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whether or not to remove a helmet
after an injury, concussion protocol,
BOXED IN, BOXED OUT

and how to deal with that,” Dean THEME: BOXED IN, BOXED OUT
recalled. “You had to have the

DOWN
support of your coach, especially 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 ‘Impressive’ van ___
in football. It used to be if you got 2 Ole country?
your bell rung, you just shook it 13 14 15 3 Box in
off and got back out there. There 4 “___ it!” UK eureka
16 17 18
wasn’t much knowledge about 5 Boxed in cry, like Nemo
concussions when I first started. I 19 20 6 Irons ‘Die Hard’ Peter
was very fortunate over the years to 7 Thesaurus function
21 22 8 Let it stand, in print
have worked with coaches that, if I 9 Sign of trouble
made a decision, they respected it.” 23 24 25 26 27 28 10 Back of the palate

T 11 Stop, in Paris
Dean’s son was a member of the
29 30 31 32 33 12 Concrete, for sure

Cornwall Mustangs football team I 15 Boxed out NBA’s
during their initial season when 34 35 36 37 Michael

they were playing in the New York 17 Mumbai title
38 39 40 41
State League. The following season 20 One to help
they joined the National Capital 42 43 23 On a guitar arm

Football League and became the 24 Relating to ‘The Boot’
25 Hawaiian goose
Cornwall Wildcats, with Dean as the 44 45 46 47 48 49 26 4 Xs a day: Dosage

trainer. He was the trainer for three 50 51 52 53 54 55 28 Fam. member
years with the Wildcats, two with 30 WTO replaced it
Bantam, and one with the OVFL 56 57 31 Vermeer and Steen
(Ontario Varsity Football League). 32 In unison, musically
58 59 60 33 ‘Placed’ in Vegas
He also volunteered as the trainer 35 Levelled in London
with the St. Lawrence High School 61 62 63 37 So says Elsie

football team for two seasons 40 Church clink sound
before joining the CCVS Raiders as 42 Horse or hammer
the trainer for five seasons. Dean’s ACROSS ACROSS 44 Biblical song
son had volunteered to work the 1 Eureka! 38 From a Spanish arena 45 Maidsamilking group
clock for an inter-school lacrosse 6 ___ per hr. 39 Sentry’s box 46 Of a plant combiner
48 Malarial fevers
41 Twelfth of a box, yum!
9 Pair
tournament, but ended up being 13 Queen of all media 42 Is compelled 49 Starting bk.
recruited by his St. Lawrence HS 14 Jumped ship? 43 Canseco, et al. 51 “I can’t believe ___
team as they didn’t have enough 15 Major port Le ___ 44 60s lunchbox figure the whole thing”
players. According to Dean, “That 16 Final box stop? 47 Shakespearean villain 52 Of sound mind
tournament got him interested in 18 Entomb 50 Dead and alive, in a box 53 Misc. shipping box
lacrosse and eventually he ended 19 Boxes, in geometry 56 What a pest is 54 Dropped, in the 60s
55 Lt. Columbo, et al.

57 Boxful
21 Delightful call
up with one of the Cornwall Celtic 22 Imagine 58 Before be and go,
teams, with me there again as 23 Fives, at the casino 59 Gets stubbed The cardboard box
they didn’t have a team trainer. 27 “And that’s final!” 60 Chimp’s act was invented in 1817. Around
One game we were playing in 29 Took a restaurant seat 61 Big weight: Abbr. 90% of cardboard is recycled.
Gloucester, and the game wasn’t 30 Actress Garson 62 Priors The largest cardboard box ever
going very well. Our coach got 31 Ali boxing move 63 ‘Geeky’ candy box made weighed in at 1,400 kgs.

and was 20 meters by 4 meters.

34 Box opener?

expelled and it wasn’t long after that 36 Box lunch, usually In 2005, the cardboard box was
our assistant coach got expelled as inducted into the Toy Hall of
well, leaving only me, the band-aid Fame. All cats certainly agree.
guy,” on the bench with the players.
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Solutions on page 42
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