In Tigers news, last weekend the Sr. Ultimate Team went down to Burlington, WA to compete in the annual ‘Spring Reign’ tournament. It attracts teams from throughout the north-west US, along with a few from Canada. The senior team went 3-2, winning all of their Sunday games, finishing 9th in the tournament. Despite the rain, most of the team managed to receive a pretty good sunburn.
Jr. Ultimate in Kelowna
The Jr. Ultimate had a great weekend in Kelowna. They went in as a Grade 8-10 team in a high school tournament, expecting some tight competition. The team played some amazing ultimate, and went 4-0, qualifying for the semi-finals Sunday morning. They played the hometown Kelowna team (made up of high school players from across the city) and managed to beat them by a couple points, putting the squad in the gold medal game against Sutherland (a team that has already beat our senior team this year). It was a tough game, which our girls ended up losing, but they held their own and made YHS proud.
This past weekend, the Jr. Soccer Team played amazingly and carried themselves extremely well. Though, the team finished fifth, they let in the fewest goals of the tournament (only two in four games). They had a chance to win every game because of their level of determination, competition and desire to play through aches and pains. That coupled with the level of sportsmanship that the girls showed made for a very proud coach Cropley. Thanks to Mrs. Sjervan for making the trek with the team.
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.
