Saskatchewan rink shooting for record-setting win at Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships

Saskatchewan’s Marie Wright and British Columbia’s Ina Forrest have a lot in common. They’re both national team-level curlers, they’re longtime friends and they’re both competing at this week’s Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships in Moose Jaw. For this week, they’re also roommates. It’s a common para-sport story — top rivals hanging out together off the ice….

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Pro opportunity could shift U Sports women’s soccer landscape ahead of 2024 campaign

When the 2024 U Sports women’s soccer season begins, individual performance will be more critical than in the past. With the introduction of Project 8, the incoming Canadian women’s professional league, the landscape is changing for student-athletes nationwide. While 17 former Canadian university women’s soccer players played professional games in 2023-24, and U Sports alumni Desiree…

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‘Just getting started’: Canada’s winningest university hockey coach looks at what’s next

It’s been quite a year for P.E.I.-born Gardiner MacDougall and the University of New Brunswick Reds men’s hockey team.  UNB wrapped up the university hockey championship on Sunday night in Toronto with a 4-0 win over the Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières Patriotes to clinch the 2024 University Cup — for the second consecutive year.  It was a…

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Guelph runner Max Davies leads pack of young record-breakers in U Sports championship season

In a U Sports championship season filled with record-breaking performances by young athletes, Max Davies stood out above the rest. The 20-year-old middle-distance runner’s three gold medals were the driving force of the Guelph Gryphons collecting a seventh consecutive men’s national title at the 2024 U Sports Track & Field Championships in Winnipeg on Mar. 9….

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