Our Cape Breton University Caper women’s volleyball team faced off with the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds and the University of Moncton Blue Eagles over the past weekend. On Saturday our Capers volleyball squad took on the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds team. The Capers dropped the first set to the Varsity Reds by a close score of 25 to 21. The Capers—led by fourth year star Megan Brown, who had 6 kills, 7 saves, and 5 blocks—stormed...
Our Cape Breton University Capers women’s and men’s basketball teams will take on their rivals the Saint Francis Xavier X-women and X-men on Wednesday night (January 11th) at the Sullivan Fieldhouse. The Capers women’s and men’s squad have unfortunately started the New Year off with tough losses against the Acadia Axe-women/men. The Capers women’s team came up short against the Acadia Axe-women with a score of 94 to 83. Capers guard Cassie Cooke scored a game high with 34 points...
Our Cape Breton University Capers men’s and women’s basketball teams opened up their 2011-2012 basketball seasons against their rivals from Saint Francis Xavier University at the Oland gym in Antigonish. In the first game the Capers women’s squad faced off with the X-women. The loud and proud Orange Army Capers fans that made the trip to Antigonish, as well as many X fans were in attendance to watch the exciting game. After the first quarter the X-women had a three-point...
Our first place Cape Breton University Caper men’s soccer team is an impressive 9-1-1 for a total of 28 points so far this season. The Capers have clinched a berth in the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championship tournament) at the University of Victoria on November 10th till 13th. The Capers will first be hosting the AUS (Atlantic University Sport Championship playoff tournament) at the Cape Breton University Health and Recreation Complex Field on November 4th till the 6th. Capers star...
Our Cape Breton University women’s and men’s Capers soccer squads were in action over the weekend. The Capers hosted the Dalhousie Tigers on a wet and rainy Saturday at the Cape Breton University Health and Recreational Complex Field. It was the women’s Capers soccer squad who battled the Dalhousie Tigers women’s team in the first game. The Capers struck first while fighting off the rain. The loud and proud Orange Army fans in the stands cheered them on. The Capers...
Our Cape Breton University Capers men’s and women’s soccer teams are back and ready for another season! Both teams are prepared for the upcoming soccer season, with the Capers women’s team coming off an impressive Atlantic University Sport Championship victory over the University of Prince...
With spring training winding down it is now time for the 2011 Major League Baseball season to begin. The MLB season is 162 games long and if your team makes it into the playoffs, it could be longer. The defending champion San Francisco Giants will be looking to recap another winning season and hope that their season is as long as it was last year. The Giants know that they will have a tough task ahead of them. Numerous MLB...
Cape Breton University Capers fifth year forward Kari Everett is the Capers Athlete of the Week after helping her teammates bring home the Atlantic University Sport Championship title. Everett has led the Capers in scoring, averaging 17.6 points per game. Everett also has averaged 6.1...
It is once again that time of the year, so get ready hoop fans because March Madness is here. The NCAA March Madness is a single elimination tournament held annually in the United States. March Madness features 68 college basketball teams, all looking for the chance to call themselves the national champions. This year there isn’t just one team that stands on top of everybody’s bracket. There are a handful of teams that could be legitimate title contenders. Some of...
Our Cape Breton University Caper women's basketball team faced off with the University of New Brunswick women's Varsity Red’s basketball team in the Atlantic University Sport Championship game located in Saint John’s, Newfoundland. In the battle of the top two teams in the AUS, it was our Cape Breton University Capers who came out victorious with a score of 65 to 60. The Capers were led by Jahlica Kirnon who had 17 points, Kari Everett with 16 points, Tanira McClurkin...
Our Cape Breton University Caper men’s basketball team played in the Atlantic University Sport tournament located at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 19-1, fifth-ranked Caper men’s squad took on the 7-13 Acadian Axe-men, who only got into the playoffs with a win on the last day of the regular season. The two teams took to the court much to the delight of the 5,500 loud fans in attendance at the Metro Centre. The loud and proud Orange...
Eight years ago my 4-year-old daughter looked up at me with adoration in her eyes and said, “I want to grow up to be a basketball star, just like Luciann.” I could understand why she was in awe of Luciann Lahey, then the leading scorer of the Sydney Sonics U14 team, as we watched her sink one long shot after another in the 2003 Nova Scotia Provincial Championship game. “She’s so good at shooting and she seems really nice too,”...
A rocking RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina was the sight for this year’s National Hockey League’s 58th annual All Star Game. The NHL All Star Game took on a different format this year as it featured two captains. The first captain, Nicklas Lidstrom, the long time defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings faced off with captain and center-man Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes. In a fantasy draft the captains, Lidstrom and Staal, each picked their players for their...
Our Cape Breton University Capers men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted the Acadian Axe-men and Axe-women over the weekend. It was a packed Sullivan Field House full of the loud Orange Army supporters and many Capers fans on both Friday and Saturday night. The first...
Our Cape Breton University Capers men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to the Saint Francis Xavier Oland Centre to take on their rivals, the Saint Francis Xavier X-men and X-women on Wednesday night. The stands were filled with many Saint Francis Xavier X-fans dressed up in white and blue, but it was the loud and proud Orange Army Capers fans in attendance that went home happy. During the first game the Saint Francis Xavier X-women battled it out with the...
