Sports

Why does the man insist upon keeping Concordia down? For weeks now, we have been talking about how Concordia's sporting reputation is quickly on the rise. There is a buzz around the Loyola campus, and by extension most of the N.D.G. area. People are seeing that this school is providing its students with top quality athletics, as well as top quality education.

The men's basketball team had the unenviable task of taking on the country's fourth ranked ball club, the Laval Rouge et Or, in their home opener on Saturday. After keeping things close for the first 10 minutes Concordia eventually let the flood gates open as they lost by a score of 102-80 in their regular season debut.

Too many clear shots from the arc spelled doom for Concordia's women's basketball team, as the Stingers fell to the Laval Rouge et Or 72-58 in their season opener at Loyola Gym on Saturday. The one player that did the most damage from the outside was Laval's Marie-Helene Pedneau, who iced five 3-pointers, which contributed 15 of her 24 points.

Dave Thomas trains for the triathlon. Last October, he was awarded la Coupe du Quebec in the category men between the age of 20 and 24. Not too bad for someone who two years ago trained in his pool, rode a mountain bike, wore a helmet that was to small and ran occasionally with his father.

Concordia University has long been known as one of the top schools for women's hockey in North America. The Stingers have dominated the CIS since the inception of women's hockey, and players from all over the continent have come to the school to play with the best.

After surrendering the game tying goal with one second remaining in regulation, the Concordia men's hockey team lost in the first minute of overtime by a score of 6-5 in a heartbreaker against the RMC Paladins on Saturday. Although neither team got the best from their players, all the way from the forwards to the goaltending, it was ultimately the Concordia defence that collapsed on itself in the final seconds while RMC was enjoying a powerplay.

Last Friday the Johnson State Badgers fell prey to the newly re-stocked and fresh talent of the Concordia Stingers in exhibition play. "Pat, see the ball," Stingers' coach John Dore yelled from his courtside seat. Thanks in part to Concordia captains/guards Philippe Langlois and Gavin Musgrave, the Stingers were able to bring home an 81-64 victory against the Badgers.

"The minute-flag is uuuuuUP," for the last time as 16-year Concordia sports announcer Larry Fredericks has retired. Anyone who has been to a football game at Concordia Stadium over the past two decades would recognize that unique voice. The man behind the voice is the 66-year-old Fredericks, and he is retiring from university athletics, after 16 seasons of announcing at Concordia football and basketball games.

When we talk about heroes in football, the glory usually goes to those who don the pads and helmets. Coaches on the other hand, the great motivators and teachers who plan and strategize the game from the sidelines, are known to fans as just middle-aged men with gray hair wearing headsets that scream and yell during the game.

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