WATERLOO REGION (April 3, 2018) – On Tuesday, District 8 announced the most valuable player award in girls hockey will go to St. Mary’s Julia Spitzig. Spitzig led the Eagles to the first District 8 series final since the league’s inaugural year in 2015-16 where they collected a silver medal. St. Mary’s went on to win a silver medal at triple-A CWOSSA championships which earned them a birth into the…
D8 BOYS HOCKEY: The league MVP nod goes to St. David’s Zach Gladding
WATERLOO REGION (March 29, 2018) – On Thursday, District 8 announced St. David’s Celtic Zach Gladding has been given the nod as the District 8 boys hockey league MVP. As a grade 11 forward, Gladding scored ten goals in his District 8 campaign, including four goals in game two of the championship series to lead his squad to its second straight championship. Joining Gladding on the first team is teammate…
D8 BASKETBALL: Ethan Passley and Jake Polski split the MVP award
WATERLOO REGION (March 28, 2018) – Both Ethan Passley from St. Mary’s and Jake Polski from St. Benedict’s had seasons that made it too difficult to choose one over the other for the league’s most valuable player award. Passley led the Eagles to the top spot in the regular season one game ahead of Polski’s Saints. Their teams split regular season head-to-head matchups but Passley’s Eagles edged past St. Benedict’s…
D8 VOLLEYBALL: Maya Sokolowski named volleyball league’s most valuable player
WATERLOO REGION (March 27, 2018) – On Tuesday District 8 released their list of volleyball all-stars, and St. David’s Maya Sokolowski received the top honour. The grade 12 left side attacker led the Celtics to a seven win, three loss regular season but stood out as the most dangerous hitter in the league. Also named to the first team from St. David’s was grade 12 setter Marley Dowling. Together Sokolowski…
D8 BASKETBALL: St. Mary’s outlasts St. Benedict’s to win the senior title
WATERLOO REGION (February 16, 2018) – On Thursday night in a packed St. Mary’s gymnasium, the District 8 senior basketball title was up for grabs. With neither contenders, St. Mary’s nor St. Benedict’s having great semi-final games earlier in the week, the biggest question on the night was who was going to bring their ‘A’ game on championship night. The first half belonged to St. Mary’s who was slightly favoured…
D8 VOLLEYBALL: It was all Saints in the girls volleyball championships
WATERLOO REGION (February 15, 2018) – On Wednesday night in Cambridge, both junior and senior girls volleyball teams from St. Benedict’s won their respective District 8 league championships in three straight sets. It was only two years ago when the senior girls volleyball squad from St. Benedict’s failed to make the playoffs for the fourth straight year. However, the program is now thriving having both junior and senior teams in…
D8 SWIMMING: Team titles split three ways
WATERLOO REGION (December 21, 2017) – On Thursday at the Wilmot Recreation Complex, the three team swimming titles went to three different schools. The girls team title went to St. Benedict’s for the second year in a row, while the boys title went to St. Mary’s repeated in the boys team category. Coming in second place in boy boys and girls team title was Resurrection which earned them the overall…