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Senior Tigers Update: October 20, 2022

Varsity Field Hockey Qualify for AA BC Championships
This week, our Varsity Field Hockey Team defeated Notre Dame 9-0 and then defeated North Shore #2 Windsor 4-2 to earn a spot in the Vancouver Sea to Sky Zone Championship semi-finals vs Little Flower Academy on Friday, October 21. Those victories propel the Tigers to the 2022 AA BC Championships which are held November 2-3-4 in Victoria, BC.

YHS is the defending AA BC Champions but after graduating seven players from the Varsity roster, this young Tigers team is thrilled to be returning to the BCs.

Varsity Field Hockey
Varsity Field Hockey

Senior Field Hockey Keeps Winning
Our Senior Tigers just keep on winning as they compete in our LMISSAA Senior Division league. This past week, YHS defeated LFA Senior Team 4-2. October 21-22, the Senior Tigers will travel to Shawnigan Lake School to Compete at the ISA Tournament. Good Luck!

Senior Field Hockey
Senior Field Hockey

Swim Team Repeat as ISA Champions
Our Tigers swimmers compete at the ISA Championship meet on Thursday, October 13 at Watermania. Excellent performances all around by our swimmers and YHS took home the ISA Swim Championship yet again.

Swim Team: ISA Champs
Swim Team: ISA Champs

Tigers Volleyball Win Silver at Westerns
During one of the busiest sporting weeks in recent memory at YHS, the Senior Volleyball Team played host to the WCISVC for the first time since 2008. The tournament was a huge success on and off the court as the Tigers took home silver medals losing a tough final match to LFA in a packed gym at YHS. 

This event is about more than just volleyball and the experiences from this past week will last much longer than the final placings. A huge thank you to so many people who helped run this event.

 

 

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Senior Tigers Update: October 6, 2022

TIGERS FALL SEASON UPDATES:

  • Senior Volleyball Team defeated St. Pat’s and Crofton House in league play, but lost to Litte Flower Academy. Senior Volleyball remains ranked #2 in AA in BC.
  • Cross-Country star, Grade 8 Lily, won bronze at ISA Cross-Country Championships.
  • Varsity Field Hockey tied LFA 1-1 and has lost two very close games to Crofton House.
  • Senior Field Hockey defeated CHS 4-0 to open the season
  • Junior Volleyball participated at Douglas College Tournament and is currently 1-1 in league play.
  • Swim Team competed at a mini-meet hosted by St. George’s.
Senior Field Hockey defeated CHS 4-0 to open the season

The “Westerns” Come to York House
October 12-13-14-15
Games at YHS and LFA
Tournament Schedule

In 1972, the Western Canadian Independent Schools Volleyball Championships (WCISVC) was established by Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School in Okotoks, Alberta. STS Head of School, Sandy Heard, along with Spartan Coach Brad Kilb and other coaches like York House School’s own Jandi Johnstone (Jandi Fraser), had a vision for this event. The very first tournament was held in December 1972. In the early years, the tournament was always held either at STS, YHS or College Mathieu in Gravelbourg, Sask. In more recent years, the tournament has been on a rotation between ten, then eight teams who consistently participate. In 1977 the Spirit Award was introduced to reflect this focus on sportsmanship.

This tournament, known as the “Westerns”, brings together independent school teams from across the western provinces. The tournament ran every single year from 1972 until 2020 when a global pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 tournaments. This year, 2022, marks the return of this long-standing tradition.

The WCISVC was developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to:

  • Play volleyball consistent with their level of development
  • Enjoy the competition while adhering to the rules of volleyball and the spirit of sportsmanship
  • Share a cultural exchange with volleyball players from the four western provinces
  • Develop the fellowship and friendship that evolve in a situation where athletes live together and share experiences outside of volleyball.

The WCISVC has impacted thousands of players over the past 50 years and those players look back fondly at these experiences. This year, more student-athletes get to create more memories and play volleyball at the “westerns” hosted by York House School in Vancouver, BC.

York House Tigers are the defending WCISVC Champions having won the Spartan Cup in October 2019. Those 2019 YHS Tigers also went on to win the 2019 AA Provincial Championships. Six players on that 2019 YHS Tigers Team went on to play post-secondary volleyball.

  • Natalie Davidson #13: U of Toronto
  • Chloe Ng #4: University of Minnesota
    and photos below (L-R):
  • Claire Stewart: Western Mustangs
  • Emily Tsiandoulas: Western Mustangs
  • Akash Grewal: UBC Thunderbirds
  • Sophie Fernback: Guelph Gryphons