Posted in Athletics on Apr 15th, 2011 No Comments »
We’ve made some changes to the Athletics Review. We are now posting our weekly round-up of our sports teams’ performances on the SMUS Review. All of our previous Athletics Review posts are on there, and you can see them by clicking on the Athletics category on the SMUS Review. Thanks for reading!
Posted in Athletics on Mar 8th, 2011 No Comments »
This past weekend, the SMUS rowing team attended the Elk Lake Spring Regatta. It was the first regatta of our spring competitive season on the west coast. The weather behaved: sun, some wind, warmer temperatures and a small amount of rain. Our small team of 23 athletes entered 18 boats (of the possible 20) into [...]
Posted in Athletics on Mar 4th, 2011 No Comments »
The Grade 9 girls basketball team qualified for the Island Championships February 18-19 in Nanaimo. They first faced a fast Dover Bay team, and were able to keep the game close with good rebounding and some key steals from Vivian Lam, who was selected as the player of the game. At the end of the [...]
Posted in Athletics on Feb 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Basketball Teams Primed for Playoffs With the 2011 basketball playoffs just round the corner, several SMUS teams came through with impressive wins in key recent action. First, the Senior girls completed an impressive double against BC #8 Lambrick Park, shooting impressively all game en route to a 70-62 win. Sophia Ducharme notched 14 of her [...]
Posted in Athletics on Feb 9th, 2011 No Comments »
Squash In Ontario this past weekend, Tyler Olson and Nicole Bunyan participated in the Toronto Gold Tournament. Nicole Bunyan won the quarter finals but fell in the semi finals. She managed to finish 3rd after winning her final game 3-0. After losing the quarter finals, Tyler Olson placed 5th. Both Tyler and Nicole are participating [...]
Posted in Athletics on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Junior Boys Basketball It was another week of highs and lows for the Junior boys basketball team. Following the best performance of the season, a comprehensive 70-26 league defeat of Claremont, and a subsequent 56-41 win over well regarded JN Burnett of Richmond, the team then came hit some misfurtune in the final of the [...]
Posted in Athletics on Jan 28th, 2011 No Comments »
Squash The competitive squash team went to Vancouver this weekend for the BC Junior Open. Nicole Bunyan won the Girls Under-19 title, defeating the #1-ranked girl in the province. With Nghi Nguyen being the only other girl in attendance from SMUS, she played extremely well in her last game and was excited about her win. [...]
Posted in Athletics on Jan 19th, 2011 No Comments »
Grade 8 Boys Basketball The Grade 8 boys basketball team played in the St. Georges tournament, recording very good wins over South Okanagan and Notre Dame, but suffering their first loss of their season, 48-34, in the semifinals vs Vancouver College. Max Pollen was named a tournament All-Star. January 21-22 the team will host its [...]
Posted in Athletics on Jan 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Grade 9 Girls Basketball The Grade 9 girls basketball team resumed league play last week with a battle against Parklands. SMUS came out strong in the first quarter, and led 14-8. Vivian Lam led the team with 9 points, and Hayley Burns contributed 4 points. The full court press and zone defense of Parklands slowed [...]
Posted in Athletics on Jan 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Junior and Senior Boys Basketball Over the Christmas break, both the Junior and Senior boys basketball teams travelled to Honolulu for four games and some Hawaiian holiday magic. The trip, organized by Mr. Mat Geddes, went off without a hitch, with the two teams combining to win seven of the eight contests played. First up [...]