The Canadian Sport School (CSS) graduates seven high school student-athletes this year, and all of them are planning an exciting future in their respective sports. The school splits time evenly between academics and athletics. It’s a system that graduating student-athlete Sophie de Goede called ‘life changing’. De Goede will be attending Queens University next fall…
DetailsLangford, BC – The 3rd HSBC Canada Women’s Sevens in Langford, B.C. wrapped up on Sunday after hosting twelve of the best women’s sevens teams in the world for the third consecutive year. The New Zealand Black Ferns won their fourth Cup Title of the season, edging Canada 17-7 with tries from Michaela Blyde, captain Tyla…
DetailsThis past weekend 10 island girls competed for a position on Team B.C. Midget Girls (5 from Saanich and 5 from Nanaimo) and 5 for Team B.C. Bantam Girls (1 from Victoria and 5 from Nanaimo). At the end of a full weekend of lacrosse three girls were told in an formal exit interview that…
DetailsHannah May will likely find it weird lining up across the net from longtime friend and Belmont teammate Savannah Purdy in the coming years. May is the second Bulldogs player to verbally commit to a volleyball scholarship, hers being with the Grant MacEwan University Griffins in Edmonton starting in fall 2018. Like fellow front court…
DetailsCalgary, Alta. (May 17, 2017) – Alpine Canada is pleased to announce its nominations for the Canadian Ski Teams for the 2017-18 season. Athletes have been nominated to the team having met selection criteria and/or coaches’ discretion and/or invited to participate in selected camps and competitions. 2017-18 CANADIAN ALPINE SKI TEAM NOMINATION World Cup Men…
DetailsThere was a familiar name atop the leader board on the latest stop on the Bayview Place Vikes Performance Tour amateur division. Royal Colwood’s Keaton Gudz captured his fourth title of the season and has a firm grip on the available exemption to compete in Canada’s Bayview Place Card-–tronics Open presented by Times Colonist, part…
DetailsLa Jolla, CA – The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Wagner women’s water polo team defeated UC San Diego 6-5 in the opening round to secure its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. In joining the 2012 Seahawk football team (31-20 win over Colgate) as the only Wagner squads to ever win an NCAA playoff game, the…
DetailsAfter a runner-up finish a year prior, Riley Wheeldon and Keaton Gudz bounced back for a four-shot victory in the 2017 Vancouver Island Open. The twosome followed up an impressive 11-under 61 on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Gorge Vale with a 5-under 65 on a blustery Sunday at Uplands Golf Club in the team…
DetailsHampered by injuries and short of substitutions, the Victoria Volleyball Association 17-under women’s team still turned heads at the provincial club championships in Richmond. The squad, stocked largely with West Shore players, knocked off teams from volleyball academies that specifically groom players for the collegiate ranks, before running out of steam in Saturday’s final. Victoria…
Details15 year old Riley Pickrell began cycling just a few years ago, but he has already shot up to the top of the Provincial cycling scene, and now has his sights set on representing his country in the future. Tyler Bennett has more. 15-year-old Riley Pickrell had a unique introduction to cycling. “I used…
DetailsOak Bay athletes showed character and heart and came away the champions, according to their coach. The Oak Bay High girls 7s rugby team won their second consecutive championship in a row at provincials held at the University of British Columbia last weekend “They played their hearts out,” said Coach Jess Neilson. “In the semi-finals…
DetailsBasketball BC is pleased to announce the athletes selected to participate on the 2017 U17 Girls Canada Summer Games Team. These athletes will participate at the Summer Games which will be held in Winnipeg, MB, July 29th – August 3rd. The team will also compete in various AAU tournaments throughout the course of the summer.…
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