Sports
Middaugh and Button win XTERRA Québec Pan Am Tour
Published: July 17, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Triathletes were unruffled by the heavy rain and thunderstorm of July 13. Early Sunday morning, 300 amateur and elite international athletes competed in a triathlon on a course through lakes and forest at Lac Delage in the sixth XTERRA race, competing for a spot in the XTERRA World Championship in Hawaii.
Lizotte back with the Quebec Remparts, and baseball news
Published: July 17, 2019
Photo: QMJHL
Pascal Lizotte, the Quebec Remparts’ goaltender coach from 2011 to 2013, will hold the same title in the upcoming season. Remparts general manager and head coach Patrick Roy confirmed Lizotte’s hiring in a press release on July 12.
Toronto Raptors to hold their 2019-20 training camp in Quebec
Published: July 17, 2019
Photo: NBA Canada website
The Toronto Raptors, the newest champions of the National Basketball Association (NBA), will hold their 2019-20 training camp in Quebec City.
The announcement was made in a press release by the Université Laval Sports Activities Services on July 10.
Auger-Aliassime ousted at Wimbledon, plus football and hockey news
Published: July 10, 2019
L’Ancienne-Lorette’s Félix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the third round at Wimbledon on July 5. The 18-year-old was ranked 19th before the start of one of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournaments. The rising Canadian tennis star lost in three straight sets to Ugo Humbert of France.
Three Capitales players at Can-Am League all-star game
Published: July 10, 2019
Photo: Luc Lang
Three players from the Québec Capitales were at the annual all-star game at Palisades Credit Union Park in Rockland, N.Y. On July 10, the Can-Am League all-stars faced the Frontier League all-stars. Unfortunately, the results of the game were not available before this issue went to print.
NCAA teams to visit the Rouge et Or men’s basketball team in August
Published: July 10, 2019
Photo: U-Laval / Yan Doublet
For the 12th year, the Université Laval men’s basketball team will host two teams from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from the United States in August. The NCAA is America’s version of Canada’s U Sports.
Meet Le Bataillon, Quebec’s new football team
Published: June 26, 2019
Photo: Le Bataillon de Québec Facebook page
A brand-new team has been added to a well established provincial junior football league. What was lacking for years in Quebec City will be corrected officially on Aug. 24 when the newly formed team, Le Bataillon of Quebec City, hosts the Laval Junior Bulldogs in their first-ever game in the Quebec Major Junior Football League (QMJFL).
Three players from the Quebec area get the call at the NHL draft
Published: June 26, 2019
Photo: QMJHL
When you’re a kid playing hockey, no matter where you are, you dream of playing in the National Hockey League. You dream of playing for the famous Montreal Canadiens, or with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins. You close your eyes at night, imagining that you score the winning goal in the seventh game of the final and that you get your hands on the Stanley Cup, the Holy Grail of hockey.
Godin back with BC; no St. Pat’s players drafted by QMJHL teams
Published: June 19, 2019
Former St. Patrick’s High School and Université Laval football player Edward Godin has made the BC Lions 46-man roster. Godin and the Lions played their first regular season game on June 15 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers but lost 33-22.
Cuban players (finally) in Quebec to help out Capitales
Published: June 19, 2019
Photo: Luc Lang
The Cuban players of the Quebec Capitales, of the Can-Am Baseball League, could not have arrived at a better time. After what was becoming a real hassle to get all the paperwork done with the Canadian embassy in Mexico, things were finally settled and the three players from Cuba made it to Quebec City last week.
