Fall is a busy time for Maia Lawrence, as the Oak Bay High student-athlete heads into field hockey season, and cross country on top of singing in the choir.
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Lawrence and classmate Monet Thurbide finally added a national notch to their belts this summer after a hard-won battle against Ontario.
The pair hit the pitch with the B.C. blue team to finish first at nationals Aug. 10 to 14 in Langley.
The BC white team took bronze with a 4-2 win over Alberta. BC yellow finished fifth.
BC blue started strong downing Alberta 7-0 to start the competition and later that day edged their BC white team counterparts 2-0. The next day they dumped BC yellow 6-0 followed up with a 1-0 win over Ontario to get to the finals.
On Aug. 14 the team pulled off a repeat, edging Ontario 1-0 for the gold.
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