American Martyrs, St Joseph Power to the Championship
On Saturday afternoon at St Mary's Academy in Inglewood, the Final 4 in the 2009 CYO Playoffs for girls volleyball took place. The first match featured long time westside rivals American Martyrs of Manhattan Beach and St Paul the Apostle of Westwood. Both teams showed off their volleyball skills but American Martyrs played a notch above throughout the two games of the match to beat St Paul. The second match was between St Joseph of Long Beach and Holy Family of South Pasadena playing in front of their loud and positive cheering sections. St Joseph played more consistently in winning the match over Holy Family in two games. Sunday November 8 is the conclusion of girls volleyball season with the 3rd Place game scheduled for 1 pm and the Championship game scheduled to follow. Both matches will take place at St Mary's Academy.
Can the St Joseph squad find one more victory in them to capture the CYO Crown? Answer on Sunday afternoon.
CYO PLAYOFFS - GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Last weekend, 62 schools began competition for the 2009 CYO Girls Volleyball championship and the four top seeded schools remain as we enter Final Four weekend this Saturday and Sunday at St Mary's Academy in Inglewood. During elite 8 action last night at ProvidenceHigh School in Burbank, American Martyrs defeated St Cornelius in two games, winning the first game easily but having to come from behind in the second game. In the second match at Providence, St Paul the Apostle defeated St Jerome in a stirring comeback. Having already lost game 1, St Paul fell behind in game 2 23 to 15 but scored the last ten points and then won easily in game 3. As LaSalleHigh School in South Pasadena, St Joseph of Long Beach needed three exciting games to eliminate St Lawrence Martyr. In the second match at LaSalle, Holy Family and St Thomas the Apostle had two close intense games with Holy Family winning the first 29 to 27 and winning the second game 25 to 23. American Martyrs will play St Paul the Apostle at 1 pm on Saturday afternoon and that match will be followed by St Joseph of Long Beach and Holy Family. The winners will play for the championship on Sunday at 2 pm while the 3rd place game will be at 1 pm on Sunday.
***Girls Varsity Basketball Registration Deadline Date This Friday - To guarantee participation we must receive registration form and payment by 5 PM Friday.***
CYO DIRECTORS CUP
Commencing in 2006, CYO has presented the Directors Cup Award to the MemberSchool that earns the most points during the school year for varsity level sports only in both Conference Events and Competition Events.Previous winners have been as follows:
2006-07 – St Jerome of Westchester 2007-08 - American Martyrs of Manhattan Beach 2008-09 - American Martyrs of Manhattan Beach
Points are earned as follows:For Conference Events, a school shall receive 1 point for making CYO Playoffs, 1 point for advancing each CYO playoff round (this includes byes) except for CYO Playoff 3rd place game and 1 bonus point for winning CYO playoff championship.Except as stated below, for Competition Events, points are earned for team events only and a school shall receive 2 points for 1st place and 1 point for 2nd place.Commencing with the 2009-10 sports season, track and field points shall be awarded as follows:4 points for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place and 1 point for 3rd place.In the event of any tie or ties in the top 3 places of the track and field team final standings, CYO will utilize an allocation formula to award Director Cup points.
2009-10 Calendar
Tentative dates for all 2009-10 events can be seen by clicking the "Calendar" tab to the left. However please keep in mind that these dates are all subject to change due to facility availability as well as other factors beyond our control. Thus it is important that you check back as an event gets closer to make sure the dates have not changed.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
Coach’s Cards/Training
If you attended a Coach’s Training Class and have not received your card, please contact Lillian Puentes at 213.251.3454 or lpuentes@ccharities.org as we are probably missing paperwork and/or payment.
To find out how to renew your card, click on the Coach's Training tab to the left and scroll down.
The PLC coaches training workshop schedule is NOW posted. Please click on the link under Headlines on this page or alternatively go to the Coaches Training tab on the left..
