Another gold medal for Canada in men's hockey! What a game! It was 2-1 for Canada in the third period and U.S.A scored in the last 30 seconds! Then in overtime Crosby puts one in the net! Way to Sidney Crosby! The other two goals were scored by Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry.












Canada won 14 gold medals throughout the Olympics, putting that as a record for the most gold medals ever won at the Winter Olympics! What an achievement for Canada!

















14 of them! Plus many many more silver and bronze! Canada had a total of 26 medals!

Upcoming Ski Trip!

On March 25th (and for grade 8's March 26th too) we have our ski trip. There are 8 choices to choose from; Skiing packages and Boarding packages. 4 skiing and 4 snowboarding. Depending on what you need will depend on the cost. You can bring a lunch or buy one there. The dead line for the permission forms are on March 8th. Which are you doing, skiing or snowboarding?

SID THE KID CANADIAN HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sidney Crosby scored the game winning goal in the gold medal game of the mens hockey category. He is clearly a Canadian hero at this moment. Jarome Iginla picked up an assist on the goal, by the way Jarome is my idol so oh ya baby wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooooo



Hey guys payback on Mr.Wilson for the world juniors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOO WAY TO GO CANADA

Sunday the Canadian hockey team played against the U.S.A.

Canada won with a score of 3-2 in over time!!!! way to go Canada!!

Devon Kershaw got 5th in the mens 50 km classic cross-country ski race. He lost the gold by1.6 seconds and the 1st place Norweigan Peter Northug won by three milliseconds. At 800 meters to go the race turned into a sprint and the best won.

CANADA WINS GOLD

MOMENTS AGO CANADA BEAT USA IN OVERTIME 3-2. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Women's Curling

For womens curling Cheryl Bernards team got silver and Sweden got gold. They had to go into an extra end because they were tied in the tenth end. They were tied at 6-6. In the eleventh end Cheryl Bernard had to make a double take out but she only got the single. Sweden ended up winning 8-6.

Oylimpic of Vancuver 2010

Joanne Rochette got bronze medal in women's figure skating.

In the third period Canadians have a 2-2 aganist U.S.A with 24.4 seconds left.

Men's curling got gold.

Women's curling got silver.

Weekend Post.

Canada's curling game for gold...but then we lost it ugh! I think that Canada is going to win their game that i am watching right now....who can tell me who they are playing?

Our Olympic Stadings

Argos is the lead with 30.

Corinth is 2nd in the stadings with 29 points.

Thebes is in 3rd with 25 points.

Athens is 4th with 24 points.

Sparta is in 5th with 23 points.

Olympia is last with 21 points.

lets make sure there no homework people. So post!!!

This here is a link to the medal standings for the Olympics. http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15s9t0jet/M=650008.13767874.13785880.13257418/D=sports/S=2142613888:HEAD/_ylt=ApKShctTVThA90NWxl09lR2AsbV_/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1267230429/L=H30RX0LEah6V3cYMS3s.ugZ42CS5oEuISr0AB78b/B=Xzt3LdG_fyw-/J=1267223229542344/K=KZH1Lmhb0UMdAKZlqhHVPg/A=5904696/R=13/SIG=10pcalhda/*http://sports.yahoo.com after you do that you need to press the "Olympics" tab

lastly I would like to say,

GO CANADA GO!!!

School Olympics

Today in the afternoon we had an assembly. Then after the assembly we had our other 3 events. Lacross, road hockey, and broombal. Sweden dominated China!

WEEKEND CHALLENGE

18 posts...

Possible topics:  

• The Olympics (events, Canadian winners, predictions, where the next Winter Games will be, thoughts, reviews, closing ceremonies....)
• Our VJH Olympic afternoon on Friday
• Our last Grade 8 event (badminton)
• Newspaper unit (what is in the news this weekend, thoughts for what we should do next, your favorite story so far....)
• Math (what chapter has been the hardest, easiest, most interesting...what you need help with...suggestions for future challenges...)
• VJH - only 4 months left
• Upcoming overnight ski trip, award show, end of year trip....
• And lots more!

Good luck!  (Remember to remind each other to post.  Quantity is key!!!)

Jokes, and just some more Jokes! :)

Here were cute are just some jokes.. I thought ! :)

Canada's Hockey team won A gold! (:

GOOO CANADA GOOO!

ATHENS ATHENS ATHENS ATHENS ATHENS so ya Athens woohoo

we got one point at the kings and queens of the court game which was one point oh ya we were pro. WE WERE PRO WE WERE NOT THE CHAMPIONS WE GOT LAST PLACE!!! ahem ya last place. ATHENS WILL PREVAIL I TELL YOU!!!

Good Morning Canada

This morning the grade 8's had a kings and queens game in the gym for one of our Olympic Challenges. unfortunately Athens the team I'm on didn't win :( but we will win next time!!

Girls win Gold!

The Canadian Olympic hockey team wins GOLD in a 2-0 victory over the U.S.A!

Mens Hockey Team

The Canada is on a role! We are dominating in hockey. Oh, Ya.

The lastest news! (:

This morning I came to school. Then instead of math we played kings and queens of the court if you don't no what that is go look it up because I don't feel like explaining it. My team (Thebes) Won three out of however many games we played. Yay Thebes! (:

Newspapers and kings of the court

In E.L.A we are making newspaper articles and eventually we are going to make our own newspaper! I like to write stories and articles so making our own newspaper should be good!

Our challenge today was kings of the court! Sparta tied for 3rd! I wonder what our next challenge will be!

Jokes!

Our teacher talks to herself; does yours?
Yes, but she doesn't realize it; she thinks we're actually listening!

PUPIL: Teacher, would you punish me for something I didn't do?
TEACHER: Of course not.
PUPIL: Good, because I didn't do my homework.

If you had one dollar and you asked your father for another, how many dollars would you have?
One dollar.
You don't know your arithmetic.
You don't know my father !

Kings & Queens

Today in math we played badminton instead of math for our Olympic events we did OK but we could have done better but we can still win in the end we are not too far away. Go Thebes Go!!!

Olympic Challenge! Badminton

Today we had another Olympic challenge. It was badminton, Kings and Queens. We had all six teams competing at once: Thebes (YaH!), Corinth, Argos, Sparta, Athens and Olympia. We had three games going on, all 4 min. games. Then at the end of the 4min. games we would tell the scorekeeper how many times we won against the other team we played. We all had loads of Fun!

GO CANADA WIN SOME MEDALS!!!!!!!!

King of the Courts

I think it was fun that we got to play king of the courts instead of math this morning for one of our Olympic challenges. Although Athens came in last for this round we will catch up just like Sparta has! GO ATHENS GO! I wonder what our next event will be...

Canada got another gold medal yesterday in women's hockey. They won 2-0. Go Canada! We'll have to see if the men can do just as well.

Badminton Challenge

For our Olympic challenge today we had a battle of badminton. Our team did pretty decent and there was some good plays. Badminton try out are here so good luck to everybody!

Women Strike Gold!!!!!

Canadian Women hockey team strike gold for the third straight year in a row.
Now its the mens turn Canada vs. Slovakia
EH OH CANADA GO
EH OH CANADA GO

Canadians Win Gold

Canadians win gold at the Vancouver winter games. Women' s hockey Canada vs U.S.A. Canada won the game with a score of 2-0.


I only watched the first period and Canadians showed U.S.A up.

The goals were scored like 2 or 3 minutes apart from each other.

There are 21 girls that play on the Canadian team.

Transition,, Olympics - X Games

Now, as most as you know, we are doing a lot of Olympic things in school. However the Olympics are coming to an end. We are getting into skateboarding season. Currently, we are 114 days from Go Skateboarding Day. Go Skateboarding Day is an unofficial annual holiday conceived by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) to promote skateboarding. It is usually marked on June 21. Also, we are 151 days from the X-Games. The X-Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on extreme action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island. Personally, I like skateboarding because it's just a thrill when you land a trick. I love it.

WE'RE THE WINNERS

AN AMAZING GAME LAST NIGHT WHICH WAS 7-3 FOR CANADA, WHOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super shoulders and gold and silver

Super shoulders was a challenge! My arms were burning and when i put them down, it wrenched my shoulders. It felt like i needed to keep them up! I am excited for the next challenge we need to do. The sports quiz was fun too!


Canada gets gold and silver in ladies bobsleigh! Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown were in the lead when Heather Moyse and Kaillie Humphries did their run and took the gold! Way to go Canada!

Hockey!

Hahahahh, We Won! :)
Totally Destroyed them. :)

Devon Kershaw

Devon Kershaw got 16th in the mens 15 kilometer classic!

7-3

YA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Canada wins 7-3 against Russia

GO Canada

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

Canada wins 7-3 final.

Clarra hughes has won a bronze metal in 5000 metre speed skating event. WOOOOOOOOOO.

Clarra did the event in 6:55:73

This is Clarra in her event.

Newspapers

Lately in E.L.A. class we have been learning: memorizing words eg. cutline (a.k.a. caption), city editor, columnist and we've also read and summarized and much more. Today we were to make up a caption to a picture from a recent newspaper. We got a picture and a little piece of paper. The paper we folded in half and on one side we made a possible caption for the picture. On the other side we put a humor caption. Can you make a caption (humor or not) for this picture?

Alex Brandon/The Associated Press

5...is the dream still alive?

Long way to go 8O, but I am guessing that a group of you may be watching the Canada - Russia match and might be posting afterwards.  Last I checked, score was 7-3 Canada.

As CP says (shouts) "Go Canada Go!"

Good luck. 

No Homework! Science Fair

I think the Science Fair was pretty cool and there were a lot of good projects. I like the idea that we have no homework but we have to get 18 posts instead.

For the class Olympics I agree with Cody that we should get to know what the challenge is first before we decide who has to go in it. Go Athens Go!

As for the Olympics on T.V. I hope Canada wins against Russia. GO CANADA!

NO HOMEWORK

I think that the Science Fair was amazing and the talking through the tin cans were cool because you could hear the person on the other sde talking through the cans and I never thought that would work but I guess that I was wrong.

In the first peroid Canada has scored 4 goals against Russia and they have 1!!


GO SPARTA GO

Sparta is good at the physical activities but not the knowledge thing for the Class Oylimpics!!

Don't Like Homework

Ya I don't really watch the olympics on TV and I don't really care to but I still like it if we get a gold medal. Our olympic thing is pretty fun but we should have been able to know what the individual activities were before we had to choose who went in them. Go Thebes Go!!! We can win and everyone knows that we are the team to whatch out for. They are right!

Science Fair

Well went to the Science Fair it was pretty cool I liked the paper airplane one and the fossil one... And it turns out that the cookies were for the judges not pointing any fingers here... HMM HMM HMM HnHaHtMhMaMnM COUGH christian COUGH oh got to drink some water... me... oh where did that come from... Ahh funny.

Olympic medals

Country

United States United States	7	9	10	26
Germany Germany	7	9	7	23
Norway Norway	6	5	6	17
Russian Federation Russian Federation	3	4	6	13
Canada Canada	6	4	1	11
Korea Korea	5	4	1	10
Austria Austria	4	3	3	10
France France	2	3	5	10
Switzerland Switzerland	6	0	2	8
Sweden Sweden	3	2	2	7

Joannie Rochette

After the womens figure skating short program, Joannie Rochette is in third place. She had a really good and clean program. Kim Yu-Na in first with 78.50, Mao Asada in second with 73.78 and Joannie Rochette in third with71.36. Joannie's mother passed away 2 days before she had to skate but she was strong and did her performance. She said "Mamam" as she tearfully finished her routine which earned her a season's best. Go Joannie!

Final Medal standings of 2010

Top 10 Final Medal standings of 2010

USA 37 medals
Germany 30 medals
Canada 26 medals
Norway 23 medals
Austria 16 medals
Russian Federation 15 medals
Korea 14 medals
China 11 medals
Sweden 11 medals
France 11 Meadals

Congradulations to Canada for winning tonights
game in over time against USA 3-2. Also for getting
26 medals and for setting a new world record with
14 gold medals.

Olympics

I heard that Kevin Martin won against Switzerland 6-4 on Sunday. The first loss of Cheryl Bernard's team, with a score of 6-5 in extra end, against China. What do you boys and girls think we should do for the next Olympic challenge?
P.S. sorry I couldn't post on the weekend I went to Brandon then my internet was down.

Math Test

Math test will be in period 7 or 8 i hope i get over 81%

math test

In period 7 or 8 we have a math test. i think i will get like a 79% haha!!

Ski Cross- Chris Del Bosco

Canadian Chris Del Bosco who made it to the finals in ski cross did not get a gold medal on Sunday, Feb 21. The race started, and about 10 seconds into the race he fell behind to last place, shortly behind Norway's Audun Groenvold. Chris and Audun battled it out but eventually Chris got into 3rd place ahead of Audun. It was the second last jump when Chris had an akward twist in the air and fell hard, and Audun zipped by him taking the bronze medal. The gold medal went to Michael Schmid of Switzerland and silver went to Andreas Matt of Austria. Ski Cross is a sport that anything can happen.

Chris Del Bosco after he fell.

Way to go Jon Montgomery on winning a gold medal in skeleton!!! Every body is so proud!

Pull of in Double Overtime

Saturday a 2 and a half hour marathon between us and Bossivain in the opening game of our series. We came out firing in the first period with 3 goals at the intermission. My new stick must of been working cause I got all 3 goals, but from great plays by Cameron Whyte. We came out with a good first half of the second with a quick goal also scored by me. However the quick start soon clapsed with them getting 3 goals in the last half of the period. Third period we were flat with them taking over a 6-4 lead on us with only 10 minutes left in the game. Cam, Austin, and I bared down and another great play by Cam got me my 5th goal of the game. We got a powerplay and with a very good shot from the point by Brandon Masson tipped by Cam gave us the tying goal. Soon after a give and go between me and Brady Chyzyk gave us the leading goal. Shortly after though Bossivain scored to tie the game and send it in to Overtime. No scoring in the first OT. 5 minutes left in the 2nd OT Austin Brereton comes up huge with a nasty toe drag and a snipe right under the blocker of the Bossivain goalie gave us the win in a rollar coaster ride game. I was very glad to get off that rollar coaster but will soon be on it again on Tuesday. I finished the game with 5 goals and 2 assists fiving me 7 points out of a possible 8. Final score Virden 8 Bossivain 7.

Go For Gold!

Jon Mongomery of Russell, Manitoba got gold in skeleton. Lots of people are proud! His time was 3:29:73. Unfortunately I didn't get to see his run either, but I wish I had. Oh well, anyways go Jon!

Olympic Question

Why do both long track and short track speed skaters always race counterclockwise? 

Shouldn't they have to go around the track both ways to show their skill?

Given the current state of affairs, do you think that they train their right leg and left leg muscles differently?  If not, should they?

Something to consider

Gold Medalist!!

Well lucky enough i was near internet...haha...I was so excited when Jon got gold!!! Unfortunatly i never saw his run..but Greg my sisters friend from Russell texted her and told her that he got gold! I am also happy that Crosby got the winning goal and that Brodeur saved the shots. :) Luckily I got to see that game!

Manitoba Hero!

Wow!

Great job Jon Montgomery!!

(It usually takes me a fair bit to use the double exclamation points, but a gold medal skeleton run, where Jon came from behind on his last run to win the event does it.)

Also really enjoyed the video clips of Jon celebrating afterwards in Whistler village.

Did anyone see the local sports coverage of the Medal Party at the Whyte's house here in Virden?  They are related to Jon, who is from Russell, and had a party to celebrate.

WOOOOOOOOOO John Montgomery has just won gold for Canada with a combined time of 3:29:73. Way to be Montgomery.

This is right after he knew he won.

Olympics

There was many exciting and nervous moments but Canada has beat Switzerland in a 3-2 shootout. It was 5 minutes into overtime when they called a shootout and then Crosby finally scored the winning goal.

"[I was] lucky to get a second crack at it, I'm glad to make the most of it" Crosby said after the game.

The Free-skating is on tonight too!
(www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid/=45815.html#canada+needs+shootout+defeat+switzerland)
P.S. This web sie should show some pictures! :)

olympics

This is Alexandre Bilodeau who won the first gold medal on Canadian surface. He won it last Sunday.

Alexandre Bilodeau won a gold medal in the mens moguls with a time of 23.17 and a total score of 26.75 so yay Canada. And whoever put that awesome picture of a Ferrari on the blog YAY!

Olympic Luge Athlete

A Georgia Luge athlete died on Friday after a doing a training race as his luge went from under him and he hit one of the steel columns.

FIRST GOLD GOES TO...................................ALEX BILODEAU

On Sunday February, 14 2010 history was made on Cypress Mountain, BC, Canada, as Canada's Alex Bilodeau took home the first ever gold medal on home soil in the Olympics. Everyone expected Jennifer Heil to win the first gold medal in woman's moguls. However it was the opposite gender but same sport that took home the gold. His brother Frédéric Bilodeau was born with cerebral palsy. Brother Alex said, "he is my insipration, and a differance maker in my life." The docter told Frédéric that he wouldn't walk after the age of 10, not only did he walk after 10 he was skiing the slops with his brother. Alex said,"On the days that I don't want to go train, I think of Frédéric and how he can't go train." There is 1 gold medal for Canada so far, but i know that there will be more to come.

Kyle Parrott of Minnedosa, Manitoba raced his first race on Monday, Febuary 15.

Alexandre Biloeau was Canada's first is gold metalist for Canada. He won his gold metal on Sunday, February 14.

Winners!

Alexandre Bilodeau got Canada's first gold last Sunday (Feb 14) in men's freestyle moguls. He was the first ever to win a gold medal when Canada was holding the Olympics. He had a great run! His first jump was a double twisting back flip, and his second was a back flip with an iron cross. He landed them both and his knees were tight together going around the moguls. Kristina Groves won a bronze on Sunday (Feb 14) in Speed Skating! She was competing in women's 3000 meters. Her time in this race was 4:04.82 seconds. I have watched a lot of the Olympics so far like moguls, figure skating (pairs), speed skating, and luge. I love to watch all of it!