A look at some of the top sports stories from the pages of the 91原创 Times in 2012
January
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Approximately 20,000 fans took in the four days of curling action, all of which was broadcast live by TSN. Team World won the Cup 235 to 165.
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91原创 All-Stars baseball team visits Uganda through Right To Play organized trip. Joining the team of 11, 12 and 13-year-olds 鈥� who won the Canadian Little League national championship the previous summer 鈥� were Major League Baseball players Jimmy Rollins and Derrek Lee as well as former player and Sportsnet baseball analyst Gregg Zaun.
Dean Cantelon, the 91原创 team manager and father of one of the team鈥檚 players,
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The 91原创 AAA Eagles became the first B.C. minor hockey team to
February
At just 12 years of age, became the youngest person ever to win a Vancouver Golf Tour event when he took top spot on the VGT鈥檚 Winter Tour event at the Belmont Golf Club. The Tour is for local professional and amateur players. The previous youngest age had been 17.
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The 91原创 Curling Club鈥檚 Lepine rink captured second spot at the B.C. senior women鈥檚 curling championships. The team is made up of Karen Lepine, Susan Beuk, Betsy Terpsma and Leslie Conde-Mathot.
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Brad Thiessen made his NHL debut, stopping 22 shots in victory as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets. He described the experience as Thiessen appeared in five games with the Penguins, going 3-1.
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A pair of high school wrestlers found the podium at the provincial championships. D.W. Poppy鈥檚 Megan Ransford won silver in the 90-kg division while 91原创 Secondary鈥檚 Maddie Millsip nabbed bronze in the 60-kg division.
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Randee Hermus was inducted into the . Hermus attended SFU on a soccer scholarship after graduating from 91原创 Secondary. And after her four years in Burnaby, she continued in the game, earning more than 100 caps playing for Canada, including representing her country at the 2008 Olympics.
March
The Trinity Western Spartans men鈥檚 volleyball team won their second straight CIS national championship banner with a .
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in the finals of the senior boys鈥� AAA basketball championships. The second-place finish is the best-ever for a 91原创 school at the tournament.
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The 91原创 Thunder captured the provincial tier 1 U19 field lacrosse championship . The title was 91原创鈥檚 first ever tier 1 provincial field lacrosse championship. The Thunder鈥檚 U14 squad also medalled at provincials, winning silver.
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Georgia Ellenwood was named . The 91原创 Secondary student competes on the school鈥檚 track and field team. B.C. Lions kicker Paul McCallum was also honoured with the Sport BC Best of BC Award. And , Katie Thorlakson, and Natalie Halcro were honoured as part of the Surrey United women鈥檚 Premier soccer team, which was named team of the year.
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The Walnut Grove Gators Grade 8 boys鈥� basketball team placed third at the provincial championships.
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Emma Nuttall won gold in the high jump for the Trinity Western Spartans at the CIS national championships, while Fiona Benson won bronze in the 1500m race. Another Spartan runner, Blair Johnston picked up the silver medal at the B.C. Athletics provincial 5-km road race.
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The Fraser Valley Phantom two games to one in the best-of-three series against the Thompson-Okanagan Rockets.
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A trio of 91原创 Minor Hockey teams all came up short in their quests for the gold medals in their respective age groups. The peewee tier 1 AAA Eagles, the peewee tier 4 Eagles, and the midget tier 2 Eagles all won silver medals at the provincial championships.
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The 91原创 FC Premier men鈥檚 soccer team defeated the Fraser Valley Red Devils 3-1 to .
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Competing at the WTF taekwondo provincial championships, members of JC Taekwondo found the podium. Ashley Runa and Katie Winquist both earned gold medals in the green belt category while Joy Kwak won gold in the red belt category. Madison Runa won silver in the red belt category.
April
A pair of 91原创 ringette players, Jennifer Wakefield and Kacy Hannesson, helped the Lower Mainland Ringette League Thunder win the gold medal at the national ringette championships.
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91原创 Curling Club鈥檚 Tyler Tardi, Jordan Tardi, Nicholas Meister and Zachary Umback 鈥� and coached by Paul Tardi 鈥� returned with the silver medal from the Optimist International U18 curling championships.
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Long-time Walnut Grove Gators high school basketball coach George Bergen was presented with a .
May
took top spot in both the junior and the open division at the Western Canadian bodybuilding championships.
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Members of the 91原创 Gymnastics Foundation helped their respective provincial age-group teams medal at the Western Canadian gymnastics championships. Tyler Welch (national open men), Amanda Neidig (national novice women), Shayla Ogloff (provincial 5 novice women) and Victor Blaine (level 4 men) were part of their respective gold-medal squads for B.C. while Kylie Macklin (national open women) helped win silver.
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For the fourth straight year, Tracy James helped .
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The placed second at the Canada West regional event, earning a spot at the world championships in July. The team consists of Nate Beveridge, Robert Perovich, Mark Cassibo, Josh Chavarria, Ruthie Unaegbu, Karolina Pawlak, Leah Goddard and Kelly Toth.
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A pair of 91原创 Rugby Club senior men鈥檚 tier 3 teams both came up short in their respective provincial finals. Both teams lost to their Surrey counterparts, 24-17 in the league 1 final and 12-10 in the league 2 final.
June
Walnut Grove鈥檚 won four medals (two gold, two silver) and was . Windsor won gold in the 3000m and 800m events and was second in the 1500m and the 4x400 relay. The relay team consisted of Windsor, Andrea Robinson, Meg Harradine and Danica Matson, with Dallas Tilley as the alternate.
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Other medals for 91原创 at the meet included (91原创 Secondary), who captured her third straight heptathlon title; (Walnut Grove) won bronze in the high jump; and (91原创 Christian) who won bronze in the 400m hurdles. And at the Grade 8/9 championships, (Walnut Grove) tied for silver in the high jump; Alex Savage (Walnut Grove) won silver in the long jump; and (91原创 Christian) won silver in the 1500m.
The Walnut Grove relay team of Buckingham, Rebecca Lindsay, Lara Oppenlander and Emma Smithson also won silver in the 4x400 relay.
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A pair of Valley Ball Hockey Association squads 鈥� the peanut division Warriors and the junior division Valley squad 鈥� won silver medals at the provincial championships.
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Four local divers from the Fraser Valley Diving Club were on the mark at the B.C. summer provincial championships. Kailee Lingham won a pair of golds while Kurt Breure and Dayna Lysak both won silver. Julia Reinhard won both a gold and a silver.
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91原创鈥檚 Svein Tuft and Christian Meier , respectively, at the Canadian road time trial championships.
July
and represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Ludwig competed in air pistol shooting while Bennett-Awad was in eventing.
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The inaugural Prospera Valley GranFondo event was held, raising $20,000 for Special Olympics BC. .
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The 91原创 Thunder .
August
, Dustin Walsh and Dylan Williamson represent Canada in track at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. , who is completely blind.
91原创 also sent a strong contingent of paraequestrian athletes to the Games, including , and .
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It was a strong showing for seven local athletes who represented Team BC at the Canadian youth Legion track and field championships. Georgia Ellenwood led the way for the locals with a gold in the long jump, silver in the 200m and bronze in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Brittni Wolczyk won gold in the discus and javelin, while Max Hanna won gold in the javelin. Teagan Rasche won gold in the 1500m race walk and silver in the hammer throw. Nick Colyn also won two medals, gold in the 2000m and silver in the 1500m steeplechase while Jordan Ellingson won gold in the javelin. Robyn Buckingham took silver in the heptathlon.
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brought home gold medals while representing Canada at the American Quarter Horse Association at the Youth World Cup in Germany.
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The 91原创 Senior Blaze took spot at the .
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The 91原创 Premier Blaze, who won the B.C. Premier Baseball League regular season title for the fourth time in five seasons, were named the league鈥檚 team of the year.
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With half their roster made up of 91原创 players, Team BC overwhelmed the competition to take the gold at State Wars, an elite roller hockey tournament in St. Louis.
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The Township announced . The plans called for a new double gymnasium and indoor turf/dry floor facility. It was also announced that the B.C. Lacrosse Association, Wrestling BC, Volleyball BC, Volleyball BC and Volleyball Canada would be partners in the project.
September
91原创 Thunder won their second straight , but fell in six games in the to the host Peterborough Lakers.
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was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Esworthy was inducted into the builder category for his work in the sport of equestrian.
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91原创 Events Centre hosted the U23 Pan American Volleyball Cup, . Canada was represented by the Trinity Western Spartans men鈥檚 volleyball team. Organizers also announce that the LEC will host.
October
was selected in the third round of the National Lacrosse League draft by the Toronto Rock.
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drawing media attention from major sports networks such as TSN, ESPN and Sports Illustrated. The video clip on YouTube is nearing 100,00 views.
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The 91原创 Rams ended the VI (Vancouver Island) Raiders reign atop the B.C. Junior Football Conference. . The 91原创 defence throttled the high-octane Raiders offence, forcing seven turnovers.
November
with a 1-0 penalty kick victory over the Queen鈥檚 Golden Gaels.
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The 91原创 Rams hosted the Saskatoon Hilltops at McLeod Park in the 2012 Canadian Bowl final. And the Rams led the junior football championship for much of the game before the . The victory was the third straight Canadian Bowl title for the Hilltops.
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Lisa Roman and Kim Bauder teamed up to win bronze at the Canadian national rowing championships.
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. Stafford鈥檚 Nathan King scored all three touchdowns.
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Sarah Potomak is named the top forward at the 2012 national women鈥檚 U18 hockey championships. Potomak led the tournament in scoring with six goals and one assist in five games as Team BC placed fourth.
December
. It marks the program鈥檚 first title since they moved up from Single A in 2005.
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Credo Christian senior boys volleyball team is denied in their three-peat bid at the Single A championships. The .
