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High school, university and Major Junior Football League action
Published: October 2, 2019
Photo: St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish Facebook page
The St. Patrick’s Junior Fighting Irish football team defeated the Dragons from the Polyvalente de Saint-Georges, 20-9, on Sept. 29. The victory is the third for the Junior Irish in as many games. On Sept. 21, they took care of the Arsenal from Académie Saint-Louis, 23-7.
SLC’S Élizabeth Labbé wins gold at RSEQ golf championship
Published: October 2, 2019
Photo: CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Lions
CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence golfer Élizabeth Labbé won the gold medal at the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec golf championship played on Sept. 28 and 29 at the Club de Golf Lorette, in Loretteville.
Second GPCQ win for Australian Michael Matthews
Published: September 18, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
A light breeze kept Quebec City cool on the mild and sunny morning of Sept. 13. The racecourse, which starts and finishes in front of Place George-V, gave the international cyclists quite a challenge in the 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.
Carabins stop Rouge et Or’s winning streak at 14
Published: September 18, 2019
Photo: Nathalie Martin - U. Laval
The Université Laval Rouge et Or football team saw their winning streak stop at 14 on Sept. 14, when they lost 23-18 to the Carabins of the Université de Montréal on the Carabins’ home field. This was the first time in their last six meetings that the Rouge et Or lost to the Carabins.
City sports briefs: hockey, football
Published: September 18, 2019
Photo: Luc Lang from QCT archives
The Quebec Remparts will start the 2019-20 season with two games on the road this week.
On Sept. 20 in Victoriaville, the Remparts will take to the ice for the first time this season, against the Tigres.
The next day, Sept. 21, the team nicknamed the Diables Rouges will go further west; they’ll be travelling to Drummondville to play the Voltigeurs in an afternoon contest.
Irish Juniors kick off the 2019 campaign with an impressive win
Published: September 18, 2019
The St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish Junior football team started the 2019 season on the right foot with an impressive 51-22 win over the Centaures from École secondaire La Courvilloise of Beauport. The game was played on Sept. 13 in Beauport.
Fighting Irish juniors start the 2019 season on the road
Published: September 11, 2019
Photo: St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish football page
The St. Patrick’s High School junior football team will hit the field for the first time this season when they visit École secondaire La Courvilloise in Beauport, on Sept.13. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. The Centaures lost their first game last week while the Fighting Irish benefited from a bye. Hopes are high for the team composed of Secondary 2 and 3 students.
St. Lawrence College gets first-ever points in men’s soccer
Published: September 11, 2019
Photo: St. Lawrence Lions Facebook page
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Lions men’s soccer team took to the field for the very first time this past weekend, playing two games within 24 hours in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) college division.
There was a mixed soccer team in previous years. This is the first all-male soccer team at St. Lawrence.
Concordia simply no match for the Rouge et Or football team
Published: September 11, 2019
Photo: U Laval-Nathalie Martin
The Université Laval Rouge et Or football team made a solid statement on Sept. 7, when it crushed the Concordia University Stingers 41-6, in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference.
The Rouge et Or began the game on a strong note and did not give the Stingers a single chance to catch up.
Loïc Bruni defends his title at UCI Mountain Bike races
Published: September 4, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
From Aug. 21 to Sept. 1, for the 30th year, Mont Sainte-Anne was overrun by mountain bike athletes and enthusiasts from all over the world. Ski and snowboard trails were transformed into rugged and rocky racecourses for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.