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First homestand of the season not enough for the Capitales
Published: May 29, 2019
Photo: Luc Lang
Veteran hurler and pitching coach Karl Gélinas pitched eight strong innings, striking out eight batters as well, and led the Québec Capitales to a 2-1 win over the Rockland Boulders in Can-Am Baseball League action on May 26, at Stade Canac. Along with his eight strikeouts, Gélinas allowed only two hits and one base on balls.
Doré and Guillemette named the 2018-19 Lions Athletes of the Year
Published: May 15, 2019
Photo: CEGEP-St. Lawrence Athletics
Hugo Guillemette (hockey) and Ariane Doré (basketball) were named the 2018-19 male and female Athletes of the Year at the CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence annual sports banquet held on May 2.
Yet another award for Rouge et Or’s Mathieu Betts
Published: May 8, 2019
Photo: Mathieu Bélanger courtesy of U-Laval
Mathieu Betts, a defensive lineman for the Université Laval Rouge et Or, was named the USports male athlete of the year for 2018-19.
A week after signing a three-year deal with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, Betts was named the recipient of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor’s Athletic Award at a ceremony held in Calgary on May 2.
Sports roundup: half-marathon, football and hockey
Records set at Lévis Half-Marathon
Published: May 8, 2019
Photo: Mathieu Bélanger - Courtesy of Gestev
Some 5,000 runners were at the starting line of the 16th annual Lévis Half-Marathon and organizers were delighted that new records were set both in the men’s and the women’s categories.
Undrafted, Laval’s Betts signs with Chicago Bears
Published: May 1, 2019
Photo: Luc Lang
Université Laval’s Mathieu Betts, a lineman for the Rouge et Or football team, signed a contract as a free agent with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, minutes after going undrafted in last week’s NFL draft.
High school basketball season ends with one title for the Blazers
Published: April 24, 2019
Photo: QHS Facebook page
The 2018-19 high school basketball season has come to an end in the Québec Chaudière-Appalaches region of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
The Quebec High School Blazers fielded seven teams (three girls’ teams and four boys’), while the St. Patrick’s High Fighting Irish had four girls’ teams and four boys’ teams in 2018-19.
Future of St. Patrick’s High hockey program looks bright
Published: April 24, 2019
St. Patrick’s High School hockey teams have just completed their second season in the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire Scolaire (LHPS) and the future looks bright.
With the traditional sports at St. Pat’s (football, basketball, rugby) well established, the success on the ice of the three hockey teams has the Fighting Irish sports fans taking note.
Laval Outstanding Athletes of the Year: Sarah-Jane Marois and Mathieu Betts
Published: April 17, 2019
Photo: Université Laval
The Université Laval Rouge et Or honoured its athletes for the 2018-19 season at their annual sports gala held at the Amphithéâtre-Desjardins of the PEPS, on April 10, in front of 600 guests.
St. Lawrence women’s basketball team comes home with silver
Published: April 10, 2019
Photo: Linda Naccarato
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence women’s basketball team took a silver medal after being defeated 65-50 by the Géants from Cégep de Saint-Jean at the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) provincial final, on April 7.
St. Pat’s U14 hockey team makes it to the LHPS final
Published: April 10, 2019
Photo: St. Pat’s Hockey Facebook page
The fairy-tale season of the St. Patrick’s High School Under 14 (U14) hockey team continues in the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire scolaire (LHPS).