WATERLOO REGION (May 27, 2016) – With all the other district 8 championships wrapped up slo-pitch is the final sport that schools will compete to be crowned champions. The semi-final matches are already set up for both the girls’ and boys’. In the girls’ league top seeded St. David’s will face off against the fourth seeded Monsignor Doyle. The Celtics had a very strong season posting a league best 6-2…
Nicholas Bilodeau is a former District 8 athlete who took the time to do an interview for D8, to discuss both his experiences within D8 athletics and what he has been up to since he graduated. First off, Bilodeau played for Resurrection Catholic Secondary School for his entire career as a D8 athlete. He played multiple sports for his school including, junior football, powerlifting, varsity wrestling and to top it…
WATERLOO REGION (May 26, 2016) – St. Mary’s are the new district 8 boys soccer champions after defeating St. Benedict’s by a score of 2 – 1 in a thrilling final. Although these two teams were seen as underdogs entering the playoffs after finishing third and fourth in the District 8 division respectively, they caught fire at the right time in the playoffs and were able to unseat the top two…
WATERLOO REGION (May 18, 2016) – Wednesday, May 18th is a big day in District 8 sports as there are three different championship games; girls’ varsity soccer, senior boys’ soccer and senior boys’ rugby. The first final of the day is senior boys’ soccer and it features St. Benedict’s versus St. Mary’s for the championship. Both teams were seen as underdogs entering the playoffs as they finished third and fourth…
WATERLOO REGION (May 17, 2016) – Resurrection was crowned district 8 girls rugby champions after our dominating performance in the final against St. Mary’s, winning by a score of 31 – 0. The championship clinching victory was a result of a strong team effort with tries coming from Hayley Broadfoot, Hannah Scharlach, Armelle Folefack, Britney Haughton (2), and three conversion kicks made by Bianca Allain. The Phoenix‘s glory came after…
WATERLOO REGION (May 13, 2016) – Both the boys and girls District 8 soccer regular-seasons have come to an end, meaning the playoffs have gotten underway. For the District 8 senior boys season it was St. David’s finishing first in the division and Resurrection finishing second. As these two teams were the best throughout the regular season both have punched their ticket into the semi-finals. Resurrection will play host to…
On Thursday, Woodland Christian High School earned the honor of being the overall District 8 badminton champions. Woodland had great performances throughout the tournament with both a first-place finish in the junior team results and a third place finish in the senior team results. The great junior performances by Woodland include, a gold medal win by Donny Ren in the junior boys singles event and a silver medal victory by…
