Rearguard Baggs comes up huge in win
Conception Bay Regional Program working his way through the classifications to the Bantam level, when he joined the CBS Renegades for a season, followed by one with the Marks Dakota Wild, winning Provincial Bantam honours.
Next up was a pair of seasons with the St. John’s Maple Leafs. The 2014 draft pick gave the Bearcats a coveted right shot and a sound understanding of defensive zone play. His game grew each season. Last year he was one of two Bearcats named to the MHL All-Star team which competed in the Eastern Canadian Junior A challenge. There’s no surprise he was named this year to the Eastlink South entry in the Challenge.
KUDOS TO COACH
Hats off to Coach Shawn Evans for being named Head Coach of the Eastlink South entry in the Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge set for Nov. 14-16 in Cornwall, Ont.
ON TAP
The Bearcats are at home for a pair of games this weekend. Saturday the South Shore Lumberjacks are in town for a 7 p.m. start. Sunday, at 2 p.m., the Bearcats face the Amherst Ramblers.
ReGiNA It was a bone-chilling day when Gene Makowsky and other members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders returned to Mosaic Stadium to celebrate winning the 2007 Grey Cup.
About 8,000 fans waited in the stands for their beloved team, despite the cold weather and the fact it was a Monday.
“They took time off to come greet us coming home and to be able to carry the Grey Cup into the stadium that day was a very special memory,” recalled Makowsky, who spent 17 seasons with the Riders and holds the team record for the most games played at 284.
Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field will host its final game on Saturday before it’s torn down and the Riders move to a new, state-of-the-art facility next season.
The stadium originally started as a rugby field in 1910.
In 1947, it was named Taylor Field after Piffles Taylor, who had been a player, coach, and executive with the Roughriders. The Mosaic title was added after Mosaic Company bought the naming rights in 2006. The stadium was once home to CFL greats like George Reed and Dave Ridgway.