Reading Time: 2 minutesSaturday night’s basketball games resulted in a line in the history books in this Jan. 25 edition of the Highlight Reel.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCatch up on Friday’s basketball action with the Jan. 24 edition of the Fulcrum’s highlight reel.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFootball players are modern-day gladiators and all of us that tune in on Feb. 2 are the Romans cheering them on. We cheer with every monstrous collision while understanding the mental illness it causes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTeams from various universities come together to build concrete toboggans and race them down a hill. While the event is centered around the race, it also includes thematic aspects and spirit points for peripheral feats such as safety videos, style and cheers.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“An outdoor hockey tournament on steroids.” That’s what participants of the 2014 Sandy Hill Winter Classic can expect, according to founder Evan Trofimchuk.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a growing interest among University of Ottawa students, a fourth-year engineering student Brett Parres and alumnus Jeremy Kearns have both headed a new Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) club that has been playing in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) against other universities.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Gee-Gees women’s basketball team vaulted to the top spot in its division after defeating the Carleton Ravens at the 2014 Capital Hoops Classic, while the men’s team struggled to recuperate against the top-ranked Ravens.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRead about Sunday’s sports in the Jan. 19 edition of the Highlight Reel, which includes women’s volleyball and women’s hockey.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRead up on Saturday’s Gee-Gees action in the Jan. 18 highlight reel, including women’s volleyball, men’s hockey, and both basketball teams.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll Gee-Gees sports highlights from Friday, Jan. 17, including men’s hockey, women’s hockey, women’s basketball and men’s basketball.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum’s own Moose on the Loose had the chance to chat with Sportnet’s Donnovan Bennett about CIS rivalries, rising stars and what it means to be a sports fan
Reading Time: 3 minutesOwn the cold with a flurry of sports and activies on the calendar this month Photos courtesy of Richard Whittaker, SFUO, and Marc Jan The month of January has far more to offer in terms of entertainment than white powdery snow and chilly breezes. To keep you active, or at the very least entertained, the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesMen’s basketball, swim team head into second semester strong Men’s basketball The Gee-Gees men’s basketball team had a successful winter break, winning all three of their games at the Wesmen Classic tournament at the University of Winnipeg to take the championship. The Gee-Gees, the number two ranked team in the country, defeated the tournament hosts …
Reading Time: 4 minutesBasketball and hockey teams lead into 2014 with success Men’s basketball Many Gee-Gees competed and trained throughout the holidays while the rest of us stuffed our bellies with turkey and chocolates. The men’s basketball team travelled to the cold of Winnipeg after Christmas to compete in the Wesmen Classic at the University of Winnipeg. Fourth-year …
Reading Time: 2 minutesfter a few consecutive weeks of stuffing your body with a whole lot of cookies, ham, turkey and all the trimmings, it’s time to get back into the swing of another semester. The average student diet can often seem like a relief from our holiday extravagances. Often students come back to residence, apartments, and roommates …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Cavalry Awards are a series of honours given by the Fulcrum to various varsity athletes for outstanding performances and sportsmanship or eye-catching moments. It’s a simple way to let the athletes know we recognize their talent and appreciate the struggle they bear, in addition to being students, to make us proud fans. Although we’d love to give each one an award, we only have so much print space, so we had to make some tough decisions. The candidates aren’t nominated, but handpicked by the sports staff and volunteers at the Fulcrum and reflect our opinions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees fell short of the Carleton Ravens by five points on Nov. 30 with a back-and-forth lead change throughout the game. Ultimately, the Ravens pulled away and kept the lead with four minutes left in the game.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst-year public international affairs student Angela Tilk has moved to the capital this year for her master’s program at the University of Ottawa—and for basketball. Tilk had great success at Ryerson University during her undergraduate years. She was known as the strong undersized post across the province. In her first year, she was awarded the Ontario University Athletics East All-Rookie Team, and then in the 2011–2012 season she was given the Second Team East All-Stars award.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I think it affected me a lot more on a personal level than it did the rest of the team,” she said. “Since I’ve been around for five years and every year we haven’t lost until now, and it being my last year playing against them, it was disappointing to have experienced that.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesPolo is the sport of the aristocrats, but this new spin on it has a growing number of fans, teams, and players. Bike polo is an urban twist on the traditional game without the lavish costs.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRead the Highlight Reel to catch the Fulcrum’s sports coverage of the Nov. 29-30 weekend.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Nov. 22–23 hockey games were all but close in score, but went in completely differnt directions for the men and the women’s team.
Reading Time: 5 minutesLionel Woods started with the Gee-Gees 25 years ago as the assistant coach and athletic therapist. He never played a game of volleyball in his life, but took on the head coaching position in 1992 and has never looked back.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees remain undefeated and seem likely to maintain their number two ranking following their two games on the Nov. 22–23 weekend beating Waterloo 98–60 on Friday and Laurier 89–68 on Saturday night.
The Gee-Gees women’s basketball team took on the Waterloo Warriors and the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks on the Nov. 22–23 weekend at Montpetit Hall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen asked if he thought his moustache was coming in well, Foucher replied, “Not for my girlfriend.”
