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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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Sr. Volleyball ISA Champions

Sr. Volleyball: ISA Champions
Sr. Volleyball: ISA Champions

For the fourth year in a row, the Tigers have brought home the ISA trophy. The girls were unbelievable, fighting hard to win a very well earned championship.

Friday, the Tigers easily won their pool games beating Collingwood, Glenlyon Norfolk, St. Michaels University School and Stratford Hall. Saturday they faced Southridge in an exciting semi-final. The Tigers won game one, while Southridge bounced back and won game two 28-26. In game three, Southridge jumped out 6-2 and 8-4 before the Tigers came back to tie it 10-10, and then went on to win 15-13. In the final, the Tigers faced Brentwood College (currently ranked sixth AA in BC). Our Tigers beat them 2-0 to claim ISA gold! SrVBISAs_Oct2015XMichelle was an absolute phenom and the leadership from our other Grade 12, Alex, was huge. Alex has been injured the last few weeks and her leadership has been sorely missed.

The girls played some outstanding volleyball and Coach Ruse was instrumental in getting the girls back on track during tough times. It was very exciting to watch. Great job coaches (Chris Ruse, Tamara Rosenlund and Anna Wilson ‘09), outstanding team play from our girls! Thank you to those who came out to support the team, especially superfan Mme. Rousseau.

The girls play their last home match of the season Wednesday, November 4 at home (6:30 pm). It is Seniors night and we will be recognizing Michelle and Alex for their contributions to YHS over the past five years.