CYC Sports

Mutual respect was the order of the day on the first league Saturday of CYC Basketball at St. Genevieve DuBois Gym.  It was a back and forth game between the 7th grade girls from St. Genevieve (Coach Mullinex) and St. Paul.  In the end, St. Genevieve prevailed to win the game.  The St. Paul girls shook hands, huddled around their coach, Brian Strubhart.  Then the girls sprinted across the court toward the two referees.  There each of the girls on the losing team shook hands with both officials and thanked them for officiating their game!  Great Sportsmanship and very deserving of the Random Acts of Sportsmanship (RAS) award. 

Here area few comments from observers:  Dennis Heidert, Ste. Genevieve Basketball Director, "This reminds us what a good Catholic attitude is.  These girls are the C.Y.C. at its very best."  St. Paul coach Brian Strubhart, "St. Genevieve 7th grade girls team deserve recognition as well... It was a great atmosphere and a truly exciting game to coach... The competition was awesome (evidenced by the close score) but it was such a positive environment for the kids... That doesn't just happen --- it's a testament to their program and their coach / players... In my mind, the whole experience was exactly what CYC strives to achieve"

We are always on the lookout for great acts of Sportsmanship.  Please be a Sportsmanship Spotter!  If an act of sportsmanship by a player, coach, official or fan catches your eye, please let us know!  You can send a brief description of the RAS to buzzswanston@archstl.org.  Great Sportsmanship makes sports great!  

The St. Louis Sports Commission is hosting the St. Louis Youth Sports Summit on Saturday morning January 12, 2013.  Parents, coaches and any adult associated with youth sports are invited, in fact encouraged,  to attend this FREE program.  It will be held at Maryville University Auditorium from 8:30 am – 12:30pm.  This year’s keynote speaker is Mia Hamm.  Additionally you can choose to attend two breakout sessions from the following topics:
- Sports Parenting
- Coaching Leadership
- Signs & symptoms of head injuries
- Gambling in youth sports
- Sportsmanship Initiative
- Others to be announced
For more details go to the St. Louis Sports Commission website at http://www.stlsports.org/sportsmanship/events/youth-sports-summit.  This event offers a great deal of information on how to insure our children enjoy a fun, safe and positive youth sports experience. 
 

How about tickets to a college basketball game or 2 or 4?  If you are looking for a great deal, here it is!  You can buy a ticket to sit close to the SLU Billiken basketball action for only $5 and get TWO college games for that low...low price!   

• CYC Nights at St. Louis University Men's & Women's BASKETBALL 

SLU Men's Basketball - Friday, December 28 vs SIU-Edwardsville - 7pm at Chaifetz Arena -           All CYC tickets (Kids, Family & Friends) are only $5.  Seats are lower level in the student section, behind the basket!!! and must be reserved in advance by calling the SLU Ticket Office at 314 977-1260 by 5pm December 27th. Kids please wear your CYC jerseys.  Everyone will also get a FREE ticket to the Women's game Saturday, January 12.

SLU Women's Basketball - Saturday, January 12 vs VCU - 7pm at Chaifetz Arena - Kids wearing CYC Jerseys get in FREE! Family and Friends can get tickets for only $4 if they call the SLU Ticket Office at 314 977-1260 by 5pm Friday, January 11th. There will be halftime contests.   If you want to participate in a halftime contest, contact Buzz at 314 353-8911 ext. 13 or email him at buzzswanston@archstl.org .

• CYC Night at Missouri Valley Women's Semifinals

Saturday, March 16 at 5:00pm & 7:30pm at the Family Arena

Kids wearing CYC Jerseys get in FREE!  Family and Friends can get tickets for only $5.  ALL tickets, CYC players, family and friends must be reserved by March 4th by calling Buzz Swanston at at 314 353-8911 ext. 13 or email him at buzzswanston@archstl.org .  

Our first Random Act of Sportsmanship (RAS) did not occur on a field or court, but in a library.  Sharon Mason of St. Anselm organized the West County Volleyball book drive to collect books for the Holy Trinity School library (above, those are Holy Trinity Students enjoying their new books).  The books were collected at the gym on a specific Saturday.  Thanks to all those West County teams that made this event such a success.  Altogether they collected 1049 books!  What a wonderful gesture that was greatly appreciated by Holy Trinity School.

The entire St. Angela Merici and St. Joseph-Cottleville Intermediate volleyball teams were chosen by the St. Louis Sportsmanship Brigade as displaying outstanding sportsmanship during their first round match of the Archdiocesan Playoffs.  Both teams, coaches and members of the Brigade are pictured above right.  Each team was awarded a gift certificate to Pizza Hut which they could use for their end of season party!

Further identified as RAS recipients for their actions in the St. Joseph-Cottleville versus St. Paul-Fenton Championship final were St. Joe players Ryan Toal (#10 serving below) and his teammate #16 Billy Arras for their positive encouragement and continued spirit throughout the match.  The both encourage and consoled teammates and through their actions proved that they too are champions in their own right.

Finally St. Joseph-Manchester parochial coach, Chris Hintz, was awarded a RAS for his consistent and positive coaching through out a hard fought Archdiocesan Playoff semifinal match, which went 3 sets.  When the games are close, the environment is tense and a loss means elimination, some coaches give in to the temptation of only playing their best players in crunch time.  Chris (with team below right) stuck with the rotation he used throughout the whole match.  All his players got to experience the excitement of the a good playoff match.