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Friday, February 17, 2017 3 Brooklin Town Crier BHS Students Fundraise for Children's Wish Foundation This group of Brooklin High students (and one from All Saints) raise $2500 last weekend at the Oshawa Generals game to support the Children's Wish Foundation. Back Row (left to right): Brittany Cornacchia, Lindsay Bryant, Sarah Grassl, Dylan Hayman, Dylan Mallen, Victoria Heaney, Elena Kalpakis, Autumn Gervais Middle Row (left to right): Desarae Bank-Gillis, Kaitlin Shanks, Lexi Fitzpatrick, Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Sarah Matthews, Logan Challis Front: Sam Utrosa (All Saints HS) Photo by Jane Fitzpatrick from Children's Wish Foundation Brooklin High's Hockey Team Aiming for OFSAA By Ali Siddiqui With March break approaching, high school hockey teams are aiming for the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA) provincial championships in Mississauga. Locally, Brooklin High School's roster of 20 skaters and 3 goalies has been serving up some fine hockey this season, with only two losses in their last 20 games, and are now in first place. "The talent in Brooklin is very strong," says Coach Ethan Markham, who calls Brooklin "a hockey hotbed." "There are a lot of gifted guys," he says, "which translates to a lot of goals. The team has an unmatched offense throughout the league and hopefully the province." They've been practising vigorously every Tuesday morning at Vipond Arena. If everything goes well, they'll be playing the 8th seeded team in the quarter finals. From there, they could advance to the semi-finals and then the two-game series final. To reach OFSAA, the team must win LOSAA (Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics), which will be in late February. "We've had our minds set on OFSAA all year, preparing our team for the hard battle to be champions," says centre Chris Talman. "Mr. Snowden, Mr. Markham, and Mr. St Louis have been making sure we're playing our best every time that puck drops and we know the same will continue through the OFSAA playoffs." Coach Markham credits their outstanding performances to date with how close the players are with one another. "The nice thing about high school hockey," he says, "is that they're playing with friends they've grown up with, which leads to better teamwork." Hockey has become one of the new school's focal points and right now all eyes are on this squad's hopes for a run at provincial gold in March.