On January 17 and 18, more than 350 grade 3 and 4 students from 15 Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) Catholic elementary schools had the opportunity to compete in the boys, and girls’ floor hockey tournament. This friendly competition, which took place at École secondaire catholique Champlain (Chelmsford), attracted more than 1,100 spectators over the two days.

On Saturday, January 17, 16 teams representing 15 CSCNO schools took part in the boys’ grade 3-4 tournament.  The Lynx from Chelmsford’s École Alliance St-Joseph edged the Tigres from École St-Denis (Sudbury) by the score of 6 to 2 in the championship game.

The following day, 13 schools competed in the girls’ grade 3-4 tournament that promoted friendly competition, fair play and francophone camaraderie. École Ste-Thérèse Dragons (Val Thérèse) were declared the overall champions of the tournament after defeating Sudbury’s École catholique Félix-Ricard Jaguars by a score of 3 to 2.

Tournaments results 

Boys - Division A

Gold:              École St-Denis (Sudbury)

Silver:             École Jean-Paul II (Val Caron)

Bronze:           École St-Étienne (Dowling)

Boys - Division B 

Gold:              École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford)

Silver:             École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse)

Bronze:           École Ste-Marie (Azilda)

Boys Overall Champions: École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford)

Girls - Division A

Gold:              École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse)

Silver:             École St-Denis, (Sudbury)

Bronze:           École St-Augustin (Garson) 

Girls - Division  B 

Gold:              École Félix-Ricard (Sudbury)

Silver:             École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford)

Bronze:           École St-Étienne (Dowling)

Girls Overall Champions: École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse)

The following schools competed in the tournaments: Ste-Marie (Azilda), Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), St-Étienne (Dowling), St-Augustin (Garson), Notre-Dame and St-Joseph (Hanmer), St-Joseph (Espanola), St-Paul (Lively) Jean-Paul II (Val Caron), Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse) as well as Félix-Ricard, St-Denis, St-Dominique, St-Joseph and St-Pierre (Sudbury).

The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality learning environment and academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools. 

INFO:

Paul de la Riva
Communications and Community Development Coordinator
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone