Wednesday, June 2, 1999 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW 29 Upcoming events on the Peninsula: Sports scores to pass along? At Parkland secondary school in Sidney, PENINSULA p.m. this Friday. Kevin Woodley Peninsula News Review — For Grade 12 Parkland student Cori Hanan, senior year has been a busy eight months. ' =. In. addition to being named team captain on both ~ and: . basketball ~ Hanan played rugby, partic- ipated in competitive swim- ming, and was.a part of the water polo team that earned last month. -To complete her high school career, she is sharing valedictorian: honors with Andrew McGarva: the senior girls volleyball: teams,” a provincial championship fellow Parkland graduate . Parkland closed out the reg- ular season. But she was back in the line up come play-off time and played well at the Island Champi- onships. “The team looked to her for leadership on the. floor,” continues Mangan. “And she provided it. She lead both vocally and by exam- ple.” So why travel exchange Oceans to play basketball — . (especially when __ the ‘women’s university champi- onship trophy spends year ~ after year housed in the tro- . phy cases : of . western - schools)? Hanan knows she _ KEVIN WOODLEY PHOTO ny get a chance to play at Contact Kevin Woodley the stafj/student mixed-doubles tennis phone: 656-1151 tournament takes place from 2 p.m. to 5 fax: 656-5526 email: penreview@newsgrouppapers.com had a direct affect on her scholastic goals in univer- Sity. Hanan plans to pursue a career as a physical educa- tion teacher and her role with the Piranhas has helped confirm these goals. “I love PE. and because of coaching I discovered I love. working with kids,” says Hanan. Most Piranhas’ practices confirm that love for teach- ing. Hanan can often be. found doing extra work af- — ‘ter practice hours in the pool with younger mem-.:” bers. - “Love seeing the kids im-. “prove,” says Hanan after a Parkland senior Cori ‘Hanan watches one of her pupils during Piranhas Swim Club ‘practice at the Panorama Leisure Centre. Despite excelling in the pool and at sev-. eral other. sports, Hanan has decided to concentrate on a university basketball ca- ~Memorial and that wasn’t as . om Las .-recent “overtime” session in likely at the. local. power- “the pool at the Panorama Next year, | however, --Hanan plans to slow things oe Maybe taking a break. from ~allthe activity. will ma e for sity in-St. J ohn’ s, Newfound- land.. ‘> there,” says Hanan when. -ingto the other. side. of knowing I'm going there to | —— cate aisles Aids bese oe ests ss maces secs isc ccckccnainsesciaid agen nhs mat pli nd men, cam aan legion cs ction acon seca ned extamisssdaincentachaae x edcecnsnms sar anionling sical: miinbedieis aailaoaidaaisomeeeidideaiins. See down _a- little and concen- ~ - trate’ exclusively.on school --,and basketball, her. favorite a sport: from: the: ‘past “year. : an. easier adjustment : as she cs “prepares for her first year of ‘studies at Memorial Univer-: “don't kniow anyone: f asked about the idea of mov- Canada.-“I’m: terrified. But: Events pee the 4 _ price of be part, of a team n makes: it: i _easier. It means ne have... friends right. away.” first year.) As for basketball, Hanan proved to be a valuable team ~ leader in the point guard po- sition for Parkland, but. knows she has some steps. - left to take before establish- | KIDS FREE 10 & UNDER peer: w hen she starts at Memorial ones in St. John’ S, Newfoundland next fall. evel. She continues to fit a. and ball- -handling | drills into her busy daily routine and. admits that improved foot . speed will go a long way to- wards a successful colle- ; giate career, “Her. 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