Panthers Varsity Teams Make 2019 Return this Weekend

Jan 9, 2019 | Canadore College

(NORTH BAY, ONT.) – The Canadore Panthers varsity teams will be facing off against the Centennial Colts, Fleming Knights, Durham Lords and La Cite Coyotes this weekend.

Friday, on home court, the women’s and men’s volleyball teams will challenge the Colts. The volleyball teams also have home court advantage against the Knights on Saturday afternoon, capped off with more home games on Sunday against the Lords. The women’s team is ranked 2^nd in the Ontario Colleges Athletics Association (OCAA) standings in the east division with a 7-1 record and the men’s is in 6^th.

The men’s basketball team will battle against the Coyotes on Sunday in Ottawa. In the east division, the Panthers men’s basketball team is ranked in 7^th.

Home Games

Friday, January 11

WVB: Panthers vs. Colts at 6 p.m.

MVB: Panthers vs. Colts at 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 12

WVB: Panthers vs. Knights at 1 p.m.

MVB: Panthers vs. Knights at 3 p.m.

Sunday, January 13

WVB: Panthers vs. Lords at 1 p.m.

MVB: Panthers vs. Lords at 3 p.m.

All games take place in the Education Centre Gym. Admission is free, but as a part of the college’s food insecurity initiative, patrons are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to games to help stock the shelves of the North Bay Food Bank and the Canadore College Emergency Student Food Bank. Game enthusiasts also receive complimentary popcorn.

GET YOUR CLAWS OUT to support your Canadore College Panthers.

Canadore College trains people through applied learning, leadership and innovation. It provides access to over 75 full-time quality programs and has outstanding faculty and provides success services to students from nearly 400 Canadian communities and 15 international countries. The College and its students add nearly $244 million to Nipissing Parry Sound Service Area economy. Approximately 1,000 students graduate from Canadore each year, and they join 45,000 alumni working across the globe. Canadore receives less than 50 per cent of its traditional funding from the provincial Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and relies on its own innovation and entrepreneurial endeavors and generous donors for the balance.

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For more information, please contact: Jessica Charette at 705.475.2538 or jessica.charette@canadorecollege.ca; Carrie Richmond at 705.474.7600, ext. 5216 or carrie.richmond@canadorecollege.ca

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