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DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (Left to right) Assistant head coach Mitch Rowson, head coach Christian Taylor, Finn Batoon, assistant coach Jeff Correia, and manager Roger Pockett photographed at the Seven Oaks Arena Saturday February 11, 2023. Finn moved to Canada from The Philippines in 2019, and the 11-year-old has become so adept at the sport that he now part of the U13 Raiders team after trying out last September. This Story forms parts of a bigger feature on how a once-alien sport has now become part and parcel of newcomer and immigrant children’s lives.