Bantam AAA Tigers are reaching their goals thanks to lots of hard work

This is one of those times in life that I can say “I told you so.” Some of you faithful readers of Coehoorn’s Corner will remember me saying a few months back that the Southeast Athletic Club (SEAC) Bantam AAA Tigers would have measurable success this season.

The SEAC Bantam AAA Tigers are on their way to playoffs for the first time since 2012. This is a remarkable achievement as this has been a lofty goal in recent years.

I strongly believe that the success that this team has had this year has been a result of their hard work on and off the ice. I can speak directly to their hard work off-ice. We at the Alberta Sport Development Centre – Southeast here at Medicine Hat College do the strength & conditioning for all of the SEAC teams. Our strength and conditioning coach Alex Graham has put in a lot of hard work this season with the bantam AAA Tigers, and she speaks very highly of their work ethic.

We have two major athletic enhancement programs: a team program and an individual program. The SEAC bantam AAA Tigers as a whole are a part of our team program, and eight individuals from this team are a part of our individual program. Our individual program offers weekly and monthly sessions in the areas of strength and conditioning, mental skills, and sport nutrition for 30-35 qualifying athletes in Medicine Hat. Eight of these 35 athletes are individuals from the SEAC bantam AAA Tigers. These include Quintin Unreiner, Tanner Gold, Callen Prosofsky, Caleb Wyrostok, Ty Moore, Marek Andres, Vann Yuhas, and Ethan Machan.

These athletes, for the most part, are willing to put in the extra time and effort to achive success. This is such an amazing group of young athletes. It is remarkable to see these athletes show up on a weekly basis to our 6:30 a.m. training sessions. They show up, work hard, and rarely complain. This is truly a special group. The SEAC organization as a whole is making many steps to ensure that this success continues. Terry Bartman and the SEAC board are really pushing hard to see the program have success. These individuals work tirelessly to make sure that the athletes have every possible opportunity for success. We at the Albera Sport Development Centre are more than excited to be a part of the SEAC program and look forward to their future success.

Here is another forecast for the future. The SEAC organization will continue to have success as long as the great culture that exists at the moment continues in the future.

Cory Coehoorn is the coordinator of the Alberta Sport Development Centre at Medicine Hat College. He would love to chat with you and answer any questions that you may have regarding their programs and services. He can be reached via email at ccoehoorn@mhc.ab.ca or via phone at 403-5043547.