7th Grade Takes 4th Place in Tournament

7th Graders took 4th place today in their tournament. They lost 24-18 in the winner's bracket.

6th Grade Takes 3rd Place/BREAKING NEWS: New Practice Times for Sunday

The 6th grade took home the 3rd place trophy at the CYO tournament Saturday morning. After a brutal loss yesterday, the 6th graders bounced back and won 17-16.

They were trailing by 4, but made shots when they needed to and got stops when they needed to. In an almost repeat performance from the first game, they held on at the end just to squeak by for the win.

They played a solid game and got scoring contributions all-around.

8th Grade Forces OT

The 8th grade came back from 10 down in the 4th quarter to force over-time on some clutch 3-pointers and free throws. But in the OT, they just ran out of gas and lost the consolation championship.

NEW PRACTICES TIMES FOR TOMORROW

Practices have been slightly altered for tomorrow. Here is the schedule:

8th Grade - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
3rd Grade- 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
6th Grade - 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
5th/6th Grade - 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
4th- Grade - 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Have a good weekend!

8th Grade Runs Away With Game--Blows Out The Other Team

The 8th grade boys blew out their opponent today 35-17. It took them a while to get started and they actually were trailing after one quarter.

But gravity took its course and the 8th graders began to pull away. They made a lot of good fast break decisions, quick passes and outlets helped them get easy baskets.

They also made three 3-pointers in the game. With the win, they advance to the consolation championship, tomorrow at St. Emydius. Game starts at 2 p.m.

6th Grade Drops 2nd Round Game
The 6th grade lost their game and will compete for 3rd place, tomorrow at CYO Serramonte starting at 11 a.m.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hope everybody have a fantastic day and night.

The tournaments continue tomorrow as the 8th grade plays at 10 a.m. at St. Emydius. So after you wake up at 3 a.m. to go Black Friday shopping, stop by the 8th grade game.

Later on in the afternoon at 4 p.m., the 6th Grade will continue their tourney at CYO Serramonte. That's right by the shopping malls!

LINCOLN MAKES HISTORY

The Lincoln Mustangs, for the 4th straight year, are San Francisco city champions for football. 36-14 they beat up on Washington.

For more on this historic game, visit the game write-up by clicking
here.

And a happy belated birthday to...

7th Grade Loses in 2nd Round

The 7th grade lost their 2nd round game 30-20 tonight. They played hard and with effort, even though I and everyone says that about every game it seems.

This time, they really did. You could tell they wanted to win. But the execution tonight was not as crisp as hoped. The defense yielded a lot of easy baskets, and the charity stripe, also known as the free-throw line was not very gracious.

They will be up against stiff competition this year as they ascend the ranks of CYO. Their next game will be Sunday, 4 p.m. @ St. Emydius.

No Practices Today

No practices today due to the rain.

7th Grade plays at 8 p.m. at Mission Dolores if you want to come watch. Please do...

6th Grade Escapes with Victory in Tournament Game

6th grade was up 20-11 with about 2:30 left in the game, but the lead quickly disappeared and the lead was cut down 20-18. It was a wild scramble at the finish, with the other team, shooting multiple shots, including wide open lay-ups. They just could not convert and the 6th grade built a wide enough lead to just barely win their first game of the tournament 20-18.

They play next in the winner's bracket, 4 p.m. on Friday at CYO Serramonte.

7th Grade Tournament Continues Tomorrow Night

After their walk-off victory, the 7th grade will play their next game at 8 p.m. tomorrow night from Mission Dolores.

Early Tournament Results/Rain-Out Information

Brandon was fouled with no time left in over-time and had to make two free-throws in order to force a second OT. His first shot hit off the backboard and in, a bank shot for a free-throw. He still needed one more.

And in dramatic fashion, he did the exact same thing and sent the game into a sudden death overtime period. The other team hit one free-throw, but they needed 2 to win.

Next time down, Tom took a beautiful, perfectly placed, lob pass from Elliot and put in the lay-up to give St. Mary's the victory in sudden death double overtime.

They will play next Wednesday, 8 p.m. at Mission Dolores.

8th Grade
The 8th grade lost their first tournament game and will play next on Friday, 10 a.m. @ St. Emydius.

6th Grade
The 6th graders start their tournament tomorrow night, 7 p.m. at CYO Serramonte.

RAIN-OUT INFORMATION

If practices are canceled, teams will be notified before they leave school for the day. If it was not announced, practices will continue. If you are unsure, please call the coaches to double check and visit the blog for the latest.

This Week Tournament Schedule

7th and 8th Grade tip off tomorrow night.

6th Grade (All Games at CYO Serramonte)
Game #1 –Tuesday, November 25 @ 7 p.m.
Game #2 – Friday, November 28 (Between 1-4)
Game #3 – Saturday, November 29 (Between 9-12)

Address: 699 Serramonte Del Ray Blvd, Daly City

7th Grade (Games at St. Emydius & Mission Dolores)
Game #1 –Monday, November 24 @ 8 p.m.
Game #2 – Wednesday, November 26 (Between 5–8)
Game #3 – Sat/Sun, Nov 29/30 (Between 4-6 on either night)

Game 1 and 2 held at Mission Dolores
Game 3 held at St. Emydius

Address: St. Emydius – 255 Jules Ave
Mission Dolores (16th and Church)

8th Grade (All Games at St. Emydius)
Game #1 –Monday, November 24 @ 8 p.m.
Game #2 – Friday, November 28 (Between 9–12)
Game #3 – Saturday, November 29 (Between 1-4)

NOTE: The times of games 2 and 3 of each tournament will be determined following the conclusion of the previous game, and will be constantly updated on the blog.

The worst sequence in the history of basketball

Watch this clip kiddies, and follow along underneath, where I can explain to you how terrible this is. A guy on the radio who went to Arizona in college, and played basketball, said he was embarrassed watching this.



ARIZONA IS SHOOTING FREE-THROWS

Arizona (White) is down 2 points and shooting the second shot of a 1-in-1. (1-in-1 is if he makes the first free throw shot, he gets a second shot) After making the first shot, he misses the second and his teammate gets the rebound. Arizona scores and ties the game.

On the inbound, Arizona (first awful decision) decides to foul. Why is he fouling when the game is tied? Just bad decision making and game awareness. He had no clue the game was tied. He thought his team was losing, which is why he fouled.

LUCKILY, UAB misses the free throw and Arizona gets the ball back. They call a timeout and then try for the win. Their shot misses and UAB gets the rebound.

The game is still tied, and UAB is going to try and launch a more than half-court shot to win the game. It will probably be overtime...right? NO! The Arizona player who was telling his teammate earlier, that he shouldn't fouled, did the same thing, except it was even worse.

UAB gets free-throws and the ball since it was an intentional foul. Another terrible decision and lack of concentration, focus, etc...

Hope you understand what happened...If not, I or your coach can explain it once again.

UAB wins by 1, Arizona loses.

Uniforms Tomorrow and more basketball videos

Something to look forward to in life...basketball uniforms! They will be distributed tomorrow. And now we learn to shoot a jump shot with Ray Allen...

Olivia Wins Her All-Star Game

PHOTO BY JOYCE TSO

From the newsletter that will hit newsstands tomorrow:

Olivia Chan played Wednesday night at the CYO Achievement Game and came out on the winning end as her team won both sets. In the second set, her team was trailing by 20-13, but they went on a tear and Olivia had a lot to do with it.

She was able to set the ball on several occasions for her teammates, who then spiked it. Olivia got in a spike or two herself as well during the game, and made our school very proud with her winning performance.

4th and 7th Grade Practices Off/ North Beach Practice

No practice this afternoon for 4th and 7th Grade!

North Beach Playground is located at Lombard and Mason. It is right next to the library.

Thursday Practices at North Beach

6th Grade - 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
3rd Grade - 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Volleyball CYO All-Star Game Tomorrow

Come watch as Olivia plays in the CYO All-Star game tomorrow night at St. Emydius, located at 255 Jules in San Francisco. 5:30 start.

She will join 8th graders from all across the city in this end of season event.

Here's some pictures from the game on Saturday:

Half-Day Practices and Tournament Schedules

Half-Day Practices for This Week

3rd- Grade – Thursday @ North Beach 1:30 p.m.
4th Grade – Wednesday @ Helen Wills 1 p.m.
5th/6th Grade – Wednesday @ North Beach, 1 p.m.
6th Grade – Thursday @ North Beach 1:30 p.m.
7th Grade – Wednesday @ Helen Wills 1 p.m.
8th Grade – Tuesday @ Helen Wills, 12:30 p.m.

Tournament Schedules


5th/6th Grade - This Saturday, November 22 @ Epiphany 4 p.m.
6th Grade - Next Tuesday, November 25 @ CYO Serramonte 7 p.m.
7th Grade - Next Monday, November 24 @ Mission Dolores 8 p.m.
8th Grade - Next Monday, November 24 @ St. Emydius 8 p.m.

Note: 3rd and 4th Grade Tournaments will be held around the New Year's. More details to come in the next few days.

49ers Finally Win, Sharks Win, the Raiders Don't, and Happy Birthday

The 49ers and Sharks win today...good. Anybody interested in going to a Sharks game? Maybe we can go as a school.

The Raiders lose...bad.

Don't forget you have half-day practices this week! Please check here tomorrow where we will release the tournament information for grades that are participating. So stay tuned for the exclusive.

Sunday, November 16, we wish a Happy Birthday to one of my favorite players starting with the letter S, Susan...

All-Star Game Results/Sunday Practice and MORE!

Thanks for everyone, players, parents and fellow students who came and attended today's volleyball all-star game.

The winning team of Iris, Michelle, Sophia, Vivian, Tianna, Patricia, Tiffany, Melinda and Marissa, won 3 sets to 1.

25-15, 25-27, 25-19, 25-18.

A perfect way to end a wonderful season for the girls.

BOYS PRACTICE TIMES TOMORROW

8th Grade - 12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
3rd Grade - 12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
6th Grade - 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
5th/6th – 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
4th - 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
7th - 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

30% OFF GAP, BANANA REPUBLIC AND OLD NAVY

This expires tomorrow. If you want a coupon that will give you 30% off Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy, please email me asap and I can forward you the coupon.

All-Star Game Tomorrow/Basketball Video

The All-Star Game is tomorrow, NDV @ 2:30. I hope to see a lot of people there. Standing room only I hope.

As promised, this is how you rebound. We will have a string of videos that will teach you how to rebound.

Newsletter Tomorrow and All-Star Game

The newsletter will be out tomorrow (Friday) instead of today.

Also, please everybody, come to the All-Star Game for Volleyball this Saturday. We will start at 2:30. It is at NDV. EVERYBODY COME!

If you show up and are on a basketball team, I'll tell your coach to take off some laps.

Half-Day Practices and Another Birthday

All teams will have at least one practice next week during the half-day. It should become available in the next day or so.

Today, we wish a Happy Birthday to our youngest girl soccer player:

Volleyball All-Star Game, Post 49ers Thoughts and Happy Birthday to...

The volleyball All-Star Game will be played Saturday at 2:30 from NDV. All players are required to show up!!! The entire school is required to show up for that matter...

Post 49ers

The explanation today for the terrible call on the last play of the game was the coaches thought the ball was placed at the 1 yard line, not the 2.5, which is why they looked like they were diving for a yard. Still irked!

Happy Birthday to...



That is Freddy, or as some people know him as F.B. (You figure out why if you don't know why he is called F.B.) He graduated 2 years ago and has helped out immensely with the sports program since. Happy Birthday Frederick!

Oh..the 49ers break your heart again

Did you watch the 49ers game? Good grief...

If you watch football or understand what I will be talking about, good for you. If not, sorry to waste your time.

Great effort, but here are a few things to ponder:

--They lost this game because they are not used to being in these types of situations. I equate it to soccer or volleyball this year, when you have a chance to score, of you are tied 20-20. These opportunities are not very often, so you get nervous when it happens. Well, the 49ers had the ball at the 1 yard line to win the game. When is the last time that happened?

--Why would you try to dive for a touchdown when you are 2.5 yards away from the end zone? If the ball is on the 1 yard line, then you dive.

--Penalties will kill you. Your own mistakes kill you. That's what killed the 49ers.

Ugggggh...so frustrating to watch.

That's all we blog for today. See you tomorrow.

Volleyball All-Star Game Saturday

As of right now, the volleyball all-star game will be played now on Saturday, November 15. The time will be made official on Tuesday, so please note that change.

Did you watch the Warriors game Friday night? One reason they lost...free-throws. You got to make your free throws--that goes for everyone. Hopefully it was a good day of practice for all the teams. Before you know it the season will be here so be prepared and ready to go!

Have a good day off from school Monday and 6th graders, enjoy Walden West!

3rd/4th Grade Final Game Results

The 3rd/4th graders played early this morning...

What we know for sure is that St. Mary's did not give up any goals. Daniel played a remarkable game at goalie.

However, in the 2nd quarter, there was a breakaway chance which resulted in this (see below)



There was a hole in the net and the ball went across the goal line and into the net through the hole. The referee ruled it no goal. Your thoughts?

The game in the score sheet will go down as a 0-0 tie.

Weekend Preview

Soccer wraps up tomorrow at West Sunset at 9 a.m. If you have nothing to do in the morning, come out and watch!!!

Basketball practice on Sunday at NDV. Check the newsletter for the official times.

Have a wonderful Weekend!

Birthday Shoutouts

Big birthdays today...

Mark Dea, who has assisted in coaching for several years, and...

Mr. Yu, Marissa and Tiff's father.

Happy Birthday to them!

THERE IS PRACTICE TODAY!!!

There is practice today at Cameron House. 7th and 5th/6th Grade teams from 6-7:30!

Half-Day Practices for Basketball and Final Soccer Practice Tomorrow

The following teams will have practice on Friday after school:

ALL PRACTICES WILL START AT 1 p.m. and go to 3 p.m.

4th Grade - Helen Wills
7th Grade - Helen Wills

Helen Wills is located on Broadway and Larkin, right outside the Broadway Tunnel.

5th/6th Grade - North Beach
6th Grade - North Beach


SOCCER

The final soccer practice will be tomorrow for the 3rd/4th grade team. It will end at
5:45, so people can make it to the mandatory meeting.

And for all students and parents. If you want to leave your kids at Cameron House tomorrow, there will be supervision between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

They can play basketball for a while.

BREAKING NEWS: 3rd/4th Grade Game Saturday

The 3rd/4th Grade game has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. this Saturday at West Sunset.

November 3, 2008

Hey folks...

Not much to say but make sure your parents go out and vote tomorrow.

Practices this week will go on as scheduled unless noted here on the blog. Conditions may be wet at Cameron House.

Final soccer practice this Thursday for the 3rd/4th grade. Game has not been rescheduled as of right now.

And finally, we go to sleep tonight with a NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Jericho.

Cross Country and Happy Birthday to...

Thanks for everyone that made an effort to show up to Cross Country. It was a decent day, not the best, but good enough to get this event in. Official results will be available in the upcoming weeks.

The runners who showed up today:

3rd Grade - Raymond Lee and Fiona Tsui
4th Grade - Cynthia Leung, Isabella Mayfield, Brandon Tom, Brandon Khuu, Justin Guo, Daniel Lin, Branden Quock
5th Grade - Hartman Tsui
6th Grade - Jeremy Chuong, Justin Lee, Mark Cheung, Gavin Lin, Timothy Tsang, Miles Copeland, Robert Zhu, Gavin Chan, Marissa Yu, Erica Wong, Beverlyn Law, Serina Leung
7th Grade - Emily Tom, Melinda Leung, Derek Kwong, Elliot Wong, Brandon Lee, Kevin Lee, Gary Chan, Tom Cen, Kelvin Mai
8th Grade - Perry Phan, Nicholas Choi, Simon Zhang, Elton Dea, Kevin Chan, Gregory Huie, Jonathan Chew, Olivia Chan, Vivian Leung, Sophia Nguyen

Thanks for coming out. We had one of the strongest turnouts of any school today.

BASKETBALL PRACTICE RESUMES

Do not forget basketball practice this week and every week from here on out at Cameron House.

Tues - 3rd and 4th Grade
Wed - 6th and 8th Grade
Thu - 5th/6th and 7th Grade

A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

Go to Cross Country !

Cross Country is taking place...they have checked the tracks and it appears to be ok to go so go!!!!


Check the times below this post if you don't have them. Be there a half an hour before your race.

8th Grade Girls Win!!! Go Crazy Folks!!!

In one of the best moments since I've been a part of St. Mary's, the 8th grade girls won their final game this afternoon.

They never played before, and won a set in their 4th game ever. They won another set a few weeks back, only to fall a little short. But today, it all came together.

25-22, 10-25, 15-9. St. Mary's wins their first volleyball game in years and we have our 8th grade girls to thank.

Phenomenal effort and execution. More on this game later.

CROSS COUNTRY UPDATE

Cross Country is still on as of right now. Stay tuned to the blog for updates. Remember to be there half an hour before your start.

3rd - 12 p.m.
4th - 12:15 p.m.
5th - 12:30 p.m.
6th - 1:00 p.m.
7th - 1:30 p.m.
8th - 2:00 p.m.

Bring water and try to wear something St. Mary's.

Soccer Game Canceled This Morning

The 3rd/4th Grade soccer game, like the World Series, has been rained out for this morning and will be rescheduled.

Once again, NO GAME THIS MORNING!

Please check out the volleyball game later today at Mission Dolores, 4:45 p.m. start.

No update on Cross Country--proceed as usual.