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Page 4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 18, 1997 Section Two by Chris Rourke Staff Write' The Ontario Hockey League recently raided Bowmanville for three of its better players. Two OHL teams picked a total of three players in their annual entry draft on Saturday, June 7, at Maple Leaf Gardens. St. Stephen's Honours its Athletes of Year Bowmanvillc's Chris Kelly, who played with Aurora of the Metro League this year, was picked in the fourth round, 56th overall by the London Knights. London chose Jason Lange, who played with Peterborough of the Provincial Jr. A League this year. He was chosen in the sixth round with the 99th overall pick. The third Bowmanville player to be drafted was Chris Pot by the Erie Otters (formerly (formerly the Niagara Falls Thunder) in the ninth round, 147th overall. Pot played with Port Hope in the Metro League this season. "London phoned me and asked if I'd report if they picked me and I said yes." -Jason Lange The only Bowmanville Eagle chosen in the draft was Josh Bade in the 12th round, 208lh overall by the Windsor Spitfires. Suffice to say, Lange was ecstatic about being drafted by London. "It feels great. It's what I've worked hard for all year," Lange said in a recent interview: "London phoned me and asked if I'd report if they picked me and I said yes". The night before the draft, the Belleville Bulls contacted Lange, but never picked him. "They phoned me the night before and they sounded high on me, but I guess they didn't want me", he told the Statesman. Lange feels his chances of making London, who were one of the OHL's worst teams this year, are good. They have a centre position open and he's confident of filling that spot. Last weekend (June 13- 15), Lange attended London's mini-camp, where he was shown around the city. Lange, 17, was just one of hundreds of players who attended the June 7 OHL Draft at Maple Leaf Gardens. "It was a long, nervous wait, but it was a great experience," experience," he said with a smile. Jason Lange The Bowmanville resident was drafted in the sixth round of the OHL draft by the London Knights. by Chris Rourke Staff Writer St. Stephen's first-ever athletic athletic banquet was graced with the . presence of a former national team gymnast.. The school held its first annual athletic banquet on Thursday, J".ne 5 and former Canadian national team gymnast gymnast El fie Schlegel was the guest speaker. Schlegel, who just turned 33, is currently working as a TV analyst for NBC Sports. She covered the Atlanta Olympics. She stressed to the students to dream, never give up and strive to be the best. After her 30-minute speech and video presentation, Schlegel had to leave and the athletic banquet began with the trophy presentations. Most valuable players in each sport were chosen, along with athletic achievement awards for five years service and midget, junior and senior male and female athletes-of- the-year ended the banquet. The big winners were the athletes-of-the-year. Karen Eccles (midget girls), Lyndsey Tollett (junior girls), Shannon Spicer (senior girls), Jessey Thompson (midget, boys), Mark Abemethy (junior boys), and Nick Defreitas (senior boys) were chosen as the top athletes. Other winners included Matt Devera and Greg Ludwinski (x-country), Rob Kameka (jr. boys' soccer), Andrew Sesti (sr. boys' soccer), soccer), Sadie Bulger, Eccles and Lara Locatelli (midget girls' basketball), Spicer (sr. girls' basketball), Abemethy (jr. boys' basketball), Eccles, Linda Mottile and Locatelli (midget girls' volleyball), Tollett (jr. girls' volleyball), Lisa Locatelli and Spicer (sr. girls' volleyball), Eccles and Tollett (jr girls' badminton), Matt Hickey (jr. boys' badminton), badminton), Defreitas and Ryan Jackman (sr. boys' badminton), Devera (midget boys' volleyball), volleyball), Tollett and Bulger (jr. girls' soccer), Rochelle O'Toole and Spicer (sr. girls' soccer), Nimrod Major (boys' track and field), Eccles (girls' track and field), and Jackman and Defreitas (tennis). Michele Pascoe and John Belcastro were named as female and male coaches-of- the-year, respectively. Jenn Eeuwes, O'Toole and Lisa Locatelli received athletic achievement awards for five year's service in volleyball, Major for track and field, and Spicer for overall achievement. achievement. St. Stephen's phys.-ed. head David Quigley is proud of both senior athletes-of-the- year for their hard work and dedication. "Shannon (Spicer) is by far the best pure athlete I've ever coached. Her work ethic and natural ability is incredible," Quigley said. "Nick (Defreitas) had his spleen removed in the winter, and to Continued on page 5 PERFORMANCE DEALERS m •AJMk ft ft üft ftü Éjitft ^Hhft new meaning Mr SMARTLEASE $216 3b months/Sli450 down r ^7 Grand Am Sedan 155. HP 3-1 litre SFI VL engine-, 4-speed automatic transmission with hanced traction system -, dual air bags i 4-wheel ABS-, rear door child safety locks-, fog lamps-, PASSLock 6 theft deterrent systemi power door locks -, tinted glass-, air conditioning! 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