Mar.26, 2012

Attention all grade 9 players - consider signing up for and participating in the Basketball BC camp in Prince George at the end of this week.  After a one-day camp, a team will be selected to participate in a provincial competition in the Lower Mainland.

Athlete Development Camps are held across BC in April and are organized by local coaches recruited by Basketball BC. Louise Holmes of Duchess Park will run the camp out of Prince George this year.  The camp runs Mar. 31st (9am-4pm) at Duchess Park. 

For more information, go to:
Basketball BC U15 Program overview
To sign up online, go to:

Online Registration


Cost:  Basketball BC Athlete Development Camps ($50 + $15 Basketball BC and Canada Basketball Membership)

Description: The camps offer players, of varying experience, the opportunity to enhance the development of their skills during a 6 to 8 hour instructional camp.

Participants Receive:

• A 2012 Basketball BC membership
• Individual Skill Development
• A written player evaluation by the development  camp coaching staff
• Insurance while participating in all Basketball BC events
• Basketball BC Program T-shirt and sack-pack
• Opportunity to be selected to an Under 15 Provincial Zone Team

Stage 2 -If selected to the Under 15 Zone team
U15 Provincial Zone Team & Provincial Championship (10 players plus 2 alternates)
An additional fee of $170* will be charged to participate in the Lower Mainland tournament.
Information: At the conclusion of each Regional Athlete Development Camp the coaches in attendance select a Provincial Zone Team to train and play exhibition games.  Each team consists of ten players and two alternates. These teams will also take part in the U15.
Provincial Zone Team Championships held May 18-20, 2012. Basketball BC “Fair Play” rules, which provide all participants with quality playing time, are utilized throughout the program's duration.

In addition to participating in championship competition, a committee made up of Provincial Team Coaches, with feedback from the Zone Coaches, will evaluate the players participating in the Provincial Championships. Identified players will be invited to a Provincial Team selection camp held on the May 25-27 weekend.

Participants Receive:

• On-going training and practices with Provincial Zone Coach
• A Basketball BC reversible jersey and shorts
• Participation in a BC Provincial Championship Tournament (May 18-20 in Langley)
• The opportunity to participate in a Provincial Team Selection Camp
• The opportunity to be selected to U15 Basketball BC Provincial Teams

Mar.22  UNIFORMS!

The following players have not yet turned in their uniforms.  A bill of $100.00 will be applied if these are not returned.  Please try to get them in right away.

Ameera Briere #13
Rryzel Montederamos #3
Sky Peardon #20
Haley Thorne #16
Dara Wallace #9
Taylor Wiebe #15

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Coach

Sr Girls AA Basketball Provincials played in Kamloops this week!
The NVSS Viqueens finished 14th and won the Most Sportsmanlike award!  Congratulations to our senior girls! :)

Sr Girls A Basketball Provincials played at the Northern Sports Centre in Prince George this week!

#1 Houston Christian defeated #2 Cedars Christian (80-63) in the Tournament Final Game!

For more information, go to:
http://seniorgirlsbasketballprovincials.com


Games are live streamed.  For more information, go to:
http://www.sportscanada.tv/

Scores on Day 1 of the Jr Girls Provincials

Livestreaming of the games - online on the computer - go to:
http://langleyeventscentre.com/events/video-streams
 

Opening Round
St Thomas Aquinas 52   College Heights 16
Holy Cross 53   Kelowna 31
Oak Bay 65   Selkirk 51
Notre Dame 53   Brookswood 63
South Kam 55   Charles Hayes 11
Little Flower Academy 34    W.J. Mouat 53
MEI 60    Mark Isfeld 30
Riverside 54    Duchess Park 36

Consolation Round
College Heights    Kelowna
Selkirk    Notre Dame
Charles Hayes   Little Flower
Mark Isfeld   Duchess Park

Quarter Finals
St Thomas Aquinas    Holy Cross
Oak Bay   Brookswood
South Kam    W.J.Mouat
MEI    Riverside

Final Standings:
#1 Oak Bay defeated #2 South Kam in the Final 47-41.
#11 Duchess Park defeated #12 Notre Dame 45-29
#16 College Heights lost to #15 Charles Hays (Prince Rupert) 29-24

Grats to Duchess Park for winning the Most Sportsmanlike award!

For additional updates, go to:
http://bcjuniorgirlsbasketball.ca/index.[h[/scheduleresults

Week of March 5-9th

Parents - I contacted Louise Holmes, the Duchess Park coach and she has passed on our request to
Mike Fawcett, our photographer, so hopefully we can get copies of the team photo for all families soon.
Re: Provincial Competition:  The Duchess Park Jr Girls were given a reasonably good ranking (#12) for a team from the North Central Zone (usually we get 14, 15, or 16) and are at the Jr. Girls Provincial Tournament this weekend.  They play today (Thursday Mar.8) at 2pm vs #5 Riverside and then again at 8 pm.

Livestreaming of the games - online on the computer - go to:
http://langleyeventscentre.com/events/video-streams

Here is the list of teams who made the Jr Girls Provincial Tournament.
1. South Kamloops OK1
2. St. Thomas Aquinas LM1
3. Oak Bay  VI1
4. MEI  FV1
5. Riverside  FV2
6. Notre Dame LM2
7. Holy Cross FV3
8. Little Flower Academy LM3
9. Mouat FV4
10. Kelowna OK2
11. Brookswood Host
12. Duchess Park NC1
13. Mark Isfeld VI2
14. Selkirk EK1
15. College Heights NC2
16. Charles Hays NW1

Draw:
1. South Kamloops vs. 16. Charles Hays
8. Little Flower vs. 9. Mouat
4. MEI vs. 13. Isfeld
5. Riverside vs. 12. Duchess
2. St Thomas Aquinas vs. 15. College Heights
7. Holy Cross vs. 10. Kelowna
3. Oak Bay vs. 14. Selkirk
6. Notre Dame vs. 11. Brookswood.

For more updates, you can look online at: http://bcjuniorgirlsbasketball.com/

Week of Feb.27-Mar.2

Congratulations to everyone on a good effort at the Zone Tournament!

We won game 1 over Cedars by 7 points, lost by 7 to College Heights, beat Correlieu by 2 points, and lost to Columneetza by 1 point.  The total difference was 1 point after 4 games!!

Great excitement, lots of challenges!  I was impressed with everyone's effort and desire to compete!

We should have another game on Thursday right after school versus the Grade 8 Girls - hope everyone can make it!  Please bring your uniforms to the game and we'll take a team photo following.

Week of Feb.20-25

In preparation for the upcoming Zone Tournament at Duchess Park, we will practice after school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - 3:30-5:00 PM.

Zone Tournament update - Our First Game is Thursday, Feb.23 at 5:30 against Cedars Christian!
Friday morning, we will play at 9 AM (or 10:30 AM if we lose) so we will need to get a good night's rest Thursday night with an early departure from NVSS on Friday!

The Draw was adjusted Tuesday morning to accomodate Columneetza.  The change to the draw means we may end up playing either College Heights or Kelly Road on Friday morning.

Good luck, team!

The following girls will dress for the Zone Tournament
** Absence from practices this week will affect your playing time.

  4    Maraya Cooper
  5    Anika Wallace
  6    Cierra Verduzco
  7    Brivee Mueller
  9    Dara Wallace
11    Katie Friesen
12    Shelby Robinson
17    Hannah Marks
19    Spring Fawcett
20    Sky Peardon
22    Teigan Miller-Gauthier

Although not all will dress to play, every member of this team is welcome to come and cheer at the Zones with us. Meghan's injury will prevent her from playing at the Zone tournament! 

Jr Girls play Omineca District Final today - Feb.15, 2012
Winner earns Zone Tournament berth

NVSS vs. Ft. St. James - Final Score 52-7
Top players for the game were Anika Wallace with 12 points, and Dara Wallace with 9 points.
Congratulations on a great game, girls!

FSJSS played FLESS last Thursday - reported final score was  FSJ 40 - FLESS 31.  With their victory, FSJ earned the right to challenge us.

The following players may dress for tonight's game:

3	Rryzel	Montederamos
4	Maraya	Cooper
5	Anika	Wallace
6	Cierra	Verduzco
7	Brivee	Mueller
9	Dara	Wallace
10	Nicole	Egli
11	Katie	Friesen
12	Shelby	Robinson
13	Ameera	Briere
17	Hannah	Marks
19	Spring	Fawcett
20	Sky	Peardon

Not playing in tonight's game:

Carrie;  Teigan;  Meghan;  Haley;  Taylor

Re:  Jr Girls Zone Tournament  @ Duchess Park, Feb 23, 24 and 25, 2012

Only 10 teams have registered with the Jr Girls Basketball Association at this time, according to Ray Bourque (regional rep for Jr. Girls Basketball). Here is his update:

 

Thank you to those coaches/AD's that took the time to register.  

The berthing for the Jr. Girls' Zones is as follows:

Host team: 1 berth

West: 1 berth

South: 1 berth

Prince George: 2 berths

North: 1 berth

Wildcard: 2 berths (to be determined based on season results)

The Zone Championships will be held on the above dates, with the first games being on Thursday, Feb 23, at either 4:00 or 5:30 pm.  A zone draw of game times (without teams) will be sent out early next week to help out of town teams with their travel times.

All regional playoffs must be completed by Feb 18 and please send me your results as soon as possible.  There will be T-shirt order forms that must be completed by Monday, Feb 20th.  

In the North region, there appears to be only 1 team (Ft Nelson) that is interested in participating in the Zone Championships.  I need this confirmed from the other teams in Ft. St. John and Dawson Creek. (reply to sender)

Feb.9, 2012
Practices as per our original schedule from now on.

Omineca District news - With Burns Lake and Northside not playing Jr. Girls basketball this year, we are down to 3 teams vying for the Zone Championship berth.  As we are ranked #1, the Omineca championship will be decided as follows:  FSJSS will host FLESS this week.  The winner will play us at NVSS next Wed., Feb 15, at 3:30 PM.  The winner of next Wednesday's game will earn a berth in the Zone Championships to be held at Duchess Park Feb.23-25.

Feb.10-11 - Highlights of this upcoming weekend

1. FSJSS - Sr Girls A Tournament.  Northside plays at 4:15 PM and 7:45 PM  Friday evening - anyone want to go watch?
2. Northside - Jr Boys Omineca District Playoffs.
3. FLESS - Sr Boys A Tournament.
4. NVSS - Wrestling

Here were the final Standings for the Immaculata Tournament
  1.    Immaculata
  2.    Salmon Arm
  3.    Abbotsford Christian
  4.    Pacific Christian
  5.    Mt Boucherie
  6.    Kalamalka
  7.    Princess Margaret
  8.    Similkameen
  9.    Charles Bloom 

 10.   Heritage Christian
 11.   Grand Forks
 12.   Vernon Christian
 13.   Vanderhoof
 14.   Columneetza
 15.   Summerland
 16.   Duncan Christian

We lost to Similkameen by 11 and Charles Bloom by 1 point.  I think we were capable of beating many of these teams, although the top teams had some very big players and some very skillful guards and were probably out of our reach.

It was good to see all the teams play and to note the effort our team was capable of.  We defeated Summerland by a good margin and after a double overtime we won over Columneetza by 1 point - what an exciting game!

All players travelling to Kelowna should have a copy of our "Kelowna Trip - Itinerary and Information for Parents and Players".  I made copies for parents too.  If you did not get one, please come and see me at W.L.McLeod and get it tomorrow.  There is a form in the pamphlet to sign.  I want you to bring it with you on the trip, please.

Week of Jan.30-Feb.3
Practice Monday morning 7 AM
Game after school vs. College Heights L 41-23
No game Tuesday, sorry! - LDSS has folded!

Immaculata Mustangs
Sweet 16 Tournament
Depart for Kelowna - 5 AM Wed morning
Thursday - game 1 - 3:45 P.M.
@Immaculata vs. Similkameen
Friday - game 2 -  8:15 A.M. (L) or  11:15 A.M. (W) @HCS

Saturday - final game is at 3:45 PM @Immaculata
Return trip:  Leave Kelowna -5AM  Arrive Vanderhoof -5PM  We'll have the girls call ahead!

Kelly Road Jr. Girls Tournament - Jan.27-28

2nd Place! All-stars - defensive to Brivee Mueller, Offensive star went to Katie Friesen! Grats on a good weekend girls!

Teigan with broken Nose - looking at surgery on Monday, Meghan's foot bothering again by late Saturday, Maraya out last game with bruised thigh.

Practice times this week:

• Monday 7 AM
• After school - game CHSS @NVSS

***Please email me or bring me your Care Card Number if you are going to Kelowna.

Week of Jan.23-28

Practice times for this week and next
Thursday 5 PM
Friday 7 AM
Mon 7 AM
Monday afternoon - either game or practice at 5 PM

Kelly Road Tournament information
We depart NVSS at 3 PM Friday
The following will play on Friday:
Ameera   Maraya   Nicole    Spring
Katie       Teigan    Rryzel    Brivee
Meghan   Sky        Shelby    Cierra
Hannah   Anika     Dara       Taylor

• Players who cannot play should let me know.
• Players who have not paid their team fees will not play tournaments.  You are still welcome to play in Omineca games.

Week of Jan.16-20  

Game Schedule - There are 2 games this week.  The Cougars are roaming!  Tune in soon for more on BIG CAT WEEK!  Raooorrrrr!

Games and Practices this week CANCELLED DUE TO COLD WEATHER

Remember - on Friday we break from sports for Exam Week.  (We will resume game play on Jan.27th at the Kelly Road tournament).

The NVSS Jr Girls Home Tournament was held this weekend, Jan.13-14. On Friday the 13th, we played D.P.Todd, winning 60-21.  Believe it or not, 18 girls participated in this game, and we enjoyed some nicely balanced scoring.  The game was only marred by a twisted ankle suffered by Cierra in the last 2 minutes of the game.  Game stand-outs were Hannah with 9 points, Cierra dropped in 7, and Shelby, Katie, and Meghan scored 6 each!

On Saturday morning, we played Northside, winning 30-28 in a hard-fought victory!  In game 2, Cierra led the team with 7 points, Maraya potted 6 points, while Hannah and Teigan netted 4 each.  The second game was very exciting and both teams showed excellent sportsmanship.  We worked very hard for a chance to play in the Tournament final!
The Championship game was between NVSS and Columneetza (our Williams Lake rivals).  We won pulling away, and the final score was 28-20.  Columneetza defeated PGSS and Cedars Christian to get to the finals.  Having lost to Columneetza last week by 5 points, we knew we were going to have to work hard!  It turned out to be super intense with never a dull moment from start to finish!
Teigan and Maraya led with 6 points each, and Hannah got 5.  The game was exciting with some great passing and moments of awesome full-court speed. Sky, Brivee, and Cierra never stopped running, and were instrumental in taking it to Columneetza.

Tournament Highlights for NVSS
During the two days of our tournament, there were many highlights.  Offensively, Haley and Hannah's long court passes made our full-court offense more mobile and added some speed to our game. Anika dropped some nice shots.  Brivee and Sky had some blow-by lay-ups!  On the 3 games, Hannah had 18 points, Cierra 15, Maraya 14, Teigan 12, Shelby 10, Meghan 8, and several other players had 6 points.
The true key to success in basketball is Defence, however!  I believe we are getting better at this part of the game.  Over 3 games, we held our opposition to 21, 28, and 20 points - not too bad at all!  On the boards, we had some real leadership from Teigan, Shelby, Katie, and even Meghan, although her foot was bothering her again this weekend. Even Taylor was getting into the act!  The girls gathered in rebounds, blocked out, and prevented other teams' big girls from scoring against us. Our team played man-to-man defence, zone defence, worked the press, pulled some traps, and played aggressively from start to finish.  There was very little standing around watching by the players - there are too many girls waiting to get on the floor for that to happen!  :)

Tournament Results
  1. NVSS (W) vs. DPTodd  60-21
  2. Northside (W) vs. Duchess B  32-28 
  3. Columneetza (W) vs. PGSS   37-31
  4. Cedars Christian (W) vs. Correlieu  25-15
  5. Duchess B (W) vs. DPTodd  75-13
  6. Correlieu (W) vs. PGSS  47-32
  7. NVSS (W) vs. Northside  30-28
  8. Columneetza (W) vs. Cedars Christian  30-25
  9. PGSS (W) vs. DPTodd  49-42
10. Duchess B (W) vs. Correlieu  Forfeit (2 player injuries)
11. Northside (W) vs. Cedars Christian  28-26
12.  NVSS (W) vs. Columneetza  28-20

Tournament Summary
There were 4 major injuries, including 2 turned ankles, a hyper-extended knee, and a broken nose.  (Correlieu comes to games ready to play hard - 3 of the major injuries happened during Correlieu games).  If a blow-out is a win by 25 points or more, then there were 2 in this tournament.  Both were against DPTodd who have not won a game this year, despite a good attitude and effort by their players. Northside competed very hard, winning game 1by 4, losing game 2 by 2, and winning game 3 by 2 points - exciting and challenging games all!

Skills Competition
Best Shooter - Ciara Verduzco (NVSS);  Best Ball-Handler - Annie Blois (Col)

Tournament Awards
All Stars:  Hannah Marks (NVSS); Kaylee Billyboy (Col); Amanda Schultz (NS); Nikeisha Clayton (DPTodd); Jennifer Stern (PGSS); Cassia Gauthier (Corr); Michel Nikkel (Cedars);  (DPSS) Samantha Childs
Top Individual Awards: MVP - Teigan Miller-Gauthier (NVSS); Best Defensive - Annie Blois (Col)
Team Awards: 1st - NVSS; 2nd - Columneetza; Most Sportsmanlike - Duchess Park B

We played Northside on Tuesday.  A good-sized crowd was present to cheer on the two schools.  NVSS girls were victorious, as were the Northside boys.

Wednesday this week the grade 8 teams play so no Jr Girls practice!

Thursday, the girls will play Fort St. James after school.  We need some help with the score table, please!

Friday, we play DP Todd at 3:30 PM in the first game of our Home Tournament. Girls are expected to be available to help with the tournament this weekend.  I will have a sign-up sheet to get table officials.  We will need help with the scoresheet, the clock, and the 30-second clock for each of the 12 games.  If you have friends who can help on the Table, please let me know.

PGSS Tournament - 

Results
Fri 7 Pm  vs. Cedars Christian   23-34
Sat 10:30 vs. Columneetza          39-44
Sat 3 PM  vs. DPTodd                  71-23


We missed Teigan and Maraya this weekend, but managed to keep all our games close.  I think everyone would agree that our PGSS tournament all-star was Cierra.  With 8, 15, and 22 points, Cierra averaged 15 points a game for the weekend.  Shelby and Katie worked very hard on defence and helped shut down the big centre for Cedars after the first quarter.  Anika had a season high 12 points and Sky had one of her best games of the season in our final game against DPTodd.  

Hello all!
We have made a great start in the new year with 2 wins over Northside (34-25) and Fraser Lake (45-18).   In a true measure of team play, everyone scored in the FLESS game - awesome!
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A word about effort and attitude now....
Over the next month, we have a lot of games coming up.  It is important that everyone attend all practices from here on out.  If you are missing practices, you are missing out on basketball skill development and concepts!  The result is that your absences may prevent you from being a positive contributor to the team! 

We have all had a number of reasons for absences from practice and game play.  Every girl on our team has missed at least one while some girls have missed over half the practices!  How can that be a good thing for the team?  It is true that absences have in general been for good cause and most are excused absences, but please be aware that in upcoming tournaments, I will be playing those girls who are attending practice regularly. They are going to be the ones familiar with our offensive and defensive strategies.  We have been working on zone defence, a zone offence has been introduced, we are trying to work on a press and a press break, and so on!  I will not ask girls with excused absences to quit the team but they may have reduced playing time as a result of their missed practice times.

We have a great season before us!  Make a commitment to be there, be part of things, to practice hard and make a serious effort on behalf of yourself and your team! 

Welcome back!  Hope you had a great Christmas vacation!

Our first game is Tuesday in Fraser Lake - This is an Omineca game so all grade 9s will play!
We practice Wednesday after school and Thursday at 5 PM.
On Thursday, I will be selecting 12 players to play at the PGSS tournament this weekend. 

NVSS plays Cedars Christian on Friday night, and either College Heights or Columneetza in round 2 on Saturday.  We travel to PG with the Senior Boys.  We will leave NVSS at 4:30 PM on Friday afternoon.
The Senior Boys play at 6:30 at D.P. Todd.  We play at PGSS at 7 PM.

A commitment to attend all practices, to work hard, to learn our offence and defence, is now going to become very important!  Give your best efforts at practices!  We have a great month of basketball ahead of us in January!