Franco

Today, the intermediate (Grade 7/8) hockey team from le Relais snagged the silver medal at the Franco tournament, in Ottawa, capping off a strong week for les Rapides. Be sure to check out next week's issue of The Glengarry News for all the details.

Last week, at the Tournoi Franco Ontarien, the boys hockey team from le Relais scored silver. You can read all the details in the April 24 issue of The Glengarry News.

Here's a photo of the graduating members of the squad.

Coach Dominic Decoeur recently had his boys hockey team on the ice for some Sunday training, in preparation for the Tournoi Franco Ontarien, to be held next month in Niagara Falls.

Pratique du dimanche soir pour l’équipe de hockey @ESCLeRelais. #Franco #NiagaraFalls #UnBut pic.twitter.com/9lZ4rPFD8O

— Dominic Décoeur (@dominicdecoeur) March 5, 2018

Faire les choses à sa façon...Session de cohésion de groupe pour l'équipe de hockey @ESCLeRelais. Des jeunes engagés, même le dimanche! pic.twitter.com/p12gPS8CE1

— Dominic Décoeur (@dominicdecoeur) April 2, 2017

The boys hockey team from Le Relais is skating in Alexandria today at their pre-Franco tournament, their final action before heading off to compete at the provincial Francophone event, the Tournoi Franco-Ontarien.

We will have the story in The Glengarry News next week.

For a gallery of photos from one of today's games, please see this page. 

The Glengarry Sports Palace in Alexandria will see a full day of high school hockey action on Friday, as Le Relais hosts a pre-Franco boys hockey tournament. The event serves as a final warm-up for the area's French-language high schools, which will have teams competing early next month in the Tournoi Franco-Ontarien.

Here's the schedule of matches for March 24:

Le Relais' hockey team is once again the champion at the Tourney Franco-Ontarien. We will have the story in the April 22 edition of The Glengarry News.

The photo below is shared courtesy Stacey Lajoie.

Le Relais' hockey team is on to the semifinals, set for Thursday morning. Today, Les Rapides closed out round-robin play with a tie, going on to prevail 3-1 in their quarter-final match.

At the Tournoi Franco-Ontarien, Le Relais' hockey team opened with a 4-2 this afternoon. The squad is scheduled to play its second round-robin match at 3:15pm today and then game number three on Wednesday morning.

Les Rapides are the defending gold medallists in their division, Petites Écoles AA.