The Pine Ridge Secondary School Pumas played exceptionally well at the provincial senior boys’ volleyball playdowns in Barrie recently, finishing fourth in Ontario.
The No. 10-seeded Pumas qualified for bronze-medal match at the 16-team OFSAA, Quad A championships where they played No. 2-seeded and defending provincial champion Glebe Collegiate Institute of Ottawa. The Pumas lost in [...]
Comments(0) The Niagara Catholic District School Board senior girls volleyball tournament Friday looked a lot like last year’s event.
The Holy Cross Raiders defeated the St. Mike’s Mustangs in the final for the second straight year — a 2-0 victory (25-11 and 25-14) — and 17- year-old Stacie Thomas repeated as the tournament MVP. She also won [...]
Comments(0) Barrie native Meagan McLellan has been named the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Female Athlete of the Week.
McLellan, a fifth-year Police Foundations student, was instrumental in leading her team, the Georgian Grizzlies, to three wins in the past week. In a 3-1 win (25-22, 24-26, 25-17, 25-13) over the La Cite Coyotes, she had 19 points [...]
Jenn Sheldrake from Mayfield Collegiate and Garett May from Birchmount Park have been chosen consecutive Toronto Star Athletes of the week. Sheldrake is a grade 12 setter and captain on the senior girl’s volleyball team. She also helped coach the school’s boy’s junior volleyball team to the Peel Region playoffs. May is a 6-foot-3 power [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Trent University men’s volleyball program is gaining national prominence.
For the first time in its five-year history the Excalibur cracked the top Canadian College Athletic Association’s top 15 coming in 11th last week. They improved to 8-1 this year, moving into sole possession of second-place in the Ontario College Athletic Association’s East Division, with a tough [...]
The Maverick Volleyball Club used to draw its players almost exclusively from the east end, and while the east remains their base athletes from across the city and further now gravitate towards the Mavericks thanks in large part to the high-performance program established a few years ago.
“As a club, we thought we needed something unique [...]
Comments(0) The Mohawk women’s volleyball team made quick work of the Sheridan Bruins in OCAA play at the Fennell Gym on Wednesday.
The Mountaineers swept their Oakville opponents 3-1, (25-18, 25-18, 25-17).
Leah Waxman (Port Dover) led the home side with 10 kills and one serving ace. Candice Kragten (Cayuga SS) had eight kills and two stuff blocks, [...]
So much for the sophomore jinx!
Two reigning Ontario Colleges Athletic Association rookies of the year are showing no signs of resting on their laurels on the volleyball court now that they are both in their second season at Niagara College.
All Steve Regier did was lead all players with 15 kills and three service aces for [...]
In a tournament dominated by powerhouse teams from Georgetown, one Burlington school almost willed its way to a David-versus- Goliath-type victory.
The pint-sized team from J. T. Tuck Public School persevered through the round robin of the Halton elementary public school volleyball championships Thursday at E. C. Drury High School in Milton.
After a semifinal win over [...]
Comments(0) What the Ontario Colleges Athletics Association stripped away, the Niagara women’s volleyball team is striving to put back — serve by serve.
Step one back into the win column was taken last night when the Knights swept visiting Lambton in straight sets for their first official victory of the 2007- 2008.
Unofficially, Niagara improved to 4-6 with [...]
