The season got underway on Thursday in a hard-fought game between the hosts St. Mary’s Eagles and the visiting Resurrection Phoenix. It is time to take a look and see what happened in the first game of the new season. These District 8 rivals played a good game, where the score was close and the intensity was on a high-level. In the end it was the Phoenix coming out victorious by…
WATERLOO REGION (March 29, 2016) – Sean McFall of St. Benedict’s was given the MVP nod for the District 8 boys’ hockey this season. The defenseman led his team to a D8 championship and a great run toward the CWOSSA Championship before being defeated. Joining McFall on the first team all-stars is teammate right wing Ryan Frost. Three centers were also selected to this first team including grade 10 Noah…
WATERLOO REGION (March 23, 2016) – On Wednesday, District 8 announced that Morgan Heinbuch-Filipowitsch was named the most valuable player for its inaugural girls’ hockey season. The goaltender led her Phoenix squad to the second-best record in the D8 regular season, the first ever D8 girls hockey title, and then all the way to the CWOSSA finals. Joining Heinbuch-Filipowitsch on the first team all-stars was her teammate and the core…
WATERLOO REGION (March 21, 2016) – On Monday, District 8 released its individual basketball award winners and without a surprise, grade 12 Zubair Seyed was given the MVP nod for the second year in a row. Seyed lead the Saints to their first senior D8 basketball title since the 2000-2001 season scoring 20 points in the final over the St. Mary’s Eagles. The St. Benedict’s point guard was their leading…
WATERLOO REGION (March 10, 2016) – Both Michaela Hellinga of Woodland Christian HS and Cassy Toschkoff of Resurrection CSS were named co-most valuable players for District 8 girls volleyball. Grade 12 left side attacker Hellinga led Woodland to the best record in D8 this year, going 12-2 in the regular season. In the playoffs she drove her team all the way to the finals before they were defeated by St….
WATERLOO REGION (March 9, 2016) – The OFSAA Wrestling tournaments has finished with three District 8 students earning a medal for their efforts. Lucas Rosa from Monsignor Doyle won OFSAA gold for his school in the 130KG weight division. Rosa’s teammate, Owen Rivard was awarded a silver medal in the 41KG weight division. In the 67.5KG weight division, Hariri Lall represented St. Benedict’s and brought home a gold medal. Congratulations to these students…
WATERLOO REGION (March 3, 2016) – With the CWOSSA championships wrapping up this week it is time to take a look at the D8 Teams that had strong and successful performances in their tournaments. The AA junior and senior basketball tournament was one of the events where District 8 teams had success. Both the junior and senior representatives came from St. David’s and quickly took the tournament by storm. Both of…
