Sacred Heart Catholic High School (Newmarket) - Sports and Athletics

Sports and Athletics

Sacred Heart Catholic High School's sports teams are known as the Crusaders. The school's mascot is Corky, a lovable knight dressed in armor, who is known for his playful and sometimes absurd attitude while attending Crusader home games.

Sacred Heart competes in a variety of different sports including:

• Boys'/Girls' Basketball
• Boys'/Girls' Soccer
• Boys'/Girls' Hockey
• Boys'/Girls' Volleyball
• Boys'/Girls' Rugby
• Cross Country Running
• Track and Field
• Tennis
• Ultimate
• Swimming
• Golf
• Curling
• Rock Climbing
• Sepak Takraw
• Softball
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Segway Polo

Sacred Heart has found the most athletic success in the sport of basketball. Over the past seventeen years, the Crusaders (both boys' and girls' teams) have won a total of 10 York Region Athletic Association (YRAA) championships. Six of those championships have been won in the last nine years.

Sacred Heart has also won numerous championships in cross country and track and field, including winning the overall York Region championship six years in a row in cross country as well as four OFSAA championships in the past 5 years.

The Varsity Girls Curling Team won the York Region Athletic Association (YRAA) Championships in the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons.

Girls rugby is one of Sacred's most succssful teams qualifying for the 2012 OFSAA Championships with an undefeated YRAA record.

The Boys Senior Golf team finished 1st in the YRAA in 2012 and qualified for the 2012 OFSAA Championships.

The school also has a popular Ski & Snowboard Club which has weekly ski trips to Horseshoe Resort and an annual trip to places like Vermont and the West Coast.