WATERLOO REGION (June 20, 2019) – After St. Mary’s recaptured the District 8 boys soccer championship in May, swept through triple-A CWOSSA qualifying for the OFSAA Championships, it was no question that forward Samuel Valentine would be given the MVP honours for the league. Valentine scored 14 goals in his D8 campaign scoring in all eight games. He would go on to score three goals in four CWOSSA matches as…
D8 SOCCER: St. Mary’s take double gold in boys and girls soccer
WATERLOO REGION (May 23, 2019) – On Wednesday afternoon both the senior boys and senior girls soccer teams from St. Mary’s High School captured the District 8 soccer Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo. The St. Mary’s boys team went toe-to-toe with last year’s champion St. David’s right to the last minute. With St. David’s ahead one goal late in the second half, Eagles’ Samuel Kanneh scored to tie the…
D8 GIRLS HOCKEY: St. David’s Mikayla Schnarr caps season with MVP honours
WATERLOO REGION (April 3, 2019) – There was really no doubt that with the season Mikayla Schnarr had, she had to be the named the most valuable player for the District 8 girls hockey league. Schnarr led her Celtics to their second straight District 8 championship where she recorded four shutouts, including one in game two of the championship series where they edged past St. Mary’s 1-0 to collect the…
D8 BOYS HOCKEY: Max Parrott from Resurrection wins league MVP
WATERLOO REGION (April 2, 2019) – On Tuesday, Resurrection’s Max Parrott was announced as the District 8 boys hockey league’s most valuable player. The grade 12 goalie helped the Phoenix to an 8-0-1 regular season record, and their first District 8 Championship since the 1992-93 season. Parrott, along with teammate and fellow first team all-star Blake Stephenson helped Resurrection to a CWOSSA silver medal. Stephenson, a grade 11 forward, scored…
D8 VOLLEYBALL: Most valuable player honours goes to Saints’ Gigi Markotic
WATERLOO REGION (April 1, 2019) – On Monday, District 8 announced that St. Benedict’s grade 12 middle Gigi Markotic was named the league’s most valuable player. Markotic and her Saints finished their regular season with a perfect 10-0 record and went 2-0 in the playoffs to win their second straight District 8 title. Markotic and the Saints, along with first team all-stars, grade 12 left side Olivia Benzin and grade…
D8 BASKETBALL: St. Benedict’s Ben Mascarenhas named basketball’s MVP
WATERLOO REGION (March 25, 2019) – On Saturday night before the KW Titans last regular season home game of the season, the District 8 All-stars were recognized with Ben Mascarenhas receiving the league’s top honour. Mascarenhas led the Saints to an 11-1 regular season record, and helped regained the District 8 senior boys title after scoring 14 points in the final. The grade 12 forward was a consistent scoring leader…
D8 BASKETBALL: The senior boys title swings back to St. Benedict’s
WATERLOO REGION (February 20, 2019) – Over the last eight years the senior boys basketball championship has seesawed between two basketball powerhouses, St. Benedict’s in Cambridge and St. Mary’s in Kitchener. On Tuesday night in front of a packed house, it was St. Benedict’s who regained control of the title, and will advance to the triple-A CWOSSA championship this Friday. Throughout the first half the Saints maintained a steady, yet…