The time will come, within the next year or two, when Madison Beaudry will need to make a choice. For now, the Grade 10 St Charles College student continues to combine her love of both basketball and soccer, much to the delight of the Cardinals athletics department.

Born in Sudbury, the only-child is a graduate of Northeastern Elementary School, with her involvement in sports dating back to her very early years. “I’ve been playing soccer since I was five – in Grade 6, one of the teachers asked me to try out to play basketball. I had never played before”, Beaudry explained recently.

An interior defender on the soccer pitch, Beaudry trains year round with the Sudbury Canadians, although she notes a preference for the outdoor game. “I like the physical part of it – the running, the slide tackling”, she said.

Playing with the Canadians since the age of eleven, Beaudry fully expected to incorporate a second sport into her busy schedule.
“I can’t throw a football…and can’t catch either”, she laughs of her move towards the hardcourt.

She has recently hooked up with the Jr Vees club basketball program, intensifying her interest in the sport. “I think it’s starting to get pretty even”, she notes of the balance she draws between her two athletic endeavours.

As for incorporating the demands of both sports with the academic requirements at St Charles, Beaudry admits that it’s hard even for her to fathom trying to juggle all aspects of her life.

“I have no idea how I do it – I honestly don’t know. Sometimes it’s pretty hard, but I manage”, she states. Although other sports may not have worked their way up her list of priorities quite like soccer and basketball, they have nonetheless provided some valuable learning tools.

“I remember playing volleyball in Grade 7…I used to get so mad when I couldn’t serve it over the net. I would practice twice a week just on my serve. I think it taught me how to stay calm”, she suggests.

Debating between attending St Charles and Lasalle as she neared graduation in Grade 8, Beaudry is not the least bit disappointed with the choice that she made. “The teachers here are so sports oriented. They help you work on what you’re doing and have really made it fun for me.”
 

Madison Beaudry, Basketball/Soccer
 

“I remember playing volleyball in Grade 7…I used to get so mad when I couldn’t serve it over the net. I would practice twice a week just on my serve. I think it taught me how to stay calm”
 

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