Around the School at h l e t i c s
cross country
football
Volleyball
The 2019-2020 Cross Country Season will be one to remember for the Crusaders. Both the Junior Varsity (JV) and Varsity teams won the Athletics Manitoba Milk Run, and were both crowned MHSAA Provincial Cross Country Champions. Grade nine runner Siwon Jengsuksavat led the Junior Cru by winning the individual provincial title. He was closely followed by Ryan Kulbacki (2nd), Alex Sala (5th) Kephren Gould (6th), and Lorence Dela Cruz (8th).
The 2019 Crusader Football season was one of change. For the first time in more than a decade, St. Paul’s fielded two football teams - one Varsity team and one Junior Varsity team. The Varsity team had a number of veterans from the 2018 season who were determined to return to the ANAVETS Bowl for another opportunity to claim the top division of the Winnipeg High School Football League. The season saw several rare weather events occur - a lightning storm shortened Homecoming 2019, and a Thanksgiving snowstorm saw an entire week of Varsity football cancelled, extending the season by one week! Through it, all the members of the 2019 Varsity Crusaders kept their focus on their ultimate goal. In the playoffs, the Varsity Crusaders played some of their best football and were able to capture the ANAVETS Bowl convincingly. Congratulations, to all players and coaches on a great season.
“This year’s volleyball team was one of the most talented teams in Crusader Volleyball history”, says Coach Voth.
The Varsity team was led by an entire team of grade 11’s. The team consisted of Alex MacMillan, Nic and Matteo De Stefano, Avery Stubbings and Maheep Reshia. Next year they will try and be one of only a few teams in Manitoba to ever win four straight championships (2x JV, 2x Varsity). Congratulations to the more than 30 runners that trained hard throughout the fall and represented the school with heart and determination.
price of success is hard work, dedication " The to the job at hand, and the determination that
whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ~Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame
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The team played in four finals in their first four tournaments of the year. The Crusaders won one tournament and lost to three different teams along the way. Those four teams made it to the provincial finals, at the end of the year. Because of a tiered West Winnipeg Athletic Conference (W.W.A.C.) league, we also played the Westwood Warriors a record of 10 times over the season. We won five of those contests. The last two matches went five sets, and a 2-point spread determined both. In the end, the Crusaders captured the W.W.A.C. league championship. The Crusaders then travelled to Steinbach to defeat a feisty Brandon Vikings team in the Provincial semi-final game. The next round, the Crusaders lost to the Westwood Warriors by two points in the 5th set, dashing the Crusader dream of another provincial championship. The Crusaders were awarded a record number of provincial graduating all-stars- six in total: James Duerksen, Justin Cross, Eric Loewen, Scott Mann, Josh Stackiw, and Yaroslav Paches. Justin Cross was named the number one player in the province and James Duerksen was selected to receive the prestigious Dr. Dale Iwanoczko Memorial Scholarship. A record three players were recruited to join the All-Manitoba team - Justin Cross, Scott Mann, and James Duerksen. Look for these players to be playing C.I.S. volleyball next year!
