My end of year wrap-up for 2023
Thursday December 28th, 2023 And with the end of the Olympic Trials, wrestling events for the calendar year of 2023 comes to a close. This has been a year of ups and downs for me, both personally and on the mat. It’s been a year...
Is Wrestling growing in the province of Quebec?
Thursday December 14th 2023 On Tuesday December the 5th, I hosted Royal West Academy’s first official Dual Meet since 1992. I should actually call it a quad-meet as four schools were in attendance and what I saw floored me. Loyola High school showed up with...
Can you build an athlete from the ground on up?
Wednesday November 22nd 2023 “It takes a village to raise a child” as the saying goes. This is never more true than in a sports environment as many people are often involved in the success of an athlete. From the coach and their IST, to...
The importance of quality coaching in schools
Monday October 16th 2023 As a teacher, I’ve always heard the old adage that “Those who do, do. Those who don’t, teach.” I’ve never subscribed to that, owing to the fact that I’m a high school teacher and also that even before I became a...
A preview of the upcoming season for the GMAA/RSEQ
Monday October 2nd, 2023 With the upcoming GMAA/RSEQ season about to begin in a month, some of the high school teams have already begun to practice. The GMAA/RSEQ always represents a large portion of where our athletes come from at the youth level and this...
A new season is upon us
Friday September 22nd, 2023 September marks a funny time in the wrestling calendar as far competitions go. The majority of the National Tournaments and high school competitions are done for the year which include the Cadet and Junior Pan Ams as well as their respective...
The next generation of coaches
Thursday August 9th 2023 With the final tournament that I coached ending in Halifax at the North American Indigenous Games, I was able to take a break from all of the turmoil that’s going on in my life and just focus on wrestling during the...
My reflections spent at the 2023 NAIG
Monday, July 31st 2023 So that’s it. The 2023 edition of the North American Indigenous Games has come to a close. Though we got back last week, so many thoughts are going through my head and it took me a bit of time to decompress....
The 2023 NAIG begins
Monday July 17th, 2023 After a long delay which spanned nearly four years, the 2023 edition of the NAIG (North American Indigenous Games) has begun. We left Kanawhake early Saturday morning, headed for Halifax Nova Scotia with a team comprising of coaches and athletes from...
The future of wrestling in Quebec
Thursday March 9th, 2023 With the GMAA/RSEQ Championships wrapped up an the Provincials done as well, I felt that this would be a great time to sort of take note at the status of wrestling in the province and it means for the future. Now,...