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Jr. Athletics Fall Season Wrap-Up

Junior School Athletics – 136 Athletes!

Gr. 7 Volleyball Team Wins Silver at "Dig-It"
Gr. 7 Volleyball Team Wins Silver at “Dig-It”

In November, all of our Term 1 teams wrapped up their seasons. I would like  to take a moment to recognize our Junior School coaches. We had a total of 17 teachers/coaches who coached 136 different athletes on five different teams. What a great way to start the year! Please join me in thanking the following coaches:

  • Cross Country Running: Lela Ling (head coach), Madeleine Abbott, Kim Ryerson, Angela Kingerlee, Kiera Pearkes, Sheilagh Martin, Alison Waterhouse, Celine Foucher, Jason Camp
  • Grade 5, 6, 7 Volleyball: Tinker Allester, Michelle Russell, Karen Webb, Liz Winston, Esther Tung, Aleesha Bird, Erin Riendl

Season Recap:

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Gr. 3-7 Cross-Country Team

The Fall Season began to wrap up on October 29th with the Cross Country Running Team participating the ISEA XC Championships. The team, comprised of nearly 70 girls in Grades 3-7, finished 3rd overall in the Championships. The day’s events culminated with a sublime finish by the Grade 7s (Izzy, Claire, Sophie, and Sabina) who handily won their division. These four girls are mainstays on the Cross Country  team, and have done an excellent job of representing the Tigers for the past five years. We are very proud of them. What a great finish to their Junior School Cross Country experience!

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Gr. 5 ISEA Play Day

The following week saw our Grade 5 and 6 Volleyball teams participate in their ISEA Play Days. Between the two grades, 61 girls participated in at the Play Days. That is an impressive number of girls playing volleyball. Equally impressive were the 27 girls who comprised the two Grade 7 Volleyball teams. Each team finished its season by participating at their respective (Grade 7 ‘A’ or ‘B’) ISEA Volleyball Tournaments. Coincidently, both teams finished 5th. Way to go girls!

Brent Jackson
Jr. School Physical Education Coordinator

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Swim Team Wins Provincial Championship

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Congratulations to our Tigers Swim team for winning the 2015 BCSS Provincial Championship with a girls team score of 287 points. The championship was held in Kamloops on November 14.

The Tigers took home the Girls’ Division Provincial Title and placed fourth overall in combined scores that included all schools in BC, most where point totals come from men’s and women’s events. This is YHS’s fifth BC title in the past six years (we won silver in 2014).

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After a successful day of preliminary heats on Friday, November 13, the Tigers were ready for the finals on Saturday. Saturday started off great for YHS as the 200m medley relay team of Christine, Marissa, Rachel and Elizabeth won gold while breaking a BCHS Meet Record. The rest of the day continued to produce positive results for YHS but the Tigers trailed WPGA and were in a close pack with Salmon Arm and Penticton High throughout much of the morning. York House took the points lead after Lauren, Gr. 12, won bronze in 100m fly, and Elizabeth, Gr. 12, won silver in the 100m individual medley.  

SwimProvs_BOTB_11XHeading into the final events of the meet, the Tigers relay teams had the championship in sight as they entered the final two relay events. With two Tigers relay teams placing first and fourth place in the 200m free relay and fourth in the 200m open relay, the championship was theirs. York House placed first overall with 287 points, WPGA placed second with a distant 239, followed by Salmon Arm Secondary School with 194.

SwimProvs_BOTB_09XSpecial congratulations to a very special group of Grade 12s who have been an amazing team over the past five years at YHS. As Grade 11s and 12s, they have been terrific leaders and swimmers. Their commitment to the swim team has been extraordinary and they truly deserve winning this title. Congrats and thank you to Christine, Elizabeth, Alicia, Nicole, Rachel, Fraser and Lauren.  

Congratulations and thank you to the team coaching staff, Ms. Bernier, Ms. Matthews, Danielle Tongetti ’13 and Laura Sze ’11. You did a great job!