Perry King

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Eastern Commerce has sent more students to US post-secondary schools than any other school in Toronto.

On May 15, they sent five more (left to right): Iman Hassan to Lindenwood University, James Sylvester  to Northwest Kansas Technical College, Tyler Stone to Howard University, Tayla Gibb  to University of Detroit Mercy and Surayya Palmer to Arkansas Baptist College.

Hard work paid off for these young ballers, and we congratulate them! We’ll have more on this in our next edition.

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We told you they were that good. The Marshall McLuhan track team is the fourth best high school squad in Canada! With a small squad of sophmores, the Rebels took on older students and still persevered!

Three students won medals in their national debuts! Congrats!

Check out our prior profile on the squad: http://mytowncrier.ca/mcluhan-rebels-getting-ready-to-run.html

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GTA Rollergirls are holding a Community Day! Check out the deets.

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To kickoff their 45th campaign in the Intercounty Baseball League, the Toronto Maple Leafs got out of the gates strong, beating the London Majors 9–4 on May 5.

Our game report: http://www.mytowncrier.ca/leafs-come-out-swinging-in-opener.html

Before the Northern Red Knights won their national title in ultimate last weekend, they faced off against an upstart team in the Leaside Lancers on May 2.

Check out our game report, a win for the disc chuckers!

http://www.mytowncrier.ca/leaside-slayed-by-national-champs.html 

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The Northern Red Knights ultimate frisbee team are national champions!

Entering the championship as the third seed, the squad toppled top-seeded St. John’s-Ravenscourt from Manitoba in the finals! A close game throughout, the Red Knights came back to win via a “universe point,” a winner-take-all point in high school ultimate frisbee play.

Congrats guys!

(We’ll have more on the team later on)

AWESOMENESS

towncriersports:

The second Fight to End Cancer is drawing near, but the main event doesn’t feature big name pro boxers like Lucien Bute or Jean Pascal. The fighters are corporate suits, Matt Hehn, left, and John Morrison, looking to raise funds for the Princess Margaret Foundation.

Here’s our preview of the event, organized by Jennifer Huggins and the Kingsway Boxing Club.

http://www.mytorontotoday.ca/2013/05/execs-look-to-help-ko-cancer/

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Loretto Abbey, at North Toronto Arena, held their annual Charity Cup hockey game May 1! With staff facing off against the TDCAA champion Loretto Abbey Gators, they raised $3,800 for the Angel Foundation for Learning.

We’ll have much more on this later.

(Pictured here: the Loretto Abbery student council and teachers Steven Malvaso, left, and Andrew Muia)

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The Leaside Lancers scored five unanswered goals to thrash the North Toronto Norsewomen in girls’ soccer April 29.

Our game report: http://www.mytowncrier.ca/leaside-too-much-for-north-toronto.html

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The Northern Red Knights and North Toronto Norsemen resumed their rivalry Apr. 25, this time on the rugby pitch. A last-minute penalty kick produced a 20–19 victory for North Toronto.

Our game report: http://www.mytowncrier.ca/norsemen-triumph-over-rivals.html

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Jaime Stein is endeavouring to climb one of the tallest mountains on the planet, all in honour of his late father. 

Please check out our story, on his physical prep and fundraising efforts. This is featured in the latest edition of Toronto Today magazine.

http://www.mytorontotoday.ca/2013/04/in-his-fathers-memory/

towncriersports:

The Toronto Rush, the city’s first professional ultimate (Frisbee) team has arrived to Toronto! By partnering with the likes of the Toronto Ultimate Club, the Rush want to help grow the sport in Toronto and make inroads with the local community. 

Check out our story from earlier in April, as featured in our Toronto Today magazine.

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PROFILIN’: Jason Collins

(via upnorthtrips)

It’s a great day for modern professional sports! 

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Let’s talk about corruption… again

The last time we checked in with Sepp Blatter and associates, Sepp was jetting off to the Caribbean, while the rest of the world sat wringing it’s hands in nervous anticipation of Brazil meeting stadium deadlines for next year’s World Cup. But before Sepp catches a flight back to Zurich, he might want to stop for a chat with the fine folks from the CONCACAF region.

In a report just released by CONCACAFs Integrity Committee, the result of a multi-year investigation into alleged corruption, former CONCACAF President Jack Warner and former Secretary General Chuck Blazer were definitively shown to have defrauded and misled both FIFA and CONCACAF for millions of dollars. From using FIFA funds to pay off personal credit cards, to siphoning portions of CONCACAF sponsorships as personal commissions, the corruption was surprisingly unrestrained. Here are a few highlights taken directly from the report:

• “Accounting records show that, from 1996 to 2011, Blazer received more than $20.6 million in compensation from FIFA.”
• “Blazer had administrative rights to the accounting system, and frequently made entries in the system by using his personal or admin login.”
• “Accounting for CONCACAF operations in Trinidad and Tobago…was controlled personally by Jack Warner.”
• “A review of the evidence showed that the auditor used by CONCACAF…was not independent and in fact possessed clear conflicts of interest.”

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