Daviau’s golden weekend

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

JONATHAN BRODIE
SPORTS REPORTER

LONDON— Hawks’ basketball guard, Daviau Rodney, had a monumental day last Saturday, as he watched his first child being born in the morning then helped the team take home OCAA gold and was named tournament MVP that night.

“I don’t think a word can explain the events that happened,” said Rodney.

“I mean it was just an enormous feeling having the baby, becoming an MVP, winning the gold, and just being able to celebrate with my teammates.”

Rodney was awakened at 3:30 a.m. by coach Darrell Glenn, informing him Kaitlynn Pauley, manager… [Continue reading]

First gold in badminton

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

HUMBER SPORTS

Mixed doubles pair Raymond Wong and Renee Yip won Humber’s first ever badminton national gold medal after beating the defending champions at Edmonton’s Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) last week.

Wong, a former national bronze medallist, and Yip, making her nationals debut, defeated last year’s champions Joey Vandervet and Sinead Cheah of NAIT in a nail biting semifinal match on Friday.

The two then routed Alberta’s Concordia College pair of Jake Perry and Grace Box in Saturday’s final.

The honour wasn’t handed to the Hawks, dropping two of their first three matches on… [Continue reading]

Men’s b-ball team set sights on nationals

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

JONATHAN BRODIE
SPORTS REPORTER

LONDON – The Hawks men’s basketball team repeated as provincial gold medallists earning a spot in the national championships in Alberta next week.

“It’s a great feeling when you put so much work into something and you actually accomplish it,” said Humber centre J.R. Bailey, who was selected to the western conference and tournament all-star rosters.

“It’s tough to do that in any facet of life, so it’s nice when it happens.”

The national championship game last Saturday against host Fanshawe – the only team to beat Humber in the regular season… [Continue reading]

Men set to kill nationals

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

KYLE HALL
SPORTS REPORTER

The men’s volleyball team will have to battle through a difficult draw if it wants to rewrite history by winning Humber’s first medal at a national championship.

“I’m not happy with our draw. I think it’s a farce,” said head coach Wayne Wilkins. “But unfortunately there’s nothing I can do to control that. However, I still think there’s an opportunity to come away with a medal.”

The Hawks (17-2) have their first game today against UBC Okanagan Heat (17-1), which lost its only game during the B.C. provincial championship and needed a wildcard… [Continue reading]

Ice men shoot for hat trick in Alliston

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

JARED LALONDE
SPORTS REPORTER

Both the Humber North and Lakeshore men’s hockey teams are looking to triumph tomorrow in the last extramural tournament before the provincial finals.

Neither team has played since Feb. 5, when North was crowned champions at a tournament hosted by U of T Scarborough.

Going into tomorrow’s Georgian Shootout in Alliston as the top seed in the OCAA power rankings, North is looking to ride its momentum to a third straight championship.

“This tournament means a lot,” said North coach, Brett McCully.

“We want to remain the No. 1 seed, which… [Continue reading]

Season ends for hopeful hoopsters in Barrie tourney

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

MICHAEL THOMAS
SPORTS REPORTER

BARRIE – The Seneca Sting sent the Hawks women’s basketball team home early from the provincial championships after a heartbreaking defeat.

The Sting took a one-point lead with 2.1 seconds left in the quarter-final game and despite scratching and clawing in the final seconds, as they had all game, the Hawks came up short.

Humber guard Maria Suriani tossed up a shot from half court before the final buzzer sounded, only to see the shot fall short and the game end 50-49 in favour of the Sting.

Although the crowd was won… [Continue reading]

Women’s volleyball team representing Ont. in CCAAs

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

HEATHER ALFORD
SPORTS REPORTER

The women’s volleyball team has dominated Ontario and now has its eye on conquering Canada at the national championship tournament being held this weekend at Outahais in Gatineau, Que.

The team’s ability to win its first match against the fourth seeded Vancouver Island Mariners in tomorrow’s game will improve its chances to advance to the final four.

“You win that first match, you put yourself in a positive position,” said sports information director Jim Bialek.

“Ontario teams have not been able to win that first match since Humber hosted nationals six years… [Continue reading]

Fight breaks out on pitch

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

REMY GREER
SPORTS REPORTER

VAUGHAN – A brawl during the indoor soccer regional playoffs here last Monday puts the Hawks at a seri- ous disadvantage when it seeks to de- fend its title as provincial champions later this month.

The melee erupted with about eight minutes left in the match, with Humber leading Georgian 2-1 at the OSA Soccer Centre.

“It was a harmless play,” said Hawks captain Andrew DaSilva. “The ball went out to the side and our coach (Germain Sanchez) threw the ball back in. The (Georgian) player was going after the ball because they… [Continue reading]

Women No.1 at regionals

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports

JESSICA GOGGIN
SPORTS REPORTER

VAUGHN – The women’s indoor soccer team found its scoring stride Monday sweeping through the OCAA regional’s to move on to the provincial
championships later this month.

“We finally proved that we could hit the back of the net,” said forward
Keyla Moreno, who had three goals in the three matches. “That is definitely
something we have been struggling with.”

The women scored 10 goals throughout the tournament and had
a 4-0 shut out against Confederation, before 3-1 victories over Georgian
and Sheridan.

Joanna Alexopulos also had three goals in the tournament… [Continue reading]

Women volley their way to provincial title

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by lwilks in Sports

HEATHER ALFORD

SPORTS REPORTER

SUDBURY – The Humber Hawks women’s volleyball team won its third consecutive provincial championship last weekend and has earned a place in the national championships in Quebec next week.

“I didn’t think it would feel as good as it does but it feels 10 times better than I ever imagined it would,” said OCAA rookie of the year Kelly Nyhof, who led the Hawks with 21 points in the final game. “It’s the best feeling in the entire world, especially when you’ve worked as hard as we did.”

The gold medal match [Continue reading]