Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Athletics

Athletics

QECVI's sports teams are known as the "Raiders" and participate in a wide variety of sports. Its teams have had recent success in Basketball, Rugby, Girls Hockey and Baseball. QECVI, in recent years has seen success in the sport of Rugby having won three KASSAA rugby championships since 2004 and most recently being ranked #5 in OFSAA A/AA Rugby after winning their third EOSSAA championships. In 2009, Queen Elizabeth Collegiate did not field a football team and the first time in history that the high school did not have fall sports for boys. In the 2009-2010 rugby season,QECVI's senior boy's rugby team finished 3rd in KASSAA standings with a 4-2 record, with a 17-3 defeat over Holy Cross Crusaders in the quarterfinals and 14-7 win over 2nd placed Bayridge, the Raiders looked poised to win a second consecutive KASSAA Rugby Championship, but fell short 17-13 to the rival Napanee Golden Hawks, but went on to defeat South Grenville to win the EOSSAA A/AA Rugby Championship, they failed to win at OFSAA. QECVI's junior boys rugby won only one game failing to make the playoffs with a record of 1-5 . Girls' Rugby was introduced to the school after a failure to form a team after trying for the previous two years,although only in exhibition play.

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