Burnaby Central Athletics 2024-2025 Update
Central Athletics had a very successful year with over 481 student athletes and volunteers involved and 34 teams! Our teams won 5 BNW banners Jnr Boys Vball, Golf, Senior Boys Rugby, Junior Netball, Senior Girls Soccer), Jnr Boys Vball Fraser North Banner, and 1 Provincial Banner in Junior Netball. Top 4 at Zones: 3rd- Jnr & Snr Girls Volleyball, 4th- Jnr Boys Soccer, 8 Girls Volleyball & Basketball, Snr Boys Rugby, Jnr Ultimate, Cross Country: 2nd Ben, Track & Field: 1st Lexie Ha, Aashni Patel, Alexis Robinson, Misha Sayani, 2nd: Jnr Boys 4x100, Badminton: 2nd Jnr Mixed Doubles, Jnr Girls Singles (Prompt & Yifan). We had an amazing 9 teams qualify for Provincials this year: Junior Girls & Boys Volleyball, Swim team, Wrestling, Cross Country Team, Golf Team, Track & Field team in 13 events and 6 relays, Junior Netball, Senior Girls Soccer. On behalf of our school we wanted to say thank you to all our student athletes for working so hard. Also, a big thank you to the coaches, sponsors, managers, scorekeepers who made this such a successful year. Our athletic program can only survive with the hard work you have all put in this year.
Some of our fall highlights included the Cross Country team qualifying 13 runners for zones with Ben M placing 2nd at Zones. Our Swim team had a great year including our Boys Medley Relay and Tym K qualifying for provincials. Junior Boys Soccer finished 2nd in BNW and 4th at Zones. 8 Boys Rugby finished 2nd in BNW. Our volleyball teams also had a great year including the BNW and Fraser North win by the Junior Boys Team. They went on to finish 4th at the invitational provincials. Our Snr Girls finished 3rd at Zones. Junior Girls Volleyball Team finished 2nd in Zones. The Grade 8 Girls finished 3rd in the BNW.
Winter Season highlights: Our wrestling team had a very hard working, young team. June qualified for provincials and Edin placed 4th and Ben 2nd at Provincials. Edin went to Nationals and placed 2nd while Ben fighting an injury placed 5th. In Basketball, our Jnr Girls finished 1st in league play and 2nd at BNW Playoffs. Our Snr Boys qualified for zones. Our Gr 8 Girls finished 4th at Zones.
Spring Season highlights: Our Snr Girls soccer team were BNW champs, 2nd in zones and finished 7th at Provincials topping last year’s finish with only 3 spares. Congrats to Katie Chan for winning the most aggressive player award and to Kristina who made the best toe save ever! The Junior Girls and Snr Boys Badminton Team finished 4th at the BNW Playoffs. At the Zone Individual tournament, the Junior Mixed doubles of Prompt and Yifan and Yifan in singles finished 2nd. The Junior Ultimate team finished 4th at Zones. Our Junior Netball team won the Jnr BNW Banner and Provincials. The Golf team won the BNW banner, placed 2nd at zones and 8th at provincials including Jeevyn Lotay’s being 3rd overall.Our Snr Rugby team finished 4th at zones but won the Burnaby Final. The Ball Hockey Team finished 2nd in their league and made the West Fraser Championship game for the 3rd year straight. The Track team qualified for 13 individual events and 6 relay teams. They also had several 1st place finishes at zones including Lexie, Aashni, Alexis, and Misha.
Burnaby Central Athletics Fall 2023-2024 Update
Central Athletics had a very successful year with over 430 student athletes involved and 35 teams! Our teams won 6 BNW banners, 2 Fraser North Banners. Senior Girls Volleyball, Golf team, 8 Boys Rugby, Junior Girls Netball, Gr 9 Girls Volleyball who also won the Fraser North Zones, Snr Girls Basketball, Senior Girls Soccer who also won the Fraser North Zones. Teams that finished top 3 at Zones: Snr Boys Volleyball, 8 Girls Volleyball, Snr Girls Cross Country, Golf teams, Swim & Track & Field teams placed numerous athletes in the top 3 at zones: Sophia, Dominic, Aashni, Esha, Alexis, Ramneek, SRB 4x400 relay team. Finally, we had an amazing 11 teams qualify for Provincials this year: Snr Boys & Girls Volleyball, Gr 9 Girls Volleyball, Swim team, Wrestling, Cross Country Team, Golf Team, Track & Field, Senior Netball, Senior Girls Soccer, & Senior Girls Basketball.
Some of our fall highlights included the Cross Country team qualifying 7 runners for zones (Eva, Christy, Ben, Yi Cheng, Mark, Juliana, Kanchana). Ella Ricketts placed 1st in the district, 2nd at Zones and 18th at provincials. Our Swim team had a great year including our Girls Freestyle Relay team (Sophia, Kyra, Cherry, Beatrice) who placed 4th at zones and Sophia who placed 3rd at zones and qualified for provincials. Our Grade 8 Rugby team were BNW Champs. Our volleyball teams also had a great year including the BNW and Fraser North win by the Gr 9 Girls Team. They went on to finish 4th at the invitational provincials. Our Snr Girls also won the Burnaby Banner and along with the Snr Boys, they finished 2nd at Zones. Both teams qualified for provincials with the Boys placing in the top 10. The Jnr Girls Volleyball Team finished 2nd in the league and the Jnr Boys finished 4th. The Grade 8 Girls won the consolation Playoffs. The Jnr Boys Soccer team finished 2nd in the league and the Snrs qualified for zones.
Winter Season highlights. Here are some highlights. Our wrestling team had a very hard working, young team and helped Alexis qualify for provincials and Edin and Ben both placed 4th at Provincials. Edin and Ben both went to Nationals and they placed 4th and 6th. In Basketball, our Snr Girls topped off an unbelievable 5 years by repeating as BNW Champs and placing 9th at Provincials. Our Snr Boys had some big wins including over Mountain and finished 3rd in the league and qualified for zones. Our Jnr Girls finished 2nd in the league and the Jnr Boys won the David Thomsen Tourney.
Spring Season highlights. Our Snr Girls soccer tam was able to win the Fraser North Banner and went on to finish 15th at Provincials where Saira won the Golden Boot with 9 Goals in the tourney. The Junior Badminton Team finished 2nd in the league while the Snr Finished 5th. with a 6-3 record while the Snrs placed 3rd in the BNW. At the Zone Individual tournament, Megan and Lolie finished 1st in doubles, Simon and Kateryna finished 2nd. Our 8 Boys Volleyball qualified for league playoffs while the 9 boys finished 3rd in the league. The Ultimate team had huge numbers and our Snr team made it to playoffs. Our Netball team won the Jnr BNW Banner and finished 2nd at Provincials in the Senior Division. The Golf team finished won the BNW banner, placed 3rd at zones and qualified for provincials. Our Snr Rugby team showed great teamwork and finished 4th at zones but lost a heart breaker in the Burnaby Final. We also ran our very first Girls 7s rugby team this year. The Ball Hockey Team went finished 2nd in their league. The Track team qualified 27 athletes for zones including meet records by Aashni (2x), Esha and Dominic and 19 of those qualified for Provincials. There were too many excellent zone results to list here but check out our Instagram page for more details. Aashni (x2) and Alexis both placed in the top 8 at Provincials while Dominic took home a silver medal in Hammer & 5th in Discus. Dominic was also recognized as a top performer at the BNW meet and his Zone Record Breaking throw allowed him to meet national U20 Standards
Burnaby Central Athletics 2022-2023 Update
Winter season is about to start with Basketball Games and Wrestling meets beginning last week of November! We are hosting season-opener games starting Dec. 7. This year our Snr Girls are ranked 6th in the Province and our Jnr Boys should be ranked in the top 10 as well. Both teams have had some early wins in tournaments. Our 8 Girls have already won their first league game over South. Our wrestling team is small but dedicated and our Gr 8 Boys, 9 Boys, Junior Girls and Senior Boys Basketball teams are all preparing to start their season on a good note. Here is a re-cap of the Fall Season:
Our Swim team had some great results at Provincials including a 5th (Kyra Lin, Cherry Zhang, Madison Le, Sophia Morton) and 13th place (Sophia, Kyra, Madison, Samantha Quan) finish by our Girls Relay Teams and Hayden Yeung had an amazing meet finishing 2nd, 3rd and 8th place in his events. Our Gr 9 Girls Volleyball team won the Burnaby New West District and Fraser North Championships. Our Snr Boys finished 2nd in the Fraser North's and finished 2nd in their pool at Provincials this weekend. The Senior Girls Volleyball team finished in the top 4 in the BNW League and went on to zones, finishing 2nd in their pool. The Junior Girls also made BNW Playoffs. The Gr 8 Girls took home 3rd place at zones. Our Senior Girls Cross Country team placed 9th at Provincials after winning the Senior Girls BNW Banner (Ella R, Robin R, Lulie M, Valentina B). Our Junior Boys Soccer Team played well all year and qualified for zone playoffs. Our Senior Boys were one game away from competing for the final birth to provincials but fell short. Our Grade 8 Boys rugby team united with Alpha to create the "EagleCats" and put up some good wins. Our Field Hockey team combined with Byrne Creek to play some fun matches. Thank you to all of our staff, community and student coaches for a great season! Also, follow our Instagram page for updates and photos (bbycentral_athletics).
Winter season highlights. Our wrestling team had a very hard working, young team and were able to help Alexis qualify to Provincials. All 7 Basketball teams made the playoffs including our Grade 8 Girls, Jnr Girls and Snr Girls Winning the BNW Banner. Both our 8s had big tournament wins, our 9 Boys finished 2nd at zones and qualified for their Invitational Provincials. Our Jnr Girls won their own tourney while the Jnr Boys finished 2nd at the Semiahmoo Tourney. Our Snr Boys had great results at the Howard Tsumura and Notre Dame Tourney. Our Snr Girls team were ranked all year and defeated #1 Riverside for the Fraser North Banner then went on to finish 3rd at the Provincials where Jade and Ankita took home 1st team all star awards.
Spring Season: Our Jnr girls placed 3rd in the BNW and our Snr Girls where able to win the BNW Banner. Our Snr girls would then finish 2nd in zones and 5th at Provincials even though they never lost a game in regulation. Sierra Bergen was awarded the Provincial Tournament MVP. Both Badminton Teams finished with a 6-3 record while the Snrs placed 3rd in the BNW. At the Zone Individual tournament, Simon won Bronze in Jrb Singles and with Jolie won bronze in mixed doubles. Our 8 and 9 Boys Volleyball team both qualified for league playoffs. The Ultimate team grew to 2 teams this year with our Jnrs finishing 4th in BNW. Our Netball team won the BNW Banner and finished 2nd at Provincials. The Golf team finished 2nd in league play, 3rd at zones and qualified for provincials. Our Snr Rugby team showed a lot of grit to beat Mountain and reverse last year’s OT loss and earn a birth into the BNW final and finished 3rd at zones.
The Ball Hockey Team went undefeated in league play and finished 2nd in their league. The Track team qualified 17 athletes for 20 events at provincials including a Bronze for Lindsay in Discus and Dominic in Hammer. We also had sixteen 1st place finishes at the BNW Meet and seven 1st place finishes at Zones including Lindsay, Dominic, Robin (who all were recognized with Outstanding performances at the BNW Meet), Alexis, Benjamin x2, Ramneek, and the Jnr Girls team finished 4th, Snr Boys 5th and Snr Girls 2nd.
Burnaby Central Athletics 2021-2022 Final Update
After a tough 2 years with barely any sports Central had a very successful year winning 5 banners in our BNW leagues (Snr Boys Soccer, Snr Girls Volleyball-Prov Finalists, Jnr Girls Soccer, Snr Girls Soccer -5th at BCs. We also had 2 Fraser North Banner winners and four 2nd place finishers (Snr Girls Soccer, Gr 8, 9, 10 Girls Volleyball). Winners were our Snr Boys Volleyball team (Prov Finalists) and our Snr Girls Basketball team who were BNW/Fraser North Champs and finished 4th at BCs. Ten teams qualified for Provincials: Gr 8 Girls Basketball 2nd in BNW, 2nd at Invitational Provincials, Gr 9 Boys Basketball 2nd in BNW, 4th at Invitational Provincials, Cross Country -Snr Girls Team qualified for provincials, Swim Team qualified 13 athletes for the Swim Provincials, Wrestling qualified 3 wrestlers, Track & Field Team qualified for 37 events at zones then qualified 8 athletes to Provincials.
As a school we were able to field 32 teams with over 350 student athletes. That alone is a great accomplishment. This is great compared to the fact that we are only the 5th largest school in Burnaby. On behalf of our school we wanted to say thank you to all our, student athletes, coaches, sponsors, managers, and student volunteers and everyone who made this year so great. Without all of your hard work and you giving up countless of hours and volunteering your time, we could not provide an athletic program like we did this year.
Burnaby Central Spring Athletics Update
Playoff Updates: Highlights this season included our Soccer teams continuing the success our Fall teams had. Our Jnr girls won the BNW banner and then our Snr Girls did the same at Swangard. Our Snr girls would then finish 2nd in zones and 5th at Provincials. Emi won the top 16 award while gr 9 Saira was leading scorer.
Our Badminton Team finished 3rd in Jnr and 4th in Snr. Our 8 and 9 Boys Volleyball team both finished top 4 in BNW while our 8s finished 5th in a Lower Mainland tourney. Ultimate won a Spirit Award at their final tourney. Our Netball team won the Sportsmanship at their Year end tourney. The Golf team finished 3rd in league play including a hole in one by Gianni Bosa. Our Snr Rugby team showed a lot of growth with over 34 players and finished 2nd in BNW and 4th at Zones.
The Track team had multiple 1st place finishes at the BNW champinships - Ray, Esteban (x2), Kaitlyn (x2), Ramneek, Robin, Misha, Yi Cheng, Alexis, Lindsay (x3), Dominic, 8 Boys 4x100 m & 4x400 m, Jnr Boys 4x400. We then qualified 8 athletes to Provincials including Esteban, Robin, Dominic, Misha and Alexis. Kaitlyn & Ray qualifed for 3 events, while Lyndsey finished 2nd & 7th in her events, and Ramneek finished 3rd.
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Spring season is well underway, and you can see there is a lot happening around the school in the world of Athletics. On any given day we could have soccer and ultimate on the turf, rugby on the grass, track and field on the track (of course), golf on a green somewhere, and badminton, volleyball and netball all going at different times in the gyms.
Badminton has had a successful season placing 2nd in the league in both Juniors and Seniors. Our Junior Badminton team finished 3rd in playoffs, while our Seniors finished 4th. Congrats to Brendan Choi for being selected as a league All Star. Big thanks to our community/parent coach Colin Choi. The Senior Girls Soccer Team started their season off with a bang by defeating a few schools by some big scores and capped off a successful season by winning the BNW Final on Friday April 29 at Swangard Stadium over New West by a score of 4-0 Thank you David Katsionis and community coach Bob Hodgson for your help.
Our Junior Girls Soccer has also done very well and finished 1st place in regular season and also won the BNW Final after tying Burnaby North late in the game then winning 3-2 on penalty kicks. Video replay of the game can be seen on Connect Sports Network YouTube Channel. Big thanks to parent coach Venalissa Santos, Sadie Digeso and student coaches Roko V, Ethan J. Our Grade 8 and 9 Boys Volleyball teams are learning lots and improving every game. Both teams currently sit in the middle of the league and are preparing for playoffs in May. The Grade 8 team recently won a tournament they entered. Thank you to our coaches Alumni Alysha Sidhu, Graham Hendry, Sharon Snow and student coaches Ruza K, Shawn S, Skyler T for all your work.
Ultimate also won their first 3 games behind some strong play from their student coaches Brandon Sun and Samantha Quan. Thank you to Felice Jolliffe for your help with the team. Our Track and Field team has over 50 athletes and have already competed at a few league meets with some very promising results. Central will be hosting the next few meets on Wednesdays. Thank you to the coaches Becky Lawrence, Gary Leung, Dominique Moor and Student Teacher Justin Cherrier. See Below for some top 3 highlights of the first few league meets (complete results available on http://bnwtrack.weebly.com/2022-results):
100 M: Robin R 3rd Snr, Ray K 1st Jnr, 2nd Snr, Takumi S 3rd Snr, Emi M 1st Snr, Lucy L 3rd Bantam
200 M: Sieena Y 3rd Snr, Ray K 1st/2nd Jnr, Elijah L 2nd Jnr, Robin R 3rd Snr, Yi Cheng W 2nd Bantam
400 M: Sienna Y 3rd Snr, Ray K, 1st Jnr/3rd Snr, Elijah L 2nd/3rd Bantam, Robin R 1st Snr
800 M: Estebal L 1st/1st Jnr, Elijah L 2nd Bantam,
1500 M: Kaitlyn Helsop 2nd/1st Snr
3000 M: Jack M 2nd Jnr, Kaitlyn H 1st Snr, Elijah L 2nd Bantam
4x100 M: Central A/B 1st/2nd Bantam, 2nd Snr Boys, 1st Snr Girls
4x400 M: 2nd Jnr Boys, 1st Snr Boys, 1st Snr Girls, 2nd Bantam Boys
Shot Put: Lindsay G 1st Snr, Yi C 2nd Bantam, Lucy L 2nd Bantam
Discus: Lindsay G 1st Snr (by 10 m), Dominic M 1st Jnr, Alexis R 1st Bantam
Javelin: Janco T 3rd Snr, Dominic M 1st Jnr, Elijah L 2nd Bantam, Alexis R 2nd Bantam
High Jump: Elijah L 2nd Bantam, Alexis R 3rd Bantam
Long Jump: Kevin L 2nd Bantam, Robin R 2nd Snr, Gabriela V 2nd Bantam
Our Golf team is currently in the middle of the standings and should be able to make playoffs. Thanks to Kevin Herndier for your organization. Our Junior and Senior Netball teams have been doing very well especially as it is a new sport for many of the team members. Big Thanks to community coach Katherine Comberbach for getting the team ready to compete and to Kate Broughton for your organization.
Last, Senior Rugby have over 30 players on the team and are currently 1-3 but have only lost by a combined total of 3 tries and 3 penalty kicks in their first 4 games. They had a big win over Alpha by a score of 29-5 behind tries from Colton L, Vincent P, Takumi S, Trevor S. Once our rookies learn the rules of the game better the team will be sure to get the results in the future. Thank you to the coaches: Bryan Dunse, Student teacher Liam Montgomery, Parent Coach Chris Patterson.
As always the athletic program at Central is looking for help so if you are interested in helping out with one of our teams please see Mr. Vagnarelli in the PE Office. Even just a few days of help can go a long way (ie. Track Meets). Congrats to Jade Huynh who was selected to the BC U17 Basketball Team.
Burnaby Central Athletics Winter Update 2021-2022
Playoff Update: Our 8 girls and 9 Boys finished 2nd in their league but both of these team went on to their Invitational Provincials and our 8 Girls finished 2nd erasing an earlier banner game loss, and our 9 Boys finished 4th including being the highest placing Burnaby team. Our Senior Girls went on a huge run after becoming the top ranked team in AAA. They captured the BNW and Fraser North titles and finished 4th at the Provincials. Jade and Ankita took home a 1st and 2nd team all star awards. Congratulations to our League All Stars: Austin, Emerald, Kristina, Ronald, Sagar, Ella, Ankita, Jade. Our wrestling team qualified 3 wrestlers for Provincials including a 4th place finish by Elijah.
Our BNW Basketball league playoffs ended with 6 out of 7 teams qualifying including Gr 8 Boys who finished 3rd, Gr 8 Girls 2nd, Gr 9 Boys 2nd, Junior Boys 4th, Junior Girls 3rd and our Senior Girls who are BNW Champions and recently gained the #1 Provincial AAA Ranking! 5 of these teams have now qualified for the Fraser North Zone Championships in the week of February 14! Congratulations to our League All Stars: Austin Salmon, Emerald Vu, Kristina Mesic, Ronald Vadakkan, Sagar Gill, Ella Rickets, Ankita Chopra, Jade Huynh. Congratulations to our wrestlers who qualified for provincials: Elijah Lau, Bhima Kalia, Torben Hasenbech qualifed for Provincials!
Burnaby Central Athletics Fall Playoff Update 2021-2022
Congrats to all our Fall Teams who had a ton of success. Congrats to our Snr Girls Volleyball and Snr Boys Soccer for winning the BNW Banner! Every Volleyball team and both our Jnr & Snr Soccer teams qualified for Zones with our Gr 8, 9, 10 team placing 2nd, Snr Girls top 4 and Snr Boys Volleyball won it all! Our Jnr and Snr Soccer teams also placed in the final 4 of zones. Our Snr Girls and Boys Volleyball teams qualified for Provincials in Nanaimo/Richmond.. Our CrossCountry team qualified the Snr Girls Team who did great with Central posting the fastest Jnr and Snr time for a Burnaby School Student. Our Swim team qualified 13 athletes for the Swim Provincials including our Girls & Boys Relay team, and zone meet record holder Hayden Yeung who placed 2nd in the provincials. Thank you to all our coaches who helped spur on this success. A big shout out to our student coaches across all sports who have played a big role in this success! Thank you to the volunteer minor officials from Mr. V's Jnr PHE Leadership Class and the Scorekeeper Club!
Burnaby Central Athletics Fall Update 2021-2022
Update: Both our Snr and Jnr soccer teams made the BNW finals at Swangard Stadium after undefeated league play and big wins in the semi final over Alpha and Moscrop! Congrats to the Snr Boys for being ranked #8 in the province and for winning the BNW Championship. All our Volleyball teams start playoffs. Our Gr 8s and 9s finished 2nd in the league and with our Snr Boys, Snr and Jnr Girls all finishing 1st, we are hosting their playoffs from Nov. 2-10. Congrats to the Snr Boys for cracking the top 10 provincial rankings. Our Snr Girls recently pushed #1 ranked South Delta in a tournament game. Our Cross-Country team has already qualified the Snr Girls Team for provincials next Saturday after a strong showing at Zones including Kaityln's 3rd place finish (2nd in BNW). Our Swim team has also qualified many athletes for the Swim Provincials including our Relay team (Sophia Morton, Yen Nhi Ha, Yolanda Ling, Merle Lueck) and meet record holder Hayden Yeung. A big shout out to our student coaches across all sports who have played a big role in this success!
Fraser North Zone Swim Championships: PQ=Provincial Qualifier
200 m Medley Relay Open 3rd PQ (Sophia Morton, Yen Nhi Ha, Yolanda Ling, Merle Lueck)
50m Free B Yen Nhi 4th PQ, Sophia 7th, Merle 13th, Samantha Quan 15th, Ekaila Gomez 35th, Riya Kainth 48th
50m Free B Bradley Louie 9th, Kentaro Nakashima 16th, Brandon Louie 19th, Drake Malli 36th, Jordan Banes 42nd
50m Free Open Tym Kropivny13th
50m Backstroke B Sophia 4th PQ, Merle 13th, Sandra Martinez 20th
50m Back B Kentaro 4th PQ
100m Back Open Tym 14th
50 m Breaststroke B Sandra 17th
50m Breaststroke B Drake 15th
100m Breaststroke Open Hayden Yeung 1st (record) PQ, Bradley L 10th, Tym 11th
100m Free Open Tym 15th
50m Butterfly B Yen Nhi 6th, Sophia 10th, Merle 11th, Ekaila 16th
50m Butterfly B Brandon 12th
100m Butterfly Open Yolanda 5th
100m IM B Samantha 11th
100m IM B Bradley 7th Brandon 9th
200m IM Open Yolanda 3rd PQ
200m IM Open Hayden 2nd PQ
200m Free Relay B 4th PQ (Ekaila, Sandra, Riya, Samantha)
200m Free Relay B 5th (Kentaro, Bradley, Drake, Brandon)
Team scores 5th women, 7th men, 7th combined
Fraser North Zone Cross Country Meet:
Jr Girls: Ella Ricketts placed 10th/88 & qualified for BCs,
Sr Girls: Kaitlyn Heslop placed 3rd Zone/66 (2nd BNWSAA) & qualified along with Snr Girls Team - Julia Eckhardt (29th), Hariah Dhaliwal (gr 9-32nd), Lilley Kunitz(42nd), Annika Hart(57th)
Jr Boys: Ramneek Sekhon 38th/137 finishers, Poonn Kajornkiattikun 99th, Punn Kajornkiattikun 130th, Aldo Concha 135th
Sr Boy: Tim Tiedemann 36th/82
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Here is a brief update on Central Athletics! We have 10 teams up and running with safety guidelines in place. So far, our Junior and Senior Soccer teams are undefeated and have put up some dominant scores. Thank you to Mr. Katsionis, Mr. Ahmad and our community volunteers, Mr. Raj Prasad and Mr. Bob Hodsgon, and student volunteer Mike Lazarevic. Our Swim team is training up at SFU and are preparing for the zone meet which is on October 29. Thank you to our student coaches Yeh-Nhi Ha and Samantha Quan and are sponsor Mrs. Mae Quan.
Our 5 Volleyball teams have combined for an 8 & 2 record and are showing a lot of promise for the playoffs. Both our senior boys and girls will be working hard to make Provincials again. Thank you to Mr. Snow, Mr. Hendry, Mrs. Digeso, our alumni Alysha Cooper and Alysha Sidhu, our community volunteers Mr. Ed Sit, Mrs. Yvonne Lee, Mr. John Wong, and to our student coaches Emma Lin, Jane Su, Belinda To, Genevieve Aries, and Dominique Diaz.
Our Cross-Country team has been competing at our local meets and have placed many runners in the top 10 including repeat 2nd Place finishers Kaitlyn, Ella and Esteban. Thank you to our student coaches Kaitlyn Heslop, Robin Rohu and to Ms. Kraemer and Mr. Leung. Our Grade 8 Rugby team did well in their season opener and should challenge for a banner. Thank you to Mr. Dunse, student coaches Jacob Buchanan, Prateek Paul and alumni Graham Armstrong.
Amazingly, Winter season is right around the corner. We plan to run all our Basketball Teams and hopefully a wrestling team. We are looking for help with our Wrestling team (coach or sponsor) and our Grade 8 Girls Basketball Team (coach or sponsor). There is also a need for sponsors to be matched up with our community coaches. If you are interested, please see Mr. Vagnarelli in the PHE Office.
Check out our Athletics Webpage (school web/department/athletics) and our Instagram page (bbycentral_athletics) for updates and photos. You can also find a link to our Athletics Online Store which closes Oct. 12 (hoodies, warm up Ts, bags, masks).