PRSSAA

Senior 'A' EOSSAA soccer will take place May 27 and May 28, with teams from the county seeded on top.

For the boys, the SD&G champion Glengarry Gaels, who capped off a perfect league season last week by claiming the SDGAA playoff title, are ranked first in a six-team field for the regional tournament.

Day one matches are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. (versus Notre Dame) and 12:30 p.m. (against St. Michael). The top two squads from pool play will advance to day two semifinal action, set for 10:30 a.m. The championship game is booked for a 2 p.m. start.

On the girls side, le Relais claimed the PRSSAA championship last fall and has been eager to hit the field to compete at EOSSAA. Les Rapides are ranked first. The SDGAA entrant is la Citadelle.

Le Relais day one action is slated for 8 a.m. (versus Ernestown) and 11:00 a.m. (against Rideau). Semifinals on the second day are set for 9 a.m., with the girls championship game booked for a 12:30 p.m. start.

EOSSAA is being hosted by St. Michael Catholic High School, with the games to be played at South Gower Park (669 South Gower Dr., Kemptville). The game format will be two 40-minute halves.

Finalists amongst the boys and girls (EOSSAA winners and runners-up) will qualify for OFSAA.

Today, in Alexandria, the senior girls soccer team claimed the PRSSAA league playoff championship, with a 2-0 win over Embrun. We will have details in The Glengarry News next week. A photo gallery of the action can be viewed online here.

Here's the schedule for the Oct. 30 PRSSAA senior girls soccer playoffs, to be contested in Alexandria. Le Relais earned the right to host, placing first in the regular season. We have details in The Glengarry News.

Prescott-Russell high school league girls soccer is taking place today in Alexandria, with games at le Relais and Island Park.

Next action for the senior les Rapides squad is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the school, where le Relais will square off against a team from Russell.

The junior girls' opening match is currently underway at the park, with their second action set for 12:45 p.m. versus VCI.

Our May 16 edition of The Glengarry News features photos, selected results, and notes from the recent SD&G and Prescott-Russell high school track and field championships, held in Ottawa.

Complete results are available via the following links:

• SD&G track and field championships
• Prescott-Russell track and field championships

The boys basketball season for Les Rapides from Le Relais tipped off recently. The team competes in the PRSSAA league, and The Glengarry News will have updates through the winter.

Here's a photo of some recent action, courtesy of Hubert Gauthier.

Last week, Le Relais hosted some PRSSAA league junior soccer action. We have the details in the Oct. 18 edition of The Glengarry News.

Coach Hubert Gauthier reports that athletes from Le Relais demonstrated good team spirit at last week's PRSSAA track and field meet in Ottawa, with 18 Rapides qualifying to advance to EOSSAA.

Gold medallists included the following:

1 Chloé Legault             1.35m            SrGHighJ
1 Eric Cumberbatch          5.26m   NWI         MBLongJ
1 Eric Cumberbatch          11.26m   NWI       MBTripleJ
1 Simon Cardin            5.37m   NWI       JrBLongJ
1 Alexxi Paquette                   31.11m           JrBDiscus     
1 Mathieu Sabourin               1.60m           SrBHighJ

Here's a summary of other top results:

5 Tyla-Mé Decoeur            3.50m   NWI       MGLongJ
5 Chloéanne Séguin            7.36m           MGShotP
4 Chloéanne Séguin           12.00m           MGDiscus
2 Sara Carrière            13.87   0.9       JrG100m
2 Olivianne Devine             29.65   0.3    JrG200m 
2 Olivianne Devine          5:49.18          JrG1500m
2 Danika-Lee Lavigne            8.65m          JrGShotP
4 Danika-Lee Lavigne           16.50m         JrGDiscus
4 Chloé Legault           8.44m   NWI      SrGTripleJ
4 Isabelle Brunet           7.32m           SrGShotP
3 Jenna Séguin          18.57m          SrGDiscus
3 Patrick Cumberbatch            13.11   0.3        MB100m
2 Patrick Cumberbatch            27.12  -0.5        MB200m
3 Patrick Cumberbatch          1.50m             MBHighJ
2 Gabriel Brunet         23.43m           MBDiscus
4 Gabriel Brunet          27.93m          MBJavelin
2 Braden Legue            12.37   0.4        JrB100m
2 Alexxi Paquette         10.46m           JrBShotP  
5 Alexandre Lalonde           8.78m            ShotP
6 Gabriel Bellavance-Poiss             7.04m            ShotP
4 Nicholas Dupuis           26.28  -0.9    SrB200m
4 Gabriel Leduc            11:31.57          SrB3000m
2 Joseph Vachon-Langevin               24.06   0.3       SrB110mH

Le Relais' junior girls 4x100 m relay team would have earned an EOSSAA berth too, had it not been for a bad exchange of the baton at the PRSSAA meet.

EOSSAA is scheduled for May 18-19, at TISS in Brockville.

The SDGAA and PRSSAA high school sports leagues are joining forces to host their respective track and field championships for high school student-athletes in Ottawa today, at the Terry Fox complex.

We will have results in next week's edition of The Glengarry News. The May 10 edition of the newspaper includes recent track and field news from Tagwi and GDHS.