Cross Country
November 9, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
Throughout the first two months of the 2011 high school season, cross country runners across Canada have been honing their skills, putting in seemingly endless training miles and gearing up to put their best foot forward at their respective provincial championships this fall. In this month’s sport spotlight we take a look at stories from [...]
Golf
October 31, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
With many provincial golf championships fast approaching at the end of September and early October, our sport spotlight for this month focuses on golf. Read about some past champions as well as what is happening in the coming weeks. Ever since the game of golf was first played on pastures in Scotland, it has been [...]
Rugby
June 22, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
There is no doubt that the popularity of rugby among Canadian high school students is growing quickly. From scrums to rucks to mauls, the sport’s physical and fast paced nature has athletes hooked. Brian Lynch, President of the British Columbia Secondary Schools’ Rugby Union, has spent 20 years with high school rugby athletes and has [...]
Track and Field
June 15, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
The track and field season is in full swing and some provincial seasons have already come to a close. Read on for what exciting things are happening in high school track and field. We also caught up with Tamara Jewett, a past OFSAA track and field champion, as well as her high school coaches, to [...]
High School Football in Canada
May 11, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
Canada is a country known to most outsiders for its prominence in hockey, however its abundance of talented young football players is beginning to gain more attention. While there have always been successful Canadian professional football players, one change that is occurring is the route that many young athletes are taking to get to the [...]
Basketball Review
May 9, 2011 by admin
Filed under Canadian Sport Features, Sport Spotlights
With March Madness in full swing, the NBA playoffs right around the corner and provincial basketball championships winding down, March is the month of basketball! The popularity and level of basketball in Canada continues to grown, as we take a look at one of Canada’s rising basketball stars as well some of Canada’s past greats. [...]
