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TRY-OUT DATES FOR 2010-11 SEASON ANNOUNCED
We have posted the try-out dates for all athletics sports and activities for the upcoming 2010-2011 season. Here's your chance to participate on one of our many teams in sports ranging from football (men only) to the following sports for men and women: basketball, soccer, rugby, golf, volleyball, x-country running and cheerleading. Click here for the full try-outs schedule.
MEN'S BASKETBALL NEWS ALUMNI UPDATES PLUS COACHING ANNOUNCEMENTS
July 28, 2010
AAA Men's Basketball Coach Andy Hertzog has some great news about former players who are making their marks in the university leagues both here in Canada as well as in the U.S. He's also pleased to announce two new members of the AAA coaching staff. For more details, click here.
FOOTBALL ALUMNI NEWS KEVIN CHALLENGER SIGNED BY ALOUETTES
July 8, 2010
Read all about former Cheetahs star player Kevin Challenger who was featured in an article in the Montreal Gazette regarding his recent signing by our very own Montreal Alouettes. Click for.
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2009-2010 ATHLETIC
AWARDS BANQUET
May 7, 2010
We held our annual Awards Banquet this year at the Days Inn Conference Center. From our page, you can see photos of winners from the festivities in all categories. Click for.
VANIER WRESTLING COACH WINS MAJOR GRANT
Congratulations to Victor Zilberman who has been awarded a $10,000 grant to help current world champion (and Vanier Phys Ed teacher) Martine Dugrenier prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London. Victor had also recently won the Quebec Coach of the Year award for the third time in December 2009. You can check out our Wrestling home page to find out.
THREE FOOTBALL CHEETAH ALUMNI
PICKED IN 2010 CFL DRAFT ALL WERE STARS AT VANIER
Vanier's Athletics Department was pleased to hear that no fewer than three of our former star football players have been selected in the 2010 CFL draft.
Seen clockwise from top-left, they are Kristian Matte, Cory Watson and Marc-Olivier Brouillette.
For full info on who was picked by which team, read the listing in our Football Alumni page.
Congratulations again to Kristian, Cory and Marc-Olivier!
BASKETBALL ALUMNA HIM-LAZARENKO
WINS NATIONAL AWARD FROM CIS SHE IS FIRST QUEBECKER TO EVER WIN
April 6, 2010
Coach Hertzog sent us the good news that Anneth Him-Lazarenko, (left) who was a star player for Vanier a few years ago, has won the Tracy MacLeod Award from the CIS. For the whole story, just click for.
VANIER WRESTLER WINS GOLD AT NATIONALS GREG ROSSY WINS BRONZE
March 30, 2010
Karyanne Lacoursière-Roberge (left) placed first at the Canadian National Wrestling Championships, held in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Congratulations, Karyanne!
Karyanne will be competing at the World Championships this summer in Hungary with the Canadian National Wreslting Team. To find out more stories on Vanier wrestlers, just click for
BASKETBALL ALUMNI NEWS
March 15, 2010
Former AAA Men's Basketball star Hernst Laroche (far left) is taking a lead role with the New Mexico State Aggies in the NCAA Playoffs.
Also read about former Lady Cheetahs basketball coach Chantal Valee (left) who has turned around the Windsor Lancers. Click for.
AAA WOMEN CAPTURE BRONZE AT PROVINCIALS AAA MEN'S TEAM LOSES OT THRILLER TO DAWSON
March 8, 2010
After winning their quarter-final match on Friday, our AAA Lady Basketball Cheetahs rebounded from a tough loss in the semi-finals to Ste-Foy on Saturday to win the Bronze Medal match VS Montmorency on Sunday. The AAA Men's season ended when they lost 85-83 in OT to Dawson in their quarter-final match Friday. Click for.
AAA TEAMS HEAD TO PLAYOFFS AFTER WINS WILL PLAY AT PROVINCIALS STARTING THIS FRIDAY
March 1, 2010
On Friday evening, the AAA Basketball teams finished their regular seasons with a pair of wins at home. The Ladies defeated Champlain St. Lawrence 78-58 and the AAA Men followed with a solid 89-61 win over Limoilou. Next are the Provincials starting Friday at Collège Ahuntsic. Click for.
AAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WINS OT THRILLER AA MEN'S TEAM LOSES AT HOME TO DAWSON
February 26, 2010
Our AAA men’s team defeated Ahuntsic in a tremendous road victory on Wednesday evening. However, the AA Men's team lost on Thursday to Dawson 94-54. The AAA teams finish the regular season with a doubleheader on Friday. The Ladies face Champlain St. Lawrence at 7pm while the AAA Men play Limoilou at 9pm. For a full description of the AAA Men's win over Ahuntsic, click for.
CCAA SCHOLAR AWARD WINNERS HONOURED 6 VANIER STUDENT-ATHLETES LAUDED BEFORE BASKETBALL GAME
February 12, 2010
Congratulations to Marie-Eve Martin, April Hill, Cassandra Doughlin, Liane Bailey, Mathilde Larochelle, and Kathryn Eveleigh who were recipients of CCAA National Scholar Awards for 2009. To see a photo from the ceremony, click for.
LADY CHEETAHS WIN 10TH IN A ROW AA MEN LOSE AWAY GAME AT JEAN-DE-BRÉBEUF
February 8, 2010
On Sunday afternoon, the AAA Basketball Lady Cheetahs played a road game at Trois-Rivières and came away with their 10th straight victory by the score of 63-57. The win pushed their league record to 13-3. Elsewhere, the AA Men's team lost to Brébeuf 82-51 on Friday. Click for.
4 FOOTBALL CHEETAHS PLAYED AT WORLDS PLUS MORE ON FORMER QB MYLES GIBBON
February 5, 2010
Find out all about the 4 Cheetahs who played on the World team VS the USA on January 30th.
Seen at left (clockwise from the top-left) are: Byron Archambault, Julian Bailey, James Sifakis and Jérémi Roch who all played against the top under-19 players in the USA during the Pro Bowl festivities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Also find out about Myles Gibbon's great success in the United States playing for the University of Southern Alabama Jaguars. Click for.
GREY CUP VISTS VANIER SPORTS COMPLEX WAS HERE ON JANUARY 12TH AND JANUARY 27TH
February 1, 2010
As assistant therapist for the Als, Max Hanna, Vanier Cheetahs Head Athletic Therapist had 24 hours to show the cup which he did in G-204 on January 12th. The Cup revisited Vanier during UB on Wed, Jan. 27th at the gym with several Alouettes also in attendance including Cheetah alumni Danny Desriveaux and Shawn Mayne, as well as Max Hanna and others. Click for.
FOUR CHEETAHS NAMED TO WORLD FOOTBALL SQUAD JÉRÉMI ROCH LIKELY TO BE MAIN PIVOT AT CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 6, 2010
Team members were announced today for the World Football squad that will face the U.S. in a game on January 30th that's part of the NFL's Pro Bowl week in Florida. Four of those picked were Vanier Cheetahs including Jérémi Roch (left), Byron Archambault, James Sifakis and Julian Bailey. Click for.
Victor Zilberman and
Martine Dugrenier
VICTOR ZILBERMAN IS QUEBEC COACH OF THE YEAR DUGRENIER NOMINATED FOR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
At the Quebec Sports Gala of December 22nd, Vanier Physical Education teachers Victor Zilberman and World Champion wrestler Martine Dugrenier were among the top 3 finalists for Quebec Coach of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year for all sports. While Martine was not selected for the top award, Victor won the Quebec Coach of Year for the 3rd time. (Victor had previously won in 1982 and 1985). Congratulations to you both! Find out more about Vanier wrestlers.
SEVEN CHEETAH ALL-STARS AT FOOTBALL AWARDS BANQUET JÉRÉMI ROCH WINS BOTH OFFENSIVE AND OVERALL MVP AWARDS / ARCHAMBAULT IS LEAGUE'S DEFENSIVE MVP
December 14, 2009
At the league Awards Banquet on Saturday, December 12th, Cheetahs figured prominently in the All-Star team awards. Jérémi Roch (left) was top quarterback, Offensive MVP and overall MVP. Defensively, we placed four Cheetahs including Byron Archambault who won for his position as well as the Defensive MVP Award. Click for.
PLAY INTRAMURALS IN 2010 STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN THE FUN
Bruce Ruiter is reminding all Vanier students that a full slate of intramural sports will be available next semester to play on Wednesday UB as well as Friday afternoon from 2-5pm. Whether you like basketball, floor hockey, badminton or volleyball, we have a sport for you. It's great fun and it helps you stay in shape. You can even start your own Sport Club. Click for.
Kareem Jackson
LATEST BASKETBALL UPDATES AAA MEN'S TEAM WINS BOTH GAMES AT PREP CHALLENGE
December 14, 2009
The AAA Men's team played very well last weekend as Vanier hosted the Prep Challenge. We beat REDA 81-71 on Saturday and then defeated the team from Etobicoke by the score of 95-86 on Sunday. Kareem Jackson (left) scored 41 points over the two games. Read the game details as provided by Brent Sabino. Click for.
FOOTBALL ALUMNI NEWS CORY WATSON NAMED A TOP-TEN CFL PROSPECT
December 9, 2009
Read all about our very own Cory Watson who has been tearing up the University league as a receiver for the Concordia Stingers. Subsequent to a recently released CFL scouting report, Cory was prominently mentioned as a top prospect for the CFL in the near future. Click for.
LATEST BASKETBALL UPDATES AAA TEAMS BOTH WIN ON FRIDAY / AA MEN LOSE SATURDAY
December 7, 2009
The AAA Women's and Men's teams both had successful road trips on Friday evening. The ladies won their 4th in a row, beating Champlain-St.Lawrence 74-57 while the AAA Men defeated Limoilou 88-79. The AA Men's team, however, came up short on Saturday with a 90-72 road loss to Nouvelles-Frontières. Scoring details to follow soon.
FOOTBALL ALUMNI NEWS DESRIVEAUX, MAYNE, LAMBERT WIN GREY CUP RING WITH ALS
November 29, 2009
Danny Desriveaux and Shawn Mayne (at left, on top) joined a long list of former Football Cheetahs who played on Grey Cup winning teams after Sunday's heart-stopping victory. They are the first ex-Cheetahs to win as members of the Montreal Alouettes since Als stalwart Paul Lambert (at left, on bottom right) joined in 2003. Vanier alumni on the Als' staff included Max Hanna and Jean-Marc Edme (at left, on bottom). Congratulations, Danny, Shawn and Paul (and Max and Jean-Marc, too!) For complete Football Alumni news, click for .
LATEST BASKETBALL UPDATES ALL THREE TEAMS WIN IN RECENT GAMES
November 30, 2009
On Thursday, the AA Men's team played at home and beat the visiting team from Ahuntsic 86-63. The next day at a Friday away doubleheader at John Abbott, the Ladies won easily 91-55 while the AAA Men also swept to a convincing 96-69 victory. Click for.
TENNIS TEAM WINS SILVER
November 30, 2009
Following a tough semi-final series of matches against second-place Brébeuf on Sunday, our Tennis Team secured a hard-fought win to advance to the playoff Finals next Sunday. However at the Finals on November 29th, they lost to John Abbott and took the Silver Medal. Congratulations to the entire team for a tremendous season. Click for.
LATEST BASKETBALL UPDATES LADIES PROVE TO BE GIANT KILLERS VS #1 RANKED STE-FOY
November 23, 2009
Read all about the basketball doubleheader played at home on Friday evening. The AAA Women's team won their game, beating the undefeated team from Ste-Foy, also ranked #1 in all Canada. Unfortunately the AAA Men's Cheetahs lost to the undefeated Men's team from Ste-Foy. Click for.
LATEST WRESTLING NEWS VANIER WRESTLERS SHINE IN ONTARIO MEDALFEST
November 23, 2009
Jordan Byers (85 kg), Alex Lauzon (86 kg) and Jordy Steen (82 kg) all won gold medals, while Kerry-Ann Roberge (55 kg) (seen at left) won a Silver medal and Malka Windheim (60 kg) won a Bronze medal at last weekend's Early Bird Wrestling tournament held in Hagersville, Ontario. Congratulations to all!. Click for.
FOOTBALL CHEETAHS LOSE 26-24 IN PLAYOFFS SUCCESSFUL SEASON ENDS WITH LOSS IN SEMI-FINALS
November 3, 2009
The AAA Football team lost a close playoff semi-final match to the Vieux-Montréal Spartiates on Saturday thus ending a season that saw the Cheetahs run up an 8-2 record. Congrats to Coach Pete and all of the players for a great season. Click for.
LATEST AAA BASKETBALL GAME UPDATES VANIER TEAMS SPLIT GAMES ON WEEKEND
November 9, 2009
Read all about the basketball doublehheader played on the road on Wednesday night between the AAA Men's and Women's Cheetahs against Édouard-Montpetit. The AAA Men's team won their game, but unfortunately the Lady Cheetahs lost. Click for.
VANIER WRESTLER NAMED GAZETTE'S
AMATEUR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Gregory Rossy who was the subject of a Gazette article subsequent to his being named Amateur Athlete of the Week on November 4th. In 2008, Greg took gold medals at the provincial junior championship and the Quebec Open. This year, he claimed a bronze medal in freestyle and a silver in Greco-Roman at the national juvenile championships to go with a gold medal in the junior category at the Canada Cup, an international event. Find out.
FOOTBALL CHEETAHS LOSE TO LENNOXVILLE 34-22 SEMI-FINAL PLAYOFFS ARE THIS SATURDAY
November 3, 2009
The AAA Football team lost their 2nd game of the year in their last match of the regular season. They finished in 1st place with a record of 8-2. They'll now play 4th place Vieux-Montreal at home on Saturday November 7th at 1pm in the playoff semi-finals. The winner will play in the Bol d'Or final on Nov. 14th. Click for.
BASKETBALL NEWS FROM COACH HERTZOG VANIER TEAMS WIN THREE OF FOUR ON WEEKEND
November 2, 2009
Read all about games played by both the Men's AA and AAA squads as well as the AAA Women's basketball teams during weekend action. Our AA Men's team won another nailbiter to go 2-0 on the year. The AAA Men had a thriller of their own, winning on Sunday 68-65 over Dawson in overtime. The Ladies split their 2 games. Click for.
FOOTBALL CHEETAHS DEFEAT F-X GARNEAU 29-10 SEASON RECORD IS NOW 8-1
October 26, 2009
The AAA Football team won again on the road in Québec City against the F-X Garneau Élans on Saturday by the score of 29-10. QB Jérémi Roch threw 2 TD passes in the win. His favourite target was Vincent Cléroux who hauled in 5 catches for 72 yards including one for a TD. Click for.
THIS JUST IN:
Football coach Peter Chryssomalis was featured in an article in the Montreal Gazette of October 22, 2009. Way to go, Coach Pete!
FOOTBALL CHEETAHS GO 7-1 WITH 42-7 WIN AAA MEN'S SOCCER SEASON FINISHES WITH 2-2 TIE
October 19, 2009
The AAA Football team had a successful outcome in their home game on Saturday, winning easily 42-7 over Édouard-Montpetit. Scoring TDs were Jerome Stewart, Michael Harrington, Julian Bailey, Vincent Cleroux, Mathew Norzil, and Blair Smith. The Men's Soccer team's season ended with a 2-2 tie VS St. Lambert. Vanier goals by Michael Tasso & Sammy Tork. Click for.
LADY SOCCER CHEETAHS LOSE IN PLAYOFFS VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON ENDS FOR A GREAT TEAM
October 16, 2009
The AA Women's Soccer team lost 2-0 in the quarterfinals of playoff action on Thursday evening. They were beaten by a worthy opponent from Ahuntsic who, like the Lady Cheetahs, had finished first in their division with an almost identical 6-1-1 record. Congratulations to Coach Raymond Schoen and all of the Ladies for a great season.
FOOTBALL CHEETAHS MAUL MOMO 56-3 LADY SOCCER CHEETAHS WIN SIXTH GAME IN A ROW
October 5, 2009
The AAA Football team ran their season record to 6 and 0 with a decisive road win over Montmorency on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Lady Soccer Cheetahs won their 5th and 6th games in a row in weekend action to take a stranglehold on their 1st place position in the league. Click for.
CCAA OCTOBER NEWSLETTER RELEASED AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH
October 2, 2009
The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association is working at increasing the awareness of the CCAA and broadening their audience. Below are links to the October issue of the CCAA’s newsletter “Canadian College Sport Connections”. They are also encouraging both coaches and student athletes to send them stories to be published in future issues. Click for the English NewsletterCliquez bour le bulletin en français
FOOTBALL TEAM WINS IN OVERTIME THRILLER AAA MEN'S SOCCER TEAM SPLITS WEEKEND GAMES
September 28, 2009
The Vanier College AAA Football Cheetahs, led by our new QB Jérémi Roch (left) won yet again to push their record to 5-0 by beating the Lennoxville Cougars 24-21 in overtime on the road on Saturday. TDs by Jerome Stewart, Jérémi Roch and Alexandre Piché. In other action, the Men's Soccer team beat Ste-Foy at home 5-2 on Friday, but lost 5-1 on the road at John Abbott on Sunday. Click for.
WRESTLING ALUM DUGRENIER WINS HER
2ND CONSECUTIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
September 25, 2009
Without a doubt, Vanier wrestling alumna Martine Dugrenier is currently the most successful woman wrestler in all of Canada. She cemented that reputation by winning her 2nd straight World Championship in her category on September 25, 2009 at the World Wrestling Championships held in Herning, Denmark. To find out more and see photos from the gold medal match, click here.
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT CEMENT THEIR FIRST PLACE STANDING IN THE LEAGUE
September 24, 2009
The Vanier College AA Lady Soccer Cheetahs defeated Montmorency 2-0 in a home game last night. Goals were scored by Vanessa Miniaci and Jessica-Bianca Ziernicki (#13 at left). The win cemented the team's first place in the league. They next play a home game on Friday, October 2nd at 7PM VS St-Jean. Come out and support this exciting team!
VANIER MOURNS THE LOSS OF RICKY ZIEBA
It was with tremendous shock and sadness that we learned of the tragic death of Ricky Zieba in a car accident on June 24th. Ricky, who was currently playing football for the Concordia Stingers, was also a star player with the Vanier Cheetahs during his years with us. To read the story from the Montreal Gazette, click for. Ricky won our Defensive MVP Award at the 2006-2007 Athletics Awards Banquet. To see the link, click for. Our hearts go out to his family.
2009 ATHLETIC AWARDS BANQUET
We held our annual Awards Banquet at the beautiful Days Inn Conference Center on Friday, April 24th. From our page, you can see all the winners as well as photos from the festivities, many of them available in a high resolution format. Click for.
VANIER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS ITS TITLE AT THE 2009 MCGILL INTRAMURAL FESTIVAL
For the second consecutive year, Vanier brought home the title of Champions from the 37th Annual McGill Intramural Festival played on April 3rd. All six English Cégeps enjoyed a fun evening of friendly competition in Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Badminton and Dodgeball.
It was another close win as we squeaked ahead of Dawson by a mere 2 points. Congratulations to the 60 students who participated and made history with the first ever repeat win for Vanier. Click on the photo for a high-res version.
VANIER WRESTLERS WIN MEDALS
AT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to Gregory Rossy (far left) and Karyanne Lacoursière (to his right) who both won medals at this year's Under-18 National Championships held in Fredericton on the weekend of April 4-5, 2009.
Click to find out.
Marie-Eve Martin with
Mireille Béland
MARTY NAMED CANADIAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR! ALSO NAMED AS A CCAA FIRST TEAM ALL-CANADIAN AND AS AN ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIAN, TOO!
Congratulations to Marie-Eve (Marty) Martin of the AAA Lady Cheetahs Basketball team who had her highest honour ever added to her list of accolades when she was named by the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association as their Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Marty is the first one to ever win this award in all of Vanier’s history. To get details plus find out all about Marty's award-filled career, just click for.
AAA LADY CAGERS' SEASON ENDS MARTIN IS LEAGUE MVP / VIRAY IS TOP COACH
The AAA Lady Basketball Cheetahs' drive to a third consecutive Provincial Championship ended after their loss in the semi-finals to the Dawson Blues. However, at the League Awards Banquet, Marie-Eve Martin won the MVP trophy and Ruby Viray won Coach of the Year. Click for.
MYLES GIBBON SIGNS WITH USA JAGUARS
Myles Gibbon, (left) last year's star Cheetahs quarterback, recently signed a Letter of Intent with the University of South Alabama Jaguars. With his selection, Myles becomes the first Canadian quarterback ever signed by a Division 1-A American university in his first year. This is the university's inaugural year in the highly competitive Sun Belt Conference. Congratulations, Myles, on this huge honour! Read the whole story.
WRESTLING ALUMNI SHINE AT NATIONALS
No fewer than six former Vanier wrestling stars competed in the Canadian National Championships which just concluded at Calgary. Top honours went to David Tremblay (top row, centre) who not only won Gold in his weight class, but was also named Wrestler of the Tournament. Also winning a Gold Medal was Alex Dyas (bottom row, centre). Other alumni on the podium were David Zilberman, Bronze Medal (top row, right) and Nikita Chicoine, Bronze Medal (bottom row, left). Click for the whole story.
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