‘The
      Yearin'Sports
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Marc
      MacDonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SPORTS
      EDITOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Covering
      sports
      is
     
     
      not
      the
      worst
      job
      in
      the
     
     
      world
      so
      I_
      probably
     
     
      shouldn’t
      complain
      but
      was
     
     
      one
      championship
      too
      much
     
     
      to
      ask
      for?
     
    

    
     
      Things
      looked
     
     
      promising
      at
      the
      beginning
     
     
      of
      this
      years
      AUAA
     
     
      interscholastic
      season
      at
     
     
      UPEI.
      The
      Men’s
      Soccer
     
     
      team
      were
      returning
     
     
      champions
      and
      had
      not
      lost
     
     
      many
      players.
      The
      men
      had
     
     
      a
      great
      season
      and
      finished
     
     
      firstin
      their
      division
      receiving
     
     
      abyein
      the
      first
      round
      of
      the
     
     
      pay-offs.
      Then
      they
      were
     
     
      defeated
      in
      their
      first
      play-
     
     
      off
      game.
      The
      Lady
      Soccer
     
     
      Panthers
      had
      some
      rookies
     
     
      who
      helped
      out
      a
      young
     
     
      team
      but
      the
      girls
      were
      not
     
     
      able
      to
      make
      the
      play-offs.
     
     
      With
      only
      three
      teams
      in
      the
     
     
      Field
      Hockey
      league
      my
     
     
      hopes
      were
      high
      as
      anything
     
     
      could
      have
      happened.
     
     
      ~
      Unfortunately,
      that
      too
      failed
     
     
      to
      result
      inachampionship.
     
    

    
     
      Well,
      the
      hell
      with
     
     
      the
      Fall
      sports,
      the
      winter
      is
     
     
      are
      won.
      Hockey?
      Yeah
     
     
      there
      is
      still
      a
      team
      at
      UPEI.
     
     
      Anyway
      I
      think
      they
      won
     
     
      three
      games
      or
      something
     
     
      and
      they
      still
      made
      the
      play-
     
     
      offs.
      Yes,
      there
      was
      my
     
     
      chance.
      The
      underdog,
     
     
      “Cinderella
      story”
      UPEI
     
     
      Panthers
      come
      from
     
     
      nowhere
      and
      win
      the
     
     
      AUAA’s.
      Nope,
      put
      out
      in
     
     
      the
      first
      round.
     
    

    
     
      Anyway,
      hockey
      is
     
     
      too
      damn
      cold.
      Let’s
      move
     
     
      indoors.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      14
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ahyes!
      Round
      ball
     
     
      my
      favorite.
      Well
      things
      did
     
     
      not
      start
      off
      well
      for
      either
     
     
      Panther
      Basketball
      team.
     
     
      Both
      men’s
      and
      women’s
     
     
      had
      slow
      starts
      and
      the
     
     
      men’s
      team
      never
      really
      got
     
     
      out
      of
      the
      lull
      and
      failed
      to
     
     
      make
      the
      play-offs.
      The
     
     
      women’s
      team,
      however,
     
     
      got
      it
      in
      gear
      and
      managed
     
     
      to
      finish
      first
      in
      their
      division
     
     
      earning
      a
      bye
      in
      the
      first
     
     
      round
      of
      the
      play-offs.
     
    

    
     
      Now
      I
      know
      what
     
     
      youare
      thinking.
      “I
      heard
     
     
      this
      before,
      it
      happened
      to
     
     
      the
      men’s
      soccer
      team,
     
     
      they’re
      gonna
      lose
      in
      their
     
     
      first
      play-off
      game.”
      Well
     
     
      you’re
      right,
      they
      did.
     
     
      Another
      one
      bites
      the
      dust,
     
     
      no
      damn
      championship
     
     
      story
      to
      write
      about.
     
    

    
     
      Finally
      we
      have
     
     
      Volleyball.
      The
      team
      at
     
     
      UPEI
      has
      had
      some
      trouble
     
     
      winning
      over
      the
      last
      couple
     
     
      of
      years,
      but
      two
      new
     
     
      promising
      rookies
      were
     
     
      aboard
      this
      year.
      Midway
     
     
      through
      the
      year
      the
      girls
     
     
      had
      more
      wins
      than
      they
     
     
      had
      in
      years,
      two
      star
     
     
      players
      (one
      leading
      the
     
     
      nation
      in
      kills)
      and
      were
     
     
      climbing
      up
      the
      standings.
     
     
      What
      happened?
     
    

    
     
      The
      star
      player
     
     
      who
      was
      leading
      every
     
     
      other
      female
      volleyball
     
     
      players
      in
      the
      country,
      in
      the
     
     
      most
      exciting
      play
      in
      the
     
     
      sport
      department,
      leaves
      to
     
     
      attend
      boarding
      school
      in
     
     
      Switzerland????
      And
      the
     
     
      team
      fails
      to
      make
      the
      play-
     
     
      offs.
     
    

    
     
      But
      I’m
      not
      bitter.
     
     
      Atleast
      Wrestlemainia
      was
     
     
      good.
      And
      since
      there
      are
     
     
      no
      spring
      sports
      to
      bitch
     
     
      about
      I
      guess
      I’ll
      have
      to
     
     
      wait
      for
      next
      year.
     
    

    
     
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