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CYO 5th Grade Boys Battle for the City Gold

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2023 CYO 5th Grade Boys City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: J.D. Youngblood Larson (H), Christopher McCollister (AS)

Players: Christopher, Griffin, Easton, Max, Jace, Micah, Nicholas, Jake, Alexander, Jay, Avery

Mascot: Panthers

Visiting Team: St. Clare

Coaches: Steven Lodzinski (H), Michael Humm,(AS) Luke Leahy, (AS)

Players: Oscar, Desmond, River, Keagan, Ritwik, Amos, David, Maddox, Sam, Elliot

Mascot: The Dragons

Game Highlights:

A high scoring game with both teams sinking 3 pointers toward the end of the first half with the score vacillating until St. Pius X drilled the last basket of the half to go ahead by 3.  Amos for St. Clare hit three, three-pointers.

St. Clare broke open in the third quarter behind some three-point shooting including another by Amos to close out the period. St. Clare added 17 points to St. Pius X’s 6.

Both teams performed well in the fourth quarter but St. Clare outscored St. Pius X by one point with thirteen for the quarter.  The game was fun to watch and kept the fans on the edge of their seats!

Quarter 1: St. Clare 17 – St. Pius X 15

Quarter 2: St. Pius X 40 – St. Clare 37

Quarter 3: St. Clare 54 – St. Pius X 46

Quarter 4: St. Clare 67 – St. Pius X 58

CYO 5th grade Girls teams Clash for City Championship

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Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches Chris Philippi (H), Chris Bloomer (AS)

Players: Zoe, Daniston, Sarah, Emma, Sophia, Rose, Emma, Avery, Jordan

Mascot: Panthers

Visiting Team: Valley Catholic

Coaches: Owen Elkins, (H), Robert Birbeck (AS)

Players: Malia, Addison, Daisy, Aubrey, Keely, Samantha, Marshall, Zoey, Samantha

Mascot: The Valiants

Game Highlights:

A lot of back and forth between both teams, learning to execute plays, and other fundamentals. They generated a lot of excitement for their crowds.

Quarter 1: St. Pius X 7 – Valley Catholic 6

Quarter 2: St. Pius X 10 – Valley Catholic 10

Quarter 3: St. Pius X 18 – Valley Catholic 12

Quarter 4: St. Pius X 24 – Valley Catholic 14 – Final

Holy Family wins CYO 8 Girls Volleyball Championship 2022

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Home Team: Holy Family

Coaches: Natasha Horsch, Katy Prewitt, Shannon Kaopuiki

Players: Orla, Noa, Kaya, Milania, Paley, Lily, Olivia, Audrey, Finley, Madeline, Lea, Addison

Mascot: Cardinals

Visiting Team: St. Pius X

Coaches:  Vicky Gajda, Hossein Mafinejad, Katarayna Gajdea

Mascot: Panthers

Players: Tristan, Bianca, Sawyer, Magdalena, Elie, Avery, Kiana, Marissa, Jazlyn, Thyvan

Game Highlights

Match 1: Holy Family 25, St. Pius X 19

Holy Family came out to a swift lead and led St. Pius X 17 to 7 at the first time out.

Match 2: Holy Family 25, St. Pius X 16

Great 8th grade girls’ team for the tournament finale.  Holy Family brought a strong presence, good serving, great rally skills and took control from the beginning.  A great game.

Holy Trinity and All Saints Battle it out for 7th Grade Girls CYO Volleyball Crown

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Home Team: All Saints

Coaches: Colleen O’Bryant, Molly Ryan, Keith Zawadzki

Players: Delia, Stella, Alexa, Boelani, Chloe, Grace, Gianna, Nico, Myla

Mascot: Ramblers

All Saints takes first place in the CYO Volleyball Spike Championships November 19, 2022 at Valley Catholic High School.

Visiting Team: Holy Trinity

Coaches:  Tara Cenova, Shelby Cenova, Britt Entizne, Fredrick Entizne

Players: Josie, Marah, Hadley, Riley, Jordana, Maya, Eva, Skylar

Mascot: Titan

Holy Trinity takes second place in the CYO Volleyball Spike Championships November 19, 2022 at Valley Catholic High School.

Game Highlights

Match 1: All Saints 26, Holy Trinity 24

24 to 24 toward the end made for an exciting contest between two very well coached 7th grade teams.  All Saints went ahead with ace for 25 followed by another point off a Holy Trinity spike into the net to win the game.

Match 2: Holy Trinity 25 – All Saints 16

Hadley from Holy Trinity went on an 8-point roll to start the second match before the server put the ball out of bounds for a 9th point.  All saints carved away at the deficit they found themselves in and almost tied the game at 16 all.  Holy Trinity continued to outscore All Saints and Hadley again served the Titans to within one point of the match win 24 – 16.  A net ball on the next play by All Saints gave Holy Trinity the match.  The score tied at 13 to 13 and the crowd went wild.  All Saints went ahead on a net skipper serve and fired the final serve for an ace to win the high charged game. 

Match 3: All Saints 15 – Holy Trinty

Holy Trinity and All Saints went back and forth with Holy Trinity leading to about 12 points.  All Saints came blazing back and won the game 15 to 13 with some powerful serves and excellent rallies by both teams.  A fantastic game!

St. Pius X Brings home the Gold for CYO 6th Grade Volleyball

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Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: Emily Genor & Ellie Genor

Players: Bailey, Julia, Haley, Romey, Ensley, Devan,, Emma, Hadley, Hannah, Harper

Mascot: Panthers

St. PIus X wins the CYO Spike Tournament November 19, 2022 hosted by Valley Catholic School for the Championship Finals.

Visiting Team: Holy Trinity

Coaches:  Andrew Erpelding, Ruben Landeros

Players: Ava, Mikayla, Emily, Natalie, Lylah, Genevieve, Grace, Yenli

Mascot: Titans

Holy Trinity wins second place in the CYO Spike Tournament November 19, 2022 hosted by Valley Catholic School for the Championship Finals.

Game Highlights

Match 1: St. Pius X 25, Holy Trinity 11

Match 2: St. Pius X 25, Holy Trinity

By 6th grade player skills have greatly improved as was the case with St. Pius and Holy Trinity.  St. Pius X made their shots today, returned serves and rallied well to earn them the championship.

St. Thomas More 6th Grade win CYO Volleyball Championship

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Home Team: Valley Catholic

Coaches: Julie Campbell, Ashley Schaef, Molly Kuhner, Nisha Ekanathian

Players: Marie, Daisy, Anshu, Jaden, Milania, Vivienne, Vibha, Eliza

Mascot: The Valiants

Visiting Team: St. Thomas More

Coaches:  Ashlee Sharp, Bethany Kelly

Players: Presley, Isabel, Claire, Elodie, Caitlin, Mia, Shannon, Maren, Stelia, Zoe          

Mascot: Bulldogs

Game Highlights November 19, 2022

Match 1: St. Thomas More 25, Valley Catholic 19

Match 2: Valley Catholic 25, St. Thomas More 11

Vivian brought Valley Catholic from a 7-5 deficit with 5 points scored followed by Milania with another 5 and Jaden added another 2 before retiring the serve to St. Thomas More.  The scoring blitz gave Valley Catholic a 17 to 7 lead before they won the match 25 – 11.  

Match 3:

St. Thomas More opened the match with a 6-0 run to give the Bulldogs a strong lead.  Both teams had some exceptional rallies in the third match which made for a very exciting game.

St. John Fisher Wins CYO 2022 Volleyball Crown 4th Grade

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Home Team: St John Fisher

Coaches: Ashley Cadonau & Sarah Moyes

Players: Vivian, Elsa, Eva, Emily, Julia, Palmer, Maeve, Maren, Katherine, Sophie, Madelyn, Stelia

Mascot: Cardinals

Visiting Team: St. Cecilia

Coaches: Samrach Sar & Megan Chisi

Players: Rubi, Brynlee, Mia, Harper, Maya, Lott, Regan, Gigi

Mascot: Cyclones

Game Highlights

Match 1: St. John Fisher 25 – 18

Match 2: St. John Fisher 25 – 21

St. John Fisher and St. Cecilia played two great matches and today St. John Fisher took home the championship.  St. Cecilia was undefeated in regular season play.  Both teams showed some very good growth over the year.  The fourth grade championship was a rematch from their third grade experience.

CYO 3rd Grade Volleyball Battle to the End

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Home Team: Fighting Dutch (St. Francis, Roy and Visitation, Verboort)

Coaches Sharon Bird, Tara Giannetti

Players: Emma, Emery, Lily, Charlotte, Lucy, Rose, Lyla, Lydia

Mascot: Fighting Dutch

Visitation and St. Francis “Fighting Dutch” take second place in the CYO Spike Tournament Finals at Valley Catholic High School in Beaverton November 19, 2022

Visiting Team: Valley Catholic

Coaches: Alicia Feb, Erika Rudishauser, Emily

Players: Lila, Sage, Cassandra, Allison, Karen, Katherine, Emily, Sshley, Grace, Lydia, Makena, Abigail, Alexis

Mascot: The Valiants

Valley Catholic Valiants win the 3rd Grade CYO Spike Championship November 19, 2022 at the Valley Catholic High School Gymnasium.

Game Highlights

Match 1: Fighting Dutch 25 – 21

Match 2: Valley Catholic 25 – 19

Match 3: Valley Catholic 15 – 11

Each team took a match to begin the game and the final match was hard fought to the end. Two very evenly matched teams with skilled third graders who we will likely see in top level volleyball contention in the future.

CYO 8th Grade Boys City BXB a barnstormer to the end

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SUNDAY March 13, 2022

8th GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL

CYO CHAMPIONSHIP

HOME TEAM: St. Pius X

COACH’S: Jabbar Craigswell, Kieran Fitzgerald

PLAYER FIRST NAMES: Justin, Brayden, Jacob, Emmett, Carter, Lucas, Jason, Aaron, Henry, Harper, Joe, Minh, Kellen

VISITING TEAM: All Saints

COACH’S: Chris Zervis, Damian Barron

PLAYER FIRST NAMES: Barron, Colin, Carson, Thomas, Matt, Noah, Ben, Nick

Q1: St. Pius X Jumped to an early lead as the quarter ended with a 12 – 9 score over All Saints.

Q2: All Saints showed their athletic power toward the end of the second quarter as they took the lead, got into their stride and used their height to grab the rebounds.  The half ended with All Saints 24 and St. Pius X 20.

Q3: A fun third quarter to watch as both teams turn up the power.  All Saints led till the last minute of play when both teams battled back and forth.  St. Pius X led at the end 37 to 34.  Some three-point shooting helped St. Pius X get back the lead.

Q4: With 5 minutes in the last quarter, St. Pius tied the game at 38 – 38 then goes ahead by one with a charity shot. Tensions flare with each foul.  Harper puts a three pointer away for a two-point lead.  All Saints answers with their own three pointer by Nick.  St. Pius and All Saints each add another three pointer and the crowd roars with delight!  Score tied 48 to 48 with 2 minutes left to play.

Clearly the best game of the tournament and certainly the most exciting City Tournament game.

A timeout is taken with 58 seconds left in the game and a tied game.  All Saints takes several shots and miss them all.  St. Pius X gets possession of the ball with 7 seconds left in the game.  All Saints fouls with 1.5 seconds left to play.  Number 25 to the charity line for two.  Sinks 1.  All Saints takes a time out. Pius X leads by one. Back to the foul line…Misses second shot and All Saints takes a time out with 1.2 seconds left in the game. All Saints takes out the ball and throws it the length of the court.  The receiver catches it and takes a shot overshooting the target but great try none-the-less.  A truly great City Championship game that kept the fans on the edge of their seat till the very end!

Final:  St.Pius X 49, All Saints 48

CYO 7th Grade Girls City BXB Championships

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SUNDAY March 13, 2022

7th GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL

CYO CHAMPIONSHIP

HOME TEAM: St Pius X

COACH’S: Marc McCullagh, Molly Reding

PLAYER FIRST NAMES: Paley, London, Alexia, Carissa, Grace, Amani, Anna, Logan, Lauren

St. Pius X 8th Grade Girls place 1st in the CYO City Basketball Tournament March 13, 2022 at Valley Catholic High School

VISITING TEAM: All Saints

COACH’S: Simon Lamson, Kevin Kriesien

PLAYER FIRST NAMES: Tabor Hadley, Scarlett, Aoife, Michaele, Olivia, Quinn, Georgia, Chloe, Paige, Olivia, Gabrielle

All Saints 8th Grade Girls Team places 2nd in the 2022 CYO City Basketball Tournament

Q1: St. Pius X came out to a quick lead of 10 – 0 and All Saints finally scored with two minues left in the frst quarter. St. Pius X 12 – 2

Q2: With 4 minutes left in the first half, St. Pius X had added another 10 to All Saints 5. Halftime score St. Pius X 27, All Saints 10. Turnovers and missed shots dashed All Saints ability to square the game.

Q3: with 2 minutes left in the game, St. Pius had added another 10 points and All Saints had put up a lot of shots but none hit the target. End of quarter score: St. Pius X 33, All Saints 12.

Q4: All Saints continued to struggle to get the ball in the basket and keep hold of the ball.  With two minutes left in the game, St. Pius X had added another 10 to All Saints 2.  Final Score: St. Pius X: 44  All Saints: 16