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St. Catharine's Eden High ; . ,. 4?"; ”Vang“ favourites as well at the three-day high school level. had from Day 1 Those players. along with School is ranked No. l at the ' m , ' _' '* . 1,4 -“z tournament after dispatching the asaGradeS rookie. standout club team setter Adam OFSM AA tournament in Strat- . ’ _ . ‘ ,' f \ m; .h rival Sir lohn A. Macdonald iligh- ”He's a tough kid.” Speiran said. Anagnostopoulos and Tia/or God~ ford. while Chatham-Kent Second~ ' ., . ., . . .. J ' ‘ _, . 1” landers in last week‘s WCSSM and while praising ()ldfield's commit- hey. have helped power theVikziny ary School is the top-ranked team j, “at, 3 Fox ”and . Vi? (3W()SSA AAAA championship men! and desire to win as well. toadominant season in one ofthe at the MA tournament in ' V . ,, ’ WW‘ games ‘He's a competitor. he's an athlete most competitive volleyball dis- Kingston. 7 WWW I,“ '« ‘ 'j In the WESSM final, Oldfield and we’ve worked so hard with trictsintheprovlnce. 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