Monday, December 14, 2009

Seattle U Game Vouchers - FREE TICKETS

Seattle University Men's Basketball has provided CYO Athletics Vouchers for the games this week at Key Arena, which CYO community members can take the to Key Arena Ticket Office on game day and exchange for a ticket to the game. Tomorrow, Tuesday December 15th, Seattle U plays UC Irvine at 7:10pm and on Thursday December 17th, they play Oakland University at 7:10pm.

Please E-mail Scott Bailey, at scott.bailey@seattlearch.org if you would like to receive this Voucher for tickets. This is a great way for CYO Basketball teams to go see a Division I basketball game, in the Key Arena, and it's FREE.

We also have the Voucher available for the Jan. 2nd game vs. Harvard at 2:10pm.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Backcourt Press in 7th and 8th AA

The question came up a lot this week: Can AA teams backcourt press all game?

The answer is "yes"

AA and AAA are both Varsity divisions in basketball this year, and moving forward. Both play by the Varsity rules of CYO Athletics, including backcourt pressing.

North Sector User Group Meeting Dec. 2009 Agenda

North Sector User Group Meeting December 2009 - AGENDA

Date: December 15, 2009 - Tuesday, 2 hours between 7:00pm & 9:00pm

Location: 100 Dexter Building (Parks Headquarters) across from Elephant Car Wash on Denny Ave. ADDRESS: 100 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Meeting Atmosphere: Open transparent communication.

For time consideration we are requesting User Group participants submit questions prior to meeting, giving us a chance to quantify questions, considering the majority of the questions will probably be similar.

Example of possible questions;
How will the department handle field scheduling with the increase in population & emerging sports?

Questions sent prior to meeting will help the Department run an organized and fair session for all participants to be involved.

We are considering opening the meeting 1/2 hr earlier for anyone who might need to leave early, view any information (Photo's, Presentations, pamphlets), enjoy coffee and snacks, etc., or get questions answered.

TOPICS:

2009 User Group Successes or Concerns

DPR Projects and Upgrades
  • Reservoir Capping Projects
  • 2009-2010 Athletic Minor Capital Improvement Fund
  • Synthetic Field Striping Configurations (Colors - X number of lines per field)
Citywide Athletics 2010 Overview
  • Athletic Field Fee increases?
  • Healthy Parks Initiative
  • Technology, Information sharing (website, etc.), Timely dissemination (Delivery) (CLASS software program) - "Melanie Chin"
  • Scheduling - "John Bates"
  • Levy (Opportunity Fund)
  • Immigrant & Underserved Communities
  • Diversity within Recruiting
  • Mandated City of Seattle Furlough's for staff (Budget Cuts)
DPR Maintenance & Volunteer Program (Crew Chief) to improve playing conditions of fields:
  • MOA - Memorandum of Understanding
  • Training
  • Standards & Expectations
  • Turf (natural grass) Mgt Plan? Details about how often fields get fertilized and aerated, resting the grass/scheduling, etc.
  • Synthetic Field Maintenance
Question and Answer Segment:

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

North Sector User Group Meeting Dec. 2009

The Agenda for this meeting will be posted tomorrow, we were unable to add the Word Document to the Blog today.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Knights of Columbus Basketball Tournaments

Information on how to register for the Knights of Columbus Basketball Tournaments over Winter break can be found on the basketball portion of the website. (Scroll down and click on the link directly above commissioner contact information)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thank You Seattle University Supporters!

CYO Athletics wants to thank everyone who came out to support Seattle University's opening night at Key Arena. The arena was full of energy and spirit, thanks in part to the CYO teams who came and cheered. The men's basketball team came out victorious against Fresno State 85-84.

The Redhawks rallied from down 81-75 with 1:40 left.

Seattle took an 83-82 lead on Garrett Lever’s follow of Aaron Broussard’s miss with 37.6 seconds left, Lever’s only basket of the game. Fresno State’s Greg Smith responded with a layup at the other end with 24 seconds left. Cervante’ Burrell scored on a baseline reverse with 8.3 seconds left, then came up with a steal on the final Fresno State possession.

CYO Athletics' Associate Athletic Director Clint Richardson was honored at halftime with a ceremony that consisted of the 29 greatest players in Seattle University history. It truly was a special night, and Seattle can give a proud "Welcome Back" to the city's Division I Catholic basketball team.

Remember, CYO Athletics, through our partnership with Seattle University, has special priviledges to provide tickets to any CYO teams interested in coming out and supporting this young, exciting team. Simply shoot an e-mail to scott.bailey@seattlearch.org if you are interested in getting a group together for any of the weekend games this season. View the schedule at http://www.goseattleu.com/

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Basketball Schedules have been Updated

As we warned last week, once the schedules get posted, we often have to go back and make some changes afterwards, and it is always unfortunate when that happens (but also kind of inevitable)

PLEASE RE-CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES!!

Most divisions have been at least somewhat affected by the changes, so everyone should go back and make sure they know where and when they play.

Specifically, if you are in the following divisions, your schedules have been altered:

4th Grade Girls North, 4th Grade Boys North, 4th Grade Boys East - all three of these divisions had HFK home games previously at St. Brendan, but moved back home to HFK.

6th Grade Boys North and 7th Grade girls AAA - both divisions had to have a team added that missed getting put into the schedule during the first go-around. Most teams were affected.

6th Grade Boys Southeast - St. Joseph Issaquah could not get enough players to field their team, and unfortunately we cannot completely re-make that schedule without impacting most schedules at most gyms and all othe divisions. As a result, teams will recieve a forfeit "win" for each week they are scheduled against this team.

Friday, November 13, 2009

4th-8th Basketball Schedules Posted

The 2009-2010 CYO basketball schedules are posted. Click on the link on the right that says "schedules" to see where and when you play. Please also check schedules again next week, to make sure there are no changes. Sometimes there can be some moving of games right after the first posting.

JV Jamboree Schedule for Tomorrow

6th Grade Boys JV Jamboree @ St. Luke - Shoreline


9:00am - Immaculate Conception vs. CK/St. Ben

9:45am - Immaculate Conception vs. OLF

10:30am - CK/St. Ben vs. St. Joseph Seattle

11:15am - OLF vs. Sacred Heart

12:00pm - St. Joseph Seattle vs. HRS

12:45pm - Sacred Heart vs. St. Edward

1:30pm - HRS vs. ASB

2:15pm - St. Edward vs. ASB


6th Grade Girls JV Jamboree @ Holy Rosary Seattle - West Seattle

9:00am - St. Joseph Seattle vs. St. Edward

9:45am - St. Edward vs. Sacred Heart

10:30am - OLF vs. St. Joseph Seattle

11:15am - Sacred Heart vs. OLF

12:00pm - Holy Rosary Seattle vs. Holy Rosary Edmonds

12:45pm - Holy Rosary Edmonds vs. ASB

1:30pm - St. Philomena vs. Holy Rosary Seattle

2:15pm - ASB vs. St. Philomena

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Everett Training Confirmed

The Play Like A Champion Today training in Everett will not be canceled for this Sunday. There is of course room for more coaches, so please register by using the registration form found on the Coaches Trainings section of our website.

Reminder Basketball Coaches:

The first of two options to attend the mandatory pre-season basketball coaches meeting is tonight, Tuesday Nov. 10th at 7:00pm at the Isaac Orr Conference Room at the Chancery (910 Marion St. Seattle).

Coaches can also attend the meeting on November 18th, also in Isaac Orr at 7:00pm. Coaches are required to attend one or the other. Any team that fails to have representation at one of the two coaches meetings will recieve a one game forfeit and the head coach will be suspended for a game.

Monday, November 2, 2009

PLC Training in Everett 11/15

The Play Like A Champion Today training scheduled from 1-4pm in Everett on November 15th has a definite location:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
2619 Cedar Street Everett, WA 98201
(social hall "green room" is the actual place, there will be people standing there with signs to help direct from the parking lot.)

Currently there are 3 coaches pre-registered to attend. We need at least 15 coaches before we will do the training. Less than 15 pre-registered, and we will have to cancel. If you know you need the PLC training, pre-register using the form on our website.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Soccer Playoff Brackets Posted

The 2009 playoff game brackets are posted (Click here to go to the website). Some times and locations have changed from the original posting, so please review the brackets again. All first round games will be played Sunday 11/01/09, except in the 7th Girls division where we do have a play in game situation.

Please remember to fill out, sign, and bring the Playoff Roster Eligibility Verification Form, along with your roster, to each of your playoff games. Also remember to bring copies of the pregame prayer, which can be found on the Registration page, or the main Soccer page.

Friday, October 30, 2009

CYO Basketball Referee Training

Sunday, Nov. 8th at St. Luke in Shoreline, CYO Athletics will be having the pre-season CYO Basketball Referee Training starting at 7:00pm. People interested in officiating CYO Basketball this year may attend.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Soccer Season Coming to an End

There are two things to be reminded of as Soccer Season comes to an end.

1) The playoff eligibility form is posted on the "registration" portion of our website. Coaches who have playoff teams must bring this form, filled out completely, to each playoff game starting with games this Sunday, Nov. 1st.

2) Sportsmanship Award Nominations must be submitted immediately following the season. All coaches in the 6th-8th grades should submit a nomination to cyo@seattlearch.org by the end of next week (Nov. 6th). Nominations should include the name of an opponent that competed with the best sportsmanship this season. Also include an explanation of specific things this team did that makes them stand out for this award.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Archdiocesan Website Updated

We have sent the 2009-2010 Athletics Manual to the printer, and have updated the Archdiocesan website with that information. Please review the website for the most current and accurate information regarding our program.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Soccer Playoffs

Playoff Brackets are posted.

The 2009 playoff game locations, times, and brackets are posted. Full brackets will be posted Saturday 10/31/09, by 7pm. All first round games will be played Sunday 11/01/09, unless a play-in game is required in a bracket, thus delaying the actual first round game until later in the week.

Coaches!!!
-Please call in, or email, your scores immediately after your games on Saturday, so we can post the brackets as soon as possible. Below is the number, and email you should be sending scores to.206-654-4643 cyoscores@seattlearch.org

Friday, October 23, 2009

Basketball Season is Rapidly Approaching

CYO Athletics, in partnership with Seattle University, would like to invite all CYO basketball coaches to attend our FREE pre-season coaches clinic with Tom Newell at the Connolly Center on November 8th from 1:00-3:00pm.

The clinic will go over:
  • Drills for Skills
  • Offensive Motion Made Simple/Defensive Drills for Inviduals
  • Passing Drills/Shooting Drills/Change of Speed Drills
  • Shooting Techniques taught and made EZ for kids...plus Shooting Drills for Skills
  • Being a Teacher First...Coach Second when coaching basketball
"It is really important that we as an organization (CYO/Best Effort Camps & Clinics) work together to ensure our children are being taught the proper fundamentals and disciplines necessary for the kids to have a good experience and fun while participating in the organized league. . . we can prepare them to learn how to dribble properly, pass and cut with purpose and play with zeal and passion at all times with their Best Effort" - Tom Newell
Address for the Seattle University, Connolly Center: Corner of 14th Ave and Cherry St.
To RSVP for the clinic, please e-mail Scott Bailey at scott.bailey@seattlearch.org

Thursday, October 22, 2009

CORRECTION 10/27

In regards to a previous Blog Post, the PLACT training in Tacoma on October 27th, at St. Charles Borromeo Parish is actually starting at 6:00pm, not 7:00pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Nov. 15th PLC Locations

We have two different location choices for the Play Like A Champion Today training on Sunday, November 15th. We will have a training at Sacred Heart in Bellevue, in their Moore Theatre there. We will also be offering a training in Everett, with the exact location still TBD. Both trainings are from 1-4pm.

Please pre-register using the registration form on our website and send to cyo@seattlearch.org. We need 15 pre-registered coaches per training by Thursday, November 12th, or we will have to cancel. Hopefully we fill both trainings, but if we have to cancel one, hopefully people will be willing to drive the extra distance and attend the other.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

PLC Training added 10/27 in Tacoma

Pierce County CYO Athletics has added a Play Like A Champion Today training to the schedule on October 27th, at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Tacoma. The training will take place from 7:00pm until 10:00pm in the Library. The address for St. Charles is: 7112 S 12th St Tacoma, WA 98465. Please use the pre-registration form on the coaches trainings section of our website, linked here.

This is one of several options for coaches to take the training prior to the start of basketball season.

Soccer Clinics After SU Men's Soccer Games

Seattle University Men's Soccer has 4 more home games this season, and is offering player clinics for CYO athletes after two of them.

October 25th, the team plays San Jose State at 1:00pm, with a free postgame clinic with the SU men's soccer team.

Also, November 1st, the team plays Air Force at 1:00pm, and again there is a free postgame clinic for CYO athletes.

There will also be an opportunity for anyone who comes to these games to get autographs with the players.

The other two homes games on the schedule will not include clinics, but those are Friday, Oct. 23rd vs. Sacramento State at 2:30pm and Sunday, Nov. 8th at 1:00pm vs. Cal State Bakersfield.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Concerns From Seattle Parks and Rec

We have been notified of two things that CYO Athletics community members have been in violation of:

1) No one should be parking on the grass at Woodland Park during cross country meets (specifically there have been issues with people parking around the bathroom).

2) No dogs are allowed inside fenced areas at soccer fields (specifically the turf fields have had issues of this).

Please respect Seattle Parks and Rec green spaces, as we have the privilege of using these, we would like to continue being granted this privilege.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

PLC After Coaches Meetings Schedule Adjusted

Please be aware that the second coaches meeting for Basketball and Volleyball will now be on Wednesdays and not Tuesdays.

Basketball Coaches Meetings (remember each team must have a coach representative at one of the two meetings, but it is not required to attend both) - Tuesday, Nov. 10th and Wednesday, Nov. 18th.

Volleyball Coaches Meetings - Tuesday Feb. 9th and Wednesday Feb. 17th.

Location is staying the same, for now. Isaac Orr Conference Room (910 Marion St. Seattle, WA, across the street to the North from St. James Cathedral)

Monday, October 5, 2009

Half Way Through Cross Country Season

We want to make a special note of thanks to all our volunteers the past two weekends for our CYO Cross Country preliminary meets. The meets are starting and ending on time, which makes such a huge difference for everyone involved. Thanks for all the people who came and helped out on the course and in the tent area with times and notecards.

This Sunday we have the K-3 Final Championship race, and then 4-8 Championships take place on October 18. Please start praying now for good weather the next two Sundays.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Lost and Found

We had some lost and found items at the Cross Country meet yesterday.

A pair of flip-flops, a black short-sleeve, tee-shirt, and a red, Bulldogs jersey.

Also, a woman was looking for a spindle of thread, if any team accidentally grabbed it when cleaning up.

Please contact our office 206-654-4643 if you know anything about these items.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Cross Country Coaches Meeting and PLC

Tomorrow night is the Cross Country Coaches Meeting, from 7:00-8:00pm in the Isaac Orr Conference Room (910 Marion St. Seattle WA, 98104). Immediately following this meeting, there will be a Play Like A Champion Today! training starting around 8:00pm. All CYO coaches are invited to this PLC training, as it may turn out to be one of the smaller ones this year. We currently have 9 coaches pre-registered. We will not cancel Tuesday night trainings due to a lack of numbers, but we encourage basketball and volleyball coaches to come tomorrow night and get the training done early.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

3rd Grade Schedules Altered

If you checked the 3rd grade schedule this morning, please check it again, as we changed some things in most of those divisions. We added some games, so you may have had a bye, but now have a game. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

1st-3rd grade soccer schedules are posted

Please use the link on the side of this page to view your schedules. 1st-3rd grade schedules are officially posted. Please remember, that many times Mini and Micro games are sharing fields with other games, so try to use half of a field, or set up your micro fields in corners, to maximize space. It doesn't help anyone if the first team to show up sets up their playing field in the middle, because everyone will end up being cramped for space. Good luck this weekend!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

PLC Training 9/13 Confirmed

This Sunday's Play Like A Champion Today! training at the Moore Theatre at Sacred Heart in Bellevue has met the preregistration requirement of 15 coaches and will not be canceled. Anyone interested in coming to the training can come, and there is no maximum limit on the number of coaches who can come. The training is from 1-4pm, so please arrive a few minutes early to fill out the pre-training survey and so that the training can start and end on time. If you know any coaches who are still looking for an opportunity to take the training, please inform them of the time and place.

Soccer Scheduling

We have had to make several adjustments today since the 4th-8th grade schedules went up last night. Please continue to check your schedule, as your games may be different.

1st-3rd grade schedules are not up yet. They will be up after next week's coaches meeting on 9/15.

Soccer Schedules

Soccer Schedules are up!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

PLC Training 9/13 at Sacred Heart

Coaches, the Play Like A Champion Today! training scheduled for this Sunday will be at Sacred Heart in Bellevue, in the Moore Theatre from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Please pre-register for this training, by e-mailing in the registration form from our website. We currently have 5 coaches pre-registered for this training, and we will have to cancel if we don't have the minimum of 15 coaches pre-registered.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Pre-Season Soccer Coaches Meeting 9/9

The pre-season soccer coaches meeting on September 9th will take place at the O'Dea High School gymnasium from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. There will be a Play Like A Champion Today! coaches training immediately following the meeting from 8:00pm to 11:00pm across the street at the St. Francis Cabrini conference room at Cathedral Place. We will be heading over as a group from the gym across the street to Cathedral Place. Please be on time for the meetings, as we all want to get out on time.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

PLC Training Aug. 30th @ Lakeside MS

The Play Like A Champion Today! training for this Sunday will be at the Lakeside Middle School Theatre, located at 13510 1st ave NE, Seattle 98125. Go to the front door of the school, that will be the only door open. To pre-register for the training, fill out the registration form on the Coaches Trainings page on our website.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

PLC Training Aug. 30th

Sacred Heart is currently swamped with their construction project, and the PLC training Sunday, Aug. 30 is being moved to a location TBD. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Seattle University is looking for ball boys aged 10 to 14 for their upcoming Men’s Soccer season. For kids interested in this opportunity, parents should call Peter Mullenbach at (209) 747-4634.

Below is the link to the 09/10 schedule for your convenience.

http://www.goseattleu.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18200&KEY=&SPID=11523&SPSID=94312

PLC Training Aug. 30th

The Play Like A Champion Today! training for August 30th will be located in the Moore Theatre at Sacred Heart, in Bellevue. The website has been updated today.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Year of Service Complete

Scott Bailey, the Young Adult Service Team Member assigned to CYO Athletics, finished his year of service today. Scott will be back at the end of the summer to continue working for CYO Athletics as an intern while he pursues a Masters degree at Seattle University in Sport Administration and Leadership. Over the summer, please direct your correspondence to Clint Richardson or Ross Brownell, as Scott will not be accessing his Archdiocesan e-mail account until August 10th.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Safe Travels!

CYO Athletics wishes Clint safe travels as he heads off to the annual Play Like A Champion Today! conference at Notre Dame this weekend. Please, keep Clint in your prayers for a safe trip.

Friday, June 19, 2009

CONGRATS TO O'DEA BASEBALL - 3A STATE CHAMPS

This is a reflection from Director of Youth Ministry, Tauno Latvala

Last week I had the opportunity to speak as a representative of the Archdiocese of Seattle at an assembly at O'Dea HS where the baseball team presented the 3A state championship trophy to the school community.

Players Andre Popich and John Richmond shared their thoughts of the season. They spoke of overcoming adversity together, that there may have been other teams that had star players but that they played as a team and that is why they won. Believing in each other, supporting each other. Coach Mike Doyle, 2009 Metro Coach of the Year, spoke of the hard work that the coaching staff and players undertook to compete and strive for excellence. I spoke about, as the former baseball coach at Nathan Hale, how bitter I was to be at the assembly. I am just joking, although I did acknowledge losing a lot of games to O'Dea over my playing and coaching career.

I shared a brief reflection on scripture from Hebrews 11:1 "To have faith is be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of things we cannot see". This team had to believe in themselves when others expected their opponents to win or when they faced critical moments in important games down the stretch of their season. The way a team WORKS together, SUPPORTS one another and BELIEVES in each other can make a big difference. It certainly did for this team.

This day was a chance to celebrate what the O'Dea baseball team achieved but also to see what is possible when a community becomes more than merely the sum of its individual parts. It is also presents a challenge to do this in our own lives - in school (or our work), in our community, in our relationships and in our faith.

We are thankful for the coaches, families and administrators who have empowered our young people to strive, achieve and learn the lessons of athletics at whatever level of play and no matter the win-loss record in this past year. We are especially thankful for the young people themselves who display the effort and competitive compassion that we are all called to.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Preliminary New Concussion Law Requirements

We are currently being informed about the new concussion law requirements that the state of Washington is likely passing. The following letter was sent to us concerning how this might affect CYO. More info to follow to determine exactly what the new requirements will be for CYO coaches using School District facilities.

The Seattle School District has provided the Parks Department a preliminary New Concussion Law Requirements Document. The new Law will have an impact on all youth non-profit organizations that play games or practices at school district facilities.

School Coaches Training Program:
(1).The new law identifies that all school coaches will have to take training on the nature and risk of concussions and head injury including continuing to play after a concussion or head injury.
(2). On a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information sheet shall be signed and returned by the youth athlete and athlete’s parents/guardian prior to the youth athlete’s initiating practice or competition.
(3). All athletes suspected of suffering a concussion or brain injury will be removed from practice or competition and not returned to play until cleared in writing by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussions (Medical Doctor of Osteopathy, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Physicians Assistants and Certified Athletic Trainers.

Currently, we do not have the final draft of the new law. The following information is what was provided to the department that will impact your organization:

All non-profit youth organizations using school facilities shall:
· Provide the school with written proof of insurance covering their youth athletes with limits required by the law.
· All coaches, players and parents of youth teams shall have similar training as outlined for school coaches, players and parents prior to the start of any practice and
· The non-profit youth groups shall submit a statement of compliance with the insurance coverage and required head injury trainings prior to receiving access to school facilities.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Coaches Resources

The Coaching Youth Sports series of coaching manuals by ASEP are well done for coaches of all experience levels but particularly new or novice coaches. Also, if you purchase from the NFCYM website, 50% of the purchase price goes to support the National CYO Sports organization whose mission is to teach Gospel values through sports.

https://store.nfcymoffice.net/shop/pc/home.asp

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Baseball Championships


Congratulations to St. Joseph (W) for winning the 5th/6th grade baseball championship.

Also, congratulations to Our Lady of Fatima for winning the 7th/8th grade baseball championship.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Track Team Championships

Congratulations Flyers and St. Al/John for winning the team titles!


We still have a lot of lost and found, so let us know if you're missing anything.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Team Championships this Saturday

The last Track meet of the year is this Saturday at Highline Stadium. We're hoping for warm weather, and another great day. As usual we'll need all the volunteers we can get to help facilitate events and keep the meets from going long. Good luck to all the athletes!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

PLC Spring Newsletter

Check out the Play Like A Champion Today! newsletter for Spring 2009. It shares some exciting news in regards to PLC's translation into Spanish, the impact the program has had on the youth in other CYO programs, and some positive feedback on the adoption of Parent Like A Champion in LA.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Lost and Found

Please make sure you come and check lost and found at the Team Championships meet on May 30th. Hopefully everyone is able to come to the meet and check the HUGE pile of stuff we've collected at all the previous meets. There is a bag full of books, and some other valuables I would imagine people would want back.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Individual Championships on Sunday

The Track & Field season is rolling along. A special thanks to all our volunteers last weekend at both Saturday meets and Sunday's Pentathlon. Everybody pitched in to make the events successful. This Sunday is the all-comers meet from noon to 2:00 at Highline Memorial Stadium, immediately followed by the Individual Championships. Once again we will need all the volunteers we can get to record times, spot, and help events run quickly and accurately. See everyone on Sunday!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Baseball Playoff Schedule Determined

Here is the schedule for the upcoming baseball playoffs.


05/20/2009 5th/6th grade #4 vs. 5th/6th grade #5 @ Judkins 2 5:30

05/26/2009 5th/6th grade #3 vs. 5th/6th grade #6 @ Judkins 2 5:30

05/27/2009 5th/6th grade #1 vs. winner of 4 vs. 5 @ Judkins 2 5:30

05/27/2009 7th/8th grade #1 vs. 7th/8th grade #4 @ Judkins 1 5:30

05/29/2009 5th/6th grade #2 vs. winner of 3 vs. 6 @ Judkins 2 5:30

05/29/2009 7th/8th grade #2 vs. 7th/8th Grade #3 @ High Point 1 5:30

05/31/2009 5th/6th Championships @ High Point 2 12:30

05/31/2009 7th/8th Championships @ High Point 1 12:30

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Baseball Playoffs Coming Up

CYO Athletics is planning baseball playoffs. There will be 4 teams going to playoffs for 7th and 8th grade and 6 teams for 5th and 6th grade. The times, dates and location are still TBD but will be up shortly.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Coaches Appreciation Dinner at St. Louise Last Night

CYO Athletics would like to congratulate St. Louise for a great coaches appreciation dinner last night and thank them for the invitation to attend. Clint Richardson was able to go on behalf of the CYO Athletics office, and spoke highly of the event. Clint said the dinner supported the philosophy of CYO Athletics, and the speakers were great. A special thanks to Bob, Mari, Bill and Fr. Tom for hosting the event.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Track Season Underway

CYO Athletics kicked off the Track & Field season Saturday at Highline Stadium. We had crazy weather, but everyone took it in stride and plowed through the events. This Saturday is our Qualifying meet, and we're going to need even more volunteers than we had last Saturday (this time we actually have to record results).

Coaches, remember that your final rosters for track are due this Friday. Make sure EVERYONE is listed on the roster, whether they came last week or not, so that no one is left out.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Come Hear About Your New Parks And Green Spaces Levy

From Karen O'Connor at Seattle Parks and Recreation

It is an exciting time for Seattle parks and your neighborhood.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting four open houses throughout the city and we encourage you to come and learn about the new six-year, $146 million 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy. There is funding for new neighborhood park land and more than 50 named projects, which include 23 playground renovations, two parks on top of reservoirs, four playfield improvements, forest and stream restoration projects, and funding for development in Discovery, Magnuson and Jefferson parks and in the Washington Park Arboretum. To see the named projects in your neighborhood visit http://seattle.gov/parks/levy/default.htm.

These projects will improve your neighborhood by creating or improving vibrant parks and green spaces. Learn the process for implementing these projects and the timing for decisions about the $15 million Opportunity Fund, which will support other community-generated acquisition and development projects.

Come learn how to participate in shaping the future of Seattle parks.

All meetings will be held from 7 to 8:30pm.

Southeast Seattle, Monday, May 4, 2009Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave. S.

West Seattle, Wednesday, May 6, 2009
West Seattle Golf Course, 35th Ave. SW and SW Snoqualmie St.

North Seattle, Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Green Lake Community Center, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N.

Central Seattle, Wednesday, May 13, 2009Parks Administration Building, 100 Dexter Ave. N.

For additional information please contact: Karen O'Connor, Planning and Development
Seattle Parks and Recreation, Karen.o'connor@seattle.gov or 206-233-7929
or visit us at http://seattle.gov/parks/levy/default.htm and find out about the named projects in your neighborhood.

PLC Training Location Change!

The Play Like A Champion Today! training on Sunday, May 3rd will be in the OYYAM Living Room instead of the Isaac Orr Conference Room. Coaches will enter from 907 Terry St., across from the Seattle Surgery Center building, and kitty corner from the NW side of the O'Dea HS campus. Please be patient as we will have to come down and let people in as we see them line-up outside.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

PLC Training This Sunday

CYO Athletics has it's last Play Like A Champion Today! training for the school year this Sunday, May 3rd at 1:00pm in the Isaac Orr Conference Room. Coaches planning on attending this training should aim to arrive 15 minutes early to fill out a pre-training survey. The Isaac Orr Conference Room is located at the Chancery, at 910 Marion St. Seattle, WA across the street to the North from St. James Cathedral. Any coach planning on coaching next season should take this opportunity to get the training done when there's not conflicts with practices and other sport related events. For more information about Play Like A Champion Today! please review our website.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Congratulations Volleyball Champions!

Volleyball playoffs wrapped up with Championships on Saturday. Great job to everyone who played, there were a lot of close matches.

Immaculate Conception 6th grade girls
Holy Family Kirkland 7th grade girls
St. Louise 7th grade girls
Holy Family Kirkland 8th grade girls
St. Louise 8th grade girls

Also congratulations to our Boys volleyball champions, whose tournament wrapped up in the first weekend of playoffs.

Immaculate Conception 6th grade boys
Sacred Heart 8th grade boys

Friday, April 24, 2009

Volleyball Championships Tomorrow

The boys tournament has long been over, but the girls volleyball championships are happening tomorrow at St. Louise in Bellevue. Games start at 9:00am and games will go into the early afternoon. By around 3:30 we'll have crowned 5 new volleyball champions for 2009.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

PLC Training Last Night in Tacoma

CYO Athletics would like to thank all of the devoted coaches who attended the Play Like A Champion Today training last night at St. Charles Borromeo in Tacoma. In total there were 26 coaches from four different parishes and schools who took the time out of their busy lives to attend the training. The next training will be May 3rd, in the Isaac Orr Conference Room at 910 Marion St. Seattle. More info can be found on the "Coaches Trainings" section of our website.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Jefferson Lid Project Meeting Tonight

From Bill Farmer, Friends of Athletic Fields

Dear Athletic Field Supporters –

There are a few events coming up that you should be aware of. More info below. Most importantly, especially for southeast Seattle folks, is the public outreach meeting on the Jefferson Park Reservoir Lid project next Tuesday, April 21st. This meeting is to provide an update on current construction and to gather input for “Phase 2” projects. Magnuson Park SpringFest on Saturday, April 25th includes a dedication for the opening of 3 new lit synthetic rectangular fields (baseball fields will be completed this fall). Rugby, soccer and ultimate games will be demonstrated with the Mayor and other officials showing up around 12:15 at the fields. Public meetings on the new Parks & Green Spaces Levy will be conducted at four sites during May. Start thinking about Opportunity Fund ($15M) projects for your neighborhood.

Jefferson Park Expansion Project
Community Update and Outreach Meeting
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 6:30 - 7:45
Beacon Hill Branch Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S

Active recreation supporters should try to make this meeting on the Jefferson Park Expansion Project to remind the Parks & Recreation Department of the sportsfields that were included in the Master Plan. Many years of public process were conducted by Seattle Parks and recent changes have eliminated or reduced many of the active recreation components. DPR’s plans are to eliminate synthetic turf with no improvements for the baseball diamond or the running track that were promoted during the public process. Given Seattle Public Utilities’ restrictions on watering and fertilizing natural grass on top of the reservoir lids, the ability of natural grass at this site to withstand more intensive athletic use is very uncertain.

Beacon Hill lacks playfields and these fields were being counted on to meet some of the increasing demand for fields space in the neighborhood. Synthetic turf allows for year-round play while natural grass is shut down for at least 4 months out of the year. Funding for this project was increased with passage of the new Parks & Green Spaces Levy with active recreation support. Let Seattle Parks know that you support the design that was agreed upon during the planning public process.

Magnuson Park SpringFest
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April 25, 2009
10am-4pm
Athletic Field Dedication at 12:15
More info: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/Magnuson.htm


Parks and Green Spaces Levy
Come hear about this new levy and learn about the park projects in your neighborhood hosted by the Seattle Parks & Recreation Department.
All meetings will be from 7 - 8:30 p.m.
• Monday, May 4 at Rainier Community Center
• Wednesday, May 6 at West Seattle Golf Course
• Tuesday, May 12 at Green Lake Community Center
• Wednesday May 13 at Parks Administration Building

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Added PLC Training in Tacoma

If you are looking for an opportunity to take the Play Like A Champion Today (PLC) coaches training, we added another training to our schedule. Next Tuesday, April 21st at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Tacoma there will be a training starting at 6:00pm. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early to fill out a pre-training survey. Hope to see many of you there.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Track and Field Registrations Due This Week

CYO Athletics Track and Field Registrations are due this Thursday, April 9th. We're looking forward to a great season!

Also, any CYO coaches interested in opportunities to learn more about coaching should visit the ASEP website (American Sport Education Program). We mentioned ASEP in our October 2008 E-letter, and want to remind coaches about all the varieties of resources ASEP can provide. Use the following URL to visit their website:

http://www.asep.com/

Thursday, April 2, 2009

March E-letter Sent

Welcome to the new CYO Athletics blog! We encourage you to bookmark this page (http://www.seattleoyyam.org/) or subscribe to the updates on this or any other page, to ensure you always have the most updated information from our office.This blog will be regularly updated with information, and resources. Our hope is to be able to communicate the most accurate information to you as quickly as possible. As you follow links through this blog you will find most or all of our programs represented and easily located. Because this is is still in the early stages of development we ask everyone to help us make this an effective tool. If you find something not working, or have suggestions for how to improve the page, please e-mail them Scott Bailey. Although the blog is mostly up, we will have a few pages with errors and inactive links until all the content is developed.As this site develops, we hope it helps everyone find the information they need here and on the main Archdiocese website. We will move more content to this as time goes on, so be sure to use http://www.seattleoyyam.org/ as your new first stop for updated information from OYYAM.

CYO Athletics sent the March e-letter out last night. If you did not recieve the e-letter, you may access it online in our e-letter archives

Monday, March 30, 2009

UNDER INTENSE CONSTRUCTION

Hello! We are just writing to let you know that our blog is under intense construction and will hopefully be finished soon! We are excited to be able to update and reach everyone in our community through this wonderful new site. We hope to have this blog up and running on April 1st, until then please visit our main Archdiocesan site at: http://www.seattlearch.org/OYYAM. Thank you for your patience and we hope to see you soon!