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Tigers Update

The Junior Volleyball Team played in their first tournament at the end of September. Here is the play by play from Coach Lisa: The first match was against the home team Seaquam Seahawks where the girls worked through a few nerves to split the match. Yasmin and Erin led the team with composure and consistency. Whiterock Christian Academy was next and Lauren played extremely well on both defense and offense digging some great balls and setting her hitters up for kills! The final round robin match was against a stronger North Surrey opponent where we were down but Gabriella played amazingly well with serve after serve! We lost the set but won the split! The net play of Louise was instrumental throughout the tournament to boost the team every time she was in the front row! After playing three well fought matches the girls were in a three way tie for second and our point ratio solidified second place! Both liberos, Ishira and Fraser, stepped up switching in and out and doing a fantastic defensive job. The team lost their playoff match to a stronger McRobert’s team from Richmond but still played well through the entire weekend. Erin had a terrific weekend with offensive points recorded with serving, blocking and attacking. Way to go Erin!
Lisa Ramsey
Jr. Volleyball Coach

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Sr. Volleyball Team on the Island
Sr. Volleyball Team on the Island

Senior Volleyball
The team played their first complete (from a skills/mental perspective) match of the season the afternoon of October 2nd and were rewarded with a 3-0 victory over Crofton. It was an impressive performance. Be sure to congratulate the girls when you see them around – they deserve it! The weekend of September 28/29 the team played in a tournament on the Island. They lost an extremely close game to a strong Timberline (AAA) team. They went on to win a decisive bronze medal game against Elgin Park. Siobhan and Tanis both received all-stars. We have home games in Monday and Tuesday this week (4pm start) against St. Pats and Notre Dame, so come on out and cheer them on!

The Swim Team is heading to the ISA tournament on Tuesday, and our Grade 8 Volleyball team plays Notre Dame on Thursday. Field Hockey goes up against Crofton House this week. The Juniors play on Tuesday, and the Seniors play on Wednesday.

What a busy week in sports!

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Cross Country at the Junior School

Jr. School Cross Country
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Have you noticed YHS Junior girls running at nearby parks or around Shaughnessy School? They are members of the YHS Junior Cross-Country team hard at work training for the upcoming ISEA Championship.

The cross-country season is off to a great start at YHS. This year we have 43 girls (Grade 3-7) on the team and a record number of staff coaches from a wide spectrum of our school staff: Kimberley Ryerson, Lisa Tomlinson, and Kiera Pearkes from the Little School, Danielle Neer, Sandra Richardson, Madeleine Abbott, Monica Regan, 

Celine Foucher, Sheilagh Martin, Lela Ling, and Jason Camp from the Junior School, Alison Waterhouse from the Senior School and Karm K. from the Media & Technology Department.

We are also fortunate to have a group of fantastic parent helpers who play an active role in coaching and supervision (Kathyrn Palumbo, Gail Ooi, Jonathan Aitken and Gavin Forsyth).

The girls are well into their training program and are making great progress as they prepare for the ISEA Cross-Country Championship, October 30th at Quilchena Park. At the ISEAs, athletes from each grade will try to achieve a personal best, but also compete together on individual grade teams and as a whole school team. The ISEA championship is a wonderful day for young athletes to feel rewarded for their hard work and dedication throughout the season and to unite together as a school team.

The cross-country running program is the first YHS team sport Grade 3 students are eligible to join and they are very enthusiastic Tigers! Some of our Grade 7 team members have been on the team since Grade 3! The Grade 7 team members are fantastic role models and athletes who inspire our younger members.

As part of the preparation for the ISEAs, cross-country team members have been competing in several races held throughout the Lower Mainland. At this point, the YHS Tigers have competed in the Pinetree Classic at Mundy Park in Coquitlam on a beautiful fall Saturday (September 21st), and most recently in the South Fraser Cross-Country Race at Bear Creek Park in Surrey, on a very wet September 28th. These were very competitive races and the YHS girls competed with true Tiger spirit not only on the racecourse, but also on the sidelines as they cheered for their fellow team members.

Click here for more photos taken from the last two Saturday races. Many thanks to the coaches, parent helpers and families for supporting the YHS Junior Cross-Country Team.

Go Tigers!

Lela Ling
Head Coach