7th Grade Girls City Championship
Home: Valley Catholic – Bradleigh Cameron, Leada Berkey
Away: St. Pius X – Doug Klucevek, Bob Dach
Q1: 5 – 4 – Valley Catholic
Q2: 11 – 10 – Valley Catholic
Q3: 16 – 18 – St. Pius X
Q4: 22 – 29 – St. Pius X FINAL
Highlights
Two incredibly good defensive teams forcing most shots from the outside where shooting was difficult.
Valley Catholic takes second place in the 7th Grade Girls CYO City Championship 2015
Sunday March 15, 2015 CYO 6th Grade Boys City Championship Home: Christ the King – Eric Bergeson, Mike Weaver, Geoff Boyd Away: Holy Trinity – John Lang, Bob Holthaus Q1: 17 – 3 Holy Trinity Q2: 19 – 19 Q3: 25 – 41 Holy Trinity Q4: 31 – 55 Holy Trinity FINAL Highlights Set the stage: Holy Trinity won the 2014 Championship against Our Lady of the Lake. Christ the King beat Holy Trinity in pre-season play. Christ the King finished third in 2014. Holy Trinity fans came to the game decked out in Red and white ready to cheer! HT student fans had player heads cut out of paper pasted onto sticks. Holy Trinity took decisive control of the game in the first quarter outscoring CTK 15 – 0 with 30 seconds left. Christ the King got on track in the second quarter, began grabbing rebounds, making some GREAT shots including two three pointers by Jackson Jaha. Two free throws by Jaha, with 46 seconds left in the game tied the game 19 – 19. In the third quarter, Holy Trinity went on a 20 point scoring spree, outdistancing CTK by 14 points. With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Isaiah Baker fouled out of the game just as CTK ignited a comeback. Unfortunately, CTK was not able to catch up with Holy Trinity but it was a great game to watch from beginning to end. Lots of talent on both teams! 
Christ the King takes second place in the CYO City Basketball Championship 2015
Saturday March 14, 2015
6th Grade Girls City Championship
Home: St. John Fisher (White) Kevin Grant, Tracie Napoli
Away: St. Pius X (Black) John Naro & Olyz Kurkoski
Q1: 8 – 2 St. John Fisher
Q2: 14 – 11 St. John Fisher
Q3: 24 – 19 St. John Fisher
Q4: 35 – 33 St. PIus X FINAL
Highlights:
St. John Fisher going for their fourth championship in a row. St. Pius X trailed the entire game going ahead by three in the fourth quarter following a three point shot by Mackenzie Naro. St. John Fisher answered with a three pointer of their own, to go ahead by one! Josie Napoli (SJF) fouled out with three minutes left in the game. Lucy Menendez went out of the game after a slight collision resulting in a foul and free throws for St. Pius X. St. Pius X leads at 29-31 with 2:06 left in the game. With 5.2 seconds left in the game, Lola Talalemotu ties the game at 31 with a clutch shot under the basket!
OVERTIME!
32 for Pius 2
Twin for SJF 2
44 Pius fouls out!
11.9 seconds time out Pius X
St. Pius X inbounds sets up for a 2 pointer and misses
DOUBLE OVERTIME!!33 – 33
TRIPLE OVERTIME!!! 33 – 33
6.9 seconds left St. Pius takes out the ball and misses
QUADRUPLE OVERTIME!!!!
Both teams had a chance and missed!!!
FIFTH OVERTIME!!!!!
SJF wins the jump ball and moves the ball around the court and commits a double dribble
St. Pius misses their shot then SJF losses the ball out of bounds
9.4 seconds left
SIXTH OVERTIME!!!!!!
SJF wins the jump and commits another double dribble.
Foul against SJF with 33 shooting for Pius X
Sinks One
Sinks Two
HERO!!!
SJF has the ball 35 seconds and a time out!
St. Pius X 35 – 33
THE END!
8th Grade Boys third and fifth place CYO BXB City
Home: St. Pius X –Michael O’Reilly, Luke Vu
Visitor: St. Clare – Chris Johnson, Chad Jefferies
Q1: 8 – 9 St. Clare
Q2: 19 – 13 St. Pius X
Q3: 24 – 25 St. Clare
Q4: 35 – 31 St. Clare FINAL
Highlights
One of the most exciting games of the day, a very close game from beginning to the end where with 1 minute left it was till anyone’s game. With an 8 point lead, late in the fourth quarter St. Clare held on to win by 4 with a score of 35 – 31.
St. Clare takes third place in the CYO City Basketball Championships 2015
St. PIus X takes third place in the 2015 CYO City Basketball Tournament.
8th Grade Girls third and fifth place CYO BXB City
Home: St. Agatha – Coaches: Kelli Sullivan, Shannon Ellison
Away: Holy Family – Coaches: Alan Young, Kevin Ramsey
Q1: 10 – 8 St. Agatha
Q2: 19 – 12 St. Agatha
Q3: 23 – 23 Tied at third quarter!
Q4: 30 – 28 St. Agatha FINAL
Highlights
St. Agatha led the first three quarters by a small margin. Holy Family stayed close and tied the third quarter with less than a minute to play. As in most games, the fourth quarter was the game, both teams inspired by the final 8 minutes of play. The lead changed a few times before St. Agatha went ahead by three with 1 minute left to play. Holy Family had several opportunities to reclaim the lead including several free throws in the last 45 seconds but missed three of four. St. Agatha won 30 – 28.
St. Agatha 8th Grade Girls win third in CYO BXB City Tournament
Holy Family 8th Grade Girls win fifth place in CYO City BXB Championship 2015
7th Grade Girls Third and Fifth CYO City BXB Finals
Christ the King 7th Grade Girls win third place in the CYO City BXB Championships 2015 at Valley Catholic High School.
St. Andrew Nativity 7th Grade Girls win Fifth place in the CYO City BXB Championships March 14, 2015.
Home: Christ the King – Greg Smith & Rob Scherzinger
Away: St. Andrew Nativity – Mark Olmsted
Q1: 10 – 2 Christ the King
Q2: 22-9 Christ the King
Q3: 28 – 14 Christ the King
Q4: 36 – 17 Christ the King FINAL
Highlights
Christ the King came out to a quick lead in the first quarter but St. Andrew Nativity stayed in the game with tough defense. Christ the King #50 showed remarkable shooting skills and was generous passing the ball as well. Great defensive plays and three-point shooting by St. Andrew Nativity # 2 Justece.
As we enter into the last weekend of basketball, I would be negligent if I did not mention the contribution of Rick Skayhan’s Basketball Officiating program. Ref Corps is the name of the program our officials sign up through. Ref Corps was begun a few years ago when CYO transferred management of officials to Rick Skayhan, avid CYO supporter.
Nothing is as controversial as an official! That may be an understatement! CYO believes in teaching young people to become officials primarily because we are the “Catholic Youth Organization.” Everyone has to start somewhere and in my opinion, if you cannot get a good start at CYO then where can you?
Officiating takes a special person. You have to have the courage to go out on the court and make the tough calls. You have to deal with the crowd who collectively have many more eyeballs than you do and see much more than you are able to see with only two eyeballs! Additionally the coaches, players and spectators bring a wide range of variables to every game.
CYO is as dependent upon the officials willingness to officiate as we are on the coaches willingness to coach. The young people who have been stepping forward to learn to become officials are great kids. If they are able to make it through the first year or two, they will realize what a gift officiating is to them.
Officiating develops characteristics in youth that contribute to strong character. It will help establish personal boundaries that may one day pay off in a tough situation. Officials are better equipped to say “no” when necessary. Some people are too afraid to say “no.” What a great gift to send your son or daughter off to college with!
Thank you to all of our officials who have helped us out with Football, Volleyball and basketball this year. Several Track and Field Officials are needed this spring so be sure to contact Rick Skayhan at Ref Corps if you are interested. Four track meets per Saturday throughout April with Championships in May.
Sr. Krista and CYO Official, Kyle Garcia at the CYO Championships 2015
Ronnie Ford, CYO Basketball and Football official for 15 years
Rick Skayhan visits with Casey Nicholl and Riley Pendergast, two officials he has coached up through the Ref Corps Officiating program.
T.R. Riehl hails from Heppner, OR where he played fullback and linebacker on the Heppner High School State Championship Football Team! Today, he coaches his children and others in a variety of CYO sports including Football and Basketball. THANKS T.R. for your contribution to youth in the CYO program!
T.R. Riehl coaches CYO Basketball at Christ the King.
5th Grade Girls City Championship
Home: St. Pius X – Luke Vu
Away: St. Francis, Sherwood – Coach Don Fuchs
Q1: St. Pius X 20 – St. Francis (Sherwood) 5
Q2: St. Pius X 20 – St. Francis (Sherwood) 5
Q3: St. Pius X 29 – St. Francis (Sherwood) 11
Q4: St. Pius X 34 – St. Francis (Sherwood) 17 FINAL
Highlights
St. Pius X the stronger team lead by 15 at the end of the first quarter. The entire bench of St. Pius X got plenty of playing time and the CYO spirit made for a great contest between the two clubs. Both clubs are to be commended for great coaching and great spirit on the court, on the bench and in the stands.
St. Pius X 5th Grade Girls win the 2015 CYO City Basketball Championship at Valley Catholic
St. Francis, Sherwood, takes second place in the CYO City Basketball Championship 2015.
HIGHLIGHTS
The first points of the game were scored, with 45 seconds remaining, in first quarter, by All Saints. All Saints had 13 kids on the team ( a lot for a bxb team) and they did a great job with getting all of the girls playing time. Both teams played with a significant range of height on the teams.
All Saints led 2-0 at the end of the first quarter and at half time it was the Fighting Dutch 5 – 4. By the end of the third quarter All Saints had reclaimed the lead and the Final score at the end of 4 was…..All Saints 19 – 11! (Fighting Dutch are from Visitation in Verboort and St. Francis of Assisi in Roy, CYO’s rural Catholic School teams). Great job to All Saints and the Fighting Dutch!
The Fighting Dutch 4th Grade Girls win Second Place CYO Basketball Championship 2015 at Valley Catholic High School
All Saints 4th Grade Girls win CYO Basketball Championship 2015 at Valley Catholic High School
CYO/Camp Howard 