Sports
MTS is regarded as one of the top sports schools in the city with multiple trips to OFSAA, WOSSA, and the city championships every year in all sports since opening in 2000.
The school has a football field called J.R. Regan Field which has a scoreboard. An 8-lane 400m track surrounds the field. There is also a smaller indoor track on the second floor. It has a separate soccer field usually used by the football team for practise. There are 3 indoor gymnasiums. Two can be put together to form 1 large one; two of them have gallery seating and bleachers. All 3 have multi-use scoreboards. There is also an aerobics room and a workout room.
Mother Teresa is best known for its Senior football team winning OFSAA in 2007 and 2009. Its Junior football team went undefeated at home since the school's opening until 2010 and winning the City Championship in 2008. Also its Hockey team has reached the city championships 7 years in a row, capturing the city title in 2007 and 2010 & 2012,they also capture Bronze at OFSSA in 2012 with a record of 6-1. The Mother Teresa girls soccer team also won the AAAA OFSAA Gold Medal in the spring of 2011. The girls were undefeated, going 7-0 in the regular season, 3-0 in the city playoffs and then 6-0 at OFSAA.
Mother Teresa is also known for volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis and track and field.
MTS student Alysha Newman is currently the country's high school scholastic record holder in the Pole Vault. Current Canadian Track and Field Champion and Ontario record holder, Gregory MacNeil, attended MTS, and now attends the University of Wisconsin.
Current TVRAA, WOSSA and OFSAA Senior Girls Cross Country Champion Jaclyn White attends MTS. In addition to these accomplishments with her school: Jaclyn White won the 2010 OTFA finals, and came in 17th in the Canadian Nationals. She was a member of the Track and Field Team.
Rival school in sports and in general is the Lucas Vikings and the CCH Crusaders
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