St. Clare Takes the Championship in the CYO Volleyball Championships for 6th Grade.

November 17, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

November 17, 2018 Sixth Grade Girls Spike Championships

St. Clare CYO wins the 2018 CYO Spike Volleyball Championship November 17 at Valley Catholic School.

Home Team: St.Pius X (Green/Black), Coach: TomMcKeen, Players: Kaci, Ana, Emery, Jaycee, Keely, Grace, Elle,Brittney, Destiny, Kendal, Madison, Delanie, Helena

St. Pius X CYO takes second place in the CYO 2018 Spike Championships at Valley Catholic School November 17.

Visitor Team: St.Clare, Coach: Theresa Dreves,Stephen Hunt, Tammy Ollivier, Molly Schick Players: Katherine,Shannon, Charlotte, Sydney, Francesca, Sofia, Mia, Anna, Riley, Rami, Norah,Gabriella

Set 1: 25 – 20 St. Clare

Set 2: 25 – 23

Set 3:

Game Highlights:

St. Clare dominated the first game and had St. Pius X down by 7 toward the end of the second game. Pius came back but could not get close enough to stop St. Clare from taking it in 2

Christ the King Wins CYO 5th Grade Volleyball Crown

November 17, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

November 18, 2018 – Fifth Grade Girls Spike Championships Portland, OR

ABOVE: Home Team: St.Agatha (Red), Coach: DanaMcElligott, Danielle Ruhnke, Players: Mia,Maya, Ava, Amara, Serafina, Ally, Lucy, Amelia, Payton

BELOW: Visiting Team: Christ the King (Blue), Coach: ValerieHunter, Kristi Maulding, Players: Ava,Addiso, Elizabeth, Sophia, Brooklyn, Abby, Londyn, Kya

Scores:

Set 1: 25 – 20 St Agatha

Set 2: 25 – 19 Christ the King

Set 3: 15 – 13 Christ the King

Game Highlights:

FINAL: Christ the KIng

The New Face of CYO Youth Football

September 18, 2018September 17, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Youth participation is up by nearly 150 participants for the first time in 10 years as CYO moves to implement a new design for youth football replacing Tackle with flag while dressed in full uniform.

This new formula is nothing new to CYO as the third and fourth grade program operated the same way for many years. Today 1st grade through 6th graders in the CYO program play a modified “no tackle” game with variations at each grade level.

Scott Kneefel is the CYO Director of youth football http://www.cyocamphoward.org

Cabin Rules, a Sunday Night Activity

August 10, 2018August 7, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

A unit at Camp Howard is made up of several cabins 5 or 6 to be exact. I had the joy of watching the Unit Director (Maddi Parvankin) and her faithful staff go over the cabin rules for their Greenwood campers (boys up to and including 10 years old). They had the drill down to a precision as each member of the unit took on a topic ranging from the buddy system where you always take someone with you anywhere you go at camp to how you treat the cabin. It was wonderful. The boys knew exactly what the expectations were and conducted themselves accordingly the rest of the week. I then followed them to their first campfire of the week. Great group of kids and staff!

Slip and Slide a Blast at Camp!

August 9, 2018August 7, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

One hundred feet of sliding downhill and across the lawn can only spell one thing…FUN! Water soaked plastic on a bed of sand with a super cushion as a coaster enhances the speed and joy as one floats across the surface trying to outdo the distance of the last person!

Giant Swing Provides “WOW” Moments

August 8, 2018August 7, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Your friends help you out by pulling you up to the launch point on the giant swing. You hit the disconnect and are sent swinging into the wild blue yonder at Camp Howard. The spectacular view of the Bull Run along with the impressive location of the giant swing, up against a steep hill, helps add to the awe of the ride! Once is never enough!

Back to the Mural by Wayne Chin

August 1, 2018July 27, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Wowzers! It is clear the mural in Mary’s Lodge at Camp Howard will finish the building in grand style! The dedication on August 11th will show off the new state of the art food preparation and dining facility, a dream come true for staff at Camp Howard!

Wayne Chin is a well known local artist and art instructor. It is a joy to watch him at work!

ps – He moved the raccoons!

Champions of Faith 2018 – Check it Out!

July 27, 2018July 25, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

Also, listen to Stephanie Piering on KBVM last week talking about her experience in CYO Swimming and her choice to join the Faith!

https://materdeiradio.com/morning-drive-guest-stephanie-piering-cyo/

The Mural by Wayne Chin

July 26, 2018July 24, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

As Mary’s Lodge, the new dining hall at Camp Howard continues to wrap up construction, the final phases of preparation are in the works including the painting of a mural by Wayne Chin. He came early in the afternoon last week and said he would like to get it blocked out. He prepped his lines on the wall and laid out the under painting. It was amazing to watch!

I need to remember to tell him a refrigerator will go where his ladders are and can he move the raccoons? 🙂

Greenwood Village at Camp Howard

July 24, 2018July 23, 2018Sr. Krista von Borstel Leave a comment

In addition to the bright shiny packaged activities at the camp, creative play in places like Greenwood Village are hard to beat! As is evidenced by the pictures, the kids have been hard at work building forts and experiencing the wonder of the area.