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Lake of Two Mountains High Titans HockeySydney Guindon, Secondary 5LTMHS has always been very interested andcommitted to its sports programs. This year hasseen that commitment expand. A new team hasbeen created, the LTMHS Titans Hockey Team.The school has had hockey teams in the past andhas had plenty of tournaments during lunchhours in the gymnasium. But this is the first yearthat LTMHS has a registered team thatparticipates in tournaments outside of theschool.The team consists of about seventeen boys fromsecondary 3 to secondary 5. Although, LTMHS isthe only team in their division that does not have any female players, girls are definitely encouraged to join as theteam plays in a no-contact league.The season started back in November and will last until the end of February. Over that time, the Titans will haveplayed in three different tournaments, have had plenty of time for practice, and still have one tournament left inwhich to compete. The entire team is also involved with the hockey program that LTMHS now offers, which meansthat when they have hockey class, they head over to the Olympia rink and take advantage of that time to improveas a team. There are many students involved in the hockey program, but the students who are on the LTMHS Titansteam tend to take it much more seriously because they all have a profound love of the sport.The team is led by two coaches, who are also our Physical Education teachers: Mr. Drouin and Mr. Plourde. Afterspeaking to Mr. Drouin, I discovered that even though the team might not always have a positive outcome after agame, being a part of the team in and of itself has been a positive influence on each of the players. He thinks thatthis team is a great thing to add to LTMHS, and it also provides an amazing opportunity for the students who love toplay hockey. The coaches have not implemented strict rules to follow or a necessary grade average, but they dokeep a good eye on all the players. The team is well aware of this, so they tend to avoid any trouble and maintainaverage to high grades. He also added that all the players on the team are hard workers, and he loves to see all theeffort and even the improvements that have gone on in the past few months. He hopes to continue having anLTMHS Titans hockey team in the years to come. He adds that these boys have left pretty big shoes to fill, especiallythe secondary 5 students who will be graduating in the coming months.At the moment, LTMHS is ranked in 4 th place with one tournament left to go. We have confidence in the team, andwe hope that all of those dedicated hockey players are very proud of themselves.Brandon Bonspiel, Amory Benk, Chad Bobula, Jonathan Duquette, William Hunger, Mathieu Hurtubise, Mavrick Klimas, OlivierLoyer, Anthony Marandola, Vincent Perron, Marc Pompei, Brandon Rice, David Rotondo, Troy Salberg, Matthew Silins, SamuelSilins, Michael Wright.SIR WILFRID LAURIER SCHOOL BOARD Page 51 VOLUME 3 · ISSUE 3 · March 2012