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Ski & Snowboard Team Update

Ski & Snowboard Team after their race on Friday, Jan 30, 2015.
Ski & Snowboard Team after their race on Friday, Jan 30 (the smallest team they’ve had out this year).

The Ski & Snowboard Team have just finished their last regular season competition. Here’s a recap from Coach Ruse:

While conditions have been anything but good this year, the girls have maintained the tradition of York House skiing by dominating all our league races. The girls raced again on Friday, Jan. 30th and looked great. Sophie was the lone boarder but lay down a remarkable run and looks poised to defend her zone championship from last year. The skiers were again solid, with Rosie taking the day, followed by Arizah, Meg, and Amelia. It was also cool to see the different grades building relationships as this is one of the few sports where all the grades compete together.

We have our Zone Championships on Feb 16th and will be fielding the largest team we’ve ever had (25 girls!). We then compete in a TerrainGS competition on the 20th of February in preparation for the TerrainGS that will happen at Provincials.

Chris Ruse
Coach

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Tigers at VGBA Langara Challenge

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Senior Tigers

The injury riddled Sr. Tigers battled hard this past weekend at the VGBA Langara Challenge winning two games over J.O. and Magee after a tough opening round overtime loss to Killarney.

In the 97-91 overtime loss to Killarney, Brianna had a career high 31 pts, joining a select few Tigers to score over 30 pts in a single game.

On Saturday, it was Gina who had a great game, recording a double double with 26pts and a career high 20 rebounds in a dominating 72-29 win over Magee. Gina came just two rebounds shy of equaling a YHS varsity record of 22 rebounds in a single game.

Brianna was named to the tournament All-Star Team. Congratulations also go to Manpreet and Sophie who earned $500 VGBA scholarships for their post secondary education.

Big Kahuna Cup - 26th Street Tournament
Sr. Tigers Host the
Big Kahuna Cup – 26th St. Tournament
Feb 5, 6, 7 at YHS

The Sr. Tigers have a week off of games before they host many of BC’s best AA teams in the 17th annual 26th St. Tournament at York House, sponsored by Big Kahuna Athletic Supply.

Junior Tigers

The Jr. Tigers had a great weekend defeating Killarney, Notre Dame and then Crofton House to earn a spot in the VGBA Langara Challenge Jr. Championship game vs. Kits. The Tigers started out on fire and built a 12 pt lead but second half foul trouble opened the door to a Kits comeback. The Kits Jr.’s are all grade 10’s and led by a 6’2 provincial team player, clawed back and tied the game in the final 5 minutes. The Tigers fought hard but had to settle for 2nd place. Still a great weekend for the Tigers.

Kristen was named tot he Tournament All-Star Team.

Next up for the Jr. Tigers are their ISA Championships Jan 30-31 hosted by CHS.

David Prissinotti
Sr. Athletics Director