{"id":51076,"date":"2025-08-07T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/51076\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T03:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:25:09","slug":"montreal-carabins-player-joseph-gingras-dead-at-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/51076\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Carabins player Joseph Gingras dead at 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Joseph-Gingras.jpg\" data-caption=\"Photo: Montreal Carabins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Joseph-Gingras-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Joseph Gingras\"\/><\/a>Photo: Montreal Carabins<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Gingras, an incoming defensive back for the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al Carabins, died on Tuesday night at the age of 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph was a determined young man with an impeccable work ethic,\u201d said Carabins head coach Marco\u00a0Iadeluca in a statement. \u201cWe are losing an incredible person we were just beginning to discover, it is infinitely sad. We will never forget his time with us. My thoughts are with his family, his teammates and those around him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gingras signed with the Carabins in December following a four-year collegiate career at C\u00e9gep de Saint-Hyacinthe Laureates and helped the team win two Division II Bol d\u2019Or titles. He was set to report for Carabins training camp this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saddened by this terrible news that has shaken our extended family,\u201d said Carabins and CEPSUM executive director Manon Simard. \u201cJoseph represented the commitment and dedication that student-athletes must demonstrate on a daily basis. Our hearts go out to his family and everyone around him. We will ensure that we provide the necessary support to the members of our organization to get through this terrible ordeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school indicated that grief counselling has been made available to student-athletes and staff as a result of Gingras\u2019 death, the cause of which remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph\u2019s departure is a shockwave for the entire organization,\u201d said Carabins director of athletic excellence William Moylan. \u201cWe have lost a young man who was already loved by all and who made an immediate impact upon his arrival on campus. I would like to offer my condolences to his family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Carabins finished the 2024 regular season with a 7-1 record before losing the Dunsmore Cup to the Laval Rouge et Or by a score of 22-17. The school has won two Vanier Cups, three Uteck Bowls, one Mitchell Bowl, and five Dunsmore Cups since the program was reinstated in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s note: the quotes featured in this article were translated from French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Montreal Carabins Joseph Gingras, an incoming defensive back for the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al Carabins, died on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-51076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}