Quotes of the Week

There’s no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it. ~ Pat Riley

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ~ John Wooden

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving. - Dennis Waitley

Quotes of the Week

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.  ~Tom Clark

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games.  No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games.  It's the other third that makes the difference.  ~Tommy Lasorda

On Teamwork:
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Royals Boys Baseball Update

The Royals boys baseball team has been getting in some action all over Manitoba. There has been an exhibition against Stonewall (lost 16-9), an exhibition tournament in Stonewall (defeated Steinbach 10-3; lost to Portage 7-6) and a tournament in Altona (lost to Stonewall; lost to Altona 8-7; defeated Steinbach in the 3 vs 3 game).

This week the team has KPAC games on Wednesday with a double header starting at 10:30 vs Garden City followed by a game vs Maples. KPAC games are being played at St James Optimist park. On Saturday the team will be on the road again as they travel out to Lundar to face Fisher Branch and Lundar in an exhibition tournament.

Go get 'em Royals!

Royals Badminton Highlights

The badminton season has come and gone with some impressive results.

For the JV team, Mitchell Dear, Rachel Riley and Kailey Evans all qualified for the playoff round in singles play in which Kailey made it to the KPAC finals on the A side where she lost in 2 very close, highly competitive matches. Way to go Kailey!

In Varsity play, Ben Epp, Dexter Racicot qualified to playoffs for singles play as did the teams of Holly Sutherland/Brandy Fekete & Jason Stoneham/Elissa Armistead. Dexter advanced the furthest with making it to the KPAC final with having to go through the B side but he won in 2 straight matches to become KPAC champion!

Winning the singles title also qualified Dexter for provincials in Carman where the competition was fantastic. Dexter played extremely well and finished in 4th place. Great job Dexter!

Spring Teams

Royals spring sports teams have been updated onto the Team Rosters page on the blog. Check out who is representing us this spring!