Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute
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Westgate Collegiate & Vocational Institute is a Canadian
high school
in Thunder Bay
, Ontario
. It is one of four secondary schools in the Lakehead Public Schools system. The south end of the school is two-story with the rest of the school one floor. Surrounded by hallways, in the center of the school lies a courtyard where some spring and fall activities are held. In the late 80's, Westgate underwent a renovation which brought the blue-roofed music wing to the front of the school.
The school team is the Westgate Tigers.
, Canadian football
, basketball
, volleyball
, track and field
, cross country running
, soccer, golf
, cross country skiing, tennis
, badminton
, curling
, wrestling
, and cheerleading
. Westgate's Cycling team has won 10 SSSAA titles in a row. In 2006, Westgate's Senior and Junior Football Teams won the SSSAA championship with the Seniors going to Toronto to compete in the OFSAA Northern Bowl. This was the school's first junior SSSAA football championship in 25 years. In 2007, Westgate's Senior Football team successfully defended their SSSAA title and the team won the Northern Bowl, a first for the school.
During the 2007-2008 school year, Westgate's Parkour and Free Running Club was founded by Ethan Gillingham and James Peotto. They won the Thunder Bay Free Running Championship - Amateur division title, and represented the city in Timmins for the Provincial title, where they finished 6th.
In the 2008-2009 season, the senior boys basketball team put forth a Hoosiers-esque season and won the city title for the first time in 33 years. The Westgate cross country running
team is the two time defending SSSAA champions, led by their fearless leader, Matthew Vis.
Canada
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high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It is one of four secondary schools in the Lakehead Public Schools system. The south end of the school is two-story with the rest of the school one floor. Surrounded by hallways, in the center of the school lies a courtyard where some spring and fall activities are held. In the late 80's, Westgate underwent a renovation which brought the blue-roofed music wing to the front of the school.
The school team is the Westgate Tigers.
History
The ground was broken on February 17, 1959 for a new secondary school in the west end of Fort William, Ontario. After a year and four months the school had been completed. It cost approximately $1,600,000 at the time to build.Athletics
Westgate is home to an extensive athletics department. Students can compete in cyclingCycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
, Canadian football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, soccer, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, cross country skiing, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
. Westgate's Cycling team has won 10 SSSAA titles in a row. In 2006, Westgate's Senior and Junior Football Teams won the SSSAA championship with the Seniors going to Toronto to compete in the OFSAA Northern Bowl. This was the school's first junior SSSAA football championship in 25 years. In 2007, Westgate's Senior Football team successfully defended their SSSAA title and the team won the Northern Bowl, a first for the school.
During the 2007-2008 school year, Westgate's Parkour and Free Running Club was founded by Ethan Gillingham and James Peotto. They won the Thunder Bay Free Running Championship - Amateur division title, and represented the city in Timmins for the Provincial title, where they finished 6th.
In the 2008-2009 season, the senior boys basketball team put forth a Hoosiers-esque season and won the city title for the first time in 33 years. The Westgate cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team is the two time defending SSSAA champions, led by their fearless leader, Matthew Vis.
Feeder Schools
Westgate's feeder schools include:- Crestview Public School
- Kakabeka Falls Public School
- Kingsway Park Public School
- Nor'wester View Public School
- Valley Central Public School
- Westmount Public School
- Whitefish Valley Public School