Sports

  • 17 years 1 month ago

Waterloo blues

The Gaels’ troubles began in Thunder Bay on Jan. 14 and 15. The team faced off against Lakehead, and fell in two straight matches. Their misfortune was coupled by a pair of losses to Laurier and Waterloo on Jan. 20 and 21 respectively.Continue...

Women’s basketball was victorious against the Ottawa Gee-Gees this weekend.
  • 17 years 1 month ago

Ottawa stomps Gaels

On Jan. 20, the men’s team was first challenged by the first-place University of Ottawa Gee-Gees, but were unable to seriously compete with the OUA Eastern Division’s leading team.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Women’s hockey close against CIS champs

Playing the first-ranked team in the country is no way to end a team’s losing ways. The Queen’s Golden Gaels women’s hockey team learned that lesson Saturday night as they fell to the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks by a score of 2-1.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Men’s hockey continues to stumble

Heading into the weekend, Queen’s hockey was looking to rebound after their nail-biting 2-1 loss to the U of T Varsity Blues on Jan. 14. Friday night’s affair was a rematch, and the Gaels knew better what Toronto’s strengths and weaknesses were. They hoped not only to come out with a victory, but also to move ahead of RMC in the standings and into first place in their division.Continue...

Queen’s students face off during innertube waterpolo match.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Annual BEWIC Sports Days a hit

This past weekend heralded the return of the annual Queen’s BEWIC sports tournament. Duane Parliament, the intramural coordinator, said he was extremely pleased with the 2006 edition of the tournament.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Journal Athletes of the Week

Calla Humphries ran away from the competition and into the Queen’s record books at the St. Lawrence Open on Jan. 14. The fourth-year Phys Ed student won a gold medal in the 500-metre event, adding to the plethora of medals won by the track team at the Open. Her time of 1:16:72 is not only her best ever —it is also a new Queen’s record.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

NFL conference champions?

Make the t-shirts, set the headlines, and get those banners ready for the rafters. In just over two weeks’ time, you will see the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in Superbowl XL, and here’s why.Continue...

Women’s hockey remains in third place in the OUA.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Hockey starts new year with a split

After finishing the first half with a 7-5-1-0 record, the women’s hockey team was looking to start the second half of the season in London on a positive note. However, playing the opening weekend on the road, the Gaels knew they were up for a challenge to earn victories.

On Saturday, Rookie goaltender Melissa John got the start between the pipes and a chance to prove herself against Western.Continue...

Queen’s track began the new year in style, winning 14 gold medals at the St. Lawrence Open.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Track races to wins

Queen’s track and field blew away the competition at the St. Lawrence Open this past weekend, dominating the field in both the men’s and women’s competitions.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Leaving the best athletes behind?

When former men’s hockey assistant coach Tim Cunningham looks back on his 10-year stint at Queen’s, one of the things he remembers most is wishing he had more resources.

Under the Queen’s Athletics Funding structure, those salaries were part-time ones, and Cunningham said it was tough to build a strong hockey program and recruit players under the system.Continue...

Players suit up to play the game they love early on a Sunday morning.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Still the best game you can name, even on Sunday morning

If you should happen to wander into Jock Harty Arena at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning this semester, you’ll see a group of people—most of them Queen’s students—playing hockey. Sometimes, when the temperature inside and outside the rink is just right, a fog hangs over the ice, lending an almost dream-like quality to the game.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Women topple Warriors

The women’s basketball team traveled to Waterloo last weekend hoping to build on a two-game winning streak.

On Friday the Gaels put forth a lackadaisical effort and fell to the Laurier Golden Hawks 59-48. Jaime Dale led the team in scoring with 15 points, and Claire Meadows was right behind her with a 14-point effort.Continue...

Queen’s went the distance in both their games this week, winning in five sets.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Volleyball notches key wins

Five must be a lucky number for the men’s volleyball team. Proving that they can go the distance, the team chalked up its third and fourth five-set wins of the season this week. Remaining undefeated in five-setters this season, the Gaels took on the McMaster Marauders and Guelph Gryphons and emerged victorious in both contests.Continue...

Men’s hockey had an easy night on Friday against Ryerson, but found themselves in tough against U of T a night later.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Hockey Gaels left singing the blues

Divisional games are always huge in OUA hockey, with one third of the season’s games played against opponents within this grouping. After nights like Saturday, the Queen’s Golden Gaels men’s hockey team realized those games can also be hugely disappointing.Continue...
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Golden Gaels Holiday Wrap-Up

The Gaels visited the East Coast for the Saint Mary’s Tournament from Dec. 29 to 31. The team lost their opening game 63-50 to the University of New Brunswick. They rebounded to win their second game against the Acadia Axewomen 54-49.Continue...

Steve Downie is embraced by Canadian fans after scoring the gold-medal-winning goal against Russia.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

The strange tale of Steve Downie

If Todd Bertuzzi’s dominating physical presence helps guide Canada to a gold medal in Turin next month, how will our nation react to his success? How, hypothetically, will we respond if he fires a game-winning goal past a Russian netminder in the gold-medal game to secure our Olympic bragging rights for the next four years?Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

The Golden Gaels midterm report card

Our process in grading the fall performances of Queen’s Interuniversity teams was highly unscientific. It is based quite simply on our perceptions of how each team performed, both in the regular season and playoffs, relative to their projected performances. The impressive results and high calibre of our teams made the grading process difficult. With a few more playoff wins, what follows might well have looked a lot like a Queen’s student’s high school report card. Congratulations to all the Queen’s athletes, coaches and administrators who worked so hard to bring our school results to be proud of.Continue...

  • 17 years 2 months ago

Reggie Bush: NFL draft gem?

Going into the 2006 NFL draft, the Houston Texans have three legitimate players they could choose with their first-overall pick: the USC Trojans’ Reggie Bush or Matt Leinart, or Texas Longhorn Vince Young.Continue...

Gaels men’s basketball team “just a few breaks away” from a win last week against McMaster.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Ravens falter

A good winning streak is one of those things that is never really appreciated until it’s over. For a while, it’s the only thing anyone can talk about.

Before long, the initial buzz has worn off. Victories continue to pile up, championships are won, and fans become wary of discussing the streak too openly—like not talking to a pitcher in the middle of a no-hitter for fear of jinxing him.Continue...

Women’s volleyball has displayed no lack of hustle thus far this year.
  • 17 years 2 months ago

Silver for volleyball

The women’s volleyball team kicked off the second half of their season in style with a silver-medal showing at the Queen’s Women’s Invitational Tournament last week.Continue...

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