By Orrin Farries Love has been called a battlefield, and sport is certainly a battlefield. As much as sport is divisive and the fanaticism over what colour of laundry you cheer for has often spilled over into violence in its many forms, sport is as much about coming...
By Orrin Farries Benj Heinrichs, the NAIT Ooks women’s volleyball coach, is stepping back from the Ooks to pursue a different kind of coaching career with his new company Own It Wellness. Heinrichs spent eight years coaching at NAIT. Prior to leading the Ooks,...
By Kaytlyn Poberznick Shea-Lynn Noyes, five-year veteran of the NAIT Ooks women’s basketball team, has gone on from the blue and gold to a dynamic pursuit of her dream sports career in Toronto. Noyes looks back on her experience at NAIT with love. Appreciative of all...
By Zachary Flynn NOTE: These interviews were conducted prior to provincial COVID-19 restrictions when in-person sporting activities were permitted. The 2018-19 ACAC men’s volleyball rookie of the year was set to play his final games in an Ooks jersey winter year...
By Kaytlyn Poberznick This year has strained the minds of everyone, and athletes are no exception. It’s brought new struggles and taken the mind game to a new level. As a first-year college athlete for the NAIT Ooks women’s basketball team, the thought of never being...
By Zachary Flynn “This was my kind of victory lap this year to play one more season while I was out on practicum but I’ll be graduating in April so it’ll be time to move onto the real world, I guess,” said 3rd-year player men’s volleyball player, Jonathan Shapka. The...
On Saturday November 21, the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, in association with the Alberta eSports Association, held a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament that gave a glimpse into the future of possibilities for eSports in ACAC. “[eSports players] are...
By Orrin Farries College sports for NAIT athletes have been cancelled for the 2020-2021 season by the Alberta Collegiate Athletics Conference. While this is the prudent move for this year, it is not a reasonable option moving forward. If only we could all wake up at...
By Kaytlyn Poberznick From the Ooks soccer pitch to the Olympic cycling track, Kelsey Mitchell’s dreams are unfolding into reality. Winning gold in the individual 200m cycling sprint at the 2019 Pan American Games, she’s looking forward to other goals she can...
The NAIT Ooks and the ACAC are looking to foster a new online esports community following the cancellation of the to-be-shortened winter 2021 season. Alberta Collegiate Smash is the league’s premiere tournament running on November 21 where competitive esports athletes...
