Time to get out the Vuvuzelas
by Curtis J. Phillips, ACAC Sports Writer
01/28/2012... Calgary, Alberta - Last year, 2011, the Mount Royal Cougars women’s futsal team captured two of the three regular season Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference futsal tournaments but lost out in the one that count the most; the provincial championships 1-0 to the Medicine Hat Rattlers.
With the ACAC 2012 season ready to kick off tomorrow at Keyano College in Fort McMurray, the Cougars are ready for another season of indoor soccer.
On track with ‘Johnny Mac’: Halifax rookie Macdonald setting Trojans up for success
by Todd Kimberley, SAIT Trojans sports writer
01/25/12...CALGARY — Last spring, Ryan Marsden and his pal Dan Ota, the men’s volleyball coach at Halifax’s Dalhousie University, were cracking wise about the recent sporting pipeline that runs from Marsden’s SAIT Trojans to Oda’s Tigers.
Fearsome right-side Kenny Rauwerda and setter Justin Kilb both moved on to Dalhousie, a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men’s volleyball power, following the Trojans’ 2009-10 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championship.
Everyone has handicaps, only some are visible
by Curtis J. Phillips, ACAC Sports Writer
01/24/2012...Edmonton, Alberta - Interviewing Jonathan Kassian over the telephone, his voice is clear and articulate. He listens patiently to each question.
After a few moments of conversation with The Kings University College Eagles men’s volleyball player, it is evident that he is proud that he will be representing Canada at a World Competition in the sport he loves.
But one question remains. This reporter finally asks: “Jon…how is it that you are able to hear me? Do you have some sort of amplifier or computer that translates my words into dictation?”
Why the unusual question? For you see, Kassian, 22, is legally deaf and he will be part of Team Canada in beach volleyball at the 2012 World Deaf Beach Volleyball Championships to be held in the Ukraine.
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