St. Marys DCVI - Weblog 07-08

Junior Girls Basketball

The Junior Girls Basketball Team have been to 1 tournament in Exeter and have played 4 league games. They have been building their program to include 5 systems running consistently. There has been no curve in the learning just a straight incline and they are beginning to play like a very strong team. Our large crew of 16 has been eager and energetic. As we approach the midseason mark, watch to see a very different team evolve and develop. Our next home game is Wed. Oct. 24. Come out and cheer us on.

Great season so far girls!!

Ms. Lawrence

Senior Boys Volleyball

The senior boys improved their season record to 9 - 3 on Tuesday, October 2 when they hosted both Listowel and Central Huron.

In their first match against Listowel,  the Senior Dawgs struggled with intensity losing two games to 1.  In the first match, serving errors were the biggest factor with St. Marys committing 8 missed serves.  As the number of missed serves increased the senior Salukis play diminished causing the team to commit several offensive and defensive errors causing them to lose 16 - 25.

The Senior Dawgs rebounded in the second set causing the LIstowel squad to struggle. With a final score of 25 - 13 the senior team showed the home town fans what they are capable of.

In the third set the St. Marys team once again struggled with intensity.  With lack lustre effort defensively the Dawgs fell behind early at 11 points and never recovered, losing by a score of 19 - 25.

In the second match the Senior Dawgs showed a better performance defeating Central Huron 3 games to none.  In each game primary passers Brandon Boyd, James Robinson and Tristan Dundas did well while setters Adam Corwall and Darian Cross continue to improve.  Final scores were 25 - 11 , 25 - 12 and 25 - 23.

Senior's continue regular season play next Thursday when they travel to Northwestern.

Mr. Moore

Senior Girls Basketball

Last Wednesday the senior Salukis traveled to Clinton to play CHSS.  St Marys jumped out to a 17-6 lead after one quarter and increased it to 23-8 at the half. The team continued to work on its defense and offensive plays en route to a 38-20 win.  Scorers were Stephanie Hairsine with 14 pts, Brittanie Bailey 8 pts and Brittany Sterkenburg, Catherine Wallis, Andrea Payton, Eline Haanstra each scored 4 pts.The team improved its Huron-Perth record to 2 and 0.

This past weekend, Saturday, Sept 29, St Marys competed in the University of Toronto Basketball Festival. Thirty-two teams played in the sports complex at U of T on seven full size courts. The teams were divided into eight pools of four teams each.  Each game is divided into two 12 minute halfs. In their first pool game the Salukis defeated King City HS 23-6. The second game was a 30-22 defeat to Winston Churchill Collegiate from Toronto.  In their final pool game St Marys defeated Heart Lake HS from Brampton 27-20 to place second in their pool.

In a Division II quarter final game against Fr. John Redmond SS from Etobicoke, the senior Salukis won 20-15.  In the semifinal and their last game of the festival, St Marys lost to a quick team, Senator O’Connor SS from Toronto 31-22.  The Salukis played a variety of teams and continued to improve throughout the day.

The team plays its next games two games Monday, Oct 1 at Stratford Central versus the host Rams and visiting FE Madill from Wingham.

Mr. Hairsine

Girls Field Hockey

The Salukis Field Hockey team has started its season with a win, loss and tie.  The team lost their opening game against St. Annes on September 17 by a score of 3-1.  The team learned a lot against this more experienced team, and was ready to take on their next opponent, Listowel, on September 24.  The team controlled the Lightening, and had many scoring opportunities.  Kelsey Robinson scored the lone marker for the Salukies, while Richelle Forrester had a pair of goals called back.  The game ended in a 1-1 tie.The team gained their first victory of the season Wednesday September 26 in Listowel playing against Mitchell.  Although the skies looked gloomy, the weather was perfect for field hockey.  The team came out strong in the first half, dominating play.  A goal by Rachel Weber stood up as the winner in a 1-0 victory.  Ashley Hibbert played a strong game in net, supported by the defensive unit of Alissa Fraser, Krysten Cardiff, Lauren Thomson and Lindsay Cubberley.  The team plays their only home game of the season on Monday afternoon at 4:30pm.  Come on out to cheer on your Salukis!

Mrs. Chateauvert

Junior Boys Volleyball

The Salukis Junior Boys Volleyball team played their first league games of the 2007 Huron-Perth season at home on Thursday, September 26th against F.E. Madill from Wingham, and South Huron from Exeter.  The team got off to a good start against Madill due to the serving of Millar Coles, but couldn’t find a way to finish off with a victory.  Highlights of the match included a thunderous hit from Brent Rae out of the middle position and strong passing from the back court.  All three of the sets were close, with scores of 25-20, 25-21, and 25-19. 

In the match against South Huron, tough serving proved to be too strong for the young Saluki squad.  The team got behind quickly and couldn’t dig their way out despite solid passing from Calvin Penny in the back row.  Josh Bishop-Moffatt was able to hit down a couple of nice balls that proved too much for the Panthers.

With only one returning player from last year, and nine grade nines, the team spent much of the afternoon learning their positions, and figuring out where they should be on the court.  Overall, their coach was pleased with the improvements he saw throughout the day.

Members of this years team are: Scott Anderson, Millar Coles, Dillon Drinkwalter, Brett Hyatt, Kyle Mansfield, Justin Marriott, Travis McEwan, Josh Bishop-Moffatt, Calvin Penny, Brent Rae, T.J. Spence, and Nick Tybik.

Upcoming games:

St. Mikes Tournament: Saturday, September 29th
Tuesday, October 2nd at the D.C.V.I.

Mr. Chateauvert

Senior Boys Volleyball

The senior boys volleyball team started their season off last night with a 5 - 1 record.

In the first match St. Marys squared off against Madill. In the first set St. Marys rolled to an easy win defeating Madill 25 - 9. In the second set St. Marys started off slow falling behind with a score of 7 - 16. With consistent serving from Chris Barber, St. Marys came back and won the game by a score of 25 - 19. In the final set St. Marys took an early lead and won by a score of 25 - 20.

In their second match against South Huron the Dawks walked away with 2 wins and a loss. In the first set St. Marys back was against the wall with South Huron 1 point away from the win. With some great serving from Nick Van Lierop and decisive setting from Adam Cornwall St. Marys got 6 unanswered points, winning by a score of 26 - 24.

St. Marys lost the second set by a score of 15 - 25.

In the third set ST. Marys started off slow falling behind with a score of 4 - 14. With great leadership from Tristan Dundas and James Robinson, the Dawgs went on a 8 point run. With the score 19 - 19 St. Marys took control of the game and rolled to a 25 - 22 win.

Congratulations to the team on a great home opener. Team members are reminded of the practice Monday morning.

Mr. Moore

Senior Girls Basketball

On Wednesday, September 19, the senior girls basketball team opened the Huron-Perth season at home versus South Huron. The team had a poor start in the first quarter, falling behind 11-3.  However the girls started to apply strong defensive pressure and adjusted to South Huron’s zone defense and were down only 3, 14 - 17, at the half.  The Salukis continued to play well in the second and won 34 - 31.

This past weekend the senior girls traveled to the Ridley College tournament in St Catherines. In their first game on Friday, Sept 21, the Salukis played Parkside from Dundas.  The team started slowly and although down at the half, was able to tie the game 18-18 in the third quarter.  Parkside went on a hot streak in the last quarter and won a low scoring game 29-20.  Eight players scored in the game. St Marys then played their next game on the consolation side of the draw against A.N. Meyer from Niagara Falls.  Down 11-2 after one quarter, St Marys increased their defensive pressure over the remaining three quarters and displayed great teamwork in losing 53-37.  In their final game of the tournament, St Marys played Holy Cross from St Catherines and again used great defense and made their foul shoots to stay in the game until they were able to go ahead late in the game and won 41-40.

Team members are Brittany Sterkenburg, Andrea Payton, Lauren Stacey, Catherine Wallis, Brittanie Bailey, Stacey Anderson, Jessica Jones, Stephanie Hairsine, Amy Switzer, Sarah Kennedy, Elline Haanstra. Coaches are Andy Hairsine and Scott Shaddick.

Next league game is at CHSS in Clinton on Wednesday, Sept 27.  The team travels to Toronto this weekend for the U of T tournament.

Mr. Hairsine

DCVI in Action

As we approach the end of the first month of the school year the action is heating up:  fall sports have started; the band(s) are rehearsing;  drama is starting to act up; genie day is just around the corner; the first school dance is next week.  How can you know what's happening?  Everything is posted in the DCVI Calendar - click on the link at the top of the left column.