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Hello Sports Fans!
It was another exciting weekend for SPN teams! We were hosting at Alameda Point Gym this past weekend so many of our teams had home games.
Here’s a quick run down:
For Girls Volleyball, the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teams saw action. The 5th grade Green team kicked off the weekend with a straight set victory against Corpus Christi on Friday night. Not to outdone by their classmates, the White team followed with 2 straight set wins on Saturday against St. Joseph Pinole and Sunday against School of the Madeleine with all players contributing to the great team wins! Anais and June were selected by coach Matt as player of the match on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The 6th grade team continues to make progress but ultimately lost a tough match against St. Joseph Pinole. The 7th grade also had a tough match against St. Patrick Rodeo. After cruising to an easy first set, St. Patrick was able to force a decisive 3rd set where our Lady Spartans were able to gut out a 19-17 score to take home the victory. The day of Volleyball action concluded with the 8th grade team beating St. Joseph Pinole in straight sets.
On Saturday, December 3rd SPN 5th Grade Team Green beat St. Patrick Rodeo. Both teams had exciting returns, with a lot of great hustling from the opposing team, but SPN had 3 players with 5 serves in a row to result in a win! The 6th grade team overall did awesome, improving each game. Close matches but SJE won (Set 1: 15-25 SJE
Set 2: 21-25 SJE). Chiara Losk had 3 serves in a row in Set 1. Delilah Costy had 5 overhand servers in a row in Set 2. The 7th grade girls volleyball team won the Battle of Alameda game against SJE in 2 sets (25-18 and 25-16 SPN). It was an exciting win for them. We had lots of great support from the SPN community as well!
For the game on Sunday, Dec. 4th against St. John the Baptist, the girls played hard and did their best, but fell short of a win and lost to St. John in two sets (23-25 and 17-25).
For Boys Basketball, the 4th grade team kicked off the weekend of action with a win against St. Paul in the first SPN basketball game of the day. It was a great team win -congrats! The action continued with the 6th grade team. They ran into a tough opponent in St. Joes but fought hard and played amazingly as a team. Ultimately, their efforts didn’t result in a win but they continue to gel as a team and they gained some great experience. The 8th grade team ended the basketball action that day by rebounding with a victory (1st of the season) against St. Anthony after a tough loss against Corpus Christi the night before. The players made Coach Kirk very proud as the team executed on both ends of the floor. Ikaika scored the team high of 17 points. Tom caught fire in the second half and added 9 points from long range, channeling Steve Kerr to keep the pressure on St. Anthony. The team played great defense and shut down St. Anthony down the stretch to seal the game.
The previous week saw the 3rd grade SPN boys playing against their cross town rivals St. Joes! We saw great defense and incredible teamwork. All 10 boys had fun and played with purpose. Our stack play worked to perfection and we had a number of great looks under the basket that were converted. The hard work the team is putting in each week is paying off and we look forward to continuing success! (P.S. great job Jeff Croft and Spencer Tse on the great new uniforms. We looked sharp! ;) )
The 4th grade team played Friday 12/2 and won vs. St. Patrick 12-8. A great team win with only 5 players! The team played well with great energy and "for each other". SPN 8th grade Boys played the School of the Madeleine on 12/3. We lost 37-20. Our players started the game feeling a bit nervous, but settled down enough to make the game respectable! Proud of them!
Congratulations to all of our athletes…Go Spartans!
If you are around next weekend and want a break from Holiday activities, come support our athletes!
BBB:
12/17 9:00AM 3rd grade vs. St. Patrick Rodeo @ St. Patrick Oakland
12/17 Noon 6th grade vs. St. Leo @ St. Leo
12/17 2:00pm 8th grade vs. St. David @ St. Patrick Oakland
GVB:
12/18 2:00pm 7th grade vs. Madeleine @ St. Joes
See you on the court,
Spencer Tse, Jeff Croft
Saint Philip Neri Co-Athletic Director
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