PEI Newsmakers – March 2025
March 2 – UPEI Panthers win AUS Men’s Basketball Championship for first time in 22 years, defeating St. FX 84-79.
March 2 – Josh Bennett wins gold (+100 Veterans), Declan Crawford earns silver (-73 Under-18), and Cash Perry earns bronze (-73 Under-16) at the Matsuru Cup judo competition in Montreal.
March 2 – Lucas Macdonald earns Silver medal (U21 -90kg) at the Pacific International Judo Championships.
March 2 – Olivia Zhang breaks PEI record for 500m short-track speed skating at East Coast Cup.
March 2 – PEI powerlifters earn 6 medals and set 5 national records at Canadian Powerlifting National Championships – Heather Ayles (Gold – 57kg M2), Sophie Allen (Gold – 84+kg SO), Ethan Macdonald (Gold – 59 kg Y3), Rachel Arsenault (silver – 84+kg SJ), Jayden Kamphuis (silver – 83kg SJ), & Morgan McKenna-Ayles (Bronze – 84 kg SJ).
March 3 – Jenna Larter finishes Canada Cup Final with two gold medals in 500m and two bronze medals in the 100m event.
March 3 – Vanessa Keefe earns silver medal at USPORT Wrestling and helped Brock win women’s team championship with coaching from Hannah Taylor and Ligrit Sadiku.
March 9 – Holland College Hurricanes women’s hockey win ACHA championship for third consecutive season. Livil Lawlor and Kristyn Taylor named First-Team All-Stars; Emma Arsenault and Kailey Lutley named to Second Team.
March 9 – Sarah MacEachern and Cornell University women’s hockey team win East Coast Athletic Conference championship.
March 9 – Brett Gallant wins Montana’s Brier as part of Team Jacobs.
March 9 – Lucas Macdonald earns Bronze (U21 -90kg) at the Edmonton International Judo Championship.
March 10 – Brandon Langley of Western Carolina University men’s baseball team named the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week.
March 11 – Mark Arendz wins the Para biathlon World Cup season Crystal Globe as the overall season champion for a third straight year after finishing first in Biathlon Sprint Pursuit at the IBU World Cup finals in Sweden.
March 11 – Alex Newson named an Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association Second-Team All-Star in first season with King’s Christian Collegiate.
March 12 – Carson Gray of Holland Hurricanes volleyball named CCAA All-Canadian.
March 12 – Karami Scott of UPEI Panthers men’s basketball wins Ken Shields Award (student-athlete community service) at U Sports National Basketball Awards ceremony.
March 13 – Jessie Stewart attending Field Hockey Canada Next Gen Games in BC from March 13-16.
March 14 – Meaghan Ferguson named Special Teams Coordinator for Senior Women’s Team Atlantic tackle football team.
March 14 – Callum McEwen wins bronze medal in Level 6 Singles at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin.
March 15 – Tommy Ling wins a silver medal in 100m Classic Cross Country ski race at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin.
March 15 – Ellen MacNearney wins three gold medal at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin – 7.5 km, 5 km, & 4 x 1 km relay cross-country skiing.
March 16 – Nolan Hughes wins junior Arena Lacrosse League Championship as part of Ottawa Loggers Lacrosse Club.
March 16 – UPEI Panthers men’s basketball finishes fourth at U Sports Nationals; highest national finish in program history.
March 19 – Tanner Doiron selected to referee at the U CUP Men’s Hockey Nationals in Ottawa.
March 21 – Cam Squires of Cape Breton Eagles scores 100th career QMJHL goal.
March 20 – Olivia Zhang wins bronze medal in 400m U13 girls division at Canadian Youth Short Track Championships – East; becomes second female PEI skater to medal at event following Jenna Larter.
March 24 – Zoe Stewart of University of Maine at Presque Isle Owls softball named UMPR Athlete of the Week.
March 25 – Joelle Bader named to Canada Soccer Women’s Under-17 roster competing at CONCACAF Qualifiers in Nicaragua from April 1-7.
March 27 – John Roberts named Team MVP for Mount Allison swimming.
March 28 – Martin Sobey finishes 5th place (top Canadian) at the 2025 Americas Triathlon Cup Miami.
March 30 – UPEI Panthers ringette team wins inaugural Atlantic University Cup in Halifax.