Archive for November, 2008

Mohawks Clip Hawks Wings

The Mohawk Mountaineers have knocked the Humber Hawks off their undefeated perch in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association men’s volleyball. Mohawk rallied from a very shaky start for a 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-23) triumph which upped their record to 4-1 and dropped Humber to 6-1.
The Mountaineers trailed 11-3 in the first game when coach James [...]

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All-Star Game Revived

Top high school volleyball players from across Halton took part in a boys’ all-star game for the first time in more than a decade.
The Volpe-Richardson Division (east Halton) all-stars edged the Poliziani/ Richardson Division (west Halton) all-stars 3-2 at Notre Dame Secondary School last Wednesday.
It’s hoped that the showcase of Halton talent will inspire elementary [...]

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Birchmount Panthers Quad-A Champs

The Birchmount Park Collegiate Panthers boys quad-A volleyball head coach said he finally knows first-hand — after eight years of coaching — how great it feels to win it all.
The team won the OFSAA volleyball championship held in Barrie last weekend.
They defeated top seeded Mississauga Secondary School Lions, 3-1 (23-25, 25-14, 28-26, 25-23).
“It was a [...]

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OFSAA Wrap

Kenora is much too far from Belleville to come home empty-handed.
So, when a gold medal was beyond reach, the Quinte Christian Eagles grabbed the antique bronze.
The Carleton Place Notre Dame defeated the Eagles in straight sets –25-22, 26-24 — in the third-place game of the 2008 OFSAA “A” senior boys volleyball championships Saturday in Kenora.
Quinte [...]

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Rams Seeded Third at OFSAA

The Stratford Central Rams could be a medal contender at the Ontario AA high school boys volleyball championships they are hosting this week.
They could just as easily find themselves out of the running.
The Rams, silver medalists at WOSSAA for the third year in a row, only got into the tournament as the hosts. But they [...]

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Renegades Rejoice

Not so fast, fellas.
The home-court Grand River Renegades staved off a late-game charge from the Forest Heights Trojans to capture an unprecedented fourth straight regional junior boys Quad-A volleyball title last night.
The teams went the five-set distance (25-21, 25-14, 19-25, 14-25 and 15-12) last night for the third time this season. Last night’s match, played [...]

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Sir Winston Bulldogs Tri-peat

For the third year in a row, the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior boys volleyball team is the Southern Ontario Secondary School Association AAA champion.
With Bulldogs’ 6-foot-4 forward Tre Cunningham and 6- foot-3 middle Patrick Strzalkowski leading the way, the team defeated the Ancaster Royals 25-15, 25-17 in the championship game at Stamford
Collegiate in Niagara [...]

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Wildcats Spike Alouettes

Notre-Dame Alouettes volleyball coach Joanna Castonguay and her players have seen enough of the Widdifield Wildcats teams from North Bay for one season.
The Wildcats sunk the hopes of the Alouettes senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams Saturday as they won both Northern Ontario regional AA championships in Greater Sudbury.
The junior Alouettes fell 25-22 and 25-11 [...]

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Blues Move On

The Kingston collegiate senior boys volleyball team may have lost the gold-medal match at the Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletics Association triple-A championship, but it has no reason to be feeling the Blues.
Kingston pushed the defending champion and perennial powerhouse Regiopolis-Notre-Dame Panthers in a three-set match, beating them 25-18 in the first set before dropping [...]

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Colts Off to OFSAA

Cory Verwegen has had a love affair with volleyball since the fourth grade.
“I love everything about the sport,” said the co-captain of the St. Clair Colts senior boys volleyball team.
So it was only fitting in his last high school game ever on his home floor, Verwegen helped lead the Colts to their second straight Southwestern [...]

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