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Athletics Wrap-Up 2019-2020
Photo: 2019–2020 marked the beginning of a new football era at LCC. Our cadet team played the first nine-man season in the history of our program.
CHRIS VIAU, Director of Athletics
Top Five Athletics Moments of the Year 2019-2020 Although our year was cut short by the pandemic, there were many shining moments in LCC athletics last year. Here are the top five:
Girls Basketball
The Lions continued to assert their dominance in girls basketball last year. The Midget Girls won the MIS (Montreal Independent Schools) and WIC tournaments, had a great playoff run and were GMAA silver medalists. This marked their third finals in the past four years. The Juvenile Girls also had a fantastic year highlighted by a trip to the GMAA semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual league champions. Our second Juvenile team also had a good season, making the league quarter-finals. Lastly, the Bantam team had a season that will be difficult to match. They won the WIC and MIS tournaments and were finalists at the BCS tournament. They ended their season with a sensational game in the GMAA finals to capture their third title in the past four years.
Bantam Girls Basketball
Varsity Boys Basketball
What a year it has been for the Varsity Boys team! They were finalists at the LCC Invitational and Loyola tournaments. They also had an amazing run at the highly competitive CAIS tournament, finishing with a 4-1 record, with their only loss coming at the hands of the eventual champions. Led by their guards, Andrew Steinberg ’20 and Carson Riar ’19 (Pre-U ’20), and forward Spencer Riar ’20, the Lions compiled a 9-1 regular season record and lost an extremely competitive game in the league semi-finals. It has been a great run for this group of boys over the past two seasons. Cadet Football (Photo on pages 32–33) Last year marked the beginning of a new football era at LCC. Our cadet team played the first nine-man season in the history of our program. It was a huge learning curve for our players and coaches, but they were up for the challenge. The result of a hardfought season was an unblemished record of 8-0 that ended with an extraordinary performance in the finals to conquer the league championship. Down by a touchdown and one last play to go in the first half, the Lions completed a 60-yard touchdown pass that changed the momentum of the game. They went on to win 44-14 against a very strong Jean-Eudes team.
Varsity Boys Basketball
U15 Girls Soccer
Our U15 Girls Soccer team had another phenomenal year. Although our team was made up of grade 7, 8 and 9 girls, we continued to play in a league of teams of mainly grade 9 and 10 girls. This experience against stronger girls paid dividends over the past few seasons, as our girls had to push themselves to reach a new level of competitiveness and skill. The Lions proved to be the cream of the crop at the CAIS Nationals again, winning the championship in an extremely competitive tournament for the second time in the past three years.
U15 Girls Soccer
Varsity Girls Soccer Team
PeeWee Hockey
The PeeWee Hockey team had one of the best seasons in the history of our program, finishing the year 17-4-1. The team was first in the league in goals for and second in goals against. The Lions were a deep group with scoring coming from all three lines. Although they didn’t get the chance to compete for the league championship due to COVID-19, many accomplishments highlighted their season. They won the Brébeuf tournament and the silver division championship at the LCC Invitational. They also qualified for the gold division at the highly competitive UCC tournament, and were silver medallists at the Loyola tournament where they outplayed their opponent but ran into a hot goalie. We expect to see great things out of this wonderful group of young men over the next five years.
Honorable Mentions
+ Our Varsity Girls Soccer team made it to the semi-finals of the CAIS National
+ Tournament, continuing a tradition of excellence at that event.
+ Philippe Couillard ’20 shot a 3 under par and won the GMAA golf tournament by a staggering 10 strokes and led his team to a silver medal.
+ Our Bantam Boys Hockey team had an impressive run at the LCC Invitational, making it to the finals, losing 2-0 to a much older team.
+ Our Bantam Boys Basketball team had a terrific season and even qualified for the gold division at the CAIS National tournament.
+ Our Track teams excelled again this year and our Indoor Boys team captured the GMAA championship.
+ Sophia Mashaal ’20 and Rose Brisebois ’20 (Pre-U ’21) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively overall in Indoor Track and Field.
+ Our Senior Boys teams excelled in every way as our Varsity Soccer, Basketball and Flag Football teams all made the GMAA semi-finals.
+ The Varsity Hockey team also had another memorable season, sitting fourth in league standings when the season was cancelled.
+ Over 200 students participated in the LBA (Lion Basketball Association) with #savetheplanet2.0 winning the Middle School division and the Langers repeating as champions in the Senior School.
