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John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Winter Games Gold The Lancers Men’s Volleyball team head coach Shawn Lippert and the Region 3 under-16 team won gold at the Ontario Winter Games mid-March in Collingwood. Acting as assistant coach, Lippert and the Region 3 team defeated Region 6 25-19, 25-11. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in attendance to watch his son Ben Harper play on the Region 6 squad. “This was a great experience,” Lippert said on the Lancers website. “The whole process was extremely rewarding and the experience was more than I could have imagined.” It’s Lippert’s third year with the Region...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Beaudoin joins Lancers Former junior B LaSalle Viper Matt Beaudoin will join the Lancers Men’s Hockey team next season. Beaudoin, who tallied 25 goals and 65 points in 51 games for the Vipers in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League this past season, will join former teammates D.J. Turner and Drew Palmer in the lineup. “Beaudoin’s a complete player and will play very well for the University of Windsor,” Vipers manager Kevin McIntosh said. “He’s got the skill and he’s got the size and he’ll never not work. He works at practice, he works off the...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Dream job Five University of Windsor students were among 15 finalists chosen last week for the Toronto FC Dream Job contest. Vincenzo Liburdi (Human Kinetics), Kate Du Toit (Digital Journalism), Gary Chauhan (Business), Andrina Slegers (Criminology and Sociology) and graduate Megan Shaw (Communication) now hope to become one of five finalists contending for a chance to join the Toronto FC’s media/marketing arm. People can go to facebook.com/TorontoFC and ‘like’ the page to receive information on how to vote and to watch the candidates personalized videos until Friday, March 16, at noon. The winner will be announced...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Breakfast of champions n an hour-long speech first intended to last no more than five minutes, Red Wings general manager Ken Holland entertained several Windsor businessmen with the story of his rise to success this past Thursday at a breakfast at the Caboto Club. “It starts with passion,” said Holland, arguably the finest GM in pro sports in the last decade and whose mother originally thought he’d do well as an Elecrolux vacuum cleaner salesman. Among those at the breakfast were former Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO and president Richard Peddie. Dodgeball tournament group of...
CIS wrestling École Secondaire l’Essor graduate David Tremblay won his fourth straight CIS Wrestling title on the weekend at the championships in Thunder Bay. Competing for Concordia University, Tremblay defeated Regina’s Kirk Ackerman in the 61-kg division final. Tremblay now prepares for a Canadian Olympic Team bid at the FILA Pan American Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament March 23 in Kissimmee, Fla. Synchronized skating Team NEXXICE won the senior category of the 2012 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships on the weekend at the WFCU Centre in Windsor. The Burlington group finished with 206.96 points, tying the current Canadian record. With the...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Lancer’s Men’s Volleyball team in playoffs he Lancers Men’s Volleyball team earned a home advantage playoff berth and wrapped up the season fourth in the OUA after splitting the weekend in Kingston. Kyle Williamson led the Lancers in Sunday’s 3-0 loss to Queen’s. Sets were 25-14, 25-20 and 25-14. The evening before, the Lancers swept the RMC Paladins 3-0. Timothee Jaumel had eight kills. Windsor, which beat Waterloo in a tiebreaker for home court, will host the Warriors (11-7) next Saturday in an OUA quarter-final at the St. Denis Centre. Women’s season over n women’s OUA...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Women’s volleyball The women’s volleyball team lost to both McMaster and York on the weekend. Sunday, the Marauders beat the Lancers 3-0. Kaila Seguin led the Lancers with six kills and 11 digs over sets of 25-15, 25-19 and 25-14. Saturday, the Lancers lost 3-0 to the Lion with scores of 16-25, 20-25 and 22-25. Chelsey Drouillard had 17 digs, Jessica Shepley had 12 digs and Kaila Seguin had seven kills. The Lancers Women’s Volleyball team have their final two games on the road. They are at RMC (6-8) Saturday and Queen’s (11-5) Sunday. Men’s hoops...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR VOLLEYBALL The Lancer Women’s Volleyball team won 3-0 over Western (7-7) Friday in OUA volleyball in London with set wins of 25-22, 25-21 and 25-21. Jennifer Ellig had 10 kills and 13 digs, Kaila Seguin led in kills with 17 and Jessica Shepley had 10 digs. The men’s team lost 3-0 Friday to first place Western over sets of 25-20, 26-24 and 25-22. Kyle Williamson recorded 14 kills and Harrison Oake had 12 kills. Will Alexander recorded nine digs for the Lancers (9-4). TRACK & FIELD Champion middle distance runner Jordan Wand of Fort McMurray, Alta.,...
Baseball skills camp The Lancers Men’s Baseball team will hold fundamental skills clinics Jan. 22 and Feb. 19 at the St. Denis Centre (Huron Line and College) from 8-10:30 a.m. both days. The sessions are for players from six-year-old through high school age and cost $60 each or $100 for both. Participants will learn a wide range of instruction from some of the areas most knowledgeable players and coaches. The January session will focus on hitting and fielding while the February session will work on hitting and pitching. For more information, contact Frank Jeney at 519-253-3000 ext. 4067 or email...
John Doherty
SPORTS EDITOR
Holiday Hoops The nationally second-ranked
Lancers women’s team beat the Cascades 78-59 and finished the Holiday Classic 3-0 Friday at the St. Denis Centre. Jessica
Clemencon led Windsor with 17 points and seven rebounds. Thursday, Miah
Langlois posted 18 points in a 75-61 win against Ryerson while Clemencon
added 15 points and, in Wednesday‘s opener, Windsor beat Bishop’s University
71-40....