Category: Sports
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Coach gives Bruins a B-minus against Royals
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Sheridan Bruins men’s basketball team beat the Redeemer Royals 115-79 on Jan. 10, but the game only got a B- grade from head coach. “We played very good basketball for about 22 to 23 minutes and for 17 minutes we fell asleep at the switch,” said head coach Jim Flack. The…
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Bruins dominate five sets over Redeemer
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVID PELOSI Thanks to the fast hands of Jeremy Fantin, the Sheridan Bruins men’s volleyball team (5-8 OCAA) defeated the Redeemer Royals 3-2, in a five-set thriller Jan. 18. The Bruins effective offensive strategies allowed for crucial digs to turn into fierce kills by Josh Butler and Fantin, who delivered the…
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Lady Bruins take down Royals 73-56
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ The Lady Bruins basketball team defeated the Redeemer Royals 73-56 on Jan. 10. “I think we came together as a group, and worked hard man defence and shut them down, and things just happened on offence cause we worked hard on D,” said guard Samantha Lovat. Sheridan and Redeemer started off…
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Rogers’ takes over NHL broadcasting rights in Canada
The National Hockey League has reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. The league said in a statement that the agreement is the largest media rights deal in its history and largest media rights deals ever in Canada. [View the story “Rogers’ iced TSN, CBC in…
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LIVE EVENT: Pickering Panthers vs Oakville Blades
COVERAGE BY TODD CORDELL Friday night at 7:30 p.m. the Oakville Blades will host the Pickering Panthers in what should be an entertaining battle between two solid OJHL teams. The Blades enter Friday’s game with a 13-11-0 record including a 7-5-0 record at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, an arena the Blades call home. The Panthers…
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Team Ontario’s under-17 team loaded with Oakville flavour
INFOGRAPHIC BY TODD CORDELL Hockey Canada and the CHL combined their efforts to announce Team Ontario’s under-17 team for this year’s tournament, and many of the players have direct ties to Oakville. Sources: HockeyCanada HockeyProspect Wikipedia
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Lady Bruins end Hawks undefeated run
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ PHOTOS BY FRANK BUTTY Shylanda Saunders’ 35 points led the Lady Bruins basketball team to a 58-51 victory over Sheridan’s rivals and the previously undefeated Humber Hawks on Nov. 19. “[Saunders] was hot on the threes, she was our engine for the team,” said Willie Delas, head coach of Sheridan’s women’s…
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Three point madness shuts down the Hawks
STORY PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY DAVID PELOSI http://youtu.be/d2SivTAEYOg Trevor Williams sailed in this season’s highlight three-pointer against the Bruins’ long-time rivals, the Humber Hawks. The Sheridan men’s basketball team (7-0 OCAA) remain undefeated following their 73-72 victory over the Hawks Nov. 19. “Humber is a good team, and they’re our rivals. We settled down a…
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Bruins fall to their rivals
STORY BY DAVID PELOSI The Sheridan Bruins women’s volleyball team (0-4) were defeated by their long time rivals the Humber Hawks who soared to a 3-0 Nov. 16. For the men’s volleyball team, a confident start gave them the 27-25 win in the first set, but the Hawks would answer back, winning the game 3-1.…
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Former Oakville Blade off to strong start in OHL
STORY BY TODD CORDELL Oakville native Conor McGlynn may not be producing a ton points, but he’s off to an excellent start to his OHL career. The 18-year-old forward has six points in 22 games after leaving Sioux City of the USHL to join the Kingston Frontenacs. The Frontenacs are off to an excellent start…
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Muggles are Quidditch superstars
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DEVON GENERAL At Toronto’s Cherry Beach Fields, 16 teams of bright-eyed players gathered at 8 a.m. to compete for the title of Canadian Quidditch champions. The once-fictional sport, popularized by J.K. Rowling’s bestselling Harry Potter series of novels and films, has taken fans all over the world by storm, but they’re…
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The Canadian Quidditch World Cup
VIDEO BY TYLER REYNOLDS The Canadian Quidditch Cup laid a spell upon Toronto this past Saturday, Nov. 9. Schools across the country came down to Cherry Beach Fields to compete not only for the Canadian Quidditch Cup, but to qualify for the World Cup in Myrtle Beach this April. Of the 16 teams that competed,…