Farewell Class of 2012

The post graduate Sports Journalism Class of 2012 has finished their work at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario and is off to spend the next month on their internships.  Students are required to arrange their own internship.  They have all been successful in finding a place to polish the skills they've learned in the past 24 weeks of the Sports Journalism program.
It has been a pleasure working with our student journalists and we are looking forward to hearing positive things about the futures in their chosen careers.
Now we prepare for the class of 2013 that will be arriving on the doorstep of the college in September.

Successful season ends at Seneca for Lady Lancers

Lancer guard/forward Diane Bauder
drives to the net around a defending
Seneca player in the second half.

by Shawn McLeish

The Loyalist Lancers women’s basketball team began the season with a singular goal:  To make it to the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships.  In order to achieve that goal, they had to beat the Niagara Knights in a playoff game at the Lancer Dome.

Through three quarters, the Lancers prospects looked bleak.  They were down 40-34 and had yet to even have a lead in the game.  Enter Dianne Bouder.  Bouder, a fifth-year forward, was playing her final game at Loyalist.  The Lancers teams she had played on the past two seasons won a combined five games.  She had never been to the OCAA’s before and wasn’t about to let her final chance slip away.

The Lancers began to chip away at the Niagara lead until they were within two.  Bouder, a Cannifton native, coolly received a pass from point guard Martine Gauvin and drained her second consecutive three-pointer to give the Lancers their first lead of the game.  Less than five minutes remained and Loyalist never relinquished that lead.  Bouder and second-year guard Haley Sisler led the team with 12 points each.  Center Samantha Goff added an astounding 16 rebounds in the win.

Putting their Thoughts into Words

Loyalist College post graduate Sports Journalism students aren't afraid to express their opinions on the top sports stories of the day.  On this edition of Behind the Play:

Lancers Basketball
The NHL trade deadline
The NBA all star weekend
Ryan Braun's 50 game suspension overturned

 Behind the Play - Feb 24-12 by 91X

Lancers Women Need One More Win

The Loyalist Sports Journalism play-by-play broadcast team is ready to swing into action this Saturday afternoon.  The Loyalist Lancers Women's Basketball team hosts the Niagara Knights tomorrow at 1:00 pm.  It is a qualifying game to decide one of the remaining spots in the 2011/2012 OCAA Championship.
You can hear Shawn McLeish and Logan Clow with all the action tomorrow online or on air on 91X - CJLX 91.3 FM.

Lancers Basketball On the Air

The Loyalist Lancers Men's and Women's teams take to their home court tonight in OCAA Basketball Action.  Shawn McLeish and Tara Allaire will host the broadcast of the women's game against the Centennial Colts.  Ryan Dickison and John Langdon host the men's game.  The play-by-play of both games will be broadcast live starting at 6:00pm on 91.3 - CJLX-FM.  You can also listen live online at 91X-FM.

Get out in front of Behind the Play

Behind the Play is a weekly sports talk show broadcast at 12:30pm on 91X - FM in Belleville.  Loyalist College post-graduate Sports Journalism students host the show and discuss the top stories in sports from the past week.  Featured this week are the Loyalist Lancers Men's and Women's basketball teams, Linsanity, the NHL trade deadline and the passing of Gary Carter.
 Behind the Play - Feb 17-12 by 91X

Sports Js Score Play-by-Play on OJHL Live

Sports Journalism Students Logan Clow and Jaden Snoddon
give the thumbs up for their broadcast tonight.

Loyalist post-graduate Sports Journalism Students Logan Clow and Jaden Snoddon have been doing the live web stream broadcasts of the Ontario Junior Hockey League's first round series between the Wellington Dukes and Kingston Voyageurs.  Snoddon is doing the play-by-play for the Dukes home games and Clow is providing the colour commentary from the Wellington and District Community Centre.
The series is tied at 1-1 with game three tonight, Friday, February 17th.  Gametime is 7:30pm on OJHL Live.