Gopika Vaspate | March 19, 2025 Promo by Scarlett Yu The Woodlands School is known for having an abundance of successful clubs, teams, and extracurricular activities—and our sports teams are no joke. Cross-country is both an individual and team outdoor sport in which students compete to run a certain distance the fastest over natural terrain. Novices (grade 9s) run four kilometres, Juniors (grade 10s) run five kilometres, and Seniors (grade 11s and 12s) run six kilometres. Ou

Ayush Kothari | December 12, 2024 The Woodlands Secondary School’s cross-country team has officially wrapped up another exciting and rewarding season with new personal bests and a competitive showing at races. Cross-country running is an outdoor running sport on natural terrain, and is a test of endurance and mental strength. This year, Novices (Grade 9s) ran four kilometres, Juniors (Grade 10s) ran five kilometres, and Seniors (Grade 11s and 12s) ran six kilometres. Behind t

By Ayush Kothari | May 25th, 2023 Spring has sprung, and with it comes a flurry of activity on the sports fields at The Woodlands. From the adrenaline-fueled sprints of track and field to the intense teamwork of soccer, from the perfect crack of a bat in baseball to the aggressive tackles of rugby, from an ultimate frisbee slicing through the air to the quick movements of badminton, there is a sport for everyone. So grab your bat and put on your cleats, because in this articl

By Charlotte Wilson | May 26th, 2022 The senior girls volleyball team season has come to a long-delayed close after a very exhilarating season. The team, made up of Grade 11’s, 12’s and one Grade 10, played and practiced at their best to put up a strong fight against their opponents. Despite the two-in-six game outcomes, their hard work definitely showed in both their gameplay and development. This has been the first year the team has run since the start of the pandemic, some

By Charlotte Wilson | January 10th, 2022 In September of 2021, The Woodlands School Golf Team competed at the ROPSSAA (Region of Peel Secondary School Athletic Association) Golf Championship, and Sai Kaja, a Grade 12 student, progressed to compete at the OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) Championship. This was a great event for all those on the team, as many students have not had the chance to attend such competitions for a year and a half. As such, t

We spoke to coaches, WAA executives and the Athletes of the Year themselves to get some insight to the incredible talent and sportsmanship that these athletes showed on and off the field. The strength of The Woodlands' athletics shown brightly. Sydney Norrie | April 9, 2020 Celebrating the accomplishments of students is such a special part of the high school experience. On February 23, though few events have taken place over the last year, The Woodlands was fortunate to get a

Mitchell Fox December 2019 Note: This is the extended version of an article in the printed edition for Semester 1. At the Woodlands Secondary School, no one thing sticks out more than the rest. This applies for academics - from music and drama to math and science, every subject has brought accolades of some variety - and for extracurriculars - as clubs such as Robotics, DECA and Debate join sports teams in

Tamanaa Hotaki & The Woodstock Team January 2020 The Woodlands elementary sports teams this year have had loads of fun, and have also had some successes. We’ve had many sports teams like soccer, CO-ED flag football, and volleyball. The girls and boys volleyball teams had a riveting rivalry to beat each other, which from my personal experience helped motivate the girls team when they lost hope. Both teams trie

By: Nidhi Vasani December 2019 Everyone loves a good underdog story. The story of the Varsity Girls Flag Football team is probably the best one you’ve heard in a while. We started the season in the first week of September. Our three captains jumped on the opportunity to recruit anyone and everyone - from new ninth graders to returning grade twelves - as soon as possible. After three sets of tr

Mitchell Fox November 2019 Note: This is the extended version of an article in the printed edition from Semester 1. The 2019 cross-country season was incredible for the Woodlands Secondary School’s team, but the highlight came at the end of the season when the Junior Girls team ran their way to an OFSAA-berth. Along with being a part of the team myself, I got the pleasure of interviewing these

Mitchell Fox October 10, 2019 Each year, The Woodlands Secondary School is home to many incredible sports teams. What many people do not realize, however, is that the Cross Country team is one of the first of these teams to practice, compete and find success. This team starts their training in the second week of school, and this year, even had a meet the following

By Mitchell Fox The Woodlands Secondary School is proud to be home to a plethora of sports teams, and therefore a large quantity of quality athletes. While The Woodlands is not a large school, and while it does not have million dollar, state-of-the-art equipment and training facilities, it has the one thing that is most necessary for any sports team, school or individual: passion. This is a quality that is well-reflected by the school’s basketball program, which is

By: Manpreet K. Gabi and Sarra Shaker The results of the girl's elementary flag football team are genuinely unbelievable. They went from not having a girls team at all, to placing second overall. Congratulations! They put in unparalleled amounts of hard work and dedication by showing up to every team practice, showing vast amounts of team spirit (including an all-new chant: “Hey Woodlands girls- Pull yourself together!”). At Tecumseh Public School, the twelve girls def

By Mitchell Fox In the last few years, the Woodlands School has revived their hockey program, and although it is smaller and less developed than other schools in Peel, the resurgence of hockey at Woodlands appears to be a success. Last year, with the leadership of grade 11’s and 12’s, and the remarkable passion of the grade 9’s and 10’s, the team managed to not only play in the ROPSSAA season (a feat in its own for many schools in Peel), but also won a game. Although