Gheller Video Scores on Rogers

When the Georgian Grizzlies visited Loyalist College to battle for the OCAA Division II men’s rugby championship, Sports Journalism student Braun Gheller stepped in to provide video for Rogers TV, Simcoe County. The Loyalist Lancers won the match, taking their second-straight Division title.

Gheller Video for Rogers

Handling the Heat: Tyson Teichmann

From time to time, we plan to highlight stories written by students in our Sports Journalism program.
Here’s one of them … a profile written by Kristen Shilton.

Handling the Heat: Tyson Teichmann

By Kristen Shilton
Sports Journalism Program

BELLEVILLE – Ken Dryden, the incomparable former Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender, once said that for players between the pipes, the biggest enemy they face each game is themselves. Tyson Teichmann, the 17-year-old goalie for the Ontario Hockey League’s Belleville Bulls, agrees that on-the-job pressure is sometimes enough to make him mental.

“Oh yeah, it can be frustrating in net,” he says. “When you work to be the best, you can get hard on yourself. I’m almost too hard on myself I’ve been told. I’m losing hair already.”

Entering his second season with the Bulls, Teichmann has earned the starter’s job, in part because of a strong performance for Team Canada’s Under-18 squad at a tournament in Europe this past summer. Teichmann started six games, finishing 4 - 2. His shutout in the gold medal game lifted Canada past the U.S.A. 1 - 0. In recently released rankings of draft eligible players, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau has the netminder ranked seventh among OHL goalies.

Sports Journalism Students Score On Air Experience

BELLEVILLE – Sports Journalism students joined KRUZ-FM play-by-play announcer Pete Dalliday (far left) at a Belleville Bulls’ game Nov. 20.  Jake Buckley (far right) pinch-hit with Pete, whose usual co-host is his father, Gary Dalliday. Also taking turns at the microphone were, from left to right in centre, Ben Aubé, Kristen Shilton and Craig Momney. Pete teaches play-by-play courses in our Sports Journalism program. (Photo by Harrison Perkins)

Lancers Basketball is On the Air

Loyalist College Sports Journalism Students are once again hosting the play by play broadcast of the Lancers basketball home games.  The broadcast team is anchored by Jake Buckley, a graduate of the Loyalist Broadcast Journalism program.
Here's the schedule:
November:
Tue Nov 16 (6:00pm) vs. Seneca
Sun Nov 28 (1:00pm) vs. Georgian
December:
Thurs Dec 9 (6:00pm) vs. St. Lawrence
January:
Fri Jan 14 (7:00pm) vs. La Cite (Men only)
Thurs Jan 27 (6:00pm) vs. George Brown February:
Tue Feb 8 (6:00pm) vs. Fleming
Sat Feb 12 (1:00pm) vs. Algonquin
The games air on 91X.

Road Trip!

Loyalist College Sports Journalism students visited media outlets in Toronto in October

Loyalist College Sports Journalism students and TSN anchors Gino Reda (left) and Rod Smith (right) on the set of SportsCntre at the TSN studio in Toronto in October. (Photo by Brody Hamilton)

Wham Bam Thank You Jim Lang

Jim Lang of Sportsnet with Loyalist Sports J's      

Mind your manners around microphones and thoroughly research every story.

Those were two of the key messages Sportsnet anchor Jim Lang had for students when he visited Loyalist College in March.

Lang, 44, is a Sportsnet anchor and senior NHL reporter in Toronto. Prior to joining Sportsnet, he was the sports director at Q107 radio.

Lang showed students some of the TV stories he did while covering Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. His associate producer for the week was Loyalist BJ grad Scott Moore. Lang explained the process that goes into hunting down the best archive footage; how stories are fed back to Toronto from out-of-town locations; and how to hustle after a game to get good quotes.

The veteran sportscaster also reminded students to be very careful around open mics. An off-the-cuff remark can land a journalist in a heap of hot water if uttered near a live microphone. He also reinforced the importance of background research and becoming as familiar as possible with every story -- before venturing out to any event.

Loyalist Sports J Grads Call Dukes Comeback

Loyalist College Sports Journalism grads Joel Lavictoire and David Foot call the final game of the amazing comeback staged by the Wellington Dukes of the CCHL.  The Dukes were down 3-0 in the series and came back to win it in game seven.
This is a good example of what Loyalist Sports J grads are doing:
Video - Lavictoire/Foot - Dukes Comeback Victory

Trip to the OCAA Playoffs on the Line

The Loyalist Lancers men's volleyball team managed to lock up the third seed and will take on the sixth ranked Fanshawe Falcons in the crossover playoff at Loyalist on Saturday, February 20th.  The Lady Lancers also finished in third and will host number six ranked Sheridan College. 
The women play at one o'clock and the men play at three. A victory for either team will earn them a spot in the OCAA championships.
Loyalist College Sports Journalism students Craig Smith and Andre Sauve will broadcast the play-by-play on Sportslive.ca

(Andre Sauve and Craig Smith at The Score)

Lancers Volleyball Live Online

(Craig Smith in the Sirius Satellite Radio Studio at The Score)

Loyalist Lancers Women's and Men's Volleyball tonight - Craig Smith does play-by-play on Sportslive.ca

It's the last home game of the regular season for the Lancers Volleyball teams.  They host the Seneca Sting.  The Seneca men's team is in first place in the OCAA eastern confrence.  The Lancers are in second place - tied with four other teams.

On the women's side - the Lancers are in fifth place with a 14 - 5 record. Seneca is in sixth with at 12 - 7.

From Making Plays to Play-by-Play

Name: Andrew James Murray
Born: Belleville, Ontario
Age: 25
Program: Sports Journalism
Previous Academic Credentials:
Bachelor of Science Degree (sports management), Bluefield College, Virginia.
Associate Arts Degree (physical education), Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown, Maryland

(Summer 2009 - Matt Cooke and Andrew Murray with the Stanley Cup)

By age 10, Andrew Murray already had dabbled in hockey, baseball and golf. He eventually focused on baseball and by the time he was in 12th grade, had earned a spot on the Kingston Ponies baseball team.
After finishing high school, Andrew’s sporting prowess helped him net an athletic scholarship to play ball in the U.S. at colleges in Virginia and Maryland.
Along the way, Andrew caught the eye of some major league baseball scouts. Although he never cracked the big leagues, Andrew did find an audience doing play-by-play for ESPN radio in Bluefield, Va. That sparked an interest in sports journalism and his decision to enroll in Loyalist’s Sports Journalism program in September 2009.
We’ll let Andrew fill in the details in his own words:

SPJN student Adrienne South added to the Mix

Sports Journalism student Adrienne South is the new voice of sports on Mix97 radio’s morning show in Belleville.

South started her gig on Feb. 5. Once a week, she’s doing a live Q&A with morning show hosts Sean Kelly and Orlena Cain.

“I’ve been harassing them since September for the opportunity to do this,” said South, a graduate of Conestoga College’s journalism program who spent eight months as a part-time news anchor at 570News in Kitchener, Ont.

“The topic of our 90-second segment is college sports at Loyalist, so it’s keeping me on my toes,” said South, who’s also the game-night host for Belleville Bulls’ home games at the Yardmen Arena.



South says her dream job in sports journalism “is definitely not play-by-play. I’d rather steal Jennifer Hedger’s job (as co-host on SportsCentre) at TSN.”

SPJN students free-lancing for The Canadian Press

Sports Journalism students Chris Farrell, Shawn Pittman and Adrienne South got some great hands-on experience freelancing for the Canada Press. They combined to provide coverage of the Ontario Hockey League’s 2010 All-Star Game and Skills Contest in Kingston.

Second Season of 110% Sports Debuts January 21st

A new season of feature stories about sports is ready to air on 91X (CJLX 91.3 FM). The debut show for the sports journalism class of 2010 includes features on the new look Belleville Bulls, the Batawa Ski Hill and the Quinte Regional Dart League.

Fascinating features and timely commentaries are provided by the students in the post grad Sports Journalism program at Loyalist College. Correspondents this week are Matt Westcott, Chris Farrell and Sean Green. The show airs at 11am. You can listen online at 91x.fm or live at 91.3 FM in the Quinte region.

http://www.91x.fm/

Dalladay Set to Rock TSN

Sports Journalism instructor Pete Dalliday will be substituting on TSN2 as the play-by-play host for three National Lacrosse League games in February.

I was groggy and I then I heard ‘This is Rejean Oooilllll’

Name: Shawn Jerome Pittman                            



Born: Gander, Newfoundland Labrador
Age: 25 (on Valentine’s Day)
Program: Sports Journalism

Shawn Pittman is a 2009 graduate of Loyalist’s Broadcast Journalism program. He interned at KIX.106 FM radio in Peace River, Alberta, in the spring of 2009, and is now enrolled in Loyalist’s one-year, post-grad Sports Journalism program.

Born and raised in Newfoundland Labrador, Shawn decided to do one of his reporting assignments on the Montreal Canadiens and admits he was a bit nervous interviewing a couple of former Habs’ greats.


We’ll let Shawn tell the story in his own words:

“For my profile assignment, I set up some pretty solid interviews. First, I e-mailed Rejean Houle. He’s a former Montreal Canadiens who’s now the team ambassador and head of its Alumni Association. He called me back during fall study week. So I was sleeping in and his phone call woke me up. I was groggy and then I heard ‘This is Rejean Oooilllll’. I set up an interview with him for later on and he helped me set up a phone interview with Jean Béliveau for about a week later.