St. Charles College won the city golf championships for team play in recent weeks finishing one stroke ahead of St. Benedict. John Maley finished second in individual play with a score of 73. For NOSSA, the boys finished a close second to North Bay. For individual play at NOSSA, Stephen Gonko finished tied for third with a score of 73 followed closely by Evan Purcell and John Maley. The Cards displayed outstanding shot making but came up just short to qualifying for OFSSAA. Team members were John Maley, Stehen Gonko, Even Purcell, Ryan Purcell and Brady Reilly.
Category: Athletics
St. Benedict Students Take to the Lake
Students from St. Benedict’s A.S.D. class had the opportunity recently to try the sport of rowing. They started off by training indoors all second semester at the ILRC downtown with the help of Carla John, who works at the ILRC, and their coach was Thomas Merritt, from the Sudbury Rowing Club. When the weather got warmer and the students felt more confident with their rowing skills, they got to row on the lake. The coach got other members from the rowing club to volunteer so that the students had experienced rowers along with them the first time. The indoor training was very physically demanding as the students worked up a quite a sweat but when they got to go out on the lake, it made it all worth it. The class hopes to continue the rowing next year.
Sudbury Catholic Lifeskills Students Take Part in Annual Special Olympics
On Friday, June 18, 2010 students from both the elementary and secondary lifeskills classes gathered together at Pius XII Elementary School for the board’s annual Special Olympics event. Two sessions were arranged for the students with the secondary students participating in the morning and the elementary students participating in the afternoon. The day involved several different events for the participating students including an obstacle course, hockey shoot-out, soccer shoot-out and a basketball challenge. At the end of both sessions, all of the staff and students gathered together and all of the participants were applauded for their valiant efforts.
SCC Junior Boys Soccer Win AA NOSSA Championship
The St. Charles College junior boy’s soccer team took the AA NOSSA championship in North Bay this past month. The Cards were made up of some very talented soccer players this year and cruised along during the regular season until they lost in the semi-final game 2 – 0 to Lasalle in the city finals. The Cards expected a much better fate with the team they had. However, the boys finished high enough in the standings to qualify as the AA NOSSA representative. The boys avenged last year’s loss to West Ferris in NOSSA by beating them to capture the championship this year by a score of 2 – 0. Brad Guthrie scored the opener for the Cards while Chriss Rossi clinched it with a goal in the second half. The defence was solid being anchored by Peter Khouri and Blake Leclair who move up to senior while defensive standouts Walter Kosher and Brad Williams return to junior next year. Goalkeeper Michael Michelle kept a clean sheet in net. The boys look forward to the opportunity to defend their NOSSA championship next year and capture the city championship as well.
Immaculate Students Chat Live with Olympic Athlete
Over the past year, Immaculate Conception teacher Tania Lacroix has given her students the amazing opportunity to be penpals with a true Canadian Olympian. The grade 1/2 class has been following the training and athletic performances of Kristina Groves, a Canadian long track speedskater who won both a silver and bronze medal at the 2010 Olympic Games. Approximately eight years ago, Lacroix had a friend that worked at the Calgary Training Centre and she asked if there were any athletes who would be willing to be penpals with her class. Groves volunteered and has been communicating with her classes ever since. Groves has connected with this year’s class since September through letters, and the hope was that she would be able to visit the class. During the Winter Olympics, Groves even held up a sign that had the name of the school on it for all of Canada to see. Due to scheduling conflicts, Groves was unable to come to Sudbury to visit the students but they came up with the next best thing. On Friday, June 10, the entire school gathered in the gym to take part in a a Skype call with Kristina in Calgary. The students were able to see and hear Kristina describe her races as a digital projector projected the video on the wall of the gym. Groves answered questions asked by the students in all of the different grades and even showed the group both her bronze and silver medals. It was evident that Groves was having as much fun with the call as the students in the gym as she commented on the great questions the kids were asking and smiled and laughed as the entire group clapped and screamed for her. Lacroix was happy that Groves was able to communicate one on one with the school and was pleased that they were able to finally connect live.
Sudbury Catholic Schools’ Employees Ride the Big Bike for Heart & Stroke
Sudbury Catholic District School Board “Holy Rollers” staff took on the challenge of riding the “Big Bike” to raise funds for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. On Friday afternoon, 20 of the Board’s employees mounted the monster bike and peddled through the streets of downtown Sudbury during hot and muggy weather. Spirits were high on the bike as SCS members rattled their noisemakers and waved to everyone as the peddled past them. Cheered on and encouraged by pedestrians and motorists alike, the SCDSB staff did their best to complete the route in record time and raise more than $1,900 for the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Encouraged by the turnout, the fun and the camaraderie, Sudbury Catholic Schools will be back again next year with even a more impressive group.
St. John Hosts Floor Hockey Tournament
On Saturday May 29th, 2010, St. John School hosted a grade 5/6 co-ed Floor Hockey tournament at St. Charles College. The tournament was very well attended and all participants had a great time. Congratulations go out to the following teams who won – St. Christopher school won first place, St. James school won second place, and St. John school won third place. Thank you to all who attended.
MMA Flag Football Teams Played Strong in Toronto Tournament
It was a great two days of football for the Marymount A and B teams on May 13 and 14 as they took part in the 2010 Danny Bob Invitational Girls Flag Football Tournament in Toronto. Despite the teams’ football season already being over in November, the girls ran a few practices at the beginning of May and headed to Toronto to take part in this tournament for the second year in a row. The Marymount A team included senior girls and the B team was comprised mostly of Grades 8, 9, and 10 girls. Twenty teams took part in the two days of football and other Sudbury teams included girls from Lasalle Secondary and Notre Dame College. At the end of the tournament, the Marymount A team finished strong and took home the Second place trophy. Danny Bob, organizer of the event was thrilled with the Marymount contingent and told the Regals’ coach, Matthew Wiecha that he was impressed with the strength of the A team and the spirit and work ethic of the B team. He also invited some of the Marymount players to join him for tournaments in Florida, the Domenican and other parts of the USA as he coaches a traveling girls flag football team that is made up of players from all over the province. Coach Matthew Wiecha was thrilled with the teams’ performances againstt all of the teams and is already looking forward to next year’s tournament.
SCDSB Junior Girls’ Handball Tournament Results
Saturday, May 8th St. Francis hosted the Sudbury Catholic District School Board Girls’ Handball Tournament and was an excellent way to celebrate community during Catholic Education Week.
The following at the results to the tournament
First Place – St. Christopher
Second Place – St. John
Third Place – St. Theresa
Fourth Place – Corpus Christi
Many thanks to the parents, students, coaches and teachers who made this day possible.