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Stanstead College hosted the 20-team CAIS Senior Boys Soccer Tournament on campus October 16-18 and our Spartans finished in 5^th place in the silver division. The three-division gold-silver-bronze tournament format, introduced in 2024, was designed to create divisions of like-with-like talent. So, for the third year in a row, Stanstead faced three quality teams in Division 2 and matched up equally with those teams they faced in the playoff rounds, too.

Eight members of the Stanstead College varsity and prep girls hockey teams will be representing Team Quebec at the 2025 U18 Women's National Championship to be held November 2-8 in Mount Pearl and Conception Bay South in Newfoundland. In addition, one player was named to Team Saskatchewan and a tenth to Team Atlantic.

This past week your Spartans travelled to Toronto, Ont. to participate in one of the highlights of the season, the 2025 edition of the CAIS Senior Girls Soccer Tournament. Let’s see how we did, shall we?

The Stanstead College Senior Boys Soccer Spartans ended the month of September and entered October on a winning note, and with a pair of road victories they pushed their season record to 3 wins and 2 losses. Entering the week of September 28, the Spartans’ coaching staff pointed to two away fixtures, first at Galt on Monday and then at Richmond on Wednesday, as pivotal if the Spartans were to push forward and seriously challenge for league honours. Without saying so to the players, two victories were a must.

Another weekend and another road trip for the Varsity Boys Hockey Spartans, this time a shorter trip to the St. Lawrence Seaway town of Cornwall, Ontario for the CSSHL’s first showcase weekend of the year. The first two games of the weekend saw us play against unfamiliar opponents in Okanagan Hockey Ontario from Whitby, Ontario and Fairmont Prep, a guest team to the showcase from Anaheim, California. Two victories without surrendering a goal set us up for a Sunday matchup with a familiar foe in Collège Bourget – a back-and-forth final with a positive 4-2 result for the Spartans.

Or so it seemed for the bantam girls soccer team yesterday. It has been several years since we’ve fielded a true Bantam squad, so it’s exciting to see such a talented and enthusiastic group take the pitch this season.

The varsity boys hockey team had its first road trip of the season, a busy weekend that saw them play four games in four days at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario to open up the Canadian Prep School Hockey Association regular season.

This summer, my grandfather asked me to come over to his house and help him clean out his basement. It had been about one and a half years since my grandmother passed away, and my grandfather decided it was about time he started to clear some things out.  

After a great practice the day before where we worked on spacing, positioning and moving the ball, your Spartans put together a 2-0 masterclass this past Tuesday vs the defending ETIAC playoff champions from Alexander Galt.

Vanessa Champagne, Class of 2011, was inducted into the Norwich University Athletic Hall of Fame this past weekend.

Last Tuesday, September 16, the Stanstead College Senior Boys Soccer Spartans travelled to Cowansville to face the MVR Vikings in game 1 of the 2025 ETIAC soccer season. If the rest of the season is as free flowing and high scoring as game one was, with eight goals scored, fans and spectators of ETIAC senior boys soccer are in for a treat. Unfortunately, for the Spartans they came out on the wrong end of a 5-3 defeat.

After a full week of tryouts and practices and figuring out positions and getting to know each other, your Senior Girls Soccer Spartans faced real competition for the first time this past Saturday with the 2025 edition of the Stanstead Invitational Tournament. Over the last four decades, the SIT has become not only an annual highlight for our players and fans, but visiting schools REALLY love it.

The coaching staff of the Stanstead College Senior Boys Soccer Spartans are pleased to announce their roster for the 2025 fall sports season. 

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Head of School Suzy McDonald welcomed new and returning students during the first assembly of the year Friday, pointing out it was a day of firsts – including for her as she begins her first year at the helm.

Stanstead College students once again excelled in their Advanced Placement exams, with three students earning AP Capstone Diplomas and two receiving the  AP International Diploma.

Luke DeLaBruere, Grade 12, of Derby, Vt, was once again a top prize winner at Stanstead College’s 2025 Baccalaureate and Prize-Giving Service Saturday, capping off a stellar career at the school by winning the Pitcher Prize, the school’s top award.

The Board of Directors of Stanstead College is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzy McDonald, Class of 1995, as its next Head of School.

Malik L’Italien (Grade 10, Montreal, Que.) was picked third overall in the QMJHL draft Friday by the Halifax Mooseheads. Malik is a first-year Varsity Boys Spartan and the highest selected student-athlete in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. He is also the highest pick Spartan in school history.

Student artist Mo Han, Grade 11, mounted a solo exhibition during Homecoming Saturday and raised $2680 to help fund art supplies and equipment for the school as well as future student art projects. In a silent auction, Mo sold six paintings in all. Nine more are still available through an online auction running until June 17 at 6 pm ET.

Despite the rain, alumni from far and wide descended on campus Saturday for Homecoming 2025. Student volunteers under tents, umbrellas and ponchos registered visitors and directed them to activities happening around school all day, including an art auction by student Mo H., an archival display, campus tours, rugby and alumni hockey games.

I was out on a run with my airpods in a couple weeks ago, and my Spotify shuffled to the song “Dear Younger Me” by MercyMe. If you haven’t heard the song before, it doesn’t really take a rocket scientist to figure out what it’s about: it’s a person addressing the universal desire to offer wisdom and comfort to one’s past self and wondering what they would tell the younger version of themselves.

Every year, hockey players on the prep team have to go though the process of getting cut from varsity or making the team. Last March, I was in that position. Unfortunately, I didn't make the team and had to stay one more year on prep. With this new information, I didn't let it bring me down or lose confidence in myself. Instead, it fueled me to be better for next season.

There are less than two months left in the year, and I still find myself complaining about small things-whether it's the food not being great, not wanting to go to clubs, or not feeling like doing my Econ homework.

Our final home game of the season was set up thanks to Mr. Spirk and the AD/coaches/players of RRHS. They graciously agreed to come to Stanstead for an extra exhibition game to allow our seniors the chance to be celebrated by their parents, coaches, friends and fans in their last high school basketball game.

Today I’d like to speak with you about an inevitable aspect of our lives: failure. Each and every single person in this school has their very own dreams and aspirations. Some may want to get into a certain school. Some may strive to excel in sports. Some may simply wish to be the best version of themselves. We are all motivated to attain our goals and to surpass our limits in some way shape or form.

Each year, when it comes time for prefects to give their speeches, Stanstead recommends that we share a story or a piece of advice we have learned. This year, I’m surprisingly well prepared for that assignment because I have been giving advice to my two younger sisters who will both be coming here next year.

This student-athlete from Ottawa, Ontario had an exceptional weekend at the Gary West Memorial Tournament at St. Andrew’s College. Liam scored six goals in five games against U18 AAA teams. He was the difference maker in the semi-final, scoring all four goals in the 4-3 win over Everest Academy. His tremendous scoring effort led to the team’s tournament championship, and he was awarded the individual tournament MVP. For his outstanding performance this weekend, Athlete of the Week from prep boys hockey, Liam Armit.

The Spartans U15 hockey team was the top fundraiser in this year’s edition of Soirées du Hockey Procure, a fundraiser to support men and their families dealing with prostate cancer.

This student-athlete from Sherbrooke, Quebec has become one of the most successful Stanstead College Spartans to ever play in the varsity girls program. Maxim has been in the program for four years and is the first varsity girl to eclipse the 100-point mark, scoring over 60 goals this season. Over the years, she has led the team to approximately 175 wins, including five tournament championships and a JWHL regular season title. Hopefully, this is the year she can help lead the team to their first JWHL championship. As a member and leader of Team Quebec, Maxim has won two silver medals and was a member of Team Canada for the U18 Summer Series against Team USA. All this while maintaining a full academic schedule. These challenges will help prepare her for life at Boston College and beyond. It has been a fantastic season with the varsity girls, and your coaches are proud of you, Max.  Congratulations on this impressive feat and career, Athlete of the Week, from Varsity Girls Hockey, Maxim Tremblay.

If there is one thing I’ve learned over the past few years and especially since attending Stanstead, is that figuring out who you are isn’t something you just wake up one day and suddenly know. And sometimes, it feels like everyone else has it all figured out, except you.  

This student-athlete from Montreal, has had quite the hockey season. He has led the team in points for most of the year and had another impressive weekend. Despite hitting six goalposts over the course of four games, Kamyl continued to push the pace for the varsity boys with his usual offensive play. Beyond the point totals for the weekend, Kamyl reached a possibly unprecedented milestone: he scored his 100th point of the season on a Zack Michaud goal, with the other assist fittingly being recorded by linemate Ryan Dwyer — what the team likes to call a "family goal." For his impressive milestone and for his smooth goal-scoring swagger, Athlete of the Week from varsity boys hockey, Kamyl Chemrouk.

This speech is dedicated to Mr. Kulakowsky, who had a great impact on my experience at Stanstead College this year. This is a message he stood for, and something I have always struggled with.

The recently crowned RSEQ D4 Basketball regular season league champions, the SC Senior Girls Spartans, left campus (a little late) and travelled to Seminaire de Sherbrooke for the playoff semi-final game at 10:45 versus the home team. You may remember that SdS forfeited the last game of the season scheduled at SC on Thursday. We were told they had roster issues and their players were out of gas after three games during the week.

I find myself often looking at the world, and I see its many challenges – poverty, injustice, inequality – and I wonder, what can I do? I look at the great figures of history: revolutionaries, leaders, visionaries, people who have made real, substantial change, and I think to myself, I am just one person. How can I make a difference like they did?

One day after the BCS ceremony and game, we again jumped on the bus to head to Seminaire de Sherbrooke on Wednesday for our penultimate league game.* The league regular season title is still up for grabs at this point. These last two games, both against SdS, would decide. So the team fate was in our own hands and would depend upon whether we could to dig deep a few more times despite the situation.

This was a day of sadness, resilience and support. It was the first senior girls basketball game played since the passing of their head coach, Mr. Adam Kulakowsky, last week. The whole school has been reeling from his untimely death, but the pain is particularly being felt by this group of 12 athletes who shared the courts, the hotels and the bus rides with Mr. K on an almost daily basis since early November.

I stand here today knowing that exactly a week ago, I was sitting on the plane going back home staring at my laptop screen with zero clue of how to start. I was talking with some of my teammates about what my prefect speech could be about, and I had originally planned to maybe write about love, being the day before Valentine's Day and all. But then I was thinking it over, and I decided, I don't want to do that. I don't want to talk about love when I haven't the slightest clue how to see myself, let alone dictate how you see others.

The Stanstead College community was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of teacher Adam Kulakowsky this past weekend. Our first thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Mr. Kulakowsky’s family. We cannot imagine the impact of such a loss in their lives.

I strongly believe in the power of personal development. Self-motivation, self-belief and self-discipline are the keys to achieving your goals and becoming the best version of yourself. However, I think the biggest obstacle to personal growth is procrastination. 

If you've been to any of the Stanstead College seniors boys or girls basketball games recently you've probably seen a stranger in the stands and asked yourself the question: "That guy must be Victor's dad." Which I'd like to point out is not actually a question. But true story, someone started talking to me about how well Victor was playing. I assumed he was Victor's father. It wasn't until he said, "You must be really proud of him!" that I realized what was happening.

Things did not exactly line up or go well for your Spartans in last Tuesday’s home tilt vs Triolet.

• We were a little tired, coming off the Fri/Sat/Sun Anderson-Bailly weekend with only one day’s rest.
• Starting guard Josh was out sick.

On Tuesday, Director of Hockey Operations James Rioux recognized five players and a coach who recently participated in IIHF World Championships.

A snowy night in Drummondville. L’Ecole Secondaire La Poudriere. The scoreboard reads 17-16 at halftime. We’re down. It’s been a scratchy game. I can’t complain about the effort, the boys are bringing the energy, but we’re a step late to loose balls, we’re fouling too much, we’re visibly upset at the tight whistle, and we’re letting our opponents get into the paint where they consistently wreak havoc. We’re not good with havoc, especially on the defensive end. Havoc creates gaps. It sends opposing players to the line. Havoc gets us in foul trouble.

SC kicked off the new year with their first game against Claretain following a well-earned break from academics. After two solid practices to shake off the rust, the team took the court eager to get back into the flow of basketball. However, the opening minutes revealed some lingering effects of the layoff. Defensive hesitancy, a lack of urgency in transition and shaky team chemistry made for a slow start, as SC conceded 12 points in the first six minutes. 

Many people make New Year’s resolutions, but many of them don’t follow through. For my New Year's resolution, I want to overcome the difficulties I have faced. For instance, when I first arrived in Stanstead, it was completely different from the life I had previously lived; it was my first time living away from home. I often felt homesick and just wanted to pack my things and leave for a place that felt more comfortable and familiar.