Panthers boys hockey team shows promise

December 5, 2023

By Brian Smiley The Paris Panthers are not the team they were last year but the defending AABHN boys hockey champions are showing their coach they have a lot of promise. After losing their first game of the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk season last week, Paris rebounded on Tuesday to score a 4-2 win over North Park Collegiate at the Gretzky Centre.   PLEASe CLICK TO READ…

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Despite opening loss, T-Birds optimistic in senior girls volleyball

November 30, 2023

By Brian Smiley Pauline Johnson Collegiate’s senior girls volleyball team didn’t get the result it was hoping for in its AABHN season opener but that doesn’t change the team’s goal. Hosting Paris District High School on Thursday, the Thunderbirds were beaten 25-13, 25-19, 23-25 and 25-21 by the Panthers in Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk action. PLEASE CLICK THE LINK TO READ THE FULL STORY

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‘Total team effort’ leads Lions to OFSAA football title

November 30, 2023

By Brian Smiley More than three months of hard work and dedication paid off this week for the Assumption College Lions senior football team when it captured the OFSAA Northern Bowl at Acumen Stadium in Windsor. Facing Thunder Bay’s Hammarskjold High School on Monday in one of nine Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Bowl games, the Lions scored a 21-4 victory over the Vikings.   PLEASE CLICK TO READ…

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Lions look solid in girls hockey opener

November 30, 2023

By Brian Smiley The Assumption College Lions girls hockey team looked extremely solid offensively on Wednesday for their AABHN season opener. And although the team was able to skate away with a 12-2 win against North Park Collegiate at the Gretzky Centre, ACS coach Sarah McDade said there’s still a lot of work to do as her team works its way through the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk…

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Mustangs serve notice in senior boys basketball

November 29, 2023

By Brian Smiley Brantford Collegiate Institute’s senior boys basketball team won’t be messing around this season. Opening the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk season on Tuesday at home, the Mustangs beat the North Park Collegiate Trojans 58-38. PLEASE CLICK TO READ THE FULL STORY

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Lions pull out win in high school boys hockey season opener

November 28, 2023

By Brian Smiley With time winding down in the AABHN boys hockey season opener on Tuesday, Assumption College coach Mike Bednarz must have been thinking here we go again. Tied 1-1 with North Park Collegiate at the Gretzky Centre late in the third period, the Lions were able to score with 17 seconds remaining for a 2-1 win. The late goal allowed ACS to avoid something that happened six times…

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Assumption wins OFSAA football championship

November 28, 2023

By Brian Smiley Assumption College are the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Northern Bowl senior football champions – capturing its first provincial championship since 2013. This was the fifth trip to OFSAA for the Lions, with their only win in 2013. Assumption had previously lost the Western Bowl in 2010 and 2012, the Independent Bowl in 2019 and an unnamed Bowl game in 2014. PLEASE CLICK TO READ THE…

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Assumption’s ‘Cardiac Kids’ capture CWOSSA football title

November 22, 2023

By Brian Smiley GUELPH – From this point forward, the 2023 Assumption College Lions senior football team will be known as the ‘Cardiac Kids’. Facing Waterloo’s Laurel Heights Secondary School Hurricanes in the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association championship game on a wet, windy and cold Tuesday night at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, the Cardiac Kids came back from a 12-0 half-time deficit to defeat the Hurricanes…

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Blue Devils earn OFSAA berth with CWOSSA AA win over Titans

November 22, 2023

For the first time in 25 years, the McKinnon Park Blue Devils will have a girls basketball team competing at the OFSAA championships. Playing in the CWOSSA AA championships at Galt Collegiate Institute, the Blue Devils defeated the Holy Trinity Titans 54-33 in the final. Mikayla Nelson led the way with 22 points, while Averie Marciniak had 18. Charli Babin scored 14, and Sweed Babin added nine for the Titans….

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