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Dec 12, 2022 | Performance Development, Wellness

In partnership with Jumpstart, OFSAA is accepting applications for the ‘Bridging the Gap’ program. The program focuses on eliminating barriers to participation, promoting inclusion and helping students transition into their first year of high school.

Selected high school physical education or leadership classes will team up with a feeder elementary school class to participate and learn about a specific sport! In cooperation with the elementary school and under the direction of their teacher, the high school students will give instruction to the elementary students in one of the following sports: ultimate, badminton, tennis, touch rugby or flag football. The high school students will organize, plan, and facilitate one or two sessions to teach the sport to the elementary students. Basic equipment will be provided by Jumpstart and will be left at both the high school and the elementary school. This will allow other students in the schools to participate in the sport. Both the high school and elementary school will have new equipment and resources to run a new sport program or make improvements to one that already exists.

OFSAA is committed to providing sporting opportunities, like this program, to students that will teach and educate them about more than just the rules of the game. This program will teach students leadership skills, how to work with others, healthy living, engagement, how to work hard, all while demonstrating the ability to make sport inclusive for all. One of the most important lasting impacts of the program is the leadership skills that both the elementary and high school students will gain from participating in the program. The high school students will learn these skills through their physical education or leadership class and through instructing the elementary students. The elementary students will learn these skills through modeling the high school students that are instructing the program and by participating in the sport. All students will be able to carry this leadership into other facets of life including, other sports teams, their school, the community and at home. Further to this, the students may continue on to a coaching or teaching role in the future due to the experience they have gained participating in this program.

Ultimately, OFSAA’s goal for this program is to not only assist in students’ transition to high school, but also promote inclusivity and remove any barriers to participation (i.e. cost, disability, etc.).

If you feel that your school would benefit from this program, please complete the application form found below. Please note that there is limited funding available and only successful applicants will be contacted.

Bridging the Gap Application Form

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NBIAA has re-launched the Athlete of the Month award to recognize outstanding contributions by student-athletes for their accomplishments, dedication and passion within their sport and in the classroom. One female and one male athlete will be chosen each month and highlighted on the NBIAA Website and Social Media pages.

The program will provide a platform, both in-school and online, to recognize the incredible achievements of talented high school students across the province. 

Please submit your applications (form F-4) no later than the last day of each month, along a picture of each applicant by email nbiaa@gnb.ca.

St. Francis “sweeps” Senior Boys Volleyball Finals; F.H. claims girls’ crown

The Yukon Schools Athletic Association Senior Volleyball finals featured close competition in both matches.

By Morris Prokop on December 1, 2022

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The Yukon Schools Athletic Association Senior Volleyball finals featured close competition in both matches.

The finals took place at F.H.Collins in Whitehorse on Friday.

In the Senior Boys final, St. Francis of Assisi 1 swept the finals from the St. Francis 2 team in two hard-fought games by scores of 26-24 and 25-20. The first games lasted 24 minutes, while the second one was only 20 minutes long.

The Star spoke with St. Francis Senior Boys captain Sebastian Tajonera following their victory. This was the Grade 12 student’s last final with his high school teammates.

“It feels great. A bit sad that it’s the last one that I’m going to do for high school but it was amazing.”

Tajonera had mixed feelings about the result of a final that saw teammates versus teammates, saying he would have rather had all of them win a title together.

“It feels good, but kind of it’s a bittersweet ending … but I think at the end of the day, all of us are winners here. All of us get the banner and we get to take it home for our school.”

A lot of the Crusaders nearly didn’t play in this tournament.

“A lot of us got the flu after the last tournament … and one of our teammates couldn’t make it, which was really unfortunate. All of us were under the weather and were just struggling to get out of bed for this,” Tajonera related.

Considering the round-robin results, it was no surprise that both St. Francis teams ended up in the finals.

“Our first crew, which is my team, won all of their games in the round-robin,” recalled Tajonera. “And the second crew won all but one game. So it was kind of a good way to sweep the competition.”

Tajonera added “In terms of practice, we got good practice with the Filipino Canadian Volleyball Association. Thanks to them for bringing us in like family and inviting every single one of us for more touches on the ball. It got us better.”

The Star also spoke with one of the St. Francis Senior Boys coaches, Tanner Cassidy, after the boys final.

“We’re proud to have this many kids out competing at this level. Some of them put in five years of hard work. In their years they haven’t been able to necessarily finish each season because of COVID kind of shutting things down last year and they lost another season earlier to COVID, so it was nice to play a full season so they could show what they could do,” he said.

In the girls’ final, F.H. Collins also swept two close games against the Porter Creek Secondary School team, 25-15 and 25-23. Both games lasted 25 minutes.

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Sabres hang tough and win memorable AAAA championship

Written by Clayton Dreger

The Steinbach Regional Secondary School’s varsity boys volleyball team won what can only be described as one of the most memorable Provincial AAAA high school finals in recent history.

The SRSS defeated the St. Paul’s Crusaders 25-23, 25-20, 24-26, 23-25, 16-14 in a marathon back-and-forth final Monday night at the University of Manitoba’s Investors Group Athletic Centre and captured the school’s second championship banner in eight years in front of hundreds of boisterous fans who made the trip to Winnipeg. 

Boston Thiessen and Nik Reimer were selected Tournament All-Stars while Hudson Rempel was named the MVP.

“We came out and played really well the first couple of sets and the third set was a battle,” said Sabres head coach Joe Thiessen. “We knew it was going to be a battle against these guys. I thought we had them on the ropes there. They took the third set and I think we had a letdown in the fourth set and the fifth set – you saw it, 16-14. It was right down to the wire.”

“Real proud of the guys,” added coach Thiessen. “Our MVP Hudson was awesome. Finally got some recognition for that guy. I’m proud of him. Boston was the court general. He always is leading the troops. He had a great match. Nik was amazing. Our libero Nate Neufeld was steady and I thought maybe the difference in the match. Real proud of the guys.”

Boston Thiessen said the team got a huge lift from their enthusiastic supporters.

“It felt like we were back in our zone final when we had all the crowd at our gym. It’s crazy what a crowd can do even if they’re not on the court playing, right. It gave us a really good boost when we were down. Especially down 13-12, we get that point, 13-13 and it’s just a huge boost for ourselves and our confidence for sure.”

Nik Reimer was a force in the final as the grade 11 outside hitter had 53 hits and recorded 11 kills from the net and the attack line. Defensively he had six blocks and looked as dominant as former USports champion Eric Loeppky did in his grade 11 year when the Sabres won their first AAAA championship banner back in 2014. 

“Last year was a bit of a tough year for our JV team and moving up to varsity I thought it would be a very big challenge and it was,” Reimer noted. “I’m really proud that I was able to get a championship because I know they’re tough to come by. It’s only our second championship. I’m really proud of our guys. I think the difference was our fans. Our fans really bring the energy. Our teammates brought the energy. It was just the energy. It was really great.”

Hudson Rempel, whose leaping ability brought back memories of legendary Sabre Paul Reimer, had eight kills along with one block and an ace in his last high school game and was well deserving of his MVP honour.

His reaction to winning the award was short and sweet.

“Amazing. That’s my only word. That’s my only word for that.”

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Six provincial high school varsity volleyball champions were crowned Saturday. The Landmark 96’ers boys and Major Pratt Trojans girls captured the Provincial “AA” championships in The Pas. The 96ers defeated Gabrielle Roy Les Roy 25-23, 19-25, 15-9 while the Trojans beat the Hapnot Kopper Queens 25-19, 25-18. The Rosenort Redhawks beat Gabrielle Roy 26-24, 25-21 in the girls third place game. The Westgate Wings beat College Beliveau 25-14, 25-15 in the “AAA” girls championship game in Neepawa. The Linden Christian Wings defeated Transcona 18-25, 25-16, 18-16 in the “AAA” boys final in Steinbach. The host Steinbach Christian Flames lost to Northlands Parkway in the quarterfinals. The Deloraine Colts defeated Hamiota 14-25, 25-23, 15-11 in the “A” girls championship game in Gretna. The Treherne Tigers beat Wawanesa 19-25, 25-19, 15-13 in the “A” boys final in Elm Creek.

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