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…
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….
