Category: Athletics

Posted on

YHS & Saints are the Spring Reign 2011 Champions

The Senior Ultimate team travelled to Burlington, Washington on April 29th to compete in Spring Reign, the largest highschool mixed ultimate tournament in North America. The girls from York House and the boys from Saint Georges have had a successful season so far in Vancouver with no losses and mostly easy wins, but the American schools made the team step-up their game.

On Saturday the team faced two schools from Washington State and one from Idaho, finishing the day with two wins and one loss. The 2-1 record placed the team in the Championship bracket, and Sunday started with the quarter-final game against the Vancouver team from Kitsalano. After a close win against Kits, and another close win in the semi-finals the team progressed to the final game against Ballard, a Seattle highschool. With the scored tied at 10-10 the hard time cap horn went, so the final point would be carried out, and the team to score the point would take victory. After turnovers by both teams, the final huck went up by Greg Moore to Mira Donaldson who caught the disc for the win.

The team competes in the Vancouver City Championships on May 7th and hopes to take home gold in the Provincial Championships at Burnaby Lake on the May 14th weekend.

David Riendl
Coach

Posted on

Tigers Enjoying a Banner Year

YHS enjoying the best ever season in high school sports

The highly coveted title of Provincial Champion is something that doesn’t come along every year. To win a BCSS sanctioned Provincial Championship is a major highlight for any BC school.

Since 1999, York House had enjoyed many BCSS sanctioned titles which included 7 in AA basketball and 2 for alpine skiing.

Nine ‘blue banners’ in 12 years is a great feat.

The 2010-11 school year is one for the record books at YHS with three Tigers teams winning BCSS sanctioned Provincial Championships in one school year.

November 2010: Tigers Swim team took home the Girls Aquatics Championship.

March 2011: Tigers Alpine Ski Team won our 3rd Skiing Championship.

March 2011: Tigers Varsity Basketball Team won the AA basketball championship for our school’s 8th AA basketball title.

It has already been an amazing year for Tigers teams as it is doubtful any school in BC, has won three BCSS championships this year.

Two girls, Ava and Christina, both Grade 11’s, were a part of two winning teams; the Swim Team and Sr. Basketball Team.

With spring sports still ongoing, the Tigers do have a good shot at the BC Ultimate title but ultimate Frisbee is not a BCSS sanctioned sport as not enough schools in BC compete in ultimate. Therefore, if the Tigers ultimate team does win, we can celebrate a 4th BC championship but it will not be a BCSS sanctioned event and not come with the highly coveted ‘blue banner.’

David Prissinotti
Athletics Director