Quotes of the Week

These quotes are inspired by Mr. Schreyer's impending retirement at the end of the month:

"Sports is the only profession I know that when you retire, you have to go to work."
--Earl Monroe

"I ain't doing a darn thing and I don't start until noon."   --Bum Phillips, on his retirement

"Somebody will have to come out and take the uniform off me, and the guy who comes after it had better bring help."   --Early Wynn, Hall of Fame Pitcher

'When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.'  R C Sherriff.

"Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it" - Gene Perret

"A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job" - Ella Harris

Hall of Fame - Jim Schreyer

Congratulations to Jim Schreyer who was inducted into the Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame this weekend for his 32 years of coaching accomplishments and contributions.

Track & Field Provincials

The Royals track & field team will be hosting Provincials Thursday, Friday & Saturday this week. Come out to the track and check out the top athletes in the province as they battle it out!

First events start at noon on Thursday.

Baseball Heartbreaker

The boys baseball team had their season come to a close in a heartbreaking extra-inning wildcard game. The team made the trip out to Grunuthal to play the game (only dry field around!) and after struggling to keep up with the home team they managed to climb back from 4 runs down in the final inning to tie the game up and send it to extra innings.

After a pitching duel for 3 innings where there were very few hits allowed, the Royals managed to get a runner on base and were able to advance him home for a one run lead. It wasn't enough however as Grunthal had a few big hits right after that and were able to drive home the winning run after a double was hit up the left field line.

Good work this season guys, we were so close! Thanks to the players who are graduating for three years of dedication to the program.

Quotes of the Week

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
- Aristotle

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. 
- Al Oerter

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.- Harold R. McAlindon

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!

Quotes of the Week

"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage of weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."
~Hank Aaron~

Intramural Floor Hockey

Intramural Floor Hockey starts today! The schedule is posted on the "Intramural Sports Schedule" page at the top of the blog. See you out there!

JVG Get Provincial Wildcard Game!

Congrats to the JV Girls basketball team who was given a wildcard game for the MHSAA Basketball Provincial tournament! There were 12 applicants for the 3 wildcard spots in the tournament, and 6 teams were selected to compete for those 3 spots! The girls are playing at Maples Collegiate at 3pm on Monday March 5 vs. Daniel Mac - a strong opponent. Good luck to the girls as they compete for the Provincial Championship!

Varsity Girls lose KPAC semi but came back strong to the finish

       The Varsity Girls Basketball team after defeating Maples 83-39 in the qaurter finals on Monday, onWednesday played the #2 team, #6 in the province, Miles Mac Buckeyes.  While the Royals opened up the game with a nervous and uncharacteristic low scoring half and dug a 20 point hole for themselves by halftime, the second half was another story. 
         In the second half of the game, after quickly dropping to 27 points behind, the Royals rallied to score 58 points in the second half, pulling within 5 with 2 minutes left in the game, only to lose by 8 at the end.  considering the Royals averaged 56 points per game this season, this was a gritty character game, and every point was battled hard for.  While the season ends for the Varisty Girls, they definitely went out in a blaze of glory last night, and we salute those senior players that are moving on, after showing leadership, strong play and good sportsmanship throughout the season:  Holly Goodbrandson, Brandy Fekete, and Ramey Goetz.                                T. Hallson

JV Girls Pull-Off the Upset!!!

Congrats to the JV Girls Basketball Team as they upset River East in the KPAC quarter-finals tonight at River East! Every girl stepped up and contributed to the win, best game of the season so far! Mikaela Morelli lead the scoring with a career high 22 points and pure domination on the boards; Baylee Gunter also chipped in with 11 points and Madeleine Epp had 9. Our guards did a great job controlling the game and creating the opportunities for their teammates to be successful! Great job to everyone! You can catch the JV Girls Tuesday in the KPAC semi-final as they take on the #1 Miles Mac at 6:00pm (at Miles).