The Ski & Snowboard team is off to a strong start, having competed in two league races so far this year. The girls are once again posting excellent results and are poised for a successful defense of their league championship.
On December 13th, Silvia was the sole female snowboarder racing on the hill. Despite a lack of competition, she had two excellent runs and won the day! Sisters Amelia and Rosie took 1st and 2nd place on the ski side, with Catarina rounding out the top three. York House took the top four spots and seven of the top 10.
Ski & Snowboard Team – January Race.
On January 11th, we had 19 racers on the hill (a record for YHS) and posted tremendous results again. Our snowboarders took the top five spots (well, there were only five snowboarders competing but…) with Joanna taking 1st place, Sophie taking 2nd, and Silvia rounding out the top 3. Our Grade 8 boarders (Cici and Selina) also had a strong first race of their YHS careers! In addition to taking 1st place at the race, Joanna has been chosen as the 1st alternate to the BC Slopestyle team for the 2015 Canada Games in February.
Our skiers again dominated, with Arizah taking 1st place, Meg taking 2nd, and Amelia rounding out the top three. The girls took the top six spots and seven of the top 10 with all our racers competing very well. In addition, Arizah and Meg would have finished 2nd and 3rd on the boys side, being bested by only one Saints racer!
The girls race again this Saturday on Blackcomb and then on the 30th of January before competing at the Zone Championships on February 16th.
Thanks for Mr. Dallman for his expert help with the snowboarders thus far in the season. See you on the hill!
Wow, what a finish! After losing to the number one seeded STA Fighting Saints on Thursday, the Tigers ended their season with two big wins. On Saturday, the Seniors defeated the OK Champions from Vernon to finish 5th at the AA BC’s. On Friday, the Tigers knocked off the North Central Champions from Duchess Park who were seeded 4th. YHS entered the tournament seeded 9th and defeated three zone champions which include: #8 seed and Fraser Valley Champions from Rick Hansen Secondary, lost to the #1 seed, the Lower Mainland Championships, STA, 69-44, then beat the #4 seed (Duchess Park Condors, 72-64) and beat the #6 seed to place 5th. This is an amazing result for our girls who were ranked 8-12 all year. Never once being considered in the top 6 during the season. To exceed expectations and perform at your best when it matters most is the ultimate measure of success. Congrats to the entire team including our first year coaches, Brandon Chan and former Tiger, Jesseca Eng ’10.
Congrats to Maddy for being named to the Tournament All-Star Team.
Congrats to our Grade 8 Tigers
Grade 8 Tigers
On Saturday, the girls lost to a big, fast and strong team from Langley, Lord Tweedsmuir and finished 4th in BC. A best ever finish for a YHS Grade 8 team.
After winning our LMISSGBA league Championship and compiling a season record of 22 wins with just 2 losses, the Tigers entered the BC’s facing the host Pitt Meadows. York House cruised to a 53-18 win. In game two the Tigers defeated Maple Ridge 28-21 reaching the final four. Then, our Gr 8 Tigers battled hard once again, but unfortunately lost to William A. Fraser. It was a close 2-4 pt game the entire way until the final three minutes when they hit a few big shots and we couldn’t answer. In our league we do not allow zone defenses but they do in the Fraser Valley and at the BCs. This was the first game this year we faced a zone defensive yet we did a very good job but it but still posed some challenges. WA Fraser went on to win the Grade 8 BC Championship.
On Saturday, playing for bronze, the Tigers were just physically outmatched by Lord Tweedsmuir. This is a talented group, but most impressive for their coaches this past week was how hard they competed. While we lost on Saturday, the girls really won the test of character. Congrats to all the girls and to Kristen for being named to the Tournament All-Star Team.
No school in BC can lay claim to the success that Sr. Tigers basketball has experienced over the past 17 years. Tigers Basketball Numbers:
17 consecutive years of placing 8th or higher, 16 consecutive years of placing 6th or higher as we only came 8th once, back in 1998.
16 of 17 years finishing the same or higher than they entered the tournament. One exception was 2007 when we entered as the #1 seed and finished 2nd – loss in OT in the final.
