Sports

The Carleton men’s varsity hockey team met the McGill University Redmen for the third time in less than three weeks Feb. 5.

The rivalry was clear throughout the game, and as McGill racked up the goals, the fighting between the teams became more intense. 

“The rivalry’s getting heated and we’re getting close to the playoffs and I think you’re naturally not going to like each other after you play that often,” said Raven head coach Fred Parker.

Ottawa is about to get invaded by a new semi-pro football team.

The Ottawa Invaders, the newest addition to the Northern Football Conference semi-pro football league, will take to the field in fall 2010.*****

The Invaders, established in October 2009 by president James McAllister, vice-president Eric Faucon, general manager Sean Murphy and director Richard Smith II, is providing players that have exhausted their Canadian Interuniversity Sport and junior eligibility with an opportunity to continue the game they love.

More than 100 million people tuned in to watch the New Orleans Saints capture their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history Feb. 7, as the team defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17.

Going into the game, I genuinely had no rooting interest for either of the game’s participants. Both teams are likeable, entertaining and led by two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.

So when the invariable question of “Who do you want to win?” arose, as it did again and again, I struggled to give an answer.

It may not have been as big as the Carleton Ravens versus University of Ottawa Gee-Gees basketball games that attracted more than 8,000 people at Scotiabank Place Jan. 27, but it was a first at Carleton: a cricket match between cross-town rivals.

Cricket, a popular international sport in South Asia, England, Australia, Africa and the West Indies, has found its away to North America in the recent years. 

That wave has only just found its way to Carleton, as a team was recently formed.

Both Carleton’s men and women varsity swim squads finished twelfth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships, hosted by Brock University Feb. 5-7.

Both teams were able to hold their heads high as they showed great improvement from last year’s OUAs. The men’s team reeled in 30 points, 15 more than last year, while the women’s team scored 61, 16 more than last year’s record.

Co-coach Dale Colman said she was proud of the Ravens team and its multiple achievements.