In a sudden move, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced it was dropping all wrestling events from the 2020 summer games.
“I got the phone call at about 8 am from my old wrestling partner, and he told me it was taken out,” said Darcy Enns, an amateur wrestler currently studying at Mohawk. “It still doesn’t make sense to me.”
According to published reports, the IOC voted to remove wrestling in an anonymous vote. It stated the decision was based on global participation, television ratings, and doping risks. Among the events that survived…

Cross the steel catwalk in the rafters of Copps Coliseum and enter into Press Box 3 and you will find Hamilton Bulldogs staff working in unison with second- and third-year television broadcast students from Mohawk College.  After almost ten years of working with the Bulldogs, professor Pat Hanson has noticed an evolution in the relationship.
“It’s looked different in the partnership.  Across time, because we’ve grown the model, the integration to work with them has grown.  In the early days, we were more of an appendage,” said Hanson.  “A little bit of that, I…

Two former Mohawk Mountaineers will be inducted into the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Hall of Fame. 
Anne Devorski (at the time, Anne Wilson) and DeWitt Hanna will be recognized for their achievements as Mountaineer athletes on May 1st at the Delta London Armouries in London, Ontario.
Devorski dominated athletics during her time at Mohawk, playing two varsity sports. In 1980, the women’s volleyball team took home the OCAA championship. She was the team MVP as well as the tournament MVP that year.
The following year, Devorski led the women’s basketball team to an…

Four months after General Manager Alex Anthopoulos pulled the trigger on a trade that turned an under .500 club into a World Series contender, fans are getting their first glimpse of the revamped Toronto Blue Jays at spring training.
Going into the season, Vegas has picked the Jays to win the American League Pennant (15:4 odds), and trail only the Washington Nationals to win the World Series. The Jays sit at 15:2, while the Nats are at 7:1.
The Jays have virtually scrapped last year’s starting rotation. It’s possible only one pitcher (Brandon Morrow)…

Stoney Creek-born Mixed Martial Arts fighter Josh Hill has had a very successful career so far, fighting his way to a 9-0 record since his first professional fight back in October of 2009.  His rise to the top however, along with many other Ontario-based martial artists has been delayed by rumours that new owner Rogers Media will be shutting down The Score Fighting Series (SFS), one Canada’s largest Mixed Martial Arts promotions.
Despite a release on The Score Fighting Series Facebook Page, Hill heard the fate of SFS first-hand.
“I actually got a call from…

It was five years ago that Mohamed Sulaiman, better known as “Mo”, started his tenure as a Mohawk Mountaineer, playing for the men’s volleyball team.
At that point, Sulaiman had only been playing volleyball since grade ten, while attending Barton Secondary School. He admits he wasn’t too enthusiastic about the sport at first but credits his high school coach Kim Klodt for inspiring his passion for the sport.
“He got me into it,” said Sulaiman. “He was my gym teacher through gym class and showed me the ins and outs of volleyball, the beginning…

Mohawk will not repeat as Ontario Colleges Athletic Association men’s basketball champions. The Sheridan Bruins rallied from a 14 point second quarter deficit to defeat the Mountaineers 88-70 at Seneca College Saturday night (March 2).
 Mohawk got off to an outstanding start, dominating the Bruins, the top team in the West, in pretty well every phase of the game and led 21-10 after the first quarter. They increased their lead to 33-19 early in the second quarter, but it was at that point that Sheridan started to peck away at the Mountaineer margin to…

They were the top two teams in the West Division of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. And tonight (Saturday March 2), at Seneca College, the Mohawk Mountaineers and the Sheridan Bruins will play for all the marbles. It’s the gold medal match of the 2013 Belair Direct OCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. 
The Mountaineers are the defending champions. In fact they are the reigning Canadian title holders. But the Bruins will definitely think it’s their turn for all the glory. Sheridan finished first in the division in the regular season with a sparkling 18-2 record.…

The reigning provincial and national champions, the Mohawk Mountaineers, got off on the right foot with a 69-62 quarter final win over the Algonquin Thunder of Ottawa in the 2013 Belair Direct Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship at Seneca College in North York Thursday night (Feb. 28)
CCAA All-Canadian and OCAA West Division first all-star Manny Campbell scored 24 points, while another first team all-star,  Andrew Cicuttini, had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mountaineers, who trailed  41-36 at half time.
Romaine Lawrence had 17 points for Algonquin, while Thunder…

Mohawk point guard Manny Campbell picked up a pair of honours at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship awards ceremony at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Toronto- Markham Thursday (Feb. 28). The Burlington native was named a First Team West Division All-Star and a Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) All-Canadian. Campbell was among the OCAA’s top five players in steals with 57 and assists with 69. He averaged 13.7 points per game while contributing 76 rebounds and three blocks.

6’6 Forward Andrew Cicuttini of Dundas was also selected as a First Team All-Star. Cicuttini averaged…