There is a fine line between confidence and cocky and Mohawk was forced to walk it entering the 2012 Canadian Colleges’ Athletic Association (CCAA) Men’s Basketball National Championships.
Riding high off their win of the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association (OCAA) gold medal (March 3), the Mountaineers descended into Halifax en route to the host school, Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Truro, Nova Scotia.
“We were pretty excited about, I mean, even winning OCAA’s,” said Mohawk’s power forward, Andrew Cicuttini. “Obviously, we couldn’t have been happier about beating off Humber twice in a row.”
“None…

Mohawk competed in the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association Cross Country Championships at Fort Henry in Kingston Oct. 29.
The men’s team fared well finishing the eight-kilometre event in fourth place led by tenth place finisher Jon Redfearn (27:32.9). The team from Fanshawe took home the title of champions. George Brown’s Sean Sweeney recorded the overall best time (25:34.6).
The rest of the Mountaineer men’s results:
Hassan Ishaq (12) 27:58.6
Michael Marshall (22) 28:57.5
John Miles (47) 31:08.5
Lovejeet Singh (58) 32:48.2
Jeremy Connell (71) 34:35.6
Humber took the women’s team and individual crown with…

A late push at the end of each half wasn’t enough to eliminate Mohawk from the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association rugby playoffs. Mohawk was able to hold off Fleming’s late efforts to hang on for a two point win in a thrilling first round game.
“I’m proud of every single guy there,” said Eric Moyer about staying ahead of Fleming long enough to advance to the semi-finals. “It was a great game. I’m super excited about playing for a medal now.”
The Mountaineers jumped ahead of the Knights from Peterborough with a 20-0 lead…

Before they even stepped onto their bus for Durham College, the women’s varsity fastball team knew they would have to come home with at least one win in their doubleheader versus the Lords to make the playoffs.
Starting pitcher Jessica Denstedt knew she was getting the nod for game one and said she was “pretty relaxed” about the game before boarding the bus.
Taking a game from undefeated Durham, in what would be a late home opener for the Lords, was going to be a challenging feat. Denstedt knew she would need support from…

A big part of competing in the Ontario Colleges’ Athletic Association is dealing with the loss of players in key roles and developing new players to fill them. That is the situation head coach Alex Paris is in with the men’s rugby team.
“We have a lot of rugby to learn to play over the next couple of weeks and for us to be able to be consistent we just got to make sure that we have our new guys understanding what we’re doing,” said Paris.
With the loss of last year’s OCAA Player…