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Junior Tigers Update: February 9, 2023

BASKETBALL:
It has been a tremendous season for our four basketball teams. After playing in several exhibition games both our Grade 5 and Grade 6 teams will be heading to their respective ISEA Basketball Playdays next week. The Grade 5 team will travel with their coaches (Ms. Kanavos and Ms. Anthony) over to Mulgrave School on Tuesday, February 14. The Tigers will be divided into four teams and each will participate in an awesome basketball event that will include over 225 players from 14 schools! No doubt the Tigers will roar, and then head home for a well-deserved rest. The Grade 6 Tigers, led by Mr. Bester, will be participating in the ISEA Playday at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Wednesday, February 15. This premier venue has been the site of many ISEA events, and we are super excited to return after a two-year hiatus. Good luck Tigers!

Our two Grade 7 teams have their final league games next Monday, February 13. This will be our final home game of the school year, and we hope lots of fans come out and cheer! Both teams are jockeying for a good position in the league standings as we prepare for the ISEA Tournaments on Thursday, February 23. On that day, the 7B team will be playing at WPGA and the 7A will be travelling over to Collingwood School. Good luck to our Grade 7s!

SWIM TEAM:
After our start date was delayed, the Swim Team finally got their practices underway on January 9. It was a wonderful start, and we are thankful for everyone’s patience. However, the late start meant we had to be very organized and prepared as the first meet took place on January 23, and that was followed by our second swim meet on February 3. Thank goodness for our coaches who had our athletes well organized and prepared. The students had a great time, swimming fast, learning protocols and cheering each other onwards and upwards. As a team, the Tigers placed exceptionally well, finishing second overall in both meets. The season wraps up next week with the ISEA Swimming Championships on Thursday, February 16 at Watermania in Richmond.

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Senior Tigers Update: February 2, 2023

TIGERS SKIERS & SNOWBOARDERS DOMINATE THE PODIUM:
Our Tigers Ski and Snowboarding Team continues to grow in popularity and continues the tradition of success since the start of the program in 2006-07 school year. 

This year, over 35 students are involved on the team attended competitive ski and snowboard races hosted by Blackcomb Mountain. YHS has a tendency to dominate the leaderboard and the podium finishes routinely place multiple racers in the top 10.

During the Jan 25th meet, race times were mixed together with a Fraser Valley league and YHS skiers and boarders still had incredible results. Congratulations to Lyra for placing second overall in snowboard and Macy for placing fourth. Congratulations to Maddie for winning gold in the ski race with Sarah taking silver and Alexa placing fourth. The Tigers placed six in the top 10.

Our Vancouver Sea to Sky Zone Championships take place February 10 at Blackcomb Mountain. The BC Championships run February 27, 28, and March 1 at Sun Peaks Resort in Kamloops. 

A huge thank you goes out to our committed YHS coaching staff, Mr. Lum and Ms. Matthews. Thank you as well to YHS staff who help out with supervision on those days when we have so many students on the mountain: Ms. Brennan, Mr. Cosgrove, and Ms. Baldissera.

TIGERS BASKETBALL UPDATE:
Our Senior Tigers are a young team who have had a great season. The team has been very dependent on several Grade 10s who could be playing Junior basketball rather than Senior. They have been a fun, committed team all season and have improved tremendously. Credit must go to the positive leadership of our one and only Grade 12, Jordan.

The entire team, along with their coaches, recognize that this is a year for growth and improvement and have all been very supportive of one another. The improvement has been very obvious from the first few games in November and December to the past few weeks.

The Tigers defeated Windsor (North Vancouver) and Burnaby Mountain Secondary to reach the final of the Britannia Bruins Tournament. Britannia beat YHS in the final 81-45. This past weekend, our Senior Tigers placed fourth at the annual VGBA Tournament hosted at Langara College. YHS defeated Kitsilano Secondary 62-25, then lost to top 10 ranked AAAA Churchill before facing off against Britannia for third place. Britannia edged the Tigers 56-50 in a game YHS led for most of the second half. That result alone show the steady growth of this team. Congratulations to Jordan for being named a VGBA Tournament All-Star. Thank you to coaching staff Mr. Cosgrove, YHS alum Erin All ‘02, and Mr. Ben Dove.

Our Junior Tigers have faced several challenges this season with a small roster and seeing so many Grade 10 players promoted to the Senior Team. As a result, the small Junior Team roster has battled throughout the year and has shown tremendous resilience and improvement. This past week, the Junior Tigers lost a close battle with Churchill and then defeated John Oliver to place third at the VGBA tournament at Langara. The Tigers lost a heartbreaking 47-46 game vs Little Flower Academy this week, highlighting how much this young team has improved. Congratulations to these players and thank you to coaches Ms. Virginia Watson and Ms. Denise Busayong.

Our Grade 8 Tigers have had a great season and are currently sitting in third place in our Lower Mainland Independent School league. They are an enthusiastic and athletic group who have improved so much during the year. League playoffs for our Junior and Senior Teams start next week with our Grade 8 playoffs the following week.

Jordan and Alexa receiving their All-Star awards