CEC to enshrine new Sports Wall of Fame members
TRURO, N.S. – The 13th annual CEC Wall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21 at CEC gymnasium.
The Wall of Fame evening is sponsored by Boston Pizza.
The ceremony will take place at about 7:15 p.m., between the CEC alumni basketball games. The induction will be followed by the unveiling of plaques in the Wall of Fame hallway and a reception in the CEP dining room.
This year’s inductees are 1989-90 boys football team, Angela Morrison, Brent Baker and Greg Bakeeff. Following are snapshots of inductees:
1989-90 CEC COUGARS FOOTBALL TEAM
On Nov. 13, 1989, the CEC Cougars football team ended the most impressive season in the school’s history with a decisive 46-0 win over the Prince Andrew Panthers in the NSSAF final at St. Mary’s in Halifax.
Highlights of the championship game included a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown by Dale Hart, a 48-yard touchdown run by Steve Frizzell, and a 46yard quarterback keeper run by Sam Gorall.
On the defence, interceptions by Hart, James Macpherson and Steve Hennessy, and a fumble recovery by Troy Washington were key factors in the Cougar win.
Head Coach Rick Kaupp said: “We really won the game in the second quarter. With the wind against us, Frizzell and Lauther were able to run the ball. The defence just played superior the
entire game with Troy Lauther closing up their middle running game.”
CEC also defeated the Halifax West Warriors 55-0 in the league semi-finals, and that, combined with their finals win, meant the Cougars outscored their opposition 101-0 in the playoffs. This team dominated the Metro High School Football League from start to finish, posting a perfect 9-0 record and outscoring their opponents 381-49. The team placed eight players on the Metro league allstar team with Jason Eagles on the offensive line, Sam Gorall at quarterback, Frizzell at running back, Aaron Gorall as a receiver, Washington on the defensive line, Lauther at linebacker, Macpherson as a deep back, and Sam Gorall as a place kicker.
In the league’s major award selections, Macpherson was rookie of the year, Eagles was lineman of the year, and Lauther was league MVP.
During her years at CEC, Ange was an outstanding two-sport athlete, excelling in soccer and track & field.
In track and field, she placed either first or second in both the shot put and discus at the NSSAF provincial championships all three years. She held the school record for intermediate girls shot put from 1990 to 2010. In the summer of 1990, she represented Nova Scotia at the Legion national age class championships and placed fourth in the shot put. In 1990 and 1991, Ange was the starting goalkeeper for the CEC soccer team. In 1991, they won the first NSSAF provincial soccer title in the history of the school in a shootout against C.P. Allen in the final.
From 1992-1996, Ange was the starting goalkeeper for the Acadia Axemen, winning the regular season championship in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In 1996, they captured the AUAA title and Ange was selected first-team all-conference goalkeeper. That same year the team set a national record for no goals against during an entire regular season.
In 1997, Ange was the starting goalkeeper for Tasaki Perule in the Japanese Professional League. In both 1998 and 1999, Ange was invited to attend tryouts for Canada’s national team. From 1998 to 2009, Ange coached at the universities throughout the U.S.
Returning to Nova Scotia in 2009, Ange was hired as the head coach of women’s soccer at Acadia University, where she spent one season. She was also the director of coaching and player development for the Valley region, during which time she played a major role in developing numerous provincial and Canada Games team players as well as universitylevel athletes.
Brent began his basketball career at Middleton Regional High School. In 1980, his senior year, he was co-winner of the Male Athlete of the Year Award at MRHS, an all-star at the NSSAF “AAA” provincial basketball championships and Basketball Nova Scotia adult male player of the year.
In the fall of 1981, Brent took his talents to Antigonish where he became a valuable member of the St. Francis Xavier X-men until 1986. In his first season with the X-men, the six-foot-three swingman averaged 6.7 points per game and was the team’s rookie of the year. Brent had an outstanding year in 1984-85 when he was selected as MVP at the ST.F.X Invitational Tournament, MVP for the X-men, and MVP for the CIAU Eastern regional tournament. That same year, he was selected as an AUAA first-team all-star. In 1987, Brent was a member of Canada’s national team at the World Student Games in Yugoslavia and a member of Canada’s national team for the Big East Tour.
After graduation from ST.F.X., Brent taught school and coached basketball in Kingston, N.Y. He returned to Canada in 1988 to join the teaching staff at Cobequid Educational Centre where he coached the Cougars men’s team for the next 16 years.
During that time, his CEC teams were always one of the top teams in the province. In 1997 and 1998, his young Cougar teams were finalists at the NSSAF Division 1 championships. From 2004-2006 Brent was the assistant men’s coach at ST.F.X and from 2006 to 2008, he took over the women’s program at X.
In the fall of 2008, he was hired to coach the men’s team at the University of New Brunswick. His UNB team finished first in regular season play in 2014-2015 with a 16-4 record. In 2017-2018, Baker’s team captured UNB’S first AUS championship since 1967. In 2015 and 2018, Brent was named the AUS men’s coach of the Year.
Brent recently signed a new five-year contract to remain head coach of the Varsity Reds through to the 2022-2023 season.
During his years at CEC, Greg Bakeeff was an outstanding two-sport athlete, excelling in football and track & field.
At the NSSAF championships in 1984, Greg placed first in the 200m, third in the 100m, and was a member of the first-place senior boys 4x100m relay team. At the 1985 NSSAF championship, Greg won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. After 34 years, his time of 10.8 in the 100 m is still a school record. He finished ahead of teammates Craig Fraser and Craig Burgess for a CEC sweep of the medals. At that same meet those three, along with Doug Killam set a provincial record in the 4x100 under horrible conditions on a wet and windy day. In both 1984 and 1985, Greg won the open men’s 200m event at the Atlantic track & field championship.
In 1984 he represented Nova Scotia at the national Legion age class championships, running the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in the under-18 age category. In 1985, he represented Nova Scotia in those same three events at the Canada Games in Saint John, N.B.
In football, Greg was a three-year starter for the Cougars at the wide receiver position. In his senior year he was the leading receiver and place kicker on an undefeated NSSAF provincial championship team and a Metro league all-star at wide receiver. From 1985 to 1989 Greg played for the Acadia Axemen. He was a starting wide receiver on the 1986 Acadia team that was undefeated in conference play. In his senior year at Acadia, Greg was the team’s leading receiver with 28 receptions for 518 yards and 6 touchdowns. The highlight of his season was a three-touchdown performance in a hard fought 37-35 loss to SMU in the AUS championship game.
After his senior season Greg was invited to and attended the CFL evaluation camp in Hamilton. This led to a tryout with the Toronto Argonauts in 1989. In 2005, Greg was named by Acadia University to the 1980s “All Decade” team at wide receiver. In 2015, he was inducted into the Acadia Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the 1986 AUS championship team.