Men's Basketball News
Blazers Men's Basketball Add Araya on the Outside
The CMU Men's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Isaiah Araya for the 2023-24 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The former Miles Mac standout will add length to the guard positions for the Blazers this season.
A graduate of Miles Macdonell Collegiate in 2020, Araya has been studying at the University of Manitoba here in Winnipeg to start his post-secondary education, but the thought of playing college basketball has always been placed in the back of his mind, and he's now decided to come through on that dream. Despite his relatively lengthy 6'3" height, Araya has slotted in as point guard or shooting guard throughout his high school and club career, possessing the ball handling talent and game sense needed to control play from the outside. In his senior year, Araya helped his high school Buckeyes to an undefeated record in the MHSAA "AAAA" KPAC division, taking home the division title during their incredible run, and would have entered the Provincial Championships as the 7th seed in Manitoba had the tournament not been cancelled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Araya brings with him plenty of big game experience, with his Buckeyes also having won the Sturgeon Heights Tournament in his final high school season, and played to finals appearances at the Winnipeg Invitational Tournament and the Miles Mac Tournament as the hosts. He picked up all-star recognition at the Sturgeon and Winnipeg Invitationals en route to being named a KPAC all-star and MHSAA graduating all-star.
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Men's Basketball Ink Castaneda to Open 2023-24 Recruiting Class
The CMU Men's Basketball program is very pleased to announce the commitment of Derian Castaneda for the 2023-24 MCAC and NIAC seasons. The Garden City Collegiate product will bring a developed well-rounded game to the Blazers, and will be able to slot into the lineup in a number of different positions for the squad.
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Blazers Hand Out Hardware at the 2023 Green & Gold Banquet
Blazers Athletics celebrated the 2022/23 season at their annual Green & Gold Banquet held in the Great Hall at Canadian Mennonite University this past Tuesday, handing out awards for academics, athletic excellence, and good works, while sharing stories of the season's successes on and off the field of play.
This year the Blazers took home one MCAC Championship, that being the women's basketball team's fifth consecutive provincial title, and the team went on to a finals appearance at the NIAC Championships a week later. All eight Blazer teams, including women's and men's futsal made final four appearances at MCAC Championships, with both the men's volleyball and basketball teams making finals as well. The Blazers men's volleyball team peaked at the eighth spot in the CCAA National Volleyball Rankings in mid-February; the highest ranking an MCAC team has achieved in the conference's history thus far over its two years of full participation in the CCAA.
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Blazers wrap up their 2022/23 seasons
With MCAC and NIAC Championships all completed, the dust has finally settled on the 2022/23 varsity seasons, which gives us reason to take a look at some highlights of the past six months.
Blazers soccer started the season in September as always, and both teams came out of the gate a bit slowly waiting until their first matchups with the Assiniboine Community College Cougars in week two to pick up points on the season.
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Blazers Teams Getting Set for Championships
It's another busy weekend for Blazers Athletics as championship season begins for basketball while futsal and volleyball look to finish their seasons strong.
Canadian Mennonite University's Loewen Athletic Centre will be the location for the upcoming 2022/23 MCAC Basketball Championships, which start on Friday night with semi-finals set for 6:00 and 8:00 ahead of the main event on Sunday night.
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