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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Trojans ‘play their hearts out’ to earn CWOSSA volleyball championship

November 22, 2023

By Brian Smiley North Park Collegiate’s senior boys volleyball team appears to be headed into uncharted territory. Playing at the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association AA tournament last week in Hanover, the Trojans captured the championship with a 25-22, 25-14 and 26-24 win over Sacred Heart in the final. PLEASE CLICK TO READ FULL STORY

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