- aftemoon. alter the Chronicle's deadline. parlayed into college scholarships as well. “It's been a bit different teaching the es some history this fall. But where fortner standouts like Jessica “Miss (Yvonne) Taylor runs an awesome younger girls to play. but I can learn from Half the battle this season for the Phoenix Buttinger and Stephanie Snyder were relied program.” said Eby, a central midfielder who them. too. i love this sport and to see other has been diverting attention from their run upon heavily for offence to get them ' recently was named to Field Hockey (lana- people fall in love with it as well is fun to to a third straight OFSAA girls field hockey through the season, the Phoenix have da's 2017 junior World Cup target squad watch." title. something three other teams have spread the scoringaround in 2012. along with Thompson and Sir John A. Mac- However, hard work has been just as done since 1979 â€" Breslau's St. John'sâ€"KiI‘ Continued onpage29 8' iii LASIK MD it 0 3 ”mm- s 5 0 '; ޤ g . Z . , ,, ‘5? I 1:“ i. it - it!!! it» its”? «far-«i . , -... ZI’M/ff Li: D 1 ”M in ‘a 0;; 5 hi I “\ [RI jg!!- E l PAY IN 2014i it 0 ' ' llr. DOWN PAYMENTS lNlEREST if Dr Omar Hakim l i 7 ,7 .-.-__ _7h up [WC l4 Cm " H00 (WSW "ll .H-- ”3 lASlK starting at 5490/8”. ' All-loser lASlK Available 0 FREE W: 1-877-965-9888 0 losiltmdcom Ed I: