Thursday 10 January 2008

Taylor, Rodriquez Return for X; Guelph, Bekkering Stories

The big news out of the AUS is that both 6'5" Terrence Taylor and 6'7" Alberto Rodriquez will be back in the lineup for St. FX in time for their game against Cape Breton as Chad Lucas is on the case as always AUS weekend preview: Pair return for X

Thanks to Ben Matchett, Sports Information Director for the Calgary Dinos for passing on this link to an article in the Calgary Herald on the Bekkering brothers

Greg Layson from the Guelph Mercury provides his insights on last night's Guelph loss to McMaster, their third consecutive defeat at home in league play Guard Pankerichan can't hault Marauders

From the Alberta Gateway campus newspaper Big Dino Win keeps Bears in second place

Andrew Buckholtz from the Queen's Journal provides a summary of last weekend's Gaels action Weekend split for Queen's

Neate Sager provides his always-insightful thoughts on the tight race in the OUA West that got even tighter after last night CIS Blog post by Neate Sager

Mike Tucker from UVic reports on Vikes 6'4" wing Ryan MacKinnon, a first-year member of the UVic Vikes men's basketball team has been announced as a finalist for the 2007 Sport B.C. Male High School Athlete of the Year award. Sport BC annually recognizes the outstanding athletic achievements of athletes in 16 different categories, and is the longest-standing sport recognition event in the country. MacKinnon is being recognized for his athletic achievements in 2007, when he was a member of the Highland Secondary basketball team. The Comox native is the third Vikes recruit to be a finalist in the past four years. Former Vikes forward Jacob Doerksen won the award in 2005, and fourth year guard Mitch Gudgeon won the award in 2004. In 2007, MacKinnon guided Highland to the AAA Provincial championships after a fourth place finish at the Island Championships. MacKinnon was named First Team All-star at the Island Championships, and also picked up North Island MVP honours. He was also a nominee for the All-Canadian game, and a member of the B.C. Under-17 Provincial team. Midway through his rookie year with the Vikes, MacKinnon is averaging 6.0 points, 1.2 steals, 1.5 assists, and has started 13 games. The 6-foot-4 guard's best game of the season came in a 92-76 Vikes victory over no. 2-ranked UBC. MacKinnon scored a Vikes-high 20 points, on 4-for-7 three-point shooting, and also dished out seven assists. MacKinnon is up against B.C. high school javelin champion Kyle Nielsen of Langley, and wrestling champion Manjot Sandhu of Lord Tweedsmuir. The winner will be announced March 5 at the 42nd Sports B.C. Awards gala, taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver.
Media Release on Vikes web site

Catch up on the UPEI Panthers via the Panthers Basketball blog

The Link, Concordia's campus newspaper, does a decent job of covering both of the Stingers games this past weekend, one tight win and one tight loss Stingers Split

The Fulcrum, uOttawa's student newspaper, reviews last weekend's Gee-Gees games Ottawa wins a pair

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