WATERLOO REGION (May 15, 2017) – On Friday District 8 held its first ever lacrosse championships involving three schools from the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. The tournament kicked off with St. David’s beating Resurrection in a hard fought opening match 14-10. Resurrection would rebound with a win over St. Benedict’s in game two, 10-6. The round robin would end with St. David’s beating the St. Benedict’s to set up…
TRACK & FIELD: St. Benedict’s retains overall team title in track & field
WATERLOO REGION (May 15, 2017) – The Saints retained their over track & field championship from last year lead by the girls team who also repeated as combined girls champions. Nana-Afia Agyeipah from St. Benedict’s set a record in the senior girls shot put with a toss of 9.92m while teammate Marcus Penalozza set records in the senior boys 100m and 200m races with times of 11.14s and 22.21s respectively….
GIRLS HOCKEY: Megan Fergusson named league most valuable player
WATERLOO REGION (March 31, 2017) – Resurrection’s Megan Fergusson was named the most valuable player for the District 8 girls hockey league on Friday. Fergusson lead the Phoenix to their second straight District 8 title as they squeezed by a tough St. David’s team in the final series. As a grade 12 student, Fergusson trades off between playing defence and forward for the Phoenix, and in the 2016-17 season she…
BOYS BASKETBALL: Zubair Seyed named most valuable player for third straight year
WATERLOO REGION (March 29, 2017) – After collecting multiple MVP awards throughout the year at top end high school basketball tournaments, Zubair Seyed was the undoubted selection for the D8 league award. Seyed was an electrifying player to watch all season as he lead St. Benedict’s to an undefeated D8 season, a CWOSSA AAA title and put on a thrilling 52 point performance in the OFSAA AAA final which the…
BOYS HOCKEY: Hayden Berger awarded top honours as league MVP
WATERLOO REGION (March 28, 2017) – On Tuesday, District 8 announced St. David’s Celtic Hayden Berger as the most valuable player for boys hockey. Berger, a grade 12 forward and team captain, scored ten goals in his D8 campaign on the way to winning the league championship in a three game series over Resurrection. Burger would lead the Celtics to the CWOSSA A/AA title game where they would lose a…
VOLLEYBALL: St. Benedict’s Jenna Banz named D8 league MVP
WATERLOO REGION (March 27, 2017) – Saint’s power house outside attacker Jenna Banz was announced as the senior girls volleyball league’s most valuable player on Monday. Banz proved to be a dominant player throughout the District 8 season with strong and consistent net play and serving. She would lead a young Saints squad to the D8 final where they would suffer a tough fifth set loss to St. David’s. St….
D8 HOCKEY: Resurrection sweeps girls championship series
WATERLOO REGION (February 27, 2017) – On Thursday afternoon in Waterloo, Resurrection captured their second straight D8 girls hockey title in game two of a three game series over St. David’s. Game two was stalemated throughout the first two periods with no scoring until Brooke Hepditch from Resurrection scored on a goal assisted by Maddie MacMillan early into the third period. Just 14 seconds later Megan Fergusson increased the lead…