From a parent’s perspective, having Jamie as a coach is a feeling of joy and happiness. From a coach’s perspective, I spent the last 15+ years coaching against Jamie and the Oaks. I can explicitly remember coaching against him and the teams he has had throughout the years. As a female coach coaching boys in volleyball, I had to work hard to get the respect of my coaching peers, referees,…
Holy Cross Trailblazing goalie has a chance to make OHL Draft her-story
Grade 10 Holy Cross CSS student Taya Currie is looking to break barriers, as she sets her sights on the OHL entry draft. She currently plays goal for the AAA Elgin Middlesex Chiefs. Taya is also the goaltender for the Holy Cross Centurions girls hockey team and led them on a playoff run in 2020. We wish Taya the best of luck on June 4th and 5th! Way to go…
Ava Ebert accepted into Volleyball Canada’s National Excellence Program
A huge congratulations goes out to Ava Ebert, AB Lucas Secondary School student-athlete and FCVC volleyball program athlete who has just been selected to take part in Volleyball Canada’s National Excellence Program. From September to December Ava will train, learn, and be exposed to all that the Senior National Team has to offer from a volleyball and sports science perspective. Ava is recognized as one of eighteen female volleyball athletes…
Scott Morrison Interview
In partnership with the SSSAA Thunder Bay High School Sports Association, Director David Pineau has a Zoom call with Boston Celtics Assistant Coach (and former Lakehead Men’s Basketball Coach) Scott Morrison with your questions featured! Check out the video here! Scott Morrison Video LINK
Red Shirt Effect
Read the full article in the London Free Press here! ARTICLE https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/red-shirt-training-may-pay-big-dividends-for-game-less-high-school-athletes
Kelly Welch Recipient of the Pete Beach Award
Pete Beach was a former Executive Director of OFSAA whose life was dedicated to sport and helping others, especially young people, achieve their full potential. Under his leadership, OFSAA expanded from 7 Associations to 15 and 300 schools to 580. Each association is permitted to nominate and award one coach each year this prestigious award. These winners exemplify the same dedication, spirit and love of sport that made Pete Beach…
Brian Maxwell Scholarship Winner
Clarissa Sladek is one of three female athletes from across Ontario to win the 2020 Brian Maxwell Memorial Scholarship from OFSAA. Clarissa graduated this year from Medway High School where she participated in Cross-Country, Track & Field and Swim Team. She competed numerous times at OFSAA in both Cross-Country and Track & Field. Along with her athletic commitments, Clarissa was a student leader at Medway as a Peer Coach, Grade…
2020 East Division Boys Captains/Veterans Game
As we all know, anything after March Break was put to a sudden halt. Unfortunately, the East division was unable to hold its annual Boys Captains/Veterans basketball game honouring many deserving athletes. Each representative is selected by their own coach, based on leadership, experience, dedication, hard work, ability, etc. Typically, City would take on the County, in both a junior and senior game. This year’s game was supposed to be…
Spectra Nominees 2020
A list of all Spectra Nominee bio’s can be found at this link below: https://www.ldnsportsdinner.com/spectra-nominees
TVRA Girls Volleyball All-star Game
Congratulations to all representatives to this year’s TVRA Girls Allstar game. Despite it not happening because of the current pandemic, below is each school’s representative. A big thank you goes out to our convenor, Justin Fish for all of the hard work behind the scenes as well as our coaches that always dedicate their time and passion for these athletes. Thank you to our officials who were donating their time…