On November 14, the Douglas College Royals women’s basketball team kicked off their fourth regular season game against the Columbia Bible College (CBC) Bearcats. The Royals, entering the game undefeated in league play, were looking to extend their win streak by staying committed to their defensive tactics.
On November 5, the Douglas College men’s soccer team began their quest for the CCAA National Championship, facing off against host team, the Sheridan Bruins.
The Douglas College women’s basketball team played their second regular season league game on November 7 against the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners.
Twenty-two-year-old Oscar Taveras, a promising outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, lost his life on October 26 when he was involved in a deadly car accident that also took the life of 18-year-old girlfriend Edilia Arvelo.
On Halloween night, looking to start the year with a bang, the Douglas College Royals women’s basketball team faced off against the Langara Falcons in their first league game of the season.
The Douglas College Royals men’s and women’s soccer teams both had respectable ends to their 2014/15 regular seasons before they began the exhilarating and nerve-racking transition to the PACWEST Provincial Championships.
On October 20, Los Angeles Kings defenceman Slava Voynov was suspended indefinitely from all team activities based on domestic violence allegations.
On July 1, goalie Ryan Miller signed a three-year deal with the Vancouver Canucks. Following 11 years with the Buffalo Sabres and a brief stint with the St. Louis Blues, Miller has come to the Canucks on a contract worth approximately $18-million.
Another year of Royals’ volleyball is just around the corner, and both the men’s and women’s teams are confident that they will leave a definitive mark in the upcoming season.
On October 12, the Douglas College Royals headed up to Squamish to take on the Quest Kermodes. Both the men’s and women’s teams had come away triumphant the previous day and were looking to build off of that momentum—the women beat Kwantlen 1-0 and the men won 2-0.