The constantly nationally-ranked Brock Badgers (11-3-1-1) posted a pair of victories this past weekend against the Windsor Lancers, ensuring that, for at least one more week, they will remain amongst the country's best. After blowing a 4-0 lead and needing a shootout to dispose of the Lancers on Saturday night, the Badgers came back Sunday looking to do just the same - minus the blown lead.
Although the OUA standings were stacked against the Badgers heading into their Nov. 24 game against the division leading University of Toronto Varsity Blues, the home team proved that a little heart goes a long way. Brock scrambled ahead of their opponents to win by a score of 97-91 after two overtime periods.
Brock danced its way to a second place finish out of seven schools at the Ontario University Competition for Hip-Hop (OUCH) in front of a packed house of over 2,000 people at McMaster University on Sunday. The Brock Dance program was started six years ago by Brianne Versuluys, a Brock student who just wanted to dance.
In their first home appearance of the OUA season, the Brock Badgers men's basketball team ran away with a convincing victory over the rejuvenated Ryerson Rams before dropping their second of the weekend to the University of Toronto. Ryerson, traditionally a team at the bottom of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) barrel, rode the coattails of second-year phenom Boris Bakovic to within 10 points of the Badgers by game's end.
Brock News: The Brock wrestling team hosted the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association Senior Championships this past weekend. The women's team finished first by a whopping 32 points with four girls claiming the top spot in their respective events: Alana King (48 kg), Jessie Bandy (51 kg), Michelle Fazzari (59kg), and Megan Swietzer (63 kg).
Looking to add to their momentum, the Brock women's hockey team (4-9-3 OUA) came away with a pair of ties this weekend. The first, 2-2, against UOIT, and the second, a 1-1 affair against York. In the game against the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) on Saturday at the Seymour-Hannah Centre, the Badgers came out strong, dominating play at both ends of the ice.
It took 37 long years, but the Manitoba Bisons are once again champions of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football. They completed a perfect season with a convincing 28-14 victory over the St. Mary's Huskies to capture their third Vanier Cup. Manitoba avenged a rematch of the 2001 Vanier Cup, for their first national championship since 1970.
