Adam Ovenell-Carter
Clan hold off Wildcats to solidify playoff berth
February 20, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter A win on Thursday night could’ve propelled the SFU women’s basketball team into the second seed in the GNAC standings. A loss could’ve sent them to sixth. That’s the way it is in the GNAC, and that’s the way it’s been all season: incredibly tight, where no team can be taken for granted. Heading into the game, the Clan were sitting on a 9–5 record, while the Central Washington Wildcats were struggling at only 4–10 — but don’t think for a second that they’re a bad team. In this league, those don’t exist. Nevertheless, with the playoffs…
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Clan sign four local products
February 20, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter With three star players graduating from the men’s soccer program, the Clan naturally had some roster spots to fill. Midfielder Josh Bennett, who recently tried out with the MLS’s San Jose Earthquake, along with defenders Carson Gill…
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Running wild
February 6, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter At this point, you’d have to be trying to ignore the SFU track and field team to be unaware of how well they’re performing this season. The Clan were in Seattle last weekend competing in the University…
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Horizon bright for men’s basketball
February 6, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter It hasn’t been an easy season for the SFU men’s basketball team, and that’s putting it lightly. The season was almost derailed before it even got going — the number of freakish injuries suffered by key players…
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Clan rout St. Martin’s to keep pace in standings
February 6, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter Sometimes, there are games a team just shouldn’t win. Other times, there are games the team should just run away with. For the Clan, their Thursday evening game against the St. Martin’s Saints was definitely the latter.…
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Cody Hodgson has arrived
February 6, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter The Peak recently published an article saying Vancouver Canucks centre Cody Hodgson needed to step up. Apparently he reads our newspaper. The 21-year-old rookie has had a sensational start to the new year, and has not only…
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SFU wrestling earns five medals in Oregon
January 30, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter It’s no secret that SFU’s wrestling team builds success. It starts with head coach Mike Jones, who was recently inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. And then, to name but two, come Daniel Igali and…
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Out of the shadows and into the limelight
January 30, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter Meet Marie-Line. She plays basketball, and she’s good at it. You just might not know it yet. That’s probably because at just five-foot-five, Marie Line Petit is very much that, and easily lost amongst the Nayo Raincock-Ekunwes…
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Women’s basketball on a roll
January 23, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter All things considered, it was a pretty good week for SFU’s women’s basketball team. The Clan took down both Alaska Fairbanks University and Alaska Anchorage University, the latter of which is ranked eighth in the NCAA Division…
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Undermanned Clan set to move forward
January 23, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter The Clan are getting used to this whole playing shorthanded thing, and despite recording their first conference victory of the season last weekend, it’s not getting any easier. Javari Williams, who was the leading GNAC scorer, and…
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