Sports Roundup: Eight Ottawa-based players selected in CFL Draft

 Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for May 2 – May 8, 2022. (PHOTO: Football - uOttawa Gee-Gees, geegees.ca) Ottawa 67’s The 67’s added a pair of local players to its organization on Thursday through the OHL U18 Priority Selection draft. Nepean Raiders U18 AAA forward Luka Benoit was selected

Sports Roundup: 67’s playoff run ended by Battalion

 ABOVE: Jack Beck of the 67's helped tie things up, forcing the game against North Bay into overtime. (PHOTO: Robert Lefebvre) Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for April 25 – May 1, 2022. Ottawa 67’s A pair of 3-2 losses ended the 67’s season in its first-round playoff series against the North Bay

Sports Roundup: Carleton’s Lloyd Pandi to declare for NBA Draft

 ABOVE: Lloyd Pandi announced his decision to leave Carleton at the end of the season and declare for the NBA draft. (Photo: Valeri Wutti/Carleton Ravens Athletics) Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for April 18-April 24, 2022. Ottawa 67’s   The 67’s opened its first-round playoff series against the North Bay

Sports Roundup: Carleton capture U Sports basketball championship

 ABOVE: Carleton Ravens captured their 16th-ever U Sports basketball championship on Sunday. (PHOTO: Don Voaklander) Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for March 28-April 3, 2022. Ottawa 67’s The 67’s clinched a playoff berth for the seventh straight season following a busy week where it won three of four games.

Sports Roundup: Carleton men prepare for U Sports championship

 Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for March 21-March 27, 2022. Ottawa 67’s Last week, the 67’s split a pair of home games, starting with a 9-4 drubbing of the Peterborough Petes on Friday (Mar. 25), which saw eight players post multi-point efforts. Tyler Boucher and Thomas Johnston lead

Sports Round-up: Carleton women down UOttawa in basketball playoffs

 ABOVE: Tatyanna Burke is the Raven’s women’s athlete of the week. (Photos: goravens.ca) Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for March 14-March 20, 2022. Ottawa 67’s The 67’s went winless last week, dropping four home games. The week started with a 7-3 loss to the Niagara IceDogs (Mar. 14),

Sports Roundup: UOttawa’s men’s basketball team to host semi-finals Saturday

 Your weekly round-up of sports in Ottawa for March 7-March 14, 2022. Ottawa 67’s The 67’s dropped a 2-1 shootout decision to the Peterborough Petes on Friday (Mar. 11). Former head coach André Tourigny was in town on Monday (Mar. 14) with his Arizona Coyotes to take on the Ottawa

Victim seeks justice as Ravens player Edward “Eddie” Ekiyor acquitted of brutal sexual assault

 Former Carleton Ravens basketball player Edward “Eddie” Ekiyor, who was charged with overcome resistance to commit an offence, kidnapping, and sexual assault, in August of 2019, has been acquitted in a controversial decision. The 24-year-old Ottawa native led the Carleton Ravens to the national basketball championship in March 2019. The incident

Carleton Ravens drop U Sports Championship opener to top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies in women’s bracket

 ABOVE: The Carleton Ravens took on the Saskatchewan Huskies March 5 at Ottawa's TD Place. (PHOTO: SPENCER COLBY) Ottawa is host this week to the 2020 men’s and women’s U Sports Final 8 Championship tournaments at TD Place. As the host team, the Carleton women received an automatic bid into

From Carleton’s Basketball Championship to Jon Gott’s Beer Chug: Counting Down the Top Ottawa Sports and Social Media Moments of 2018

 2018 was a memorable sports year in the nation’s capital. While not everything was rosy, including the Redblacks loss to the Stamps in the Grey Cup and just about everything surrounding the Ottawa Senators, the year provided plenty of fun and inspiring moments from many of the city’s teams. Before

Ravens Shock Gee-Gees with Comeback Victory in Colonel By Classic

 Photo credit: Marc Lafleur In a dramatic setting, the Carleton Ravens won in dramatic fashion. The Ravens topped the archrival University of Ottawa Gee-Gees 4-3 in the third-annual Colonel By Classic at TD Place Arena. It was an emotional game full of physicality and bad blood. The Ravens came back

The Drought is Over: Gee-Gees Defeat Ravens in 50th Panda Game

 After four consecutive years of frustration on Panda Game Saturday, the University of Ottawa was finally able to come out on top in Canadian university football’s foremost rivalry. The Gee-Gees defeated the Ravens 38-27 in front of a sellout crowd at TD Place. Ottawa quarterback Sawyer Buettner threw five touchdown

“Not everyone gets the opportunity to play in front of that many people, so you kind of cherish it”: Ravens Star and Redblack-Draftee Kene Onyeka Prepares for His Final Panda Game

 Photo courtesy of Carleton University  “I was kind of wide-eyed, like ‘holy sh-t I’m playing in front of this many people’.” That is Kene Onyeka’s memory of the first time he stepped foot onto the TD Place field, a stadium that holds over 24,000 people, for his first Panda Game.

Former Carleton Raven Prepares For Rookie Year With Redblacks

 Photo credit: Tyler Rabb Justin Howell did not start playing organized football until tenth grade. Now just six years later, he could be suiting up at defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks. The Redblacks selected Howell in the seventh round of the 2018 Canadian Football League (CFL) Draft. He was a

Unplug to Connect with Boys and Girls Clubs

 Photos Courtesy of Boys and Girls Clubs Canada What if unplugging from our devices actually enabled us to feel more closely connected to those around us? Real People. Real Connections. This is precisely the type of forward thinking with which the Boys and Girls Clubs’ most recent initiative, Unplug to