Dec. 17, 2025
This growing powerhouse completed the first undefeated season in team history with a 12-0 record in the 2024-25 Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association regular season. In March, the team handled opponents by over thirty point spreads in the first two playoff rounds, showing their excellence defensively as well as the ability to put the ball in the basket. That combination continued in the league final as the team roared back from a halftime deficit to score 22 points in the third quarter while holding their opponent to just nine, setting CCA up to close out a 72-57 victory. It was the second championship in team history, with the first coming in 2022.
The team took home three of the OSBA league’s major awards: Meagan Hollingsworth was name MVP, Jahda Denis was the Defensive Player of the Year, and head coach Fabienne Blizzard was named coach of the year. The team had four players named OSBA league all-stars.
In addition to the perfect OSBA season, Capital Courts played in the inaugural Women’s National Preparatory Association, finishing 9-1 and in second place. Again the team took home major awards with Patricia Augustin winning Defensive Player of the Year, Hollingsworth the MVP, and Blizzard the Coach of the Year. The team also had six players selected to the 2025 Cwench All-Canadian game.
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The foursome of Ayoub Shangai, Ange-Mathis Kramo, William Sanders, and Zachary Jeggo combined to win the gold medal in the under-20 men’s 4×400-metre relay at the Canadian Track and Field Championships, and made some history in the process. Their time of 3:10.62 broke four records: a twelve-year old U20 championship meet record, the U20 national record, the Ottawa Lions all-time club senior relay record, and the Canadian open club record, which had stood at 3:11.02 since 2014.
The U20 national record had been set one month before, by the same group of four, at the Ontario Championships. At the Provincials, their gold medal time of 3:14.80 broke an Ontario record which had stood since 1972 and established the new Canadian club U20 record. Jeggo, the anchor, was the U20 national gold medallist in the 400-metre hurdles and earned a silver medal at the Canada Games in his individual 400m event. As a team, their performances helped the Ottawa Lions with the U20 overall club championship at both the provincial and national levels.
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The Coaches of the Year and Athletes of the Year were also announced on December 17. national team vetrans Invanie Blondin (Speed Skating) and Tyrone Henry (Para Ice Hockey) are the Athlete of the Year award winners, while Capital Courts head coach Fabienne Blizzard and Glenroy Gilbert of Ottawa Lions and Athletics Canada are the Coach of the Year award winners.
The recipients of the Ottawa Sports Awards Lifetime Awards and Mayor’s Cup for 2025 were announced on December 9 with longstanding contributors to the sports of volleyball, soccer, ice hockey, and the Ottawa Sport Council being honoured.
These outstanding members of the community will be celebrated at the 2025 Ottawa Sports Awards Dinner, which will be held on February 4, 2026 at the Infinity Convention Centre. Tickets for the event are on sale now.
Further award announcements will include the individual sport award winners in over 65 sports, over 60 championship-winning teams from local clubs, and the Spirit of Sport Award, Special Recognition, and Community Sport Endowment recipients.
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