http://www.ova-news.org Ontario Volleyball Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:54:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/20/renegades-rejoice/ 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 ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/19/sir-winston-bulldogs-tri-peat/ 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 ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/18/wildcats-spike-alouettes/ 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 ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/17/blues-move-on/ 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 ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/14/colts-off-to-ofsaa/ It's right where they expected to be all along. And when the crowd poured out on to the court to celebrate, it was the sweetest moment of all in what has been a dream season for the Thunderbirds. The Twin Lakes Secondary School senior boys' volleyball team captured the school's first Georgian ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/13/thunderbirds-soar-to-glory/ The Canadian Athletes Now Fund and SHAW will be hosting an eight hour telethon this Sunday, Nov 16th. A portion of the money raised will go directly to help Canada's volleyball players in their quest to train for future Olympics. The Canadian Athletes Now Fund helps to support all needy ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/12/canadian-athletes-telethon/ It didn't take long for the Innisdale senior boys volleyball team to prove they are the best in the region. First the Invaders swept into the gymnasium of Eastview Secondary School and then they swept aside the home Wildcats in three-straight sets to take the Georgian Bay 'AAAA' high school crown. And, ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/11/invaders-sweep/ Years ago, what happened yesterday at Western would have been called a love-in. If it was a movie, it would have earned two thumbs up. Therese Quigley was officially introduced as Western's new director of sports and recreation services, although she doesn't take over until July 2009. The room was packed by friends, ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/10/western-names-quigley/ When the North Park Collegiate Trojans junior boys volleyball team lost its first game of the season, they did an unusual thing. "The kids wrote us a letter after the first game of the season,"NPC coach Andrew Rawls said on Wednesday, after his team captured the Brant County championship with a ... http://www.ova-news.org/2008/11/07/trojans-letter-perfect/