Tag: swimming

BASKETBALL
Last Thursday, January 30, our Grade 7 Tigers hosted Crofton House School, Mulgrave, and Stratford Hall for the inaugural Festivus Basketballus event; an event built to honour and recognize our late colleague, Megan Dalziel. The event was designed to give student-athletes the opportunity to display some of the amazing intangibles that Megan Dalziel brought to our gymnasium. Our hope was to witness qualities like intensity and skill being balanced against enthusiasm and sportsmanship. 

Each team played two games and participated in a lunch-hour shooting contest. Scores from the games were as follows:

Crofton House School 36 – York House School 11
Mulgrave School 38 – Stratford Hall 16
Crofton House School 45 – Mulgrave School 15
Stratford Hall 9 – York House School 18

The shooting contest had two teams from each school participate. The winning tandem came from Crofton House (28 points), followed by Stratford Hall (25 points), and Mulgrave (21 points). Although the Tigers did not have a team finish in the top three, our girls enjoyed the opportunity to shoot in front of such an enthusiastic crowd. Competing in such a pressured environment gave all of the participants a chance to test their mettle and see how much they do or do not enjoy that moment.

We were very pleased with our initial Festivus Basketballus. Our hope of building the foundation for a great event was realized. Many comments were made about the enjoyment the students had and how much the coaches felt appreciated. Thank you to our school administration (Julie Rousseau and Kathy Kealey) for supporting the event. Another thank you to Lesley McKnight, Eric Butler, and Adriano Catena for their involvement with logistics and officiating. We look forward to the growth of this event, enjoying the spirit of basketball, and continuing to celebrate and remember Megan Dalziel.

SWIM TEAM
On Thursday, February 6, the Swim Team is off to their third meet of the season, the WPGA Invitation Elementary Swim Meet. This meet is held at Watermania, in Richmond, and will give the girls another opportunity to experience competition in the water. Best of luck to all of our swimmers and a big thank you to our coaches Christine Lee, Carmelita Carlberg-Nangle, and shout out to our student coaches as well!

FESTIVUS BASKETBALLUS
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the inaugural Festivus Basketballus event to celebrate the great game of basketball on Thursday, January 30th, 2020.

Grade 7 teams from Crofton House School, Mulgrave, and Stratford Hall will join our YHS Tigers in Rand Gymnasium. All four schools play two games each and have the opportunity to participate in a shooting competition. 

Inspired by the spirit of Megan Dalziel, our former teacher and a basketball star in her own right, all teams will be expected to display skills, intensity, effort, sportsmanship, and of course, enthusiasm for the game of basketball. 

The first game will tip-off at 9:30 am, and the final game of the day will start at 2:15 pm. 

We hope that everyone has a great day and enjoys the competition and camaraderie. 

We hope that you can come out and cheer this event!

SWIM TEAM
In what seems like forever ago, the Swim Team participated in their first meet of the season on December 6 and 7 in the St. George’s Junior Invitational Swim Meet. The team did outstanding with YHS finishing in the top five at each grade level and second overall in the girls’ team category! 

• Grade 3 – 5th 
• Grade 4 – 1st 
• Grade 5 – 2nd 
• Grade 6 – 5th 
• Grade 7 – 2nd

Individually, we had many outstanding swims, and several of our swimmers finished with a top aggregate score. A special mention to Coco (Grade 3) and Ryan (Grade 5) for winning the top aggregate award in their respective grade levels.

• Grade 4: Coco – 1st, Kyla – 4th, Isabelle – 4th
• Grade 5: Ryan – 1st, Jaime – 5th
• Grade 6: Zyra – 6th
• Grade 7: Charlotte – 6th

Early next week, on Tuesday, January 28, the team will be heading to Watermania in Richmond to compete in the Beth Heras Memorial Relays Meet. It is a fun meet hosted by Southpointe School, and the girls always look forward to it.

BASKETBALL
In our second week back following the Winter Break, all three Junior School teams have played a game. The Grade 5s hosted Southpointe Academy on Monday. Playing 5 on 5 on such a large court was a great experience for both teams and will serve them well in the future. On Tuesday, the Grade 7 team travelled to WPGA for our third league game of the season. Unfortunately, the Tigers came up short, losing 23 – 13, but the game was closely contested until early in the 4th quarter. Our team is rapidly improving, and they are looking forward to competing in the Cavs Classic tournament at Collingwood on Friday, January 24. The Grade 6 team hosted Fraser Academy on Wednesday. It was the team’s third game of the season and the improvement from the beginning of the season is evident as the team scored a big victory, posting well over 30 points!