It was not long ago when former MTS student, Julia Gosling won the coveted SPECTRA award. Shortly after that, she headed for St. Lawrence University to pursue her education and lead the women’s hockey team there. Now, she will have to defer her 3rd year at the university to travel to Calgary at the end of July to train with the team. Both she and her teammates are pumped and…
Coach Jamie Neilson Creating a Legacy at Oakridge Secondary School
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