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CYO 8th Grade Girls City Championships St. Francis vs St. Clare…

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March 11, 2018

CYO City Basketball Championships

Home Team: St. Francis, Sherwood (White)

Coach(s): Mary Beth Bowman, Eric Pitt, Leroy Wagner

Player first names: Sophia, Darynne, Keeley, Victoria, Leanna, Gisela, Carmela

 

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Visiting Team: St. Clare (Red)

Coaches: Barbara Harkins, Bethany Macneur

Players: Maura, Megan, Eliza, Michelle, Lauren, Alexa, Sophie, Fiona, Gillian, Gia, Charlotte, Makena

 

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Scores:

Q1: 14 – 7 St. Francis Sherwood

Q2: 26 – 13 St. Francis Sherwood

Q3: 39 – 24 St. Francis Sherwood

Q4: 44-42 St. Francis Sherwood

 

Game Highlights:

  • Francis came out to the early lead and kept St. Clare at bay though out the first quarter.
  • Francis widened the lead in the second quarter with a 13-point margin going into the half.
  • Sophia put in 4 points at the end of the half to widen the gap for St. Francis.
  • Clare moved the ball to their end often but could not get the shots to fall.
  • Francis continued to put on the pressure but with 3 minutes left in the third, St. Clare ignited and desperately attempted to catch up some ground.
  • Lauren #14 for the St. Clare Dragons fouled out with 2:20 left in the game.
  • Left unchecked, St. Francis took advantage of their opportunities
  • Clare at the other end could not get the ball to drop in the bucket! Rebound St. Francis!
  • With five seconds in the 3rd quarter, #20, Charlotte put in two for the Dragons and drew a foul
  • With 2:43 left in the game, St. Clare mounted another comeback getting within 7 points. Now the game will get really interesting!
  • With 1:40 left in the game, #23 and #44 Gigi played keep away on the St. Francis end of the court until the Dragons forced a foul.
  • At 1:05 the Dragons scored coming within 6 points!
  • At 10.9 seconds, the Dragons come within 2 and #44 goes to the line to shoot 1 and 1 for St. Francis. She misses, St. Francis gets the ball.
  • At 7.9 St. Francis goes to the charity line again to shoot two. Score…Score
  • One shot left Dragons # 4 drives to the hoop and scores for 2!
  • An amazing game that brought the entire crowd to their feet!

FINAL: 44 – 42 St. Francis Sherwood

CYO 7th Grade Girls Championship All Saints vs St. John Fisher…

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March 11, 2018 BEAVERTON, OR

7th Grade Girls CYO City Basketball Championships

Home Team: St. John Fisher (White)

Coach(s): Jason D’Ambrosio, Jason Hawthorne, Scott Olsen

Player first names: Reese, Catie, Addison, Isabella, Morgan, Isabel, Rosali, Alexandra, Cayton, Grace

 

1 All Saints 7th Grade Girls

Visiting Team: All Saints (Green

Coaches: Ron DePalma, James MacCallum

Players: Olivia, Chloe, Ava, Shannon, Charlotte, Mackenzie, Abigail, Sarah, Molly, Corinne

2 St. John Fisher 7th Grade Girls

Scores:

Q1: 8-6 All Saints

Q2: 18 – 7 All Saints

Q3: 24 – 11 All Saints

Q4: 30 – 21 All Saints

Game Highlights:

  • All Saints slowly and patiently set up the ball on most possessions and moved it around until they had a shot.
  • All Saints had the height advantage and followed up on their missed shots for conversions.
  • John Fisher was the quicker team with great ball handling skills. They had a hard time penetrating All Saints defense to get inside to the basket.
  • With under three minutes left, St. John Fisher caught on fire and made a comeback.
  • With 44 seconds left in the game, St. John Fisher had closed the gap to 5 points and the pressure was on!
  • All Saints was held scoreless through most of the quarter letting SJF close in.
  • John Fisher could not close the gap but gave All Saints a good run for their money in the last quarter.

FINAL: All Saints 30 – 21

 

CYO 6th Grade Girls City Basketball Champions St. Andrew Nativity vs St. Pius X…

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March 8, 2018

CYO City Basketball Championships

Home Team: St. Andrew Nativity

Coach(s): Dion Ragsdale

Player first names: Ayanna, Nickara, Genesis, Ge’Aira, Deborah, Nakya, Ebani, Yanci, Genesis, Bobbie Skyy, dulce, Haley, Melissa, Estrella

1 St. Andrew Nativity Girls

Visiting Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: Robert Centis,

Players: (will be added)

2 St. PIus X Girls

Scores:

Q1: 10 – 7

Q2: 20 – 17

Q3: 26 – 20

Q4: 31 – 27

Game Highlights:

Great defensive game during the 1st quarter.  Both teams were applying pressure from the beginning.

The first half of the game was played hard by both teams.  The score was close.  Both teams had big rosters and did a great job rotating the girls in and out to keep them fresh.

St. Pius X gained the lead in the 3rd quarter with some big offensive rebounds.

St. Andrew Nativity was able to gain back the lead and keep it during the 4th quarter.  They had some big steals in the 4th quarter to help them win the game.

FINAL:

St. Andrew Nativity 31 – 27

CYO 5th Grade Girls City Championship St. Matthew vs St. Cecilia…

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March 8, 2018

CYO City Basketball Championships 5th Grade Girls

Home Team: St. Matthew (white)

Coach(s): David Loza, Jeff tuck

Player first names: Chanelle, Anya, Braxtyn, Naomi, Alyssa, Emerson, Ellie, Natalie, Berkleigh, Isabel, London

 

1 St. Matthew Girls

Visiting Team: St. Cecilia (Blue)

Coaches: Erika Bayless, Curt Fingal

Players: Audrey, Grace, Ella, Alise, Sophia, Sarah, Julia, Mia, Margaret, Sophia

2 St. Cecilia Girls

Scores:

Q1: 11-7 St. Matthew

Q2: 22-15 St. Matthew

Q3: 39 – 22 St. Matthew

Q4: 47 – 28 St. Matthew

Game Highlights:

  • Intense defense for St. Matthew and St. Cecilia (lots of ball pressure)
  • Crowd and atmosphere were spectacular! Parents and benches for both sides invested in their kids and teammates.
  • Cecilia great cheers in between quarters and timeouts (You gotta want it to win it!)
  • Strong 8-0 run in the 2nd quarter increased gap to 17 – 9
  • Intense defense carried into 2nd half with full court pressure by both sides
  • #22 on St. Matthew great drive to hoop for layup and steals inboud pass for another great layup
  • Huge 3rd quarter for St. Matthew took the lead up to 17 thanks to smothering defense
  • #23 hit a deep 3 with 1:30 to go in the 4th quarter to put on an exclamation point
  • Great team chant for St. Cecilia cheering their team on to the very end

FINAL:

St. Matthew 47 – 28

 

Camp Howard Updates Paintball and Laser Tag

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April 12, 2017 CYO/CH…The lasertag and paintball courses have been redone at Camp Howard this winter by Ashtien King, Assistant to the Property Director.  Ashtien is no stranger to either sport and has put his own personal touch on the stations.

The Paintball range has moved to a location below Aldergrove Unit which will be exciting for the kids.

A new laser tag shed is under construction to store the materials in during the summer.  Campers age 11 and up are eligible to participate in the laser tag program at Camp Howard.

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Above: Laser tag arena at Camp Howard has new areas to hide behind this year.

I Drove Back for the Cabbage!

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JANUARY 10, 2017 CYO/CH –Did I tell you what I saw this summer on my way to the office from Camp Howard?  The area has some very impressive “truck farms” which means they raise vegetables for local stores and sales.

The daily summer trips to and from camp from the office or from the convent or from the bus pick up and drop off, affords the opportunity to watch the entire process from planting to harvest of the cabbages and it is beautiful.

I am driving one day and I notice halfway down the field that they are planting the field with the cabbages.  I drive a little ways and I think to myself, “I haven’t seen the planting process in all of my twenty years of trips to the camp!  It will take an extra half hour of time but do it!”

I drove back and patiently waited for the men to get all the way to the end of the field then come back to the end I was at.  It was worth the wait and I would like to share my photos with you of what I saw.  Would you go back for the cabbage?

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Planting a field of cabbage four rows at a time.

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Above: Making the turn at the end of the row.

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Above: refilling the containers with cabbage plants.  You can see the black circles with small plant holders in which each individual plant is placed.  With the help of some sort of mechanical mechanism, the plant drops and is guided by the two silver levers and the plant is planted!  The large orange wheels create a “seed bed” for the plants.

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Above: four individuals take a seat on the chairs provided and keep the circular mechanisms filled with plants as two individuals follow for quality control.

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Above: All seven of the workers were thrilled to be photographed.  Their work provided a lot of enjoyment for me through out the summer!

CYO 7th Grade Girls – St. Joseph Takes it in Two

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9-7-spike-st-joseph-championsSt. Joseph, Vancouver, WA Coaches: Casey Moltrum & Eileen Stemple.  Players: Alyssa, Caroline, Sydney, Rylie, Tyra, Lauren, Renee, Bridget, and Taylor.

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Cathedral Portland, OR. Coaches: Fergie Bush, Tully Bush and Patrick Ryan.  Players: Maisie, Nathalie, Chloe, Harper, Elliott, Alli, Madeleine, Avery, Lily and Maggie.

Game Highlights:

St. Joseph jumped to an early lead in game one and and did not look back, winning the game by 18 points.  Cathedral got on the stick in game 2 and reminded St. Joseph’s they had history at the CYO Championship tournament with an early 8-4 lead.  St. Joseph’s not willing to lay down and take it, fought back every inch of the way to a 15 – 15 tie.  Cathedral went ahead by three and St. Joseph tied it up at 22.  St. Joseph had Cathedral on the ropes at 24 – 23 with the serve. Lauren Stemple served the final ball and scored for St. Joseph and the CYO Championship.  A great game by both teams.

Both teams have high school varsity potential and we will see them playing for local high schools in the future for sure.

CYO 6 Boys City Championship Nativity vs Valley Catholic

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St. Andrew Nativity defeated Valley Catholic twice in regular season play and came out with a quick scoring spurt in the first quarter of the CYO City Championship 6th grade game.  Nativity outscored Valley Catholic 15 – 9 in the first quarter.  In the second quarter, Valley Catholic came back and tied the game 20 – 20 before an end of half run by Nativity finishing the half 30 – 24.

Nativity was quick and able to drive the basket yet Valley Catholic stayed within 5 points through the third quarter through patient set ups and 3 point shooting.  The third quarter ended 41 – 37 Nativity.

The last three minutes of the game was a St. Andrew Nativity runaway.  Valley Catholic could not drop the ball.  The slight height advantage and skill of #30 Dondrae Fair could not be equaled by Valley Catholic, though Valley’s #33, Reynard Wan played a masterful game getting 10+ points for the Valiants with his under the basket power plays.

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St. Andrew Nativity 6th Grade Boys win the 2016 City Championship game against Valley Catholic March 12, 2016

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Valley Catholic 6th Grade boys place second in the 2016 CYO City Basketball Championships March 12 against St. Andrew Nativity.

All Saints Girls win the 5th Grade CYO BXB Tournament

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The All Saints 5th Grade Girls had height in their favor in the CYO City Championship game against the Cathedral girls (photo unavailable).  The contest was played March 6th at Valley Catholic in Beaverton, OR.  Both teams played a good game and it was enjoyable to watch.

The final score was 30 – 16.

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CYO Boys Third Grade Basketball Final

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A 30 second comeback sparked a barnstormer of a finish in the 3rd grade boys Championship game as the Madeleine team scored 7 points in under a minute.  They came within 3 points with 20 seconds left in the game but fouling to buy time resulted in a 4 point loss to St. John the Baptist.

FINAL: St. John the Baptist 27

Madeleine 23

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St. John the Baptist 3rd Grade Boys win the CYO City Basketball Championship March 5th at Valley Catholic High School defeating the Madeleine 27 – 23

3 Boys City 2016 2nd Place Madeleine

The Madeleine School from Portland, OR took second place in the CYO City Championship Basketball tournament March 5th at Valley Catholic School in Beaverton.