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Since Sun Youth and its sports teams were founded in 1954, thousands of people have taken part in its activities. Many of them have developed long-term friendships or a passion for coaching, and some have pursued professional careers in sports. Many former Sun Youth athletes have gone on to university. Philippe Labrecque, a former football […]

The Sun Youth Hornets summer basketball program is well under way with participations in several tournaments such as the Elite Basketball Skills Academy Crossover Challenge and the Saint-Laurent Express Tournament (both of which our U12 won). Summer basketball also means participating in tournaments beyond Quebec’s borders such as the Zero Gravity Basketball Tournament in Boston […]

Sun Youth Bantam AAA coach Rodney Skerritt was recently named coach of the year in the Montreal Basketball League (MBL) in which the organization’s Hornets teams compete. This was a great honour for Sun Youth and for Skerritt for whom it was the second time receiving this award. Rodney Skerritt is also the Basketball Coordinator […]

THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE!!!! People please don’t miss this last opportunity to see the Hornets play at Baron Byng.  This weekend we have five games over Saturday and Sunday. If you ever played for us or even just played pick up in our gym come out and give this historic court the goodbye it deserves. […]

Fans were treated to a fantastic 38th Sun Youth Basketball Holiday Classic, December 20th to 23rd, with several teams making their mark. For a second year in a row, St-Laurent High School welcomed young athletes to its gym. For the first time this year, the tournament was broadcast live on Sun Youth’s Facebook page so […]

Shawn Bowen is one of the many volunteers who make the Sun Youth Hornets basketball program possible. While Father’s Day was celebrated in June, here at Sun Youth we think that fathers (and mothers too!) should be celebrated year-round for everything they do. Meet Shawn Bowen, one of our Hornets basketball coaches who manages to […]