Sports
The school team name, common throughout all sports, is the "Rebels". Georgetown teams have won numerous Halton county titles, GHAC titles and OFSAA titles throughout its history. A total of 61 OFSAA titles since the early 1970s has made the "Rebels" the winningest school in OFSAA sport history.
Georgetown is currently most notable for their swimming team, which has consistently placed in the top 3 or won the OFSAA championships. The Rebel swim program has won 32 OFSAA titles starting in 1981.The Rebels are the current OFSAA champions (2012) and have won the last four overall titles. In 2012 the Rebels surpassed W.C. Kennedy of Windsor as the most successful team in OFSAA Sport history
The Cross Country team held dominance in the late 70's and 80's taking eighteen titles. While wrestling, volleyball, archery and Track & Field have also won at the OFSAA level.
The Rebel team colors are red, white and blue. The former symbol of the 'Rebels' teams were the southern confederate flag. The flag was removed in the 90s because of threats of lawsuit brought on charges of discrimination but the name 'Rebels' remains.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)