Colour Clash by Nicholas Gordon

Colour Clash is an annual event that happens on the third Friday of every September, it involves every student and categorizes them into random groups.  Although the aim of this is to encourage school spirit and meet new people, people mostly just spend the time to mess around with their friends, be they in your team or not.  I think, personally, that Colour Clash is a great idea to advertise and keep people at St. Pat's - and in my opinion, it works.  It's a great way to introduce new students to this school and for those new people to meet some friends.  Some people spend all day going to every activity, and running all the way chanting on their allies, while others just walk around with friends, lazily checking out some activities.  I like it a lot, it's a great way to relax and get to know some people better, and re-meet the people you saw last year.  Unfortunately, there's always events that no one wants to participate in, every year, so those who didn't volunteer for anything end up doing it.  Colour Clash has a few design flaws, but overall, anyone who attends enjoys the event thoroughly, even if they are not interested in the activity they had to do.  Everyone is encouraged to wear ridiculous accessories of their colour, like Leprechaun hats for green team, or morph suits.  At the end of the day, points earned from winning activities and having school spirit are tallied up and the winner is declared.  Every student I've encountered has thoroughly enjoyed Colour Clash.  Colour Clash is a staple event at St. Patrick's High School, and it's for a good reason!

Green Team in Colour Clash 2012, taken from the official CQSB website

Favorite sports moment by: Jade Dupuis

My favorite sports moment was when Georges St. Pierre, the welterweight UFC champion, won against Carlos Condit after his long recovery of a knee injury. He fought November 17th 2012 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. At the 5th round, GSP won by unanimous decision! It was such a relief when he won, because after being out for so long, I wasn't sure he would make the cut against Carlos Condit since he's a really good mixed martial artist. The reason why this was my favorite sports moment is really because of GSP since I'm a huge fan of him! To my eyes, he is the best UFC fighter in the welterweight division, and really deserves to be champion since he was only defeated twice. He fought and earned his place to the top and I  hope that he remains so on November 16th! 

Hockey By Samuel Vallieres

October 28, 2013

Hockey is my true passion, hockey is the sport I am playing for 11 years now. When I play hockey it makes me real like I belong in this sport and not in any other sport. At the age of 3, I was on the ice with my dad who was learning me how to skate. He thought me how to skate and even how to play hockey. I am very thankful to my dad because in the weekends he would wake up at 5 o'clock to go the hockey practice when I was 4 or 5. If my dad would've not been there I would have never played hockey because it was my dad who made me start. My dad is always encouraging and will always support me. 3 years ago, my hockey team did a hockey tournament in Europe, I had so much pleasure and because of hockey it made me visit other countries. Hockey is my passion but I know I won't play in the NHL so I am not playing hockey for the competition but for fun and passion. I will play as long as I can but when it will be an obstacle for me in my study's I will stop and concentrate on school because school is as much important, it is rare a Québécois hockey player makes the NHL so you need to concentrate on school. Hockey has made me love sport and it made me improve a lot of my skills that I hadn't when I started, it can also keep in shape. I love hockey and I always will!

Mountain Biking, Sophianne Samson

Mountain biking is a sport. Mountain biking is my passion. It is what I like to do. This sport makes me feel free. It is where I can let my emotions out. The harder I train the better I'll perform and this is something I take into consideration. I am someone with high objectives. I want to win the Canadian Championships. I want to go to the Quebec Games. As a matter of fact, I am aware that these dreams and goals can only be attained by working hard. Nobody can have success if they don't deserve it. My parents have always been supportive in my sport. They saw me be discouraged. They saw me struggle on obstacles but their help, support and admiration have lead me to become the athlete I am today. An athlete filled with perseverance to strive for the top. My father always told me that you get what you work for and that you get honoured when you truly deserve it. During the past years, I discovered that he was right all along. In other words, many people have goals. Many people have dreams that seem unattainable. When you have the heart, perseverance and desire to achieve them, anything is possible. Anythings is truly possible! 

Color Clash

It may have been a month since colour clash, but the event is still fresh in my mind.  This year it was a totally different experience. Since I joined the council, I was the one running the colour clash this year. At first, the fact that I wasn't part of a team disturbed me. I was actually pretty sad that I couldn't participate the same way as everyone. However, to my surprise I really enjoyed the experience of organizing the 2013 colour clash. I took care of the relay race and jello eating. It was pretty fun to see everybody enjoy themselves. I put my disappointment of not being in a normal team aside and instead, I was proud of being part of the student council team for I was a reason of the success. My 2013 colour clash was extremely fun and I look forward to being part of the student council team again. 

Emma Coughlan. 

Quarter final game tonight! Football Kyle Haddad

The St.Patricks fighting Irish are playing tonight against college st.Anne. There last game against college st.Anne we lost 63-53. It was a hell of a game ! Tonight we hope a great performance by our team to get a chance to go in final and get a 2nd championship in a row! 

Fight Night at the Joe

In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche, Claude Lemieux of the Avalanche hit Kris Draper from behind into the boards. Draper suffered a concussion, broken jaw, broken nose and a broken cheekbone. When I rewatch this hit, it makes me sick to my stomach. I find it to be one of the dirtiest things to do in the NHL. Because of this  hit, it caused a bitter rivalry between the two teams.

On March 26 the next season, Igor Larionov of the Red Wings got into a scrum with Peter Forsberg which gave tough guy Darren McCarthy a chance to strike back on Lemieux. He threw Lemieux and started a melee of punches before the linesmen could intervene. After the game, Darren McCarthy told reporters, "Hockey players have long memories". As I also watch this, i cheer every time I watch it. It excited me every time to see them brawl and its something I always love watching. 

Here is a link to the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7DlAjrhm9s