One year of sports successes

Saint-Laurent Spartans, led by Ron Lavis, won the silver football on November 5, the emblem of Quebec amateur football, after an 11-year absence. The Vanier College Cheetahs won the Bol d'or for the first time in 15 years, after having lost four times in the finals. Seattle Seahawks player Jean-Philippe Darche, from Saint-Laurent, took part in the Super Bowl in February in Detroit facing the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In January in hockey, the Rockets won the 15th Saint-Laurent Tournament in the Pee-Wee B Category, but lost in the series final, 2-1, against the Saint-Laurent Flyers in April. In ringuette, the Saint-Laurent Icebreakers won the Montreal-North Tournament in March.

In soccer, the male team U-13 of Saint-Laurent won the Lac St-Louis Tournament and the female team U-12 earned the gold medal at the Lac St-Louis Regional Championships to crown a perfect season.

In ball hockey, the team from Saint-Laurent's youth support centre won the gold medal at a sports challenge for handicapped athletes in June.

In Lacrosse, the Patriots had a rather difficult first year, but the Quebec Junior Lacrosse League named Jacques Mallette volunteer of the year. In August Nicolas Bilotto formed a junior A team which he called the Canadian. It evolved into an international league based in the United States. The team shared its time between the arenas of CEGEP Saint-Laurent and Saint-Agapit.

As for the sports complex project, Saint-Laurent requested from Quebec financial assistance of approximately half of the cost evaluated at $28.6 million. The borough and Montreal planned a total sum of $7 million. (Translated by Michael Beigleman)