Category: Sports

Teacher blazes snowboard trail

Geoff Dembicki, Centretown News
Geoff Dembicki, Centretown News
Trevor Grills, math teacher at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, reveals the physics behind snowboarding.
Students from eight Ottawa high schools had the pleasure of carving up powder at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ annual snowboarding festival this year, largely due to one teacher’s determination and dedication to the sport and his students.

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Tournament raises city’s minor hockey profile

Andrew Ng, Centretown News
Andrew Ng, Centretown News
The Jr. 67s, the Ottawa AAA Senators and the Ottawa Valley Titans represented the city at the 2008 Central Regional Midget AAA Championships earlier this month.
The whispers skate blades make on the ice. The goose bumps that appear on your forearm. The familiar shouts of “come on, ref.” The wacky playoff haircuts. These are all reasons why Ottawa resident Luc Bedard says he loves hockey.

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Glebe water polo team making a splash

Geoff Dembicki, Centretown News
Geoff Dembicki, Centretown News
The Glebe Collegiate Gryphons battled the Sacred Heart Catholic High School Huskies at the Carleton University Pool earlier this month. Glebe won the game 10-1 to improve their record on the season to 9-0. They sit in first place in the league standings.
The Glebe Collegiate Institute girls water polo team has found that the best way to get their friends energized about the sport is by winning.

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