This Week at a Glance... Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Winter Sports are well under way....

Congratulations to the Senior Girls' Volleyball team for winning their tournament this past Friday. They hosted Blenheim, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, and Alexander MacKenzie in a season opener tournament and the Flames played Wallaceburg in the Finals, pulling out a win.  Congrats team!
The league schedule has been revised so the seniors now have league games this week Wednesday at LKCS (Dresden). Games start at 4 so they will be leaving the school at 3 pm. Practices this week are Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5. On Friday they travel to Sarnia to play in a tournament at St. Clair.

The Junior Girls' Volleyball team had travelled to Dresden last Friday to participate in a season opener tournament as well. Things really started to click for the team who is learning a whole new system. It was a great tournament to try things out and to get into the swing of things. First league games for the juniors are also on Wednesday when they will travel to Blenheim. Practices on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5 pm. The Junior Girls will host a tournament at home on Friday. C'mon out and cheer on the Flames!

The Boys' Basketball team had a rough start facing the always tough Blenheim Bobcats in their first home game last week. On Thursday they travelled to Tilbury to play in a more balanced game. Today they travel to SCITS and on Thursday they will host Ridgetown.  Practice on Wednesday from 3:30-5 pm.

There are still some volleyball guys who need to get their uniforms in to Mrs. Smith. Please do so TODAY!

This Week at a Glance... Monday, November 23, 2015

The transition from the fall sports to winter sports is going smoothly. Games for Girls' Volleyball has not been announced yet but our Senior Flames will host a tournament on Friday, December 4 and our Junior Flames will host on Friday, December 11th.
Guys Basketball has their games listed on the LKSSAA webpage, however, times listed there are not correct.  Their first game will be a home game against BDHS on Tuesday, December 1st.
Practices this week are:
Monday:
Basketball 3:30-5
Senior Volleyball 5-6:30 (no junior practice)

Tuesday:
Jr and Sr Volleyball 3:30-5
Basketball 5-6:30

Wednesday:
Basketball 3:30-5
Jr and Sr Volleyball 5-6:30

Thursday:
Middle school boys' Volleyball host Quarter Finals 3:30-5
Junior Girls' Volleyball 3:30-5
Basketball 5-6:30

Girls' Basketball and Boys’ Volleyball – please hand in your washed uniforms to Mrs. Smith or the front office this week!

The Athletic Council promoted “National Jersey Day”.  This is something run nation-wide to help promote sports in Canada:  http://sportsday.cbc.ca/event/598347
So on Friday, our high school students joined different work places and schools across Canada by wearing their favourite jersey.

 

This Week at a Glance... Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Congratulations to the Boys' Volleyball team who made it all the way to the LKSSAA Finals! They played Blenheim last Friday evening. They played hard and it looked like they had a few chances to come out the victors against the league's first place team, Blenheim.  But in the end, they lost in 4 games. What a great season they had and great improvement since the start. Good work team and thanks to Coaches Richard Koomans and Dale Lahey!

We need the Boys' volleyball and Girls' basketball uniforms to be washed and returned to Mrs. Smith as soon as possible.  Thank you.

We are now moving into the Winter Sports. This year we plan on having a Boys' Basketball team (playing in the senior division) coached under Mr. Jon Derksen. As well as 2 girls' Volleyball teams: Seniors will be coached by Ingrid Lahey and Trish Sluys and Bryce Koomans.  Juniors will be coached by Dale Lahey and Sharon Smith.

Boys' Basketball first practice is tonight from 6:30-8pm and tomorrow (Wednesday) from 3:30-5pm.
Senior Girls' Volleyball continues their practices today from 3:30-5 and tomorrow 5-6:30pm.
Junior Girls' Volleyball starts practices tonight from 5-6:30 and tomorrow 5-6:30 pm.

No practices on Thursday or Friday due to the gym being used by the Bazaar.

This Week at a Glance.... Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Congratulations to the Girls' Basketball team for an excellent showing at Christian Schools on the weekend!  They ended up in 4th place overall... this is a historic placing for our school!  Way to go, Flames!  Unfortunately, Jillian Ball broke her ankle the first day of play... heal fast Jillian! The girls then had to play with 6 people on day two.  Way to work ladies and coach Mr. Berlemont and special assistant, Mr. Christensen.
Unfortunately, the girls lost their Quarter Finals game on Thursday to North Lambton 39-27.
Overall, it was a good season with the young team.  Many thanks to Mr. Ron Berlemont for his efforts with the girls!

The Boys' had a tough time at Christian Schools. They had some really good games and some really difficult games.  While they had a disappointing finish with losing in the semifinals of the B Flight, overall they had a very fun weekend! 
Last night they hosted ESPC in the league's Quarter Finals and won this in 3 straight games.  They will now travel to St. Francis Xavier on Wednesday to play in the Semi's.  Games start at 3:30 pm.  Finals will be on Friday of this week.

Girls' Volleyball starts this week.  Senior Girls' will start practice Tuesday at 3:30 pm, Wednesday and Thursday 3:30-5 pm.  Junior Girls' will start practice on Thursday 3:30-5 only if the Boys' Volleyball is finished... otherwise they will start Tuesday, Nov 17 5-6:30 pm.

Boys' Basketball is tentatively scheduled to start Tuesday, Nov 17th from 6:30-8 pm with Coach Jon Derksen.

Boys' Volleyball host Quarter Finals TONIGHT!

Boys' Volleyball hosts Quarter Finals today at 4:30pm.  ESPC will be travelling to our school.  Come see the exciting play and cheer on the Flames!

This Week at a Glance... Boys' Volleyball... Monday, November 2, 2015

It is also an important week in Boys’ Volleyball as they have their last round of league games on Wednesday at North Lambton Secondary School.  The other schools playing will be PainCourt and Lambton Kent.  Volleyball Quarter Finals are next Monday. Details will be determined by Wednesday evenings results.  The boys practice Monday 5-6:30 and Tuesday 3:30-5 pm.

On Thursday they will be travelling to OCSSAA (Christian Schools’ Tourney) in Belleville at Quinte Christian High School.  Go Flames!!

 

This Week at a Glance... Girls' Basketball... Monday, November 2, 2015

This is an important week in the Girls' Basketball season...

Girls' Basketball has their last league game on Tuesday. They host Ridgetown with game time at 5:15 pm. Depending on the result of this game, they will either be in 5th or tied for 4th. With their Quarter Finals game on Thursday, the result of Tuesday's game will likely determine if they host or travel for the Quarter finals.  Practice on Monday and Wednesday 3:30-5 pm.

Then on Friday morning they will travel to Hamilton for OCSSAA (Christian Schools' Tourney). This is a much loved tournament by players and coaches alike.  

Further info re: tournament...

1.  Follow us on twitter for up to date scores - you don't need a twitter account:  www.twitter.com/ocssaagbb

2.  Redeemer University College has invited us to attend their evening basketball doubleheader: http://redeemerroyals.ca/schedule.aspx?path=wbball.  Women's game starts at 6 PM - male game at 8 PM.   Free admission to coaches and players.  They are hosting a two ball shooting competition for our teams to participate in.  Halftime of the Girls Game will be the First round.  Halftime of the boys game will be the Final round. Prizes for all participants.