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St. Mary’s Cathedral on Johnson Street was full to bursting yesterday morning as friends, family and community members gathered to say goodbye to longtime Kingston football coach Berkeley Brean.
The football field at LaSalle Secondary is named in his honour.

Queen’s offensive coordinator Warren Goldie said Brean’s trademark was the pre-game speech he always had for his players.Continue...

It was an unfortunate weekend for Queen’s water polo: the men’s team lost three straight and women had their perfect record spoiled with their first loss.

The women looked to build on their perfect 3-0 record with games against York and McMaster at home.Continue...

“If you are a triathlete, there is no bigger day in this sport,” says the website for the Ford Ironman World Championship. “It is the race that defined our sport as it came of age and continues to be the defining race in our sport for any avid triathlete.” It was at this event in Kona, Hawaii, that Kevin Gregg of the Queen’s Triathlon Club competed on Oct. 21.Continue...

The men’s volleyball team improved its record to 3-0 at home last weekend, but the women’s record fell to 0-3.Continue...

The Queen’s men’s rugby team fell short in its quest for an OUA title with a 15-10 loss to the Western Mustangs in London on Sunday.

The Gaels had advanced to the OUA semi-finals with a 31-5 quarter-final victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks at Kingston field on Wednesday.Continue...

The Queen’s men’s and women’s soccer teams battled drenching rain and tough opposition at Richardson Stadium on Saturday but both came through their quarter-final matches still standing and emboldened going into this weekend’s OUA Final Fours.

The men’s squad, seeded first in the OUA East, took on the fifth-seeded Trent Excalibur.Continue...

In what was arguably the most exciting game of the season, the team came back from an 11-point deficit to upset the McMaster Marauders 25-19 on a miserable Saturday afternoon at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton. It was the first time in seven years that the Gaels beat the Marauders. Running back Mike Giffin said his team’s record against the Marauders didn’t factor into their preparations.
“The mentality is always the same,” he said. Rushing for 73 yards on 23 carries and scoring two touchdowns, Giffin reassured his coaches that the decision to start him at running back was the right thing to do. But he refused to take credit for any of it.Continue...

The women’s volleyball team opened its season last Saturday in St. Catharines with a hard-fought but ultimately disappointing match against the Brock Badgers.

Head coach Chris Galbraith said the women looked uncomfortable from the beginning.Continue...

The women’s hockey team won a pair of one-goal games against the visiting Guelph Gryphons last
weekend at Jock Harty Arena. On Saturday, the Gryphons scored with 51 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at two. Then, Cassandra Sparks scored 1:45 into overtime to earn the Gaels a 3-2 victory. On Sunday, rookie goaltender Katie Boyd made 30 saves for her first career shutout in the 1-0 win.Continue...