Sports Roundup

By Sean Maillet

The year saw a full return to sport for the students at St. Andrew’s. It was an excellent year for athletics, with multiple championships earned at the Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) level.

CISAA Champions – The U16 Hockey team beat St. Michael’s College 4-3 in what was a wild finish for the CISAA Championship. SAC scored two goals in the final 24 seconds of the third period to secure the victory.

CISAA Champions – Finished as the top overall team in the final CISAA race of the season.

CISAA Champions – The 1st Lacrosse team beat St. Michael’s College 13-8 in the CISAA Championship game.

The Aurora Cup – This was the inaugural year of the trophy presented by the Aurora Barbarians Rugby Club for the winner of a game against St. Maximilian Kolbe, dubbed the “Battle of Aurora.”

Sr. Boys CISAA Champions – Finished as the top team at the CISAA Championship event for the first time since 2016-2017.

CISAA Champions – The SAC Swim team finished as the top team in the CISAA Championship event at the Pan Am Centre.

CISAA Champions – The 1st Football team went undefeated in CISAA league play and won the CISAA Championship on the Yuill Family Turf Field with a 37-8 victory against Upper Canada College.

U16 Volleyball Owen Kamphuys ’23

Michael Wang ’24

Evan Smith ’25

1st Soccer Ethan Tavares ’26

Issa Abdu ’24

Nicolas Belmonte ’24

With the addition of the Golf Training Room to the Bedard Athletic Centre in August, the members of the golf team can work on their game year-round. The facility features two bays for teaching, training, and gameplay, complete with GCHawk launch monitors, performance insight tools, a putting area, and a wide selection of world-class courses. This room has been donated to the school by Darren ’95 and Daniele McNair, sons James ’24 and Jake ’28 and daughter Farrah ’26, a student at St. Anne’s School, for the use of the golf program, as well as staff and students.