Monthly Archives: September 2007
Gee-Gees 60 – Marauders 07 – Recap
Man…going into the season, this was the game that concerned me most, in light of the Gee-Gees’ past struggles against McMaster. I didn’t know McMaster’s starting quarterback Adam Archibald had been hurt, but nonetheless I wouldn’t have expected this kind of result. Here is The Sun‘s recap. Josh Sacobie and the Ottawa Gee-Gees avenged their [...]
Meet the Men Who Want to Transform Lansdowne Park
The Citizen’s excellent coverage of the Lansdowne Park renovation proposal continues today with no less than four articles about it in today’s paper. One in particular gives some background information on the players involved, aside from the fact that they’re local and deep-pocketed. Charles Enman, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Saturday, September 29, 2007 The [...]
Behind the Plan to Bring the CFL Back to Town
The Citizen once again provides great exposure for the plans for Lansdowne Park and a CFL club for Ottawa. I believe this is the third day in a row that this makes the front page. While admittedly not knowledgeable about these sorts of things, I see little to dislike in this plan. It seems that [...]
The Citizen Begins Regular Coverage of High School Sports
And they begin with a recap/preview of the St. Mark Lions football team. While by no means would I want high school football to reach the insane levels that it has in some parts of the United States, I love that’ll it get more than a passing mention on the last page of the sports [...]
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Tagged Almonte, Ashbury, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, St. Mark, St. Peter
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Ottawa Group Fast-Tracking Bid for CFL Franchise
Don Campbell of The Citizen adds a league perspective to the news below. OTTAWA – The Canadian Football League and an Ottawa-based group with a real estate development background are moving quickly towards an expansion franchise, contingent on the group gaining the rights for the future redevelopment of Lansdowne Park. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said [...]
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CFL Team Announcement to Come Shortly?
So says mayor Larry O’Brien, according to the CBC. While this doesn’t have me dancing in the streets quite yet, it’s nice to finally get some sort of news (and it figures it would come from a source outside the league, which is so committed). I’ve been through too many false starts to get overly [...]
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Gee-Gees 53 – York 14 Recap
Don Brennan’s recap of yesterday’s Gee-Gees game for the Ottawa Sun. GeeGeefan, you must happier with how much Mason was used in this game? They call themselves Air Force One and yesterday, above the field turf at Frank Clair Stadium, they were flying as high as ever. Pilot/quarterback Josh Sacobie and his fleet of receivers [...]
Weir’s Kickoff Classic Results
I’d looked for these scores throughout the weekend, but as I began to come across results for other levels and leagues, it slipped my mind. They were posted on Weir’s site earlier this week. Looks like Ottawa high schools represented themselves rather well. The scores relating to them specifically are included below. Results from Friday’s [...]
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Tagged Almonte, Ashbury, Gloucester, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, St. Mark, St. Peter
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Deacon Demons 24 – Trailblazers 06 – Recap
How lovely that a Watertown newspaper has a better recap of the Deacon Demons’ than the local ones do. We do know from the Sun though that “South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets yesterday in the World Twenty20 with Graeme Smith and Albie Morkel each scoring 41 runs for the tournament hosts”. Fascinating. WATERTOWN [...]
Gee-Gees 35 – Mustangs 30 – Recap
From the official CIS Site. LONDON, Ont. – Frank Spera, an Ottawa junior offensive lineman scored the improbable game-winning touchdown, landing on a loose ball in the endzone after an Ara Tchobanian field goal miss to lift the Ottawa Gee-Gees to a 32-30 win at TD Waterhouse Stadium in front of 6,513 fans Sept. 15. [...]