What is going on in St. Marys Sports.
Two dominant ex-major leaguers, two trailblazing, grassroots leaders and a gold medal-winning national team will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on June 24. Ex-Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay and former Montreal Expos slugger Vladimir Guerrero will be honoured in a ceremony at the Hall of Fame grounds (386 Church Street.…
By Spencer Seymour After a very impressive showing by all DCVI athletes two weeks ago at OFSAA West, one of DCVI’s most recognizable athletes, Marcel Scheele, took his lightning fast speed to Belleville for the provincial OFSAA tournament. At the regional event, Marcel came in first place in the steeplechase event, while also finishing in…
The week started well with 20 visitors to the Museum on Monday alone, and there’s a full slate of games at our diamonds every night of the week. The Ottawa and Windsor 18U teams are back in town this weekend, playing June 10 at 3 p.m. and June 11 at 10 a.m. on Cement Field. …
It looks as though this may be one of the stronger years for DCVI for track and field following some great results at WOSSAA last week. Five athletes advanced in nine individual events, which, for a school of DCVI’s size, as one of the smallest in the area, was a tremendous outing. These athletes are…
Last weekend the Middlesex Swimming Club had their third of three annual swim meet events at the Pyramid Recreation Centre that brings all three of their locations (London, St. Marys and Stratford) together for a series of races. The kids are divided up into three teams (white, green and black) and they swim together in…
This week saw the closing of what has been a tough yet hard fought season for DCVI’s soccer teams. On Monday, the junior boys and girls were in Stratford for two games. First, they were at Stratford Northwestern for a game with the boys and girls of Northwestern. The girls in their game played a…
By Tom Sproat Consider the following: players, beginning from one end and aiming towards the opposite, utilizing precise estimations of weight, speed and distance as well as guidance and direction from their teammates, try to guide their shots into a scoring zone. Their efforts are best realized should their shot earn points or establish strategic…
We’re up and running, but recent wet weather scuttled a number of games on the ball diamonds. At the Museum, our first visitor of the season was longtime San Diego Padres’ scout, member of the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2013 Scout of the Year, Murray Zuk. We said goodbye…
After Goderich was unable to make it to St. Michael’s in Stratford on Tuesday, the game that was planned for the senior boys and girls’ of DCVI is now being rescheduled. However, the elder Salukis did have one game as they visited St. Mike’s. However, both the boys and girls, despite some very good efforts…
Last Friday and this past Tuesday saw the soccer season continuing for St. Marys DCVI and the four teams emerged from their games with some points. On Friday, the junior boys and girls teams were in action on the road at South Huron District High School. In the first game for the boys, they faced…