ECA Review 2019-10-17

ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB O CTOBER 10'19 13
THERESETTA SPORTS
Lots of tournament action
by K. Smawley
It has been a volleyball action
packed few weeks at Theresetta
Catholic School.
Both teams travelled to Red Deer on
Sept. 20 - 21 for the annual RDC
tournament.
The boys won the B side of the draw
against some much older teams that
had many Grade 9 players compared to
our two Grade 9 players.
The two girls teams both did a great
job in their matches.
The older girls were able to win.
In League play, both teams travelled
to Coronation for their second league
matches on Sept. 25.
The boys did a great job, winning
four of the five sets.
The girls put on a great showing as
well, winning the first two of three
league play sets 25 - 7 and 25 - 11.
The girls played again on Oct. 2
against the Brownfield squad.
The girls worked hard and even had
some help from a Grade 5 player when
needed.
They finished the first two sets winning
25 - 10 and 25 - 23, a close second
set and good play from both teams.
They played four good exhibition
sets to finish off the evening.
Both girls teams travelled to Killam
on Sept. 27 - 28 for a tournament.
The older girls played on the A side
SLAP
Shots
• Humour writer
Brad Dickson of
Omaha, urging
Nebraska football
fans to make more
noise and to quit
being so nice to the
opposition, but not
to go too far: “We
don’t want to be,
say, Missouri where
drunk, shirtless,
sometimes pantsless,
toothless,
classless fans with
mold growing in
their ears have
been known to projectile
vomit on the
visiting marching
band.”
• Another one from
Dickson, on the
same subject: “We
don’t need to go
all Oakland Raiders
here, a team
whose fans have a
tradition of waving
their electronic
ankle monitoring
devices in the air
after touchdowns.”
• RJ Currie of
sportsdeke.com: “A
runaway cow in Austria
wandered into
a sporting-goods
store and chewed
through two sports
bras and a T-shirt.
That’s odd; you’d
think she’d go for a
jersey.”
Care to comment?
Email brucepenton
2003@yahoo.ca
and the younger girls on the B side.
The older girls were up against some
strong teams, including Killam boys
team in the semi-final and against the
Viking girls in the final.
The semi was a really close game,
both teams were on fire and there were
some really great plays at the net.
Coach Finkbiner said it was awesome
to see the girls working so hard
and hitting so hard against a bigger
boys team.
Against Viking, the girls also were
able to make a lot of hard hits and
came out winning 25 - 18 and 25 - 10.
On the B side of the same tournament
the younger girls only won one
set the whole weekend but it was such
a great learning experience.
The boys volleyball team travelled to
Forestburg on Sat. Sept. 28 for a tournament.
The team played well and
their only loss all day was against the
host team in round robin play.
They had to face Forestburg in the
gold medal game, and instead of letting
their earlier defeat hinder their performance,
they showed off their fortitude
and determination to take the win in
two straight sets.
Their level of focus was admirable
for such a young team, with an average
age on the court for the final of only 12
years old.
FROM THE
BLEACHERS
Oilers wasting
McDavid’s brilliance
by Bruce Penton
The pressure is starting to
build on Connor McDavid to
add a Stanley Cup to his
resumé, one of the most
star-studded in hockey.
Already established as the
world’s best player after
only four years in the NHL,
the Edmonton Oilers centre
knows that history won’t be
kind to him if he doesn’t
have a Cup or two on his list
of career accomplishments.
Perish the thought, but a
couple of early injuries in
McDavid’s career brings to
mind the abrupt end to the
career of Bobby Orr — who
revolutionized the game but
played only eight full seasons
and parts of three
others because of wonky
knees — when hockey fans
the world over couldn’t get
enough of his brilliance.
McDavid missed half of
his rookie season when he
suffered a broken collarbone
in November when he was
upended by Flyers’ Brandon
Manning and crashed into
the boards while going full
speed.
Fans across the world
winced when he was helped
off the ice late in the Oilers’
final regular-season game
last spring after crashing
awkwardly into the Flames’
net.
Though four seasons,
McDavid eclipsed the 100-
point mark three times, two
scoring titles and an MVP
trophy, but has played only
13 Stanley Cup playoff
games, all in 2016-17 when
Edmonton lost out in the
second round.
Off-season rehab has
McDavid ready for this
week’s start of the 2019-20
season, but are the Oilers’
ready to take the necessary
steps towards McDavids’s
first Stanley Cup?
New general manager
Ken Holland, whose resumé
shines after two decades at
the helm of Detroit Red
Wings, was brought in over
the summer to guide the
Oilers’ fortunes.
Beyond forwards
McDavid, Leon Draisaitl
and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
and defenceman Darnell
Nurse, the roster is thin.
Holland will have to work
his magic, and rather
quickly, to get the Oilers into
contention before McDavid’s
best days are behind him.
There isn’t a generational
player of note who failed to
win a Stanley Cup. Gordie
Howe was on four Cupwinning
teams with the
Wings. Orr won twice.
Wayne Gretzky’s name is on
the Cup four times. Sidney
Crosby has won three. Alex
Ovechkin checked off a
career requirement by
guiding the Capitals to the
Stanley Cup two years ago.
McDavid will undoubtedly
have a couple of trophy
cases filled by the time he’s
finished as an NHLer.
Scoring titles and MVP
awards will likely be plentiful,
and he may get the
chance to win an Olympic
gold medal or two. But he
won’t experience career fulfillment
unless he wins a
Stanley Cup.
The pressure is on
Holland and new coach
Dave Tippett to make it
happen.
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