Athletics

Congratulations to the Vanier Mixed Volleyball Cheetahs who competed at the Regional Playoffs held at Dawson on Sunday. They made it all the way to the finals before losing to the powerhouse team from Joliette, thus securing themselves a well-deserved Silver Medal. Congratulations to Head Coach Cecilia Torres and to the entire team for a job well done. You can click on the photo at left for a larger version. View the team's home page.

The Men's Division 1 Soccer Cheetahs first experience at indoor soccer ended after they were eliminated in the playoffs on Saturday, April 6th. They started off in the quarterfinals playing 1st place ETS and ended up losing 2-0. In the consolation round match that followed, they also drew a very tough opponent in 2nd place Rosemont, to whom they lost by an identical 2-0 score. Congratulations to Coach Rohan Pirali and the entire team for a hard-fought inaugural indoor soccer season. Click for

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All three Vanier Basketball teams played on both Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon. The Division 2 Men beat Héritage 98-94 on Friday and then took a solid win over Marie-Victorin by the score of 94-55 to open Sunday's home tripleheader. The Division 1 Women won over Sherbrooke 91-56 and then beat John Abbott 71-55 on Sunday, thus improving their record to 9-2. The Division 1 Men lost a close one on the road to Ahuntsic 76-73 on Friday evening, but then rebounded for a tight-collar 72-70 win over John Abbott at home on Sunday. Click for

The Division 1 Men's Basketball Cheetahs played an exhibition match on Friday. They defeated Brébeuf 100-96 to finish 2012 on a high note, picking up their 4th straight win in the process. The Div. 1 Men return to league action on Sunday, January 13th with a road game which will be played @ Édouard-Montpetit at 5:00 PM, then they play at home on Thursday, January 17th VS Champlain-St. Lambert starting at 8:00 PM. Click for

All three basketball teams played road games on Friday evening.

The Division 1 Women improved to 7-1 with a 77-54 win at Nouvelles-Frontieres. However, the Division 1 Men's team lost 76-60 at Ste-Foy, dropping their league record to 6-4, and the Division 2 Men's team saw their league record drop to 4-4 with a 82-74 home loss to Outaouais.

On Sunday, there was a Division 1 doubleheader on the road at Dawson. The Women lost to the undefeated Blues 74-58, dropping their record to 7-2, but the Division 1 Men won their game 83-76, thus improving their record to 7-4. Click for

The Division 1 Women's and Men's Basketball Cheetahs played a doubleheader on Friday evening on the road at Champlain St. Lambert and both teams emerged with wins. The ladies were led to an 81-77 overtime thriller helped by great efforts from Frédérique Potvin and Emily Prévost, (seen at upper left).

In the second half of the doubleheader, the Men were paced to their 70-64 win by Tevonn Walker and Greishe Clerjuste (seen just below).

Then on Sunday, the Div. 1 Ladies played at home with the Div. 2 Men's team and both squads won their games. Click for

THIS JUST IN: The Div. 1 Men's basketball Cheetahs were featured in a video profile on Montreal CTV Sports on Saturday. If you missed it, you can watch it online. Just click here.

The Division 1 Women's and Men's Basketball Cheetahs played a doubleheader on Thursday evening at home against Édouard-Montpetit and both teams emerged with solid wins. The ladies were led to a 73-61 victory helped by great efforts from Frédérique Potvin and Emily Prévost, (seen at upper left).

In the second half of the doubleheader, the Men were paced to their 86-65 win by Tevonn Walker and Justin Kinnear (seen just below). The Div. 1 Men will next play at home on this Sunday at 1:00 PM VS Ahuntsic, The Ladies will next play a home game on Friday November 9th at 7:00 PM VS Ste-Foy. Click for

The National Scholar Award is presented each year to athletes by the Canadian College Athletic Association (CCAA) in recognition of outstanding academic accomplishments and is only presented to athletes who maintain honour-roll status.

This year, no fewer than four members of the Vanier Women's Division 1 Basketball team were presented with this award. Congratulations to (seen at left clockwise from upper-left) Carissa Tapia, Emily Prévost, Catherine Desbiens and Catherine Couillard who each won 2011-2012 CCAA National Scholar Awards.

You can read the press release. Click for

The Vanier Football Cheetahs extended their season record to 4-0 with a 46-9 road win over Les Faucons de Lévis-Lauzon on Saturday evening. In other action, the Men's Div. 1 Soccer Cheetahs lost their season opener 3-0 to Champlain St. Lambert on Friday evening. However, three other teams won their season openers: Div. 2 Lady Soccer Cheetahs beat Bois-de-Boulogne 2-1, Lady Flag Football Cheetahs defeated Granby 19-13, and the Men's Rugby team beat André-Laurendeau 34-0. Go Cheetahs! Click for

The Vanier Football Cheetahs entered the lion's den by playing a road game in the CEPSUM stadium against arch-rival Vieux-Montréal on Saturday evening and emerged with a stirring 27-24 victory. The first half was a see-saw offensive battle, but in the 2nd half our defense shut the door and it was only a late TD by Vieux that made the score seem to be as close as it was. Dev Lamour caught a passing TD from Vanier pivot Hugo Richard, who ran in for two TDs himself. Bruce Vieira's rushing TD rounded out the scoring. The 3-0 Cheetahs play again on the road this Saturday at Lévis-Lauzon starting at 7:30PM. Click for

The Vanier Football Cheetahs celebrated their home opener on Saturday afternoon with a lopsided 53-11 victory over the Montmorency Nomades at our home field at the Loyola campus of Concordia University. QB Richard Hugo had another great outing with 3 TD tosses and a total of 219 throwing yards. Marley Patterson had twin 2-yard TD runs early in the 1st quarter to put us up 14-nil and we never looked back. Bryce Vieira also scored 2 TDs. The team next faces Vieux-Montréal in an away game this Saturday in the CEPSUM (directions) at 7:30PM. Click for

The Football Cheetahs got the 2012 season off on the right foot by taking a 30-9 road win over Édouard-Montpetit on Saturday. Vanier quarterback Hugo Richard threw three TD tosses and had 0 interceptions. Hauling in those TD passes were Bryce Vieira with two and Dev Lamour with one. Marley Patterson added a rushing touchdown in the victory. The team next plays their home opener VS Montmorency this Saturday, August 25th at 1PM at our Concordia U (Loyola) home field locale. Click for

No fewer than four members of the Vanier community competed at the London Olympics.

Martine Dugrenier : Wrestling - 63kg
Result: Martine just missed a Bronze Medal.

David Tremblay : Wrestling - 55kg
Result: eliminated in the preliminaries.

Karine Thomas : Synchronized Swimming
Result: Karine's team finished in 4th place.

Karine Sergerie : Taekwondo - 67kg
Result: eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Read more about Martine & David's Olympics on the Vanier Althletcs Wrestling page.

Four of our former Cheetahs were snapped up in the CFL Draft. Ameet Pall (far left) went even earlier than expected and was drafted 5th overall in the entire CFL! He will be playing for the Calgary Stampeders. To view a video posted by Calgary about Ameet's selection, click here.

Matthew Norman (top right) went in round 3 and was picked up by BC via Hamilton.

Also, Hasan Hazime (seen at bottom left) was picked in round 5 by the Esks while Ryan White (at bottom right) was selected in round 6 by the Als.

Congratulations to you all and welcome to the pro ranks! To see the CFL Draft home page, click here.

Congratulations to the five Vanier players who were recently named to Team Canada. All will be competing in the international competition which will be held later this summer. The players selected were Hugo Richard, Alexandre Savard, Lloyd Constant, Clement Lebreux, and Jean-Gabriel Poulin (all seen at left clockwise starting from the top left).

You can click on the photos at left for a larger version. To read the announcement, click here.

Congratulations to former Vanier wrestlers Martine Dugrenier, David Tremblay and current wrestler Dorothy Yeats (seen clockwise from top, left) who all have been in the news recently.

Martine and David both won at an important qualifying tournament in Orlando, Florida and have now officially qualified for the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London. Vanier Phys Ed teacher Victor Zilberman will coach them at what will be his amazing sixth Olympic games!

Meanwhile, current Vanier wrestling mega-star Dorothy Yeats won Gold yet again, this time at the Canadian Nationals. Awesome!

For more info and other stories, visit our Wrestling page.

Congratulations to former Vanier Football Cheetah star players Marc-Olivier Brouillette and Liam Mahoney (seen at top, left) who were featured in a great story and accompanying video on the Montreal Gazette website. You should see them training together! Way to go, Marco and Liam!

Also, we were very proud to hear the announcement that former star player Brad Collinson (seen at bottom, left) has just been named as the head coach for Team Quebec. Congratulations, Brad!

For more on their individual stories, please visit our Football Alumni home page. Click for

Division 2 Men's Basketball star Matthew Barr was the subject of a recent Gazette article regarding two major Humanitarian Awards that he has won as well as as his numerous other achievements. Specifically, Matthew won the 2011 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award and the 2011 Upper Year Garfield Weston Award for his work. Barr is a second-year nursing student at Vanier College and has already earned his pilot's licence plus he has been to Haiti no fewer than three times on earthquake-related rescue missions. Read the full story. Congratulations, Matthew! You make all of us at Vanier proud to have you with us.

No fewer than four members of our 2011 team were honoured at the league's awards banquet held on Saturday evening.

Those chosen were (seen clockwise starting from the upper left) Joël Brtka, Marc Glaude, James Reinlein and Maiko Zepeta.

James Reinlein was also picked as an Academic All-Star. It's also worth noting that Marc Glaude was previously honoured with an All-Star selection last year as well.

Congratulations to each of you!

After a one year drought, Vanier took back the title of Champions at the 39th Annual McGill Intramural Festival played on April 8th. This is Vanier's third Championship title in four years. All six English Cégeps enjoyed a fun evening of friendly competition in Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton and Dodgeball. Congratulations to the 60 students who participated and brought back the trophy! You can click on the photo at left for a high-resolution version.

Congratulations to Shelby Eveleigh (left), captain of our AAA Women's Basketball team. She was honoured by being selected for the CCAA All-Canadian team at a banquet on Wednesday evening.

Shelby helped lead the Lady Cheetahs to a 18-2 record in the regular season and a Bronze Medal at the Provincial Playoffs. She was also an RSEQ first all-star team member. Way to go, Shelby! Click for .

On Monday, it was announced that our very own Lenny Austin (left) was named CCAA player of the week. Lenny has been playing a major role all season in leading the AAA Men's Basketball Cheetahs to an 8-2 record and sole possession of 1st place in the Quebec AAA Men's Basketball league. Congratulations, Lenny! Click for .

No fewer than five former Cheetahs were part of the 2010 Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes roster, four of them repeat winners from last year. We also had a repeat winner in Jean-Marc Edme of the Als management team.

Congratulations also to alum Obed Cétoute who played for the losing Saskatchewan Roughriders. For the full story on these alumni, just click for .

Congratulations to Victor Zilberman who has been awarded a Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award for a record 10th time. His award was announced in a recent Press Release issued by the Coaching Association of Canada. He formally received the award in a ceremony held in Ottawa. Congratulations, Victor! To read his and other stories relating to Vanier College wrestlers, just click for .

Our beloved Football Cheetahs won a tight-collar 31-28 victory over our longtime nemesis, the Spartiates of Cégep Vieux-Montréal to reclaim the provincial championship Bol d'Or on Saturday in Lennoxville. Matthew Norzil had 3 receptions for 99 yards, 2 of them for touchdowns. Alexandre Piché also had an excellent game with 4 pass receptions for a total of 124 yards and 2 TDs. QB Benoit Lacasse threw 4 TD passes and was named Player of the Game. Congratulations to Coach Peter Chryssomalis and to the entire team for another great season. Click for .

Congratulations to (seen clockwise from above left) Rachel Hocquart, Rebecca McWhirter, Christian Bouchard and James Byrne who were just named as members of this year's Rugby All-Star team.

Both of our Men's and Women's Rugby teams made it to the playoffs this year. The men had a record of 3-4, good for 4th place in the league while the Ladies had a record of 3-3 and finished in 3rd place.

Both teams were eliminated in the semi-finals by traditionally-strong John Abbott College.

We also invite you to visit our 2010 Rugby page where you can see team photos of both the Men's and the Women's squads as well as view a few good action photos. Click for .

Our Football Cheetahs defeated Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars in the provincial semi-finals on Saturday. QB Jérémi Roch completed 22 passes for 291 yards and 1 touchdown. The team will now face Vieux-Montréal this Saturday, Nov. 13th at 13:00 at Coulter Field at Bishop's U in Sherbrooke for the provincial championship Bol d'Or. Click for .

Martine Dugrenier (left) was able to pull off the storied "three-peat" by winning gold for a 3rd straight time at the Senior World Wrestling Championships held this year in Moscow. She defeated Elgiza Anarbekova from Kazakhstan in the finals to take the victory. You can click to find out .

Congratulations to the Football Cheetahs' Defensive Captain Byron Archambault (left) who was the subject of an article by Arpon Basu in the Montreal Gazette of September 1st subsequent to his being named their Amateur Athlete of the Week. In 2008, Byron won the league Rookie of the Year honours and was also second in the league in tackles. Last year, he was again second in the league in tackles and then went on to be named the league's Defensive MVP. Find out .

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 .

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 .

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!

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 .

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 .