Les Rapides

Les Rapides completed round-robin play of the Grade 7/8 Franco hockey tournament in Ottawa with an unbeaten record, as le Relais had 3 wins and 1 tie.

The boys, playing in the 'AA' division, placed second of 12 teams, earning a bye to Friday's semifinal, set for an 11 a.m. start. If they win, they'll advance to the gold-medal game at 3 p.m., but if they lose, les Rapides will instead play for bronze at 2 p.m.

The Glengarry News will have full coverage in next week's edition.

A week after winning the pre-Franco hockey tournament in Casselman, the boys from le Relais scored silver at the Tournoi Franco-Ontarien, where they ran the table unbeaten before colliding with a formidable foe in the final.

We will have the full story in an upcoming issue of The Glengarry News.

Here's an image of the boys celebrating last week in Casselman.

The high school basketball season recently concluded for the boys from Le Relais. We have details on their season in this week's issue of The Glengarry News.

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.

With a 5-3 win in their semifinal match this morning, the girls from École secondaire catholique Le Relais are on to the gold-medal final at 'A' OFSAA soccer in Toronto, set to play École secondaire catholique Jean-Vanier from Welland in the championship match, at 3pm.

Les Rapides scoring in the semi were Angelina Gendreau 2, Sara Carrière 2, and Chloé Legault.

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 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:

In junior girls volleyball, at a Dec. 8 tournament in Rockland, Le Relais lost its opening matchup to the home team, 'AA' L'Escale, on scores of 23-25 and 23-25. Les Rapides then prevailed over St. Francis-Xavier, 25-8 and 25-22.  

The girls went on to fall to top-ranked Casselman 'AA' in the day's semifinal. Scores were 16-25 and 18-25.  

Dec. 15 in Casselman, Les Rapides began with a pair of wins, beating ESCRH (25-12, 25-17) and St. Thomas (25-23, 25-22). The girls then dropped their semifinal to Plantagenet (23-25, 22-25).

Le Relais is competing in tier 1 of the PRSSAA high school league and is coached by Hubert Gauthier.

Girls hockey

Le Relais' girls varsity hockey team opened its PRSSAA league season earlier this month, getting off to what coach Lisa Ann Belle-Isle describes as "a good start to our season."

The ladies skated to a 5-0 victory against École secondaire catholique L'Escale. They followed up with a 4-1 winover St. Thomas Acquinas.

Les Rapides will next see league play in February.

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.