I was born in Halifax, in 1979, just weeks before the Saint Mary’s Huskies defeated the Victoria Vikings in the National Championship Game in Calgary. Mickey Fox scored 37 points in the last game of his university career and was named Tournament MVP. Although his college career ended when I was a baby, growing up in Halifax, I often heard…
It was March 2005, and I remember driving back to Halifax from Riverview High School in Cape Breton after we (St. Pats High) had just won our third straight Provincial Championship. On the way home we started talking about how crazy it was that high school was over and how much fun we had over our three years playing together….
The Final 8 is coming home! 26 CIS Champions have been named in Halifax and it has always felt like the true home of the tournament for me. The Final 8 invokes many strong and passionate memories for me. Being from Halifax I have been able to experience everything the tournament and the city have to offer from a variety…