WATERLOO REGION (April 11, 2022) – District 8 announced on Monday that Monsignor Doyle’s Thach Peter was voted the league’s most valuable player for the 2021-2022 senior basketball season. The grade 12 forward helped the Mustangs to their first District 8 senior boys basketball championship in 29 years. Peter led his team in scoring, and had a season high 29 points against St. David’s. “Thach is a 6 foot 7…
BOYS HOCKEY: MVP nod goes to Resurrection’s Justin McManus
WATERLOO REGION (April 7, 2027) – On Thursday, District 8 announced the boys hockey first and second team all-star selections, and Justin McMaus received top honours being named the league’s most valuable player. McManus, a grade 12 forward, cranked up the pressure in the playoffs, helping the Phoenix move from the last seed entering the playoffs, to a team hoisting the championship plaque. In a 3-2 quarter-final, win over St….
D8 VOLLEYBALL: Resurrection’s Alex Slavcev named Girls Volleyball MVP
WATERLOO REGION (April 6, 2022) – On Wednesday, District 8 announced that Alex Slavcev would be honoured with the league’s top individual award. Slavcev, a grade 12 power hitter, helped lead the Phoenix to an undefeated District 8 season and championship. Along with teammates, first team all-star Julia Prince and second team all-star Sierra Phillip, Resurrection cruised through the regular season only dropping one set until St. Mary’s took them…
D8 CHAMPIONSHIPS: Many teams crowned champions prior to March Break
WATERLOO REGION (March 22, 2022) – The week prior to March Break saw eleven team champions determined over a three day span in what played out as the District 8 Winter week of champions. St Benedict’s started the action on Tuesday at the swim championships where they captured the girls team championship and the overall team championship while Père-René-de-Galinée won the boys team title. One of the biggest stories during…
D8 SWIMMING: Saints swim their way to the overall team title
WATERLOO REGION (March 10, 2022) – On Tuesday the St. Benedict’s girls swim team lead the way to their fourth title in five years, and help secure the overall team title for the fourth time in school history. The Saints were led by girls open division swimmer Jewel Buckley who collected the gold, swimming to three first place finishes in 50M freestyle, 100M freestyle and 100M backstroke. Ashley Gould and…
Scheduling Update
Given the announcement by the provincial government to pivot students to remote learning, and with the temporary closure of community recreation facilities, the District 8 competition schedule will be further paused until at least January 21, 2022. Once students are able to return to the physical classroom, it is our goal and intent that the District 8 Winter competition schedule will be re-implemented with possible scheduling modifications to ensure a…
URGENT NOTICE: Inter-school Athletics on Pause
Effective immediately, based on direction from Region of Waterloo Public Health based increase of local COVID-19 cases and spread of the Omicron variant, all school athletics will be put on pause until January 2022 in order to decrease the risk of class dismissals and school closures. Every effort will be made to reschedule events that are disrupted by this pause. We would encourage our local community to stay safe, follow…