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WAVERLEY:<\/strong> A Waverley girls hockey player has her eyes on playing at a high-level of women\u2019s hockey, and to do that she\u2019s heading down south to play the sport she loves next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hilary Wilkin has announced she has committed to play at Northwood High School to don the jersey of the Under-19 Huskies, based out of Lake Placid, N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said she had considered prep schools in Canada, however with COVID-19 they weren\u2019t able to see them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe wanted to explore other options and we looked into the U.S.,\u201d said Wilkin. \u201cThere were a few schools recommended to me down there, and Northwood was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”78″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilkin, 14, explained how the recruitment process went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe sent a video of me playing a game down to the coach with Northwood and then we set up a zoom meeting,\u201d she said. \u201cWe went down and visit after he said he was interested in my ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI did a tour and some interviews with the coach and administration with the school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n After that, she got word that they would be signing the Lockview High student to play with them next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll be playing my Grade 10, 11, and 12 years there and play on the U-19 team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilkin is pleased to get the opportunity. She was also recently named as a summer camp invitee by Hockey Nova Scotia for the U-16 girls team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy biggest reason of going there is simply for exposure and the opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a hard opportunity to pass up. Just being able to skate every single day and train every day. It will help my development so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”161″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team travels around the U.S. playing against other teams, it will see her play many games and improve her skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said her end goal is to eventually land with a top college hockey team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to be able to play on one of those whether it\u2019s here in Canada or in the U.S.,\u201d said Wilkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilkin\u2019s friends are excited for her, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re obviously sad that I\u2019m going away, and I\u2019ll miss all my friends and family,\u201d said Wilkin. \u201cThey\u2019re all happy for me that I get this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She hasn\u2019t ever been away from home for an extended period and will be living with a dorm mate<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve never had an experience like this,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019ll definitely be different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”150″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”156″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”164″] [adrotate banner=”111″] WAVERLEY: A Waverley girls hockey player has her eyes on playing at a high-level of women\u2019s hockey, and to do that she\u2019s heading down south to play the sport she loves next year. Hilary Wilkin has announced she has committed to play at Northwood High School to don the jersey of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,21],"tags":[3766,3788,5,3789,3790,16],"class_list":["post-28999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-hilary-wilkin","tag-lake-placid","tag-lockview-high","tag-n-y","tag-northwood-high","tag-waverley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}