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Laval hands Carabins second loss with overtime thriller
Published: October 10, 2018
Photo: Jay Ouellet
David Côté’s overtime 12-yard field goal was all the Université Laval Rouge et Or football team needed to squeeze out a 18-15 win over the Université de Montréal (UdeM) Carabins on Oct. 7. It’s the second time this year that the Rouge et Or beat the Carabins, after a September meeting.
St. Patrick’s High grad Edward Godin finally sees CFL action
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: courtesy of the BC Lions website
The first St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish football program graduate in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Edward Godin, is finally seeing some action with the BC Lions. Godin dressed for his first game on Sept. 14, against the Alouettes in Montreal.
Laval football, women’s rugby teams feast on Concordia Stingers
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: Kyran Thicke-Université Laval
The Université Laval football and women’s rugby teams had a double date with the Concordia University Stingers over the past weekend in Montreal. Instead of having a crush on them, the Rouge et Or handed the Stingers two crushing defeats.
Lady Lions rugby sevens team have a perfect Sunday
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: Luc Lang
The CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Lady Lions rugby sevens team was back on the pitch Sept. 30, on the Charlesbourg campus of Cégep Limoilou. It was a fantastic weekend for the Double Blue.
The Lady Lions got three wins in the three games they played during the second day of Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference action.
Habs beat Caps in pre-season match in Quebec City
Published: September 26, 2018
Photo: courtesy of a hockey fan
Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals came to town on Sept. 20 and the visit of the 2018 Stanley Cup champions turned out to be just what the Montreal Canadiens needed to turn around their early pre-season fortunes.
Playing in front of a crowd of 11,300 at the Vidéotron Centre, the Habs dominated the Caps with a 5-2 victory, at one point holding a 4-0 lead over the visiting team.
Pauline Parmentier wins the Coupe Banque Nationale
Published: September 19, 2018
Rackets were swinging, balls were flying and athletes from acound the world ran across the courts of the PEPS at Université Laval. From Sept. 10 to 16, some of the world’s top female tennis players, including four Canadians, reigning Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig and future star and top seed Aryna Sabalenka, competed at the 26th Coupe Banque Nationale.
Champlain-St. Lawrence Lions sports season in full swing
Published: September 19, 2018
Photo: Champlain-St. Lawrence Athletics
The 2018-2019 sports season at CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence is well underway.
Hockey: After dropping their first two games of the season against Collège Laflèche and Cégep de Sainte-Foy over the first weekend of September, the Lions men’s hockey team defeated the Cégep de Thetford Filions 5-2 on Sept. 14.
Miners dethrone Capitales for Can-Am League title
Published: September 19, 2018
Photo: Luc Lang
Martin Figueroa hit a two-out, three-run home run at the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Sussex County Miners beat the Québec Capitales 6-5 to earn their first ever Can-Am Baseball League pennant on Sept. 15.
Rouge et Or women’s rugby team crushes Gaiters 135-0
Published: September 19, 2018
Photo: Clément Robitaille - Université Laval
The Université Laval Rouge et Or women’s rugby team is sending a message to all the schools in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ): “We may have 14 rookies on our team, but we are serious.”
Coming off an impressive 79-0 win over McGill, the Rouge et Or showed the Bishop’s University Gaiters no mercy on Sept. 15 at the Stade Telus.