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Swim Team Finishes 2nd at Provincials

Swim Team at the Provincial Championships at Watermania, Richmond.
Swim Team at the Provincial Championships at Watermania, Richmond.

After two days of stiff competition, the York House swimmers finished in second place at Provincials! It was a whole team effort to achieve this result from 14 different swimmers (including the last minute addition of Fiona on the morning of day two!)

The team represented York House so well and exemplified the true nature of what being a team player is all about.

Thank you to our teacher superfans who came out to support us: Kara “I-Never-Stop-Smiling” McDonald, Jonathan “I’m-Here-To-Shake-My-Pom-Poms” Lee (along with a teething Hunter) and David “I’d-Fly-To-The-Ends-of-The-Earth-To-Support-A-Yorkie-Athlete” Prissinotti (as well as some amazing parents).

Here are the race results from the finals today:
RELAYS:
2 Silvers, Bronze, 10th, 12th, 13th,14th, 2 x15th

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
Lizzie – Bronze
Lauren – 5th
Christine – 9th
Nicole – 15th

List of the other members on the Provincial team:
Marissa
Amanda
Emma
Esther
Rachel
Emily
Jacqueline
Melinda
Alicia
Fiona

Thanks for everyone’s support!
Shannon Harrigan, Christine Bernier, Danielle Tognetti & Laura Sze
Coaches

Huge THANK YOU to Shannon and Christine… and our Alum Coaches, Danielle and Laura.

It’s a big job, lots of hours and early mornings on top if all the other things going on at school. They did an amazing job!

Thank you to those who came out to support the team. Everyone is busy and treasures their weekend but the girls sure appreciate seeing support as this team never gets to practice or compete at home at YHS.

This is 6 consecutive seasons placing top 2 in BC. We got beat by a a huge school and very strong team from Oak Bay in Victoria.

Next year we should be right back in the hunt.

TIGERS SWIM TEAM
2014 – 2nd
2013 1st
2012 1st
2011 1st
2010 1st
2009 2nd

David Prissinotti
Sr. Athletics Director

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Busy Weekend for the Tigers

Sr. Volleyball Brings Home Spartan Cup

Sr. Volleyball Team with the Spartan Cup
Sr. Volleyball Team with the Spartan Cup

Congratulations to the Sr. Volleyball Team for winning their 2nd straight Spartan cup at the Western Canadian Independent Schools Volleyball Championship (WCISVC) this Saturday. The tournament was held in Wilcox, Saskatchewan from October 15-18.

The girls played very good volleyball and went through the round robin matches undefeated. On Saturday morning the team had two starters (Michelle and Alex) writing the PSATs, so we went into our semi-finals with Blair and Erin, our two Grade 10s, starting. They played very well, leading to a victory over Crofton.

For the final, the team played against Rundle College. Rundle played extremely well defensively and executed their game plan to perfection. We won the first set relatively easily but then lost a tight second to set up a third winner-takes-all set.

We started the game off down 3-0 in a game to 15 and switched sides down 8-4! We struggled to find our groove and found ourselves down 12-9. The girls never panicked and took the time to re-centre themselves and focus on their goal. They went back and Michelle served us back to 12-12 before losing a point to make it 13-12 for Rundle with one of their top servers on the line. She served well but we managed to get a key kill from Kaleigh. Amelia then went back and served two outstanding serves to get the team a 15-13 win!

Dayna was recognized as the top blocker in the tournament, Siobhan was an honourable mention in the same category, and Kaleigh and Siobhan were in the running for top hitters. Kaleigh was named our team and tournament MVP – a well deserved award.

Overall, this was one of the strongest tournaments in years and the girls worked very hard to bring back the trophy. It was a team effort, with everyone on the team contributing at different times throughout the week.

Chris Ruse
Coach

Jr. Volleyball Wins ISA Championship

Jr. Volleyball at the ISAs
Jr. Volleyball at the ISAs

Congrats to our Jr Volleyball Team who just defeated Southridge to take home the ISA Jr Championship! The tournament was held Friday and Saturday at Shawnigan Lake (Oct 17 & 18). Congrats to all the girls and their coaches and thank you for your continued support. You can see our Jr’s this Thursday (Oct 23) as they host games here at YHS.

More Tigers Results…

Our Swim Team placed 2nd at the ISA’s on Thursday, the Gr. 8 Volleyball team placed 2nd at the Seaquam Tournament in North Delta on Saturday, and the Field Hockey Team placed 3rd at the SMUS Field Hockey Tournament in Victoria (Fri-Sun).

This past weekend has been as busy as it could be for Tigers Athletics. Each of our teams enjoyed successes and had very valuable experiences that would not be possible without our coaches and chaperones. Thank you.

David Prissinotti
Sr. Athletics Director