SMS ATHLETICS - NOVEMBER 28TH TO DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 SHUSWAP ATHLETICS - NOVEMBER 28TH TO DECEMBER 2ND 2022

***Gr. 7 Boys and Girls interested in playing Basketball this year at SMS, we will have a meeting on Tuesday, Nov 29th, this week. Please listen to announcements. 

 Monday, Nov. 28th:

*Gr. 6-7-8 Volleyball Practice … 7 AM to 8:10 AM

*Open Gym … During Activity Time at Lunch Basketball (3on3 or Bump) … All Grades… Limit 40 students

*Gr. 8 Boys’ Basketball Practice … 2:45 to 4:15

Gr. 8 Girls’ Basketball Practice … 4:30 to 6:00

Tuesday, Nov. 29th:

*Gr. 7/8 Girls and Boys Basketball Shooting Practice … Optional for all players… However, if one wants to get better… One should attend…

*Open Gym … During Activity Time at Lunch Basketball (3on3 or Bump) … All Grades… Limit 40 students

*NO Volleyball Practices after school

*Gr. 8 Boys’ Basketball Practice … 2:45 to 4:15

Wednesday, Nov. 30th:

*Gr. 8 Girls’ Basketball Practice … 7AM to 8:10 AM

*Open Gym … During Activity Time at Lunch Basketball (3on3 or Bump) … All Grades… Limit 40 students

*Gr. 7 Boys’ Volleyball vs Kings Christian … 2:45 to 4:30 Games

*Gr. 7 & 8 Girls’ Volleyball Wrap-up after school … Games from 2:45 to 4:30

Thursday, December 1st:

*Gr. 7/8 Boys and Girls Basketball Shooting Practice … Optional… 7 AM to 8:10 AM

*Open Gym … During Activity Time at Lunch Basketball (3on3 or Bump) … All Grades… Limit 40 students

*Gr. 8 Girls’ Basketball Practice … 2:45 to 4:15

*Gr. 8 Boys’ Basketball Practice … 4:30 to 6:00

Friday, December 2nd:

*Volleyball Open Gym for all grades … 7AM to 8:10AM

*Open Gym … During Activity Time at Lunch Basketball (3on3 or Bump) … All Grades… Limit 40 students

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21st TO NOVEMBER 25th - IT’S A BUSY WEEK IN ATHLETICS

 ***Tomorrow night at 5:00 and at 6:00, our SMS Gr. 8 Girls’ Volleyball Teams are hosting the Zone Championships. We are hosting VSS from Vernon and we encourage all future volleyball players to come out, watch, and cheer on our teams. 

***Gr. 8 Boys’ Basketball Practices Begin This Week!!!

***REMINDER … Our Excited Dance Unit in PE begins Monday!!! Exciting stuff!!!

Monday, November 21st:

*Gr. 6/7 Girls and Boys Volleyball Practice… 7 AM to 8:10 AM

*Gr. 8 Girl’s Volleyball Zone Championships at SMS …

5:00 Court #1 … SMS Phoenix vs VSS 1

         Court #2 … SMS Ravens vs VSS 2

6:10 Court #1 … Winner vs Winner 

         Court #2 … Loser vs Loser

Tuesday, November 22nd:

*3on3 Volleyball at lunch - Activity Time - All Grades

***NO VOLLEYBALL AFTER SCHOOL FOR GR. 6/7

*Gr. 8 Boy’s Basketball Practice … 4:30 to 6:00 PM

Wednesday, November 23rd:

*Gr. 8 Girls’ Basketball Practice … 7 AM to 8:10 AM

*Gr. 6/7 Girls Volleyball Games at Lunch … Begins during Eating Time

*Gr. 6/7 Boys’ Volleyball Games vs Carlin Boys After School … Games begin at 3:00 PM and end at 4:30 PM

Thursday, November 24th:

*Gr. 8 Girl’s Basketball Practice after school … 2:45 to 4:15

*Gr. 8 Boys’ Basketball Practice … 4:30 to 6:00

Friday, November 25th:

*Gr. 6-7-8 AM Open Gym for Volleyball … 7AM to 8:10AM

*Gr. 8 Girl’s Basketball Practice after school … 2:40 to 4:00 

SMS ATHLETICS - PRACTICES AND GAMES - NOV. 14 - 18, 2022

***PLEASE NOTE: Basketball tryouts for Gr. 8 Girls begins this week. We will be practicing Thursday Morning, from 7 AM to 8:10 AM and Friday after school, from 2:45 to 4:00. We will be running two (2) separate programs for Gr. 8 Basketball this year. One group will belong to our In-House Program - they will practice two times per week and play once per week, in-house, with and against our Gr. 7’s. Our other  group of Gr. 8 Girls will compete in the North Okanagan League, which plays against schools from Vernon and other schools in the North Okanagan; as well as, compete in tournaments, on weekends, throughout the season. 

***Please check back for start-up dates for Gr. 6, 7, and Gr. 8 Boy’s Basketball. Also, please check the Basketball “Tabs” above to find more details about start-up dates, times, and information. 

 Monday, Nov. 14th:

* Gr. 6/7 Volleyball Practice… 7 AM to 8:10 AM

* Gr. 8 Girls Volleyball Team Meet in the Gym at Lunch during Alctivity Time to pick up uniforms

* Gr. 8 Girls Volleyball at League Finals in Enderby, at AL Fortune … Girls are to be at the gym by 4:15:

5:00    ALF vs Phoenix        Rev vs Ravens

6:00    Rev vs Phoenix         ALF vs Phoenix

7:00    Ravens vs Phoenix     ALF vs Rev

Tuesday, Nov 15th:

*** NO Gr. 6/7 Volleyball Practice After School … Mr. Smith is away and Mr. Henderson is busy … 

Wednesday, Nov. 16th:

*** Gr. 8 Girls’ Volleyball Practice … 7 AM to 8:10 AM … OOPS - I forgot this one earlier!

* Gr. 6/7 Boys Volleyball Games at Lunch … Beginning at Eating Time

* Gr. 6/7 Girls Volleyball Games After School Against Carlin … Games are at 3:00, 3:30, & 4:00

Thursday, Nov. 17th:

* GR. 8 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TRYOUT #1… 7 AM TO 8:10 AM

* Gr. 8 Girls Volleyball Practice … 2:45 to 4:15

Friday, Nov. 18th:

* Volleyball Open Gym for Girls and Boys … 7 AM to 8:10 AM

* GR. 8 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TRYOUT #2 … 2:45 TO 4:00

SMS ATHLETICS - PRACTICES, GAMES, PLAY-OFFS

 Monday, Nov. 7, 2022:

*Gr. 6/7 Girls and Boys Volleyball Practice … 7AM to 8:10 AM

*Gr. 6-7-8 Girls and Boys Volleyball Open Gym during Activity Time

*GRADE 8 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAY-OFFS

Games begin at 5:00 PM. SMS Ravens and SMS Phoenix are Hosting LenWood Middle School

5:00 PM    SMS Ravens vs LWM #1        SMS Phoenix vs LWM #2

6:00 PM    SMS Ravens vs LWM #2         SMS Ravens vs LWM #1

7:00 PM    SMS Ravens vs SMS Phoenix     LWM #1 vs LWM #2

***Please Note: Games are best-out-of-three, so start times could be earlier.

***Fans are welcome and we encourage our Gr. 6/7 athletes to come out and watch. The volleyball is very good, our Gr. 8 Girls are extremely skilled, the play is excellent!

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022:

*Gr. 6-7-8 Girls and Boys Open Gym for Volleyball during Activity Time at Lunch

*NO Gr. 6/7 Volleyball Practice after school… due to Staff Meeting

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022:

*Gr. 8 Girls Volleyball Practice 7 AM to 8:10 AM

*Gr. 6 & 7 Girls Volleyball Games at Lunch starting at Eating Time… Please bring your lunch to the gym

*Gr. 6/7/8 Boys Volleyball Games after school agains Carlin… Game times are 3:00, 3:30, and 4:00. All games will end at 4:30. All SMS players are expected to stay and clean up the gym, thank you.

Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022:

PRO-D … NO SCHOOL … HOWEVER, if our Gr. 8 Girls’ Volleyball Team(s) advance to the League Finals on Monday, Nov. 14th, we will be practicing at 2:30 on Thursday, Nov. 10th. 

***For All Families who children play Volleyball… I strongly recommend that you take a trip out to TRU (Thompson Rivers University), in Kamloops, to watch some fantastic volleyball action. UBCO is another good destination; however, I promote TRU since Head Coach (Women’s Volleyball) comes to SA to put on a volleyball camp. His program helped our SMS Volleyball Program raise $700 this year. 

When my two boys were younger, my wife and I would take them to both TRU and UBCO to watch both volleyball and basketball games. We would walk around and tour the campuses, and then watch some fantastic sports. This year, at TRU, both the women’s and men’s teams are outstanding. During the weekend of Nov 25th/26th, both teams host the University of Saskatchewan Huskies… The women play at 5:30 (Fri) and 3:00 (Sat), while the men play at 7:15 (Fri) and 4:45 (Sat). Watching sports at the university level and touring campuses creates dreams for young minds and may inspire our athletes to keep working hard with a different kind of focus. Just an idea… It’s how I chased my dreams and made them come true when I played QB for the UofA Golden Bears, and it’s how my son realized his dreams coming true, as he now plays basketball for the TRU WolfPack. Dreams start somewhere and it’s always fun to dream. One never knows… If you don’t chase your dreams… then … how can they become possibilities.