St. Pius X – 8th Grade Girls
Head Coach: Mark Gregory Anctil, Assistant Coach: Natalie Bolton
Team Members: Iesha, Amelia, Emily, Morgan, Grace, Brynne, Paige, Seraiah, Grace & Payton
St. Pius X had a tremendous championship run winning the CYO Spike Championship for 2014.
St. Pius X Eighth Grade Girls win CYO Spike Championship 2014
Cathedral – 6th Grade Girls
Head Coach Christian Buchholz, Assistant Coach Jenni Valentine and Eric Valentine. Team Members: Claire, Alison, Abigail, Ava, Scout, Meg, Aiko, Grace & Cierra.
The Cathedral 6th Grade Girls followed suit with the 5th Grade Girls and won the CYO Spike Championship for 2014
6th Grade Girls Champions for the CYO Spike Tournament CATHEDRAL
One of Valley Catholic’s third grade volleyball teams went undefeated all season and got beat in the first round of the GREAT 8 bracket by Holy Trinity. The second Valley Catholic team had a couple of defeats during the season but in the GREAT 8 bracket they won their first game and worked their way to the Spike Championship. Holy Trinity won the first game, Valley Catholic the second and Valley Catholic the third!!!! GREAT game by all of the third grade teams.
Valley Catholic Third Grade Volleyball Team wins the Spike Tournament 2014 Head Coach: Arellano (Also a student of Sr. Krista when Sr. Krista taught at Valley Catholic – way to go team!
Cathedral – 5th Grade Girls
Head Coaches: Donna Lenz, Fergie Bush
Team Members: Elliott, Taylor, Abby, Madeleine, Maise, Courtney, Lily, Harper, Maggie, Cloe & Natalie.
The Cathedral 5th Grade girls won the CYO Spike Championship for 2014! Congratulations to all of the girls for the excellent job they did. It was an exciting game to watch.
Cathedral 5th Grade Volleyball team wins the CYO “Spike” Championship 2014!
The 2013 CYO Championship Volleyball playoffs provided plenty of action and excitement for all in attendance. The eighth grade playoff game between St. Matthew of Hillsboro and Christ the King of Milwaukie, was one of the most exceptional CYO volleyball contests I have seen in a long time. The teams each split a game, going into over time and in the final game of the match the teams were nip and tuck to the very end when St. Matthew prevailed. People got more than their moneys worth!
Some 1300 young women participated in this years volleyball program with all but a few teams participating in the end of season tournament.
The teams, coaches, and parents are to be commended for the participation and support they show to one another and to their teams.
Third Grade CYO Volleyball Champions – St. Francis, Roy and Visitation Verboor “The Fighting Dutch”
Third Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place St. Clare
Fourth Grade CYO Volleyball Champions Cathedral School
Third Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place St. Anthony
Fifth Grade CYO Volleyball Champions The Cathedral School
Fifth Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place St. John Fisher
Sixth Grade CYO Volleyball Champions St. Agatha
Sixth Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place St. Pius X
Seventh Grade CYO Volleyball Champions All Saints
Seventh Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place St. Cecilia
Eighth Grade CYO Volleyball Champions St. Matthews School
Eighth Grade CYO Volleyball Second Place Christ the King
Scheduling Championship tournaments is much more than what it looks like to the person picking up their child’s schedule only to wonder what CYO was thinking! Some of the issues we face each year include the following:
CYO is always looking out for the best interests of the teams. This is always our intention.
The “Massie” name is no stranger to CYO circles and volleyball groups in general. The family reigns from St. Cecilia and have left their mark in the CYO Volleyball world for sure. Martie Massey, a CYO Volleyball standout is in her Junior year at Oregon State. I visited with her Mother this fall and heard the story about Martie walking on at Oregon State and securing a place on the team. Martie was home watching younger sister, Zoe, play basketball in the City Championships when I asked her to tell me about her experience at OSU.
Martie, a Biology and pre-med hopeful is a junior this year and in her third year of playing volleyball for OSU. I asked her to tell me the story. She said she was a freshman in 09-10 and had played spring club volleyball. People encouraged her to try out for the varsity team at OSU. So she joined the practices and after three practices they asked her to stay! She has been there ever since!
She reports great friends and a lot of fun. Some of the best people she has ever met in her life. I asked her what the highlights have been thus far.
– Beating number 3 ranked CAL this year was great
– Split with U of O where another former CYO standout attends and plays – Liz Brenner
– Finishing 8th place, one place out of qualifying for the NCAA tournament – hopeful for next year
Martie Massie plans to graduate next spring. She is proud of the fact that her volleyball team has the highest GPA average of all the teams at OSU of 3.5. Martie was named to the 2nd Team All Academic Pac 12 team this year.
CYO wishes Martie Massie God’s special blessings as she continues her education at OSU and toward her career path. We are proud of her accomplishments!
Martie Massie
Today was a great day for the Excell Volleyball team playing in the Las Vegas Tournament. They won their first round game then on to their second round where they won that one too!. Third round was a struggle and they lost that one. Great volleyball that stretches the girls to new and improved abilities. High School age advanced volleyball players from teams all across the United States and including Canada.
Tomorrow morning first game 8:00 am then to the airport for a flight back home. This has been an educational weekend looking at how they lay out these tournaments, set up the sites and organize the teams. I have met a lot of very nice people and wonderful fans watching their teams.
Now back to Portland for the CYO Basketball tournament!
I am watching my niece play in the mammoth volleyball tournament here in Sin City. Tournament starts today at 2:00 at the LV Convention Center. Teams come from all over the US to be a part of this event. College Scouts looking for potential players. High School prep teams looking for competition and bragging rights! Should be exciting! Will keep you posted on any local teams I come across this weekend.
CYO/Camp Howard 