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CYO 6 Boys CITY BXB Upset

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2024 CYO 6th Grade Boys City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches Darin Widmer, Christopher McCollister, J.D. Larson, Min Lee

Players: Aaron, Alexander, Avery, Grant, Griffin, Jace, Jameson, Max, Micah, Nico

Mascot: Panthers

Visiting Team: Holy Family

Coaches: Chris Wojnar, Andrew Over, Marcus Penhale

Players: Anthony, Attivus, Dylan, Jack, Jackson, Jacob, Luke, Rory, Tomas

Mascot: Cardinals

Game Highlights:

St. Pius won the contests by a narrow margin in pre-season play.  Holy Family jumped out to a 10 point lead in the first half with St. Pius X in close pursuit.  Holy Family continued to lead by 10 at the end of the third quarter in a very exciting game by both teams.  The fourth quarter was truly the game with boy teams vying aggressively for the ball and making many of the shots they put up.  With four minutes left in the game, Holy Family lead by 12 with both teams matching basket for basket.  With 1:41 left in the game, it was an 8 point game with both teams still in it to win it.

Quarter 1: St. Pius X 12 – Holy Family 14

Quarter 2: St. Pius X 16 – Holy Family 26

Quarter 3: St. Pius X 29 – Holy Family 40

Quarter 4: St. Pius X 49 – Holy Family 57

CYO 6 Girls City BXB a Cat & Dog Fight

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2024 CYO 6th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: Chris Philippi, Chris Bloomer

Players: Avery, Chloe, Emma, Emma, Sarah, Sophia, Tatum, Zoe

Mascot: Panthers

Visiting Team: St. Thomas More

Coaches: Jimmy Sharp, Jay McGrain

Players: Alexandra, Caitlin, Izzy, Maren, Mia, Presley, Rose, Shannon, Stella

Mascot: Bulldogs

Game Highlights:

A balanced game through the first quarter into the second half when the Panthers outscored the Bulldogs finishing the half with an 8-point lead.  The Panthers owned the second half with the Bulldogs never giving up.  Trailing by 20, the Bulldogs had tenacity but not the ability to pull out a win today.

Quarter 1:

Quarter 2: St. Pius X 19 – St. Thomas More 11

Quarter 3: St. Pius X 29 – St. Thomas More 19

Quarter 4: St. Pius X 47 – St. Thomas More 27 FINAL

CYO 5th Grade Boys Make History in Playoff Game

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2024 CYO 5th Grade Boys City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: Franciscan Montessori Earth School

Coaches: Adrian Esteban, Alex Esteban

Players: Daniel, Diego, Ethan, Herbie, Jackson, Koji, Lyons, Nebie

Mascot: Saints

Visiting Team: St. Clare

Coaches: Kevin Myers, Matt Williams

Players: Ahren, Bennett, Canyon, Emmett, Liam, Oliver, Sam, Santiago, Silas, Tim

Mascot: The Dragons

Game Highlights:

A slow paced, balanced game, tied with 1:50 left in the third quarter thanks to 3 steals by the Saints, Lyons and shooting by Ethan. The Saints took the lead after a 6-point deficit near the end of the third quarter.

HISTORY: This was the first time Franciscan Montessori Earth School has won the City Championship level, the highest level of the CYO Basketball Tournament. 

Quarter 1: Franciscan Montessori Earth School 6 – St. Clare 9

Quarter 2: Franciscan Montessori Earth School 16 – St. Clare 15

Quarter 3: Franciscan Montessori Earth School 29 – St. Clare 25

Quarter 4: Franciscan Montessori Earth School 44 – St. Clare 34

CYO Third Grade Girls city Championship game Decided

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2024 CYO 3rd Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Cecilia

Coaches: Danielle Dausman, Dennis Masi, Matt McMullen, Sarah Messenger

Players: Annie, Audrey, Ava, Campbell, Emily, Gabriela, Hadley, Julia, Kayleigh, Millie, Sophie

Mascot: Cyclones Blue & White

Visiting Team: St. Pius X

Coaches: Jeff Hern, Steven Gassert

Players: Andrea, Catherine, Ellisyn, Heidi, Lucia, Nora, Sophia, Sutton

Mascot: Panthers Green & White

Game Highlights: No shooting from the logo in this game but lots of back and forth running from basket to basket as the girls worked to get the ball in the hoop.  St. Pius X Scored 6 early in the second quarter to go ahead by 6 and added 4 in the third quarter to lead St. Cecilia by 8 going into the fourth quarter.

St. Cecilia came alive in the fourth quarter scoring 6 toward the end, behind by 2 with 1:18 left to go.  With 40.5 left in the game, Audrey was fouled and the Cyclones got another chance to inbound the ball under their basket.  The Panthers grabbed it and headed to the other end stepping out of bounds.  St. Cecilia made several attempts to get the ball through the hoop.  With 8 seconds on the clock, the Panthers, Sophia, shot two free throws swishing them both like Caitlyn Clark on a Friday night.

With .09 seconds, St. Cecilia’s Audrey had two shots, but the basket continued to evade the Cyclones today.

Quarter 1: St. Cecilia 4 – St. Pius X 7

Quarter 2: St. Cecilia 7 – St. Pius X 13

Quarter 3: St. Cecilia 9 – St. Pius X 17

Quarter 4: St. Cecilia 17 – St. Pius X 19 FINAL

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CYO 8th Grade Girls BXB play for the Gold

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2023 CYO 8th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: Valley Catholic

Coaches Zach Bromert (Head Coach), Frank McKeen (AS), Maggie McKeen (AS)

Players: Hannah, Leah, Meghan, Ruby, Avery, Malia, Louisa, Leah, Grace, Stephanie, Natalie

Mascot: The Valiants

Visiting Team: St. Rose

Coaches: Craig Thomas (Head Coach), Joe Healy (AS), Christopher Brennan (AS)

Players: Delaney, Gabriella, Peyton, Fia, Caitlin, Portland, Kate, Isabella, Regina, Bennett

Mascot: The Hawks

Game Highlights:

Basketball Commissioner, Steve Mueller set the stage as he announced the CYO 8th grade Girls Basketball championship beginning with team names.  He made the calls throughout the game giving the kids a sense of true championship and it was very special for all of the players.

Valley Catholic and St. Rose both had an enthusiastic start playing each other toe to toe in the first quarter. Valley Catholic made some fast break points immediately in the top of the second quarter and outscored St. Rose 12 to 2.

In the second half.  In the third quarter the scoring was balanced for both teams. The Valliant’s outdistanced the Hawks in the fourth quarter with a final score of 44 – 27.

Quarter 1: Valley Catholic 11, St. Rose 9

Quarter 2: Valley Catholic 23, St. Rose 13

Quarter 3: Valley Catholic 32, St. Rose 21

Quarter 4: Valley Catholic 44, St. Rose 27

CYO 6th Grade Girls BXB teams In it to Win it

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2023 CYO 6th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Anthony

Coaches Charlie Keller, Aubrey Turley

Players: Madeline, Josie, Bridget, Brenna, Kayla, Leighton, Presley, Allison

Mascot:  The Hawks

Visiting Team: St. Ignatius

Coaches: Andy Hryclw, Zach Puent, Adam Kelly

Players: Asha, Jade, Ella, Emma, Lucia, Margaret, Maddie, Amelia

Mascot: The Gators

Game Highlights:

First half, Two feisty, great shooting teams very well matched creating a lot of excitement.  Neither team was afraid to shoot three pointers and they sunk them like pros.

In the second half, St. Anthony overpowered St. Ignatius, widening the gap and St. Ignatius could not make it up.  It was a great game with a lot of intensity.

Quarter 1: St. Ignatius 6 – St. Anthony5

Quarter 2: St. Anthony 12 – St. Ignatius 10

Quarter 3: St. Anthony 19 – St. Ignatius 11

Quarter 4: St. Anthony 35 – St. Ignatius 22

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.

The Rule of Separation

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October 9, 2020

23 days till National Vocation Awareness Week – post 3 of 25

Preparing cookies for Christmas celebrations LtoR: Sr. Ruth Etzel, Sr. Maryann Giesel, Sr. Magdalene, Sr. Adele Marie

Fourty years have passed since I entered Religious Life.  Things have changed as the world changes.  Nothing stays the same and that is for the most part good, I think.  Not in all cases but mostly.  When I was in formation, we had what was called a “Rule of Separation” which mean’t if you were in formation you could not talk with the sisters who were professed.  Why? You are probably asking?  Formation takes place through the interaction with one formation director.  Every single person has a suggestion for how something should be done.  If you want a uniform formation for your members in religious life, best it be done through one, trained director.   In my day there were a dozen of us in various stages of formation and we were able to create a good community of young sisters.

Today, we no longer have the rule of separation, but we do have 4 Sisters in formation, three of whom are under the age of 30.  They are a wonderful group of young women who give me a lot of hope and confidence in our future as a religious community.   The Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon accept women between the ages of 18 and 45.  Even though we no longer have a rule of separation, the older sisters have an understanding of what should be deferred to the formation director.

JOIN ME AT CAMP HOWARD THIS SUMMER!

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I’m not sure what could be more fun than spending time with you and your loved ones at Camp Howard this summer. As for me, I come to the office most days during the summer but stay at the camp in the evenings and parts of other days especially Fridays. It is a wonderful experience to be at the camp and breathe the great outdoor air. I would LOVE to share that with you!

Consider joining several of the staff and I for family camp July 31 – August 2, 2020 at Camp Howard. https://cyocamphoward.org/Layouts/evolved/Content.aspx?d=RehqjLdx3v1v43hsy7lfk%2bs3Y0h1XDUboIu9B1LISrU%3d

The reason I encourage family camp is that it is a great way for parents to check out the camp, initiate your children in the wonderful aspects of camping, and get a sense of what the camp and the people are all about. You will truly not be sorry!

Family camp is a great time for good conversations, rest, relaxation (we cook for you) and family fun. You sleep together in a cabin and enjoy watching your children participate in fun camp activities. There are also campfire talent shows where you and your family can come up with a talent act to do together.

Camp Howard is an ACA (American Camping Association) accredited camp with high standing in the camping industry. Please join us for the summer of 2020!

Camp Howard visits Holy Trinity School in Beaverton

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Thank you Holy Trinity students and faculty for your warm reception and promotion of Camp Howard!