sports
Stop shaming women for liking sports
November 2, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor I was called a cougar this past weekend by a group of men at a hockey rink. Yes, a group of fully-grown men who clearly lack any semblance of human decency or respect for women. Let me paint the scene. My 16-year-old brother had just finished his game. Coincidentally, one of my friends happened to be officiating the game. So with a couple minutes remaining, I left my spot upstairs to go down to ice level. While I was patiently waiting for players to leave the ice, a U18 goalie next to me was taping…
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Getting into the Halloween spirit with Kelsey Fisher
October 31, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Happy Halloween! The Peak asked junior goalkeeper Kelsey Fisher of the SFU women’s soccer team about her Halloween favorites — from candy preference to notable memories. Horror movies or Disney halloween movies? “Definitely Disney Halloween…
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Two SFU football games rescheduled back to Burnaby Mountain
October 31, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer It’s been a season full of schedule changes for the SFU football team. In August, four of their initially scheduled home games were moved to Blaine, Washington, due to COVID-19 border restrictions that prevented non-vaccinated…
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SFU hands Western Washington their first loss
October 24, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer SFU men’s soccer team is picking up steam as they head towards the end of their regular season, and compete for a playoff spot. On October 6, they took down the Western Washington University (WWU)…
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SFU Football Alumni Spotlight: Jamie Clayton
October 23, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer We often hear about SFU athletes who have stepped up or had a particularly impressive season, but what happens to those athletes when they graduate and leave SFU? The Peak speaks with SFU football alumni to…
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How I fell in love with hockey
October 23, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor I didn’t fall in love with hockey until I was 13. It was a couple months after the 2016 National Hockey League (NHL) draft, and the Toronto Maple Leafs number one pick, Auston Matthews, was…
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Letter to a legend: My first role model
October 20, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Dear Ms. Dines, I decided to write to you because before we met, I hated sports so much. The idea of having to continuously push myself, and test my own mental strength and stamina through…
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Stories from the vault: First goal at SFU
October 18, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer There are a lot of firsts that come with being a collegiate athlete, whether that be the first day of class, first practice, first game . . . the list could go on. But there’s…
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A couple firsts for SFU golfers Aidan Goodfellow and Izzy Ferguson
October 17, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer SFU men’s and women’s golf teams kicked off their fall season recently, and to say they’ve been busy is an understatement. Both teams recorded impressive showings last month, with the men winning the Bishop Men’s…
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Jahmal Wright is the only senior on the men’s basketball team
October 11, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer The men’s basketball team is looking a little bit different this year with Jahmal Wright as the only senior on the squad. To his surprise, Wright didn’t realize this was the case until he showed…
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