The Paris Titans drop two games last weekend, pick up one win Sports odds & ends, by George Le

The Paris Titans Junior C hockey club is slowing climbing out of the basement of the PJHL Doherty Division, posting four wins and 12 losses so far this season The record puts the team second last place in the division, ahead of the Hespeler Shamrocks The Titans are three points behind the Tavistock Braves It’s the most promising start to the season in recent years for the Titans Last Saturday, November 8th , the Paris Titans faced off with the Norwich Merchants in an away game that ended in a 5-2 loss. The titans at 4-12-0 put up a good fight against the 13-5-0 Merchants

Anthony Pede, who happens to lead the team in points this season, scored both of Paris’ goals in the second and third periods

The next night, Paris took on the Woodstock Navy Vets, who are sitting at the top of the PJHL scoreboard alongside the Norwich Merchants It was a 1-1 tie after two periods of play with Blake Kersey putting Paris on the scoreboard in the second period

Unfortunately, Woodstock found the back of the net in the third period and Paris did not respond, dropping the 2-1 game Last Sunday the team travelled to Hespeler and beat them 7-3 Of note was the performances of Max Koekoek and Jack Kersey who each scored a hat trick!

You can catch the team in action again tonight at home at the Brant Sports Complex They will face the Dorchester Dolphins. Puck drops at 7:30 pm On Tuesday the Wellesley Applejacks come to Paris for a rare weekday game

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Paris High School

Unfortunately for both the Senior and Junior Volleyball teams, neither qualified for the Central Western Ontario tournaments. The school’s athletes will now transition to winter sports teams, which should be getting started very soon.

Canadian Football

It’s Grey Cup day on Sunday with a 6:00 PM start. The game features the Toronto Argonauts (my team since I was 12) and the oft finalist contender Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This season’s regular scheduled games were all close ones and very entertaining. The Halftime show features the Jonas Brothers! On a personal note, I have been attending the Grey Cup for the last 17 or so years and this year the streak ends for a good reason….I’m off to Montreal with my son and going to Canadiens game (my favourite team since ’69).