Sr. Tigers Update: Nov/Dec 2016

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Sr. Volleyball Team

Sr. Volleyball Team
The girls placed fifth in league and earned a berth in the ‘AA” Lower Mainland Championships. At the AA LMs, the Tigers beat the #4 team and then ended up defeating the #1 seed in the semi-final to reach the final. The Tigers lost a close final to St. Pat’s but reaching the AA LM final and qualifying for the 2016 AA BC Championships is a great accomplishment for a team which is so young.

At the ‘AA’ BC Championships in Abbotsford, BC (Nov 30-Dec 3), the team ended up fourth in their pool due to the result of a game between two other teams that created a three-way tie. YHS ended up at the bottom of the three-way tie resulting in a very tough draw in the playoff round, and placed 14th overall.

The team also competed at the ISA’s at Crofton House. Although they lost in the bronze medal game to SMUS, the games were close and everyone was on the edge of their seats. Our team has worked hard all season and they have a bright future as they are quite a young team, with three Grade 9s, five Grade 10s and three Grade 11s on the roster this year! A special thank you to our Grade 12s on the team, Erin and Sophia who were role models and tremendous leaders, and thank you to coaches Mike Lodewyks and Noble Kelly.

Sr. Basketball Team
The Tigers placed fourth at ISA’s after beating Stratford Hall and Shawnigan Lake quite easily (Dec 2-3). However, the semi-final vs Southridge was a tough game as it was the Tigers’ third game of the day. Southridge came out on top and went on to win the tournament. In Saturday’s bronze medal game vs Mulgrave, YHS was close throughout the game, but lost in the end.

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Cross-Country runners Emily and Rebecca, with coach Meredith Seymour

Swim Team
Fourteen swimmers, 10 relay teams and two individuals qualified for the BC’s at the Vancouver-Richmond Zone Championships on October 30. They placed fourth at the 2016 BC Championships in Kamloops (Nov 19-20).

Cross-Country
Emily, Gr. 10, and Rebecca, Gr. 9, competed at the Cross-Country BC Championships in Kamloops. The course was a tough 4.8km long, two laps of a cross-country ski trail with seven hills, lots of mud, grass and uneven surface. They competed against over 200 runners from all over BC. Emily finished an amazing 13th and Rebecca a strong 72nd. Congratulations, girls!

Jr. Tigers Update: Fall 2016

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Gr. 5 Volleyball

With the snow flying, basketballs bouncing and the swimmers swimming, we have officially closed the book on an amazing term of Junior School Athletics. Like every other term, our Term 1 Athletics includes an individual sport (cross-country running) and a team sport (volleyball). The cross-country running team is made up of girls from Grades 3 to 7, and we had four volleyball teams: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7A and Grade 7B.

This past fall we had a record number of participants in Cross-Country, as our team grew to 75 girls! Many thanks to the coaches who worked very hard with the girls to prepare them for competitions at four meets, including two weekend races, as well as the ISEA Championships. According to Head Coach Lela Ling, the season was highly successful, and the girls performed extremely well, highlighted by the team’s 3rd place finish at the ISEA Championships

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Gr. 7B Volleyball at ISEAs

The volleyball season also saw excellent participation numbers with 30 girls on both the Grade 5 and Grade 6 teams. For the third consecutive season, we also had enough Grade 7 players to support two teams. Well done girls! Like all of our other Jr. School athletic endeavours, the volleyball seasons concluded with the ISEA events. Both Grade 5 and 6 teams went to their ISEA Playdays. The format of an ISEA Playday places an emphasis on participation and experience, rather than a focus on the outcome of games. In Grade 7, the teams participated in their ISEA Tournaments. This shift in the format introduces a more formal event to our ISEA competitions, and gives the girls a chance to be crowned “champions”. This year our 7B team finished 4th in their tournament and our 7A team brought home the silver medal, losing a hard fought final to WPGA. All of the volleyball coaches reported excellent effort from our Tigers, and all of our coaches were very impressed with the coachability and improvement of our teams.

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Gr. 7 Volleyball

With nearly 160 girls participating it was another great term of co-curricular athletics in our Junior School. Congratulations to all our young Tigers, and a BIG THANK YOU to all of our coaches!!!

Cross-Country Running: Lela Ling (HC), Madeleine Abbott, Kim Ryerson, Angela Kingerlee, Keira Pearkes, Danika Murray, Alison Waterhouse, Jennifer Sharpe and Jason Camp.

Grade 5 Volleyball: Erin Reindl, Alexis Lum

Grade 6 Volleyball: Megan Dalziel

Grade 7B: Tara Avenia, Danika Murray

Grade 7A: Monique Marcotte, Michelle Russel (’09)