This Week at a Glance...

It was and is a busy week at CCHS for sports.

The Cross Country team went to SWOSSAA last week.  Ainsley McNamara ran very well in the midget girls.  She came in 17^th place. The senior boys’ team was 9^th with Justin and Kyle having an awesome run:  Justin was 12 and Kyle 13^th.  Overall, a great season for the team.  Many thanks to Coach Patrick McNamara for all his efforts and time spent with the team.

Girls' Basketball finished league play in 2nd place behind Ridgetown. That means they will have a bye in the Quarter Finals round.  So their next game is in the Semi-finals at home on Tuesday. Details to follow. In the meantime they will travel to Hamilton to play in the Christian Schools Tournament this weekend.
 
Junior Boys' Volleyball finished league play in 3rd place and so will host Quarter Finals at our school. They will play the 6^th place team, Ridgetown, on Monday. Details to follow.
 
Senior Boys’ Volleyball finished in first place for their league play. Their record was 23 wins and 1 loss. Therefore, they have a bye in the Quarter finals and will host Semi-finals at our school on Wednesday afternoon. They also will travel this weekend to the Christian School Tournament.

Cross Country Team Excited for SWOSSAA

The Cross Country Team is excited to head to Windsor tomorrow for their SWOSSAA meet. Go Flames!
Photos are from the Kent Meet last week.
Photo cred: Patrick McNamara

 

 

 

 

 

This Week at a Glance...

Girls' Basketball -- scrimmage at the Pines on Monday. Game at Ridgetown at 4:30 on Tuesday and at home at 5:30 pm vs. TDHS. Practice on Wednesday at 7 a.m.

Senior Boys' Volleyball -- Practice on Monday and Tuesday at 5:30-7 and possible practice on Thursday.

Junior Boys' Volleyball -- Monday, Tuesday practice 5:30-7 pm. Home games on Wednesday starting at 4:30 pm. Tournament on Friday at Blenheim (see coaches for details).

Cross Country -- the team travels to SWOSSAA in Windsor on Wednesday the 23rd.

Weekend Review...

The Junior Boys' Volleyball team travelled to CKSS to play in a Midget/Single A tournament on Friday. The boys played hard and did well. They ended up with 4 wins and 6 losses.

The Girls' Basketball team travelled to Wallaceburg to play in a two-day tournament. On Friday they won one game and lost one. On Saturday they played the formidable team of CKSS and lost by 3 points in a nail bitter.

The Senior Boys' Volleyball team had a very successful tournament at home. They ended up the tournament champs by winning against Sarnia Northern, a AAA school, in 3 tough games. Some parents may have a little more gray hair after watching these games. So fun to see the team improve over the years. Good work, Coaches Richard Koomans and Dale Lahey!

Photo cred: Trish Sluys

The Cross Country team runs all the way to SWOSSAA!

Congratulations to the Cross Country Team for a great meet at the Kent Finals this week! The senior boys' won second place as a team.  They edged out the Pines boys while CKSS came in first.
Justin McNamara came in 2nd, Kyle Maerz in 3rd, Dan Grootenboer in 6th, and Stewart Watson who is a junior but ran in the senior division to form the team came in 23rd.  Great job guys!
Ainsley McNamara came in 2nd place in Midget girls. It was such a close race that came down to a photo finish. All five runners will advance to SWOSSAA next week Wednesday in Windsor.

Today 3 teams are travelling to participate in tournaments. Girls' Basketball will be in Wallaceburg today and tomorrow. Junior Boys' Volleyball goes to the CKSS tournament today. While the Senior Boys' Volleyball will be going to Blenheim today and hosting their own tournament tomorrow. There will be a concession stand here on Saturday so come out for some lunch and cheer on the team!

Mid week Update...

Currently the Senior Boys' Volleyball team is first in their league play with 17 wins and 1 loss. They played in Tilbury last night with the following results:
CCHS vs. Tilbury 25-20; 25-21
CCHS vs. Blenheim 17-25; 25-22
CCHS vs. LKCS 25-10; 25-16.
They travel to ESPC for a tournament today.

The Junior Boys' Volleyball team had a Bye this week.  But they are currently in 3rd place in their league with 6 wins and 4 losses.

Girls' Basketball has a game tonight at home at 7 pm.
Previous scores are:
vs. Tilbury 40-25
vs. ESPC 42-33
vs. Blenheim 52-29
vs. Ridgetown 21-46

The Cross Country team travels to London today for the Spring-Water Invitational.

Cross country

Thank you, Coach Douma!

This week at a glance...

Girls' Basketball has practice Monday and Wednesday 3:30-5pm. The game postponed from last week with Ridgetown is now being played on Tuesday (8th) at 4:30 in Ridgetown. Also, there is a game at CCHS on Thursday (10th) against LKCS at 7 pm.

Senior Boys' Volleyball practice on Monday from 5-6:30 pm; Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5pm. League games in Tilbury on Wednesday.

Junior Boys' Volleyball practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 5-6:30 pm. No league games this week. Congrats to Coach Mark Wiersma who was married this past weekend!

Enjoy the Thanksgiving Weekend!

Cross Country Results from OCSSAA meet

On October 1st the Cross Country team travelled to Waterloo to participate in the Christian Schools invite (OCSSAA). Here is a link to the results: 

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=79618

In Womens' 3000 Meter Midget, Ainsley McNamara came in second place with a time of 13:33.1.

In Mens' 5000 Meter Junior, Stewart Watson had a time of 24:39.2.

In Mens' 7000 Meter Senior, Justin McNamara was second place with 25:58.7; Kyle Maerz was 4th with 27:19.9; Dan Grootenboer was 5th with 27:25.09; and Steve Taekema was 9th with 29:35.4. Great job Flames!

Senior Boys' Continue Their Winning Streak

The Senior Boys' Volleyball team continued their winning streak. The boys are now 12-0 in league play after their games on Wednesday.

Photo cred: Jackie Bultje

Kloostra represents CCHS at SWOSSAA Golf

Jarrod Kloostra travelled to Kingsville on Monday to participate in SWOSSAA golf. He had a good day with a score of 86 which put him in about the middle of the pack. Great placing for a tough course and strong competition. Good job Jarrod!!  Thanks to Coach Scott for helping out.

Kaden VanHelden, Dan Grootenboer, and Jarrod Kloostra at Kent Golf:

Athletics at CCHS -- A Summary

Here is a summary especially for those of you new to athletics at CCHS. We participate in local leagues which is governed by KCSSAA (Kent County Secondary School Athletic Association) as well as OCSSAA (Ontario Christian Secondary Schools Athletic Association).

Schools in Ontario are classified by the number of students enrolled by the end of October each year.  This is set up by OFSAA (Ontario Federation of Student Athletic Association). The divisions are:
A -- 1 - 500 students
AA -- 501- 900 students
AAA -- 901 - 1250 students
AAAA -- 1251+ students

Locally, we have 6 schools that are classified A:
CCHS (us)
BDHS -- Blenheim
TDHS -- Tilbury
ESPC -- Pain Court
RDHS -- Ridgetown
LKCS -- Dresden

John McGregor and Wallaceburg are a AA schools.  CKSS is a AAA school.  UCC (Pines) is a AAAA school.

Some sports have all the schools together in league play and meets such as soccer, badminton, golf, cross country and track-n-field. In other sports the league play is separated and our school plays against only Single A schools such as basketball and volleyball. Although, often at tournaments you will find a range of school classifications playing.

In the local league, the team that wins Kent Finals goes on to play in SWOSSAA (South West Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association) Semi-finals which is against the first place school in Sarnia. The winner of this round continues on to SWOSSAA Finals which is the winner of Windsor-Essex. In senior grades, the winner then qualifies for OFSAA (all Ontario) but for juniors that is as far as they can go.

OCSSAA is the Christian School organization. For each of the teams there is typically one tournament a year to attend at the Senior level in various locations across Ontario.


Here are links to the following organizations:

KCSSAA : http://www.kcssaa.ca/index.php

SWOSSAA: http://www.swossaa.com/

OFSAA: http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/

OCSSAA: http://www.ocssaa.org/

Seniors' Travelled to Sarnia St. Clair

Last Friday the Senior Boys' Volleyball team travelled to Sarnia St. Clair to play in a tournament against 11 schools. The size of schools ranged from A-AAAA. Coach Richard Koomans said that they made it to the playoffs, but then narrowly lost to St. Clair who were the eventual champions of the tournament.

Photo cred: Trish Sluys

Girls' Basketball game for this evening has been postponed.

Please note that the girls' basketball game for this evening has been postponed at Ridgetown's request. The game will be rescheduled. Stay tuned for more information. Thursday's game is on as planned.