6 Friday, January 20, 2017 brooklintowncrier.com Everybody Won in Brooklin High's First Cure Cup Game By Richard Bercuson BHS event photos by Samaah Jadoon The best way for students in a high school business class to learn about real world situations is to participate in one. Such is what happened with Brooklin High School teacher Sue Shoemaker's grade 12 class when they ran, from stem to stern, a Jan. 12 fundraiser for the May Relay for Life. The Relay for Life, a fundraiser for cancer research, will take place on May 26 with a 12 hr. continuous walk/ run event at the school. It will be set up by her second semester business class. In this independent study unit, Ontario eduspeak for final assignment, her BOH 4M class of 25 organized the first annual Brooklin Cure Cup hockey game between the school's first place team (with a current record of 15-2) and a teacher's squad comprised of staff and a few add-ons, who were necessary to keep the roster well-stocked and breathing. The class pre-sold nearly 200 game tickets at $5 apiece and also set up booths to sell pizza and hot chocolate. There was an intermission Chuck-a-Puck contest and Joker Poker cards were available to buy. Chuck-a-puck winners received gift cards and front-of-the-line passes to the school cafeteria. (Anyone who's spent time in a high school caf will appreciate the importance of that prize.) The Joker Poker grand prize winner got a Raptors ticket. Of course, no staff-student competition would be complete without proper fanfare and dignitaries. The school band played the national anthem while the mascot, Baldwin the Bear, was on hand to lend the student team moral support and ensure each player did, in fact, "bear down" every shift. Players from both teams were introduced through a fog machine, which was not meant to be a metaphor for the staff team's wonky break-out system. Mayor Don Mitchell and Ward One Councillor Rhonda Mulcahy dropped the puck for the ceremonial faceoff won by student captain Carter Secord to cheers from his teammates who clearly showed little respect for their more aged opponents. Principal Warren Palmer toodled about as a guest referee, kindly allowing two female student linespersons to handle all the faceoff duties. Co-chair of the event, grade 12 student Sam Yacob, said the goal was to raise awareness, get people excited about the May Relay day, and foster school spirit. "In a new school b u i l d i n g , school spirit is so crucial," he said. The winners of the first Brooklin Cure Cup, the students, won the game 3-0, thanks to relentless forechecking and superior neutral zone re-groups. The class raised money for a great cause. As for everyone else, they just had fun. Here's who ran the event: Front: Sam Yacob (snuggling with the Cup) Middle (from left): Dylan Hayman, Evan McLean, Zak Webb, Kyle Argue, Logan Soares, Christian Calabrese, Taylor Kolten, Amanda Downs, Autumn Gervais, Vic Kemp Back (from left): Mckenzie Jaglowitz, Ryan Lintner, Guillaume DesRochers, Roy Yehia, Nicholas Bodimeade, Carter Watson, Mikael Yaremko, Aidan Bellamy, Meghan Howell, Shane Bull, Matt Rogowski, Akash Jeewanandan, Aidan Davis, Braydon Murphy, Mrs. Sue Shoemaker Event Co-MCs: Sam Yacob (left) and Nicholas Bodimeade Students selling goodies Baldwin the Bear growls the anthem A teacher finds a hole through the student defence BHS player Johnathon Sawka with Principal Warren Palmer after winning the CURE CUP Leadership students (from left) Roy Yehia, Kyle Argue, Vic Kemp