Royals Athletics History/Archives

Royals Athletics History / Archives

-Welcome to the archives of Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals.  OKCS began in 1982 in a church in Bergen / Carstairs before moving to it's current location just outside of Olds shortly after.  With it the athletics program has grown from its humble beginnings of barely fielding teams in the mid 80's where Mr. Dwayne Brown then built the program from the ground up.  From there the Royals have gone on to sustain what I feel is one of the top overall 1A/1J athletics program in the Province.  We have not just competed well in a couple sports but rather compete year after year in XC, volleyball, basketball, badminton, track and now soccer.  In volleyball and basketball we consistently field 5-8 teams in each sport consistently every year with our middle school and Jr. A teams looking up to our Sr. teams that help keep the rich tradition cycling each year.  We have won one or more Zone banners in each of the above sports with the exception of badminton where we have recently built one of the strongest 1A/1J badminton pragrams in the Province that has included 4 players winning Provincial medals in the past two years competing against 1A-4A players.  We thank the Lord for his blessings these 35 years and want to continue to honour Him as we compete.  Some of our best highlights include:

   -5 year run of Sr. boys volleyball Zone Champions from 1993 - 1997 (only ever

    matched by Cluny and Acme)

   -1996 Sr. Boys 1A Basketball Provincial Champions

   -1996 Sr. Girls 1A Basketball Provincials Silver

   -First Jr. A girls 1J basketball Zones banner in 19 years in 2013 that turned into 4

    straight from 2013 - 2016

    -2015 Gr. 10 Girls Category 1 Badminton Provincial Champions (Kayla & Jewel

     Jansen)

    -2016 Gr. 11 Mixed doubles Category 2 Provincials Bronze (Kennedy Coates &

     Bryce Parrott)

    -12 high school players have competed in Badminton Provincials in the past 3 years

    -2008 South Central XC Running 1J Zone team Champions

    -2016 South Central Zone Track & Field 1A Zone team Champions

    -2016 South Central Zone 1A/2A Girls Soccer Zone Champions w/ Carstairs

    -2017 Sr. Girls Basketball 1A Zones Champions and bronze in Provincials

    -2017 Sr. Boys Basketball 1A South Central Zone Champions and 4th in Provincials

    -2017 Jr. A Boys Volleyball 1J South Central Zone Champions 

    -2017 Sr. Boys Volleyball 1A South Central Zone Champions and 3rd in Provincials

-It's safe to say that Royals athletics has had its ups and downs over its 35+ year history but representing Christ's beatitudes, often winning our CESAA leagues, and winning any one of our 38 zone banners and 2 Provincial banners hanging in our gym represents how far we have come and how bright our future is.

OKCS Mighty Mites Hockey Team 1986!

-Below is both a history of our basketball, volleyball, XC, badminton, & track team results as well as our best individual athlete results from XC, badminton & track:

Sr. High

                                                      Volleyball                     

    -JV Boys -  Zones:            2014 - Gold

    -Sr. Boys -  Zones:            1993 – Gold

                                        1994 – Gold

                                        1995 – Gold 

                                        1996 – Gold 

                                        1997 – Gold 

                                        2001 - Bronze 

                                                          2003 - Gold 

                                        2008 – Gold 

                                        2009 – Gold

                                        2015 - Gold

                                        2016 - Bronze  

                     - Provincials:  1994 - Bronze

                                           1997 – 4th

                                                     2009 – 4th + Sportsmanship banner

                     - CESAA Banner Champions: 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011

    -Sr. Girls  -  Zones:            1995 – Bronze

                                             2016 - Bronze 

                    - CESAA Banner Champions: 2011

Olds Koinonia Crusaders in 1993 at Provincials in Consort - the pre Royals years! 

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                 Basketball                      

    -Sr. Boys     -CEAA Banner Champions (circa 2005-2013 only)- 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

                       -Zones:   1994 - Silver

                                     1995 - Gold

                                     1996 - Gold

                                     1999 - Gold

                                     2003 - Gold

                                     2008 - Silver

                                     2009 - Gold

                                     2010 - Silver

                                     2011 - Bronze

                                     2013 - Silver

                                     2014 - Silver 

                                      2015 - Silver

                                      2016 - Silver                    

                      -Provincials:   1994 - 4th 

                                           1995 – Silver + Sportsmanship banner

                                           1996 – Provincial Champions

                                           2013 Sportsmanship banner 

                                       1994 Provincials - no name jerseys it looks like??!

1996 Provincial Champions

    -Sr. Girls   -Zones:             1995 - Gold

                                             1996 – Gold

                                             2006 - Silver

                                             2007 - Silver

                     - Provincials:      1995 - 4th 

                                             1996 - Silver, Sportsmanship banner

                                             2020 - Gold

                                             2021 - Ranked #1 in the Province before the pandemic

1995 Provincials - 4th

1996 Provincials - Silver

                                      **Record 8 Royals players competed at 2016 Provincials 

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                                                              Track & Field: 

County Records:       1990-present      Jeff Neufeld                IB         JT        47.06m

                               1991-present      Jeff Neufeld                SB        JT        48.60m

                                2006-present      Leanne Smit               JuvG     TJ        9.0m 

                                2008-present      Lauren deGraaf          JG         JT        29.00m

                                2009-present      Dave Rempel               SB       100m     11.2 sec

Counties:                     2012                   Karleton Moench         Aggregate points winner

Zones:                     1991                Jeff Neufeld                   SB         JT – Gold

                                2011               Tyler Jansen                   IB         JT – Silver

                                                      Garreth Archer               IB          SP - Silver

                                                      Karleton Moench             IB         1500m - Silver

                                2014               Spencer Parrott               IB         HJ - Gold

                                                      Eithan Moench                 IB         HJ - Silver

                                2016               Zone Team Champions

Provincials:              1991               Jeff Neufeld                 SB        JT – Gold

                                2011               Tyler Jansen                 IB       JT - Bronze - 42.89m

Tyler Jansen 2010 Provincials Javelin Bronze

                               2018            Jocelyn Kornelsen            JG    HJ - Bronze

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Jr. High

Sport                       Zones Placing                      CEAA League placing         

                                 A Boys               A Girls                             A Boys            A Girls

 Volleyball              1991-Gold           2013 – Silver                                                         2013 - 1st         

                                        1992-Gold         2019 - Silver

                          1993-Silver

                               1994-Silver

                               1995-Silver                            

                               1998-Bronze

                               2003-Bronze

                               2004-Bronze

                               2005-Gold

                              2006-Silver 

                                                 A Girls Zones Silver 2013

Sport                       Zones Placing                          CEAA League placing         

                                 A Boys               A Girls                             A Boys                 A Girls

Basketball               1994 – Gold       1994 – Gold                         2006 - 1st              2011 - Bronze                     1995 - Gold       2013 – Gold                        2014 - 1st            2013 - Gold                                    1997 – Gold       2014 - Gold                                                      

                                2003 - Silver     2015 - Gold                                                                                                          2006 – Gold      2016 - Gold

                                 2007 - Bronze

                                 2008 - Silver

                                 2013 – Bronze

                                 2014 - Bronze

                                 2015 - Gold

                                 2016 - Gold

A Girls Zones Gold - 4 Peat! - 2013-2016

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XC                  

Zones:                    2008     Team XC Zone Champions

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                                                          Badminton                              

Counties:                2011    Gr. 8 Team points 1st & Gr. 9 Team points – T 1st

Zones:                    2012     Kayla Jansen & Seth Colby            Bantam mixed doubles Silver

                          2013     Kayla Jansen & Seth Colby            Midget mixed doubles Silver

                          2014     Kayla Jansen & Jewel Jansen     Juvenile girls doubles Gold

                                      Megan Nikula & Bryce Parrott       Juvenile mixed doubles Silver

                                      Kennedy Coates & Zac Longstaff   Midget mixed doubles Silver

                         2015      Amelia Furst & Levi Coates         Bantam mixed doubles Gold

                                      Jarod Kary & Jaryd Dicks              Midget bous doubles Silver

                                      Ashley Coney & Zac Longstaff     Juvenile mixed doubles Gold

2013 Midget Mixed Doubles Zones Silver

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                                Track & Field

County Records:        1991 - present    Coach Ken Terpstra     MB      800m    2:28:58

                                    1995 - present    Paul McCarroll            JB       LJ        5.60m

                                    1995 - present    Elena Shindler             JG       DT       30.76m

                                    2006 - present    Lauren deGraaf           MG      JT

                                    2008 - present    Lauren deGraaf           JG       JT        29.00m

                                    2010 - present    Nathaniel Cross           BB       HJ

                                                                                                               LJ

                                                                                                               100m                              

Counties:                    2010    Rachael Odersky         BG       Aggregate points winner

                                    2010    Nathaniel Cross           BB       Aggregate points winner

                                    2012    Karleton Moench         SB       Aggregate points Winner

Zones:                         2010    Nathaniel Cross          BB       LJ – Gold

                              2010    Nathaniel Cross          BB       HJ – Gold

                              2010    Nathaniel Cross          BB       100m - Gold

                              2010    Nathaniel Cross              BB        Aggregate points winner

                                    2010    Brielle Jansen                   BG        LJ - Silver

                                    2011    Brielle Jansen                  MG        LJ – Gold – 4.55m

                                    2012    Kayla Jansen                    BG        JT - Bronze

                                    2013    Kayla Jansen                    MG        JT – Bronze

                                    2014    Kayla Jansen                    JG        JT - Gold

Nathaniel Cross 2010 County Record Breaking Bantam Boys High Jump