Head coach Gerry McGrath is pleased to announce former Montreal Alouette star Sylvain Girard has returned to the Concordia Stingers as an ambassador for the football program.
Halfback Sammy Okpro was named the Concordia Stingers most valuable player at the annual football awards banquet on Saturday night at Molson Breweries.
Sammy Okpro, a fourth-year defensive halfback from Pierrefonds, Que., was named a CIS first team all-Canadian for a record third time when the 2007 Canadian university honor roll was announced yesterday.
Stinger quarterback Liam Mahoney made Concordia history last night when he was awarded the Peter Gorman Trophy as the outstanding rookie in Canadian university football at a gala dinner in Toronto.
For the third straight year defensive halfback Sammy Okpro was a unanimous choice on the Quebec University Football League all-star team announced last week.
Outstanding first-year quarterback Liam Mahoney was named rookie of the year by the Quebec University Football League at a press conference held in Lennoxville, Que. yesterday.
Third-year running back Cedric Ferdinand rushed for 168 yards and one touchdown as the hometown Concordia Stingers easily defeated the Bishop's Gaiters 34-18 in Quebec University Football League semifinal action on Saturday.
The No. 10-ranked Concordia Stingers scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes of play to push the No. 1-ranked Laval Rouge et Or to the limit, but they could not knock out the No. 1-ranked team in the CIS.
With a lopsided 58-30 win over the McGill Redmen in the Shaughnessy Cup game at Molson Stadium on Saturday afternoon the Concordia Stingers have clinched a Quebec conference playoff spot.
Quarterback Liam Mahoney rushed 19 times for 181 yards as the No. 10-ranked Concordia Stingers dumped the winless McGill Redmen 13-8 to capture the 21st annual Shrine Bowl in the cold rain at Concordia Stadium.
Defensive lineman Jean-Philippe Binette came up with some special team heroics to set the No. 8-ranked Concordia Stingers on course towards a 21-15 victory over the Montreal Carabins before 3,500 Homecoming fans at Concordia Stadium in Montreal on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 6-ranked Concordia Stingers narrowly defeated the Bishop's Gaiters 20-18 before an opening night crowd of 3,500 fans at Concordia Stadium in Montreal.
The entire Concordia University community, especially members of the Stingers football program, wish to express their sympathies to the family and friends of Concordia Sports Hall of Famer Nick Benjamin.
Concordia head coach Gerry McGrath will open the Stingers' 2007 football training camp by welcoming approximately 95 student-athletes to the Loyola campus of the university tomorrow morning.
Warren Kean, a fourth-year placekicker with the Concordia Stingers, was the second pick overall in the annual Canadian Football League college draft this afternoon.
Concordia Stingers head coach Gerry McGrath and members of his team are working with some of the best young football talent in the province, getting them ready for the 23rd annual Alouette Classic High School All-Star Game.
Four members of the Concordia Stingers football team will participate in the fifth annual East West Bowl on Saturday, May 12 at Université Laval in Ste. Foy, Que.
