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Quebec City now has dome of dreams for baseball buffs
Published: October 25, 2017
Photo: Peter Black
To paraphrase Kevin Costner’s character in Field of Dreams, “Build it and they will come.”
“It,” in this case is an inflated dome, which, from an aerial view of the vintage municipal stadium near Parc Victoria, looks like a gigantic marshmallow plopped down on the ballfield.
Quebec, USA girls’ teams to battle in Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
Published: October 25, 2017
Photo: Peter Black
Girls’ hockey teams from Quebec and the United States will face off in a historic game in the 2018 edition of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.
St. Lawrence College rugby and hockey news
Published: October 18, 2017
Photo: courtesy of St. Lawrence Lions website
With the regular season finished, the Cégep Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus rugby 7s teams are headed to the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) regional championships.
All matches will be played at Cégep Garneau on October 22, starting at 9 a.m. for rugby 7s and women’s 15s. There is no men’s rugby 15s this year in the northeast division.
St. Pat’s hockey and football news
Published: October 11, 2017
The St. Patrick’s High School hockey team made their historic debut on Saturday, October 7, in Beauceville, as they are now one of 16 teams in the M17 Majeur section of the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire Scolaire (LHPS), a Quebec provincial prep school league.
Laval crushes Sherbrooke in RSEQ football action
Published: October 11, 2017
Photo: Yves Longpré - Université Laval
The Université Laval football team wanted a solid contribution from everyone and that’s what the players did. The Rouge et Or went to Université de Sherbrooke on October 7 and simply demolished the Vert et Or 46-15. They now head into the bye week with a record of five wins and one loss.
Québec Remparts are off to a flying start
Published: October 11, 2017
Photo: Remparts website
The Québec Remparts, of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League, are off to a flying start this season.
Before losing their first game 3-0 against the Titan in Bathurst last Sunday, October 8, the Remparts had won their first six games of the 2017-18 campaign.
“I Am Invictus” The Invictus Games headed for Toronto
Published: September 20, 2017
Photo: courtesy of Invictus Games
Team Canada was in Quebec City to publicize the upcoming Invictus Games being held in Toronto where some 550 military athletes from 17 nations will be competing in 12 sports disciplines.
Football season is underway at Laval and St. Pat’s
Published: September 20, 2017
It’s almost the end of September and football season is now almost one month old.
The Université Laval Rouge et Or had a bye this past weekend, since there are now only five teams in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ). Bishop’s University jumped ship last winter to join the Atlantic University Sports Conference.
Capitales sweep Rockland to win the Can-Am League final
Published: September 20, 2017
Photo: Sébastien Dion - Capitales de Québec
Balbino Fuenmayor hit two monstrous home runs, Philippe Craig-St-Louis and James McOwen each had three hits, and the Quebec Capitales won the Can-Am League title, 9-3, over the Rockland Boulders in front of packed Stade Canac. The Caps swept the best-of-five final, three games to none.
Alison Van Uytvanck wins the 25th Coupe Banque Nationale
Published: September 20, 2017
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Université Laval hosted an impressive tennis tournament from September 9 to 11.
International, Canadian and Quebec players fought it out the courts for the 25th Coupe Banque Nationale.