Senior Tigers Update: October 25, 2018

What a Week!
Another terrific week of results for our Tigers Teams

Gr. 8 Volleyball: ISA Champs

GRADE 8 VOLLEYBALL ISA CHAMPIONS:
Our Grade 8 Tigers travelled to Shawnigan Lake School to compete at ISAs. During the tournament, they went undefeated and faced Crofton House (CHS) in the final. They have beaten CHS three times this season, all close matches. The final was intense. Tied 1-1 going into the 3rd and final set, YHS trailed 0-6 and 6-11 yet, never gave up and battled to a dramatic 16-14 win to claim the title. Congrats to all the girls, to their coaches Mr. Bester, Lauren VV ’20 and Sarah Promislow ‘11. Special thank you to the parents for all your support on the trip.

JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL ISA CHAMPIONS:
Our Junior Tigers travelled to Brentwood College to compete at ISAs. Our Junior’s also went undefeated and faced CHS in the final. The Tigers were dominant throughout the tournament beating CHS 25-7 and 25-19 to win the ISA Championship. Congrats to all the girls, to their coaches Mr. Mike Lodewyks and Ms. Brianne Wager.

Jr. Volleyball: ISA Champs

JUNIOR FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WINS UBC TOURNAMENT: 
Our Junior Tigers made it triple gold last weekend. At UBC they battled short-handed in round robin play finishing 3rd. On Friday, with a full roster, the girls came out to defeat Shawnigan Lake in the semi-final and then South Delta Secondary in the final to take gold. Congrats to all the girls and special thank you to Mr. Cropley and Ms. Matthews for stepping in to help coach while the regular coach was away with Canada’s National Team.

Jr. Field Hockey Wins UBC Tournament

OTHER NEWS:

Varsity Field Hockey Places 4th at ISAs:
Defeats Kits to punch their ticket to the AA BCs
On Monday, our Tigers took care of business, defeating Kitsilano 4-0 to qualify for the 2018 AA BC Championships scheduled for Nov 7-10 here in Vancouver. More details to come later.

Varsity Field Hockey ISAs is one of the toughest field hockey tournaments in BC as many of the ISA schools are among BC’s very best. Defending provincial champions Collingwood took gold over CHS while our Tigers battled Shawnigan Lake (SLS) for bronze. A late goal in final seconds off a short corner gave SLS Stags the win. A 4th place finish is a great result.

Oct 26: Swim Team at Vancouver-Richmond Zone Championships
Catch some great swimming performances and cheer on our Tigers at Watermania in Richmond.

Oct 26-27: Senior Volleyball at ISAs at Crofton House School
Watch some of BC’s top volleyball teams and cheer on our Tigers at Crofton House. Our Junior Tigers will also be competing at CHS in the Senior ISAs in the field of 16 teams.

Junior Tigers Update: October 25, 2018

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING
On Thursday, October 25th, our Junior School Cross-Country Tigers headed off to the ISEA Cross-Country Running Championships. Thanks to our amazing coaches the Tigers are well prepared. Stay tuned for all of the results.

GRADE 5 VOLLEYBALL
On Wednesday, October 24th, the Grade 5 Volleyball team wrapped up their season at the ISEA Playday. This event, which all 31 of our Grade 5 players, was hosted by Mulgrave School. The team had a great time, and the coaches (Mrs. Zimmer and Mrs. Kanavos) could not stop talking about how much the girls have improved. Way to go team!

GRADE 6 VOLLEYBALL
Our Grade 6 Volleyball team finished up its season of exhibition games with a match at Stratford Hall on Tuesday, October 23rd. The team will finish their season at the ISEA Playday on November 2 at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

GRADE 7 VOLLEYBALL
On Wednesday, The Grade 7B team continued to show impressive growth in their final regular season game as they pushed Crofton House in a hard fought match. Unfortunately, the team came up short this time, but they are fired up for their first playoff game next Tuesday at Southridge.

The Grade 7A team continues to work hard as they prepare for their ISEA Tournament, on November 2nd at Crofton House.

Brent Jackson
Junior School Athletics Coordinator