The CYO North “Warriors” took on the CYO Vancouver “Cougars” in a very competitive game where the score did not tell the whole story. Both teams played a tough season and had a great showing in the championship event. The final score was 16 – 30 in favor of Vancouver. Congratulations to both teams.
Vancouver “Cougars” Fifth and Sixth Grade win the CYO Championship for 2014
CYO West and CYO Vancouver met in the 2014 Championship game at Valley Catholic. Both teams played each other very evenly through the first half where the score was 26 to 29 going into the third quarter. CYO West overpowered the Vancouver Cougars in the second half outscoring them by some 30 points at the end of the contest.
CYO West “Knights” win the CYO Football Championship for 2014
CYO Vancouver “Cougars” play a tough game in the 2014 CYO Championship
Mark Lee, CYO Director of Swimming, will be working with his outstanding volunteers in the swim program to present the final swim event of the 2014-15 swim season. The All Star Meet is unique in that it gives swimmers the opportunity to swim by gender and grade as opposed to cub (3rd through 5th grade) or cadet (6th through 8th).
The event will take place at the Mt. Hood College pool on Saturday January 31 from 1:00 until 5:30. This year, for the first time, All Star Swim Tee Shirts will be available for purchase by participants.
The 2013 CYO Football season concluded November 10 at Kiggins Bowl in Vancouver, WA with three championship games, one each for third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
CYO Region 8 Stayton, OR Rams third and fourth grade St. Mary’s School
Third and Fourth grade Championship Region 4 Falcons from Clackamas County – Christ the King, St. John the Baptist & St. John the Apostle Schools.
Region 13 Spartans from Holy Cross, Madeleine and Holy Redeemer Schools in North Portland.
Fifth and Sixth Grade Champions from Region 6 Beaverton Knights from Valley Catholic, St. Cecilia, St. Pius X, Holy Trinity
Seventh and Eighth Grade Region 3 Kings from South East Portland St. Agatha, St. Ignatius, Holy Family, St. Stephens
Seventh and Eight Grade Champions from Region 6 Beaverton Knights from Valley Catholic, St. Cecilia, St. Pius X, Holy Trinity
Each of the CYO sports is made up of a CYO Sport Director, Sport Commission, and Commission Chair. Mark Lee is the CYO Track and Field Director, Paul Boileau is the Track Commission Chair and six individuals sit on the Commission. Additionally, each of the Clubs that participate in CYO track and field have several coaches.
We are very blessed at CYO to have so many outstanding individuals helping produce the track and field regular season meets and the end of season Championship events for third through eighth grade participants.
These pictures were taken at the 2013 Coaches meeting prior to the final day of competition. Who do you recognize?
Shot Put Cadet Boys Nicholas Carbone
Shot PUt Cub Boys Lane Marshall
Shot Put Cub girls Carole Ramos
Long Jump Cadet Boys Simon Cooney
Long Jump Cub Boys Jayden Holgado
Long Jump Cub Girls Hayley Harrison
Long Jump Cadet Girls Audrey Bright
Javelin Cadet Boys Sean Hamel
Javelin Cadet Girls Noelle Mannen
Javelin Cub Girls Lindsay Drango
Javelin Cub Boys Lane Marshall
High Jump Cadet Boys Robert Scriven
High Jump Cadet Girls Martyna Adamiec
High Jump Cub girls Kate MacNaughton
High Jump Cub Boys Aidan Maloney
3000 Meter Cadet Girls Samantha Slusher
3000 Meter Cub Boys Lucas Martin
3000 Meter Cadet Boys Logan Phillips
3000 Meter Cub girls Elizabeth Rink
1500 Meter Run Cub Boys William Sheaffer
1500 Meter Run Cadet Girls Samantha Slusher
1500 Meter Run Cub Girls Makenna Schumacher
1500 Meter Run Cadet Boys Logan Phillips
800 Meter Run Cub girls Greta Anderson
800 Meter run Cub Boys Ethan Reese
800 Meter Run Cadet girls Chloe Jensen
800 Yard Run Cadet Boys Cameron Parker
400 Yard Dash Cub girls Willa Grund
400 Yard Dash Cub Boys Tyson Parker
400 Yard Dash Cadet Girls McCall Phillips
400 Yard Dash Cadet Boys Jake Harthun
200 Yard Dash Cub Girls Willa Grund
200 Yard Dash Cub Boys Tyson Parker
200 Yard Dash Cadet Girls Malika Washington
100 Yard Dash Cadet Boys Jake Harthun
100 Yard Dash Cadet Girls Malika Washington
100 Yard Dash Cub Girls Morgan Keudell
100 Yard Dash Cub Boys Sam Romeo
200 Yard Dash Cadet Boys Cameron Russell
Seton Catholic High School is presenting their very first musical production CINDERELLA February 22,23,24th at the Royal Durst Theater in Vancouver, Washington! My niece, Cheyenne Cunning, will be playing the wicked step-mother! I would like to ask YOU to join me at one of the performances and help this new school by attending and lending the support of your good nature!
I will be helping at all three performances as a volunteer working on the production. I have to tell you, it is not easy starting a new school. Things we take for granted at our established schools are hardships for students in a new school without a theater for example. The entire production is being produced by volunteer efforts including the rental of the local theater.
Madeleine Hunter, a senior at the school, with hopes of pursuing drama as a career choice following high school, will be playing the title role of Cinderella in this exciting musical production! Prince Charming will be played by John Tomassi, also a talented actor and founding member, along with Hunter, of the popular “Setonotes” a school a cappella singing group.
You are in for a treat as this talented group of young people lend their talents to the production of the play.
Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. Your attendance and generosity are most appreciated!
Jenna Bass, CYO Director of Basketball and Volleyball is getting ready to schedule high school basketball teams. The CYO High School basketball program is a wonderful way for high school youth to stay involved in CYO sports and have a LOT of fun doing it too! Most of the games will be played at the HOOP facility.
The High School program plays on Sunday afternoon and some 500 to 600 players generally turn out for the program. If you are interested in putting a high school team together, contact Jenna Bass at the CYO Office at 503-231-9484. Packets will be available at most of the area Catholic High Schools next week. You do NOT have to attend a Catholic High School to participate. Put your own team together, the registration includes reversible jersey, officials fees and facility rental. CYO will schedule your team into the proper grade. Teams are put together by grade and gender. Girls play in one league but boys have a league for frosh, soph, jr and senior.
If you attended the first Champions of Faith benefit dinner for CYO/Camp Howard this past September, please note that thanks to YOU, we were able to accomplish a very important project at the camp. For fifteen years, the most desired improvement to the camp at the request of the kids, has been to heat the pool. Thanks to YOU we were able to accomplish that this year and we would like you to know about it!
A pool heater was purchased, ditch dug to connect it to the propane tank, wire cage built around the heater, filled the propane tank, covered the ditches, replanted the grass… just waiting for the kids so we can fire it up and heat the water! Takes one hour to heat the water one degree, so I am told, and the temperature will be around 80 to 83 degrees when “up to temp.”
Looking forward to surprising the kids with warm pool water this summer!
Thank you, Champions of Faith!
Camp Howard is a great place for youth to spend time at in the summer. The camp offers rental opportunities year around and a seven week camping season in the heart of the summer.
After adding an addition 100 bed occupancy to the camp in 2001, there is always plenty of room for campers to attend the camp EXCEPT ONE WEEK.
The last week of camp is an interesting week. Counselors are heading back to college, camper numbers are much lower, so we schedule Joe Bushman’s football camp down at the sport camp. He and his team take over Cougar Den Unit and Greenwood Unit. Joe and his team have been coming to camp for several years and they are a great group of guys and gals.
This lowers the number of campers we can take the last week of camp during a session that is normally low anyway. But believe it or not, this particular session has filled for week long campers. So check out the other 5 weeks and find the week that will work best for your schedule and get registered for what promises to be a great summer of camping at Camp Howard.
CYO/Camp Howard 
