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CYO 8 Girls, A Game to Remember!

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2024 CYO 8th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Pius X

Coaches Ted Stark, Trond Williams

Players: Alexa, Anna, Catherine, Emma, Lauren, Samantha, Zea

Mascot: Panthers

Visiting Team: All Saints

Coaches: Kevin Wellnitz, Sarah Wellnitz, Kevin Kriesien

Players: Alexa, Chloe, Failenn, Grace, Harper, Katherine, Quinn, Sophie, Stella

Mascot: Ramblers

Game Highlights:

All Saints and St. Pius X began the game with a photo of both teams together symbolizing the friendships that have been built over the years in competitions between the teams. The gesture was a tribute to both programs.

All Saints sunk a 3 pointer to get the game started and the two teams were off to the races.  St. Pius outscored the Ramblers by 2 to end the first quarter.  In the second quarter, All Saints tightened their game, held onto the ball and ended the half ahead by 7.

The third quarter saw the Panthers claw their way back and tie the game with 2 minutes left in the quarter.  St. Pius X took the lead after a 30 second timeout with Coach Ted Stark.  St. Pius went ahead until All Saints tied it back up with 20 seconds to go then sunk a three pointer at the buzzer for a 3 point lead going into the fourth.

In the fourth quarter, “The Game”, All Saints went ahead by 6 while St. Pius X continued to work away at the deficit.  With four minutes left the Panthers cut the lead by 2. Lauren for the Panthers sunk a three to bring it within 1 then All Saints sunk another deuce to keep a three-point margin.  Alexa drew a foul but could not convert any points then fouled on the rebound leading to Panther free throws.  With two minutes left, Lauren made one of two and All Saints got the rebound.  Emma went back to the free throw line for the Panthers, made one and it was All Saints ball, one point difference. 

The panthers stole the ball and headed down the court scoring two to put St. Pius ahead by 1.  Pius played catch till fouled with 20 seconds left in the game.  Zea missed the first, sunk the second and All Saints again could not hold onto the ball giving it up to Pius and fouling to keep the game alive. Samantha goes to the line and sinks one, misses one now a three point lead and Lauren goes to the line for Piux.  She misses both her free throws and All Saints cannot get the ball to the other end of the court to score. St. Pius X wins the 8th grade girls championship by three in a great game.

Quarter 1: St. Pius X 10 – All Saints 8

Quarter 2: St. Pius X 12 – All Saints 19

Quarter 3: St. Pius X x – All Saints x

Quarter 4: St. Pius X 40 – All Saints 37

CYO 7 Girls Dominate Season & Championships

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2024 CYO 7th Grade Girls City Championship at Valley Catholic School

Home Team: St. Anthony

Coaches : Aubrey Turley, Charlie Keller, Michael Turley

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

Mascot: The Hawkes

Visiting Team: Holy Family

Coaches: Norm Hersom, Kelly Betteridge, Andrew Owings

Players: Beatrice, Gia, Kiele, Kirsten, Luna, Piper, Sasha, Sloane

Mascot: The Cardinals

Game Highlights:

St. Anthony, undefeated in regular season play came out to a quick lead shooting and scoring to end the quarter with a 12-point lead.  The Cardinals found their stride in the second quarter but could not match the scoring of the Hawkes. The quarter finished with a 21-point favor to the Hawkes.

In the second half, the Hawkes continued to dominate and show a lot of excellent skills that made them this year’s championship team.  The Cardinals gave a wonderful effort in the contest today.

Quarter 1: St. Anthony 16 – Holy Family 4

Quarter 2: St. Anthony 34 – Holy Family 13

Quarter 3: St. Anthony 40 – Holy Family 19

Quarter 4: St. Anthony 56 – Holy Family 23

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.