Mississauga Secondary School wins Junior and Senior Volleyball ROPSSAA titles

Mississauga Secondary School wins Junior and Senior ROPSSAA titles

Mississauga Secondary School Lions successfully 'defended the den' while hosting the junior and senior boys ROPSSAA boys volleyball championships recently. Facing a the local rival St. Marcellinus Catholic Secondary School in both matches, the Lions were able to capture both titles, 3 sets to 0. The Lions have won the Ontario Championships ... More
Mississauga School wins Provincial Middle School Volleyball Title

Mississauga School wins Provincial Middle School Volleyball Title

Volleyball is alive and well in Mississauga as Mississauga's David Leeder Middle School recently won the Provincial Cup - the Ontario Middle School Volleyball Championships. Competing against 32 schools across the province David Leeder went 5-1 in pool play, losing only to Armadale Public School of Toronto. But the two schools met again in the ... More
Leonard Krapp, Brandie Wilkerson, and Heather Bansley gold medal win at FIVB 4 star in Las Vegas

Wilkerson, Bansley win the jackpot with FIVB gold in Vegas

By DAVID WINER Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley improved their odds of winning the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) crown exponentially when they asked Lennard Krapp to be their head coach in May. Less than two months later, on July 1, Wilkerson and Bansley stood atop the podium in Warsaw as first-time Beach Volleyball World ... More

Sharone Dominating on World Stage

Pakmen superstar Sharone Vernan-Evans continues his rise in the World League with another dominating performance against China when Team Canada played China recently. Check out this highlight video. Check PAKMEN's High Performance Volleyball programs Check PAKMEN's Leagues More
Ketrzynski beach volleyball

Ketrzynskis Making a Name for Themselves in Volleyball Circles

By DAVID WINER Mention Ketrzynski and astute followers of the sport will tell you the family name represents the past and, undoubtedly, a bright future in Canadian volleyball. Alexander Ketrzynski provided great pride and joy for fans in the early 1980s when he helped Canada earn its best finish in Summer Olympics history, and now there is ... More

Pakmen rule at Beach Nationals

By DAVID WINER Mississauga Pakmen soared to record heights at the 2018 Youth and Senior Beach Nationals at Toronto's Ashbridges Bay from August 17-19. Pakmen athletes earned podium finishes in six of the seven age categories, resulting in four gold, three silver and four bronze medals in the Tier 1 level and another gold medal in Tier ... More
Sharone Vernon-Evans Volleyball Canada National Player

Sharone ‘awards’ the Pakmen banquet with his presence

By DAVID WINER We all remember meeting our idol for the first time. Agog at the opportunity to share the same rarefied air as the person you so adulate, a bit of stammering, fidgeting and sweaty palms accompanied with wide-eyed disbelief, is to be expected. Sometimes that long-anticipated meeting can be emotionally deflating. Especially ... More

Mann and Glagau have double the fun at OVA Beach Ontario Championships

By DAVID WINER Ava Mann and Kaylee Glagau's summer has been one for the ages – and then some. Not only did the Pakmen duo escape the summer heat with gold at the 16U OVA Beach Ontario Championships, they returned to Toronto's Ashbridges Bay a week later (August 11-12) to win the 18U crown as well. Sensational results for a couple of ... More

Rugosi and Young rely on talent to win U18 Provincial Beach crown

By DAVID WINER Peter Rugosi and Jackson Young couldn't count on experience as beach partners to carry them through to the finish line at the OVA Beach Ontario Championships at Toronto's Ashbridges Bay, August 11-12. But what the Pakmen indoor teammates lacked in familiarity on the beach they more than compensated for with immense talent to ... More

Pakmen pull off near sweep at U15 Beach Provincials

By DAVID WINER Kenneth Mann and Punit Shah's quest for gold at the OVA Beach Ontario Championships was fraught with peril. Taking on 28 of the top U15 Boys' teams in the province at Toronto's Ashbridges Bay from August 11-12, Mann and Shah realized their quest for gold would have to go through their mates from Mississauga Pakmen. And, ... More