NAIT’s men’s curling team took home their first gold at conference championships in over a decade after defeating SAIT at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championships on Feb. 1. They’ll head to nationals in Regina on Feb. 17 to take on the league’s...
The Ooks men’s curling team had a season to remember. They made it to nationals, coming close to a podium finish. Let’s get into their season and see how they got there. The team started the second half of their season with winter regionals hosted by NAIT at the...
While no snow is on the ground yet, the ACAC has arrived at their yearly winter break. The schedule will pick back up in the new year as student-athletes across the province head home for the holiday season. With the stoppage comes an opportunity to reflect on an...
Basketball Following a promising 13-7 regular season, the men’s basketball team finished sixth in the ACAC after losing 83 to 81 in the fifth-place game against the Lakeland Rustlers. With the additions of guards Canadian Junior Basketball League (CJBL) Second Team...
The NAIT Ooks men's and mixed curling teams headed off to Vermilion in early March to face the best teams in the ACAC. The women's teams, unfortunately, did not do well enough in regionals to earn a spot at provincials. Mixed team wins silver Lakeland College hosted...
NAIT alumnus Karynn Flory is making a return to the curling program - this time, as more than a player. With the retirement of Jules Owchar, former head coach of NAIT’s curling teams, Flory is taking this opportunity to jump into the head coaching position, grateful...
NAIT Athletics has finished an extensive interviewing process to fill the 10 open head coaching positions for all of NAIT’s sports teams. This marks the beginning of the department’s new financial model which aims to improve the student-athlete experience at NAIT....
We asked athletes: If you could change any rule in your sport, what would you change? Women’s Soccer “I can only really think of 2 that could be worked on. 1 would be the number of match officials. The field we play on is larger than a football field but we only have...
On Wednesday March 11, the NBA rocked the sporting world with the announcement of the immediate suspension of their season following Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis. With this news came a domino effect across the sporting world with leagues...
The ACAC regular season draws to a close for NAIT’s team sports and the Ooks will look to have a vigorous foray into the post-season. May they screech into battle and crush their opponents for the pride of our nest- with all due respect. The opening weekend of...
