It was a good prep game for the CAA playoffs, which begin next week. (continued on page 2) 5 TH G R A D E

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1 Volume 6, Issue 22 Tigers Boys Basketball Scoreboard 8th Transf. 7th Transf. T I G E R S BOYSBASKETBA L L NEWS 8th Grade Last weekend the team played in the SEAS tournament. Their first game was against an A traveling team. They were very strong, physical and were excellent ball handlers. The team took a loss but played them fairly close the entire game. The rest of the tournament they played well and took home the Consolation trophy. 6th Transf. 5th Transf. It was a good prep game for the CAA playoffs, which begin next week. (continued on page 2) Tigers Boys Basketball Upcoming Games 8th Transf. Playoffs 7th Transf. Playoffs 6th Transf. Playoffs 6th Transf. Away 02/19 T I G E R S GIRLS BA SKETBA L L NEWS 5 TH G R A D E T h e g i r l s p l a y e d T h u r s d a y n i g h t d o w n a t F a i t h f u l S h e p - h e r d a g a i n s t S t. J o e o f W e s t S t. P a u l. T h e w i n n e r o f t h a t g a m e w i l l p l a y o n T u e s d a y n i g h t a t T r a n s f i g u r a - t i o n. S T. J OE C A M E IN W I T H A R E G U L A R S E A S O N R E C O R D OF 8 1 A N D D O N T L I K E TO L O S E. T HE L A D Y T I G E R S P L A Y E D L I K E T H E Y H A D I C E IN T H E I R V I E N S A N D F I R E IN T H E I R H E A R T S. B Y T H E E N D OF T H E G A M E S T H E T I G E R S W E R E ON T O P. I T G O T V E R Y I N T E N S E W I T H M A N Y F O U L S, A C O U P L E OF T E C H N I C A L S, A N D P H Y S I C A L P L A Y. S O C O M E ON O U T TO M T. T A B O R H A L L TO C H E E R ON T H E T E A M AS T H E Y F A C E O F F A G A I N S T S T. M A R K AT 4 : 0 0 PM. 5th Transf. Playoffs 5th Transf. Away 02/19

2 Volume 6, Issue 21 Tigers Girls Basketball Scoreboard 5th Transf. 17 St. Joe WSP 11 T I G E R S BOYS BASKETBA L LNEWS(CO N T) 7 TH G R A D E After going undefeated in CAA league play and only losing one game all season long, the 7th grade boys basketball team was in search of a challenge. Coach Conners scoured the metro area for a late season tournament and found an opening in the 8th grade St Elizabeth Ann Seton tournament in Hastings. Not only would this provide the much needed challenge for the team, but it also just happens to be the alma mater of the renowned Jim "Superstar" Yanz. So it was a double bonus - kind of like a double rainbow. Shortly after signing the boys up, Coach Conners promptly announced that he would not be there to coach because he was going to be joining Jimmy Buffett and searching for a guy named Montezuma in warmer temperatures south of the border. So Coach Johnson was temporarily promoted to coach for the weekend tournament. Friday night found the Tigers squaring off against fellow east side school, St Pascal. Nolan "OP" Conners got the team fired up. "Let's do what we do, how we do, when we do. We do that and we come away with a W. Oh and since my parents are gone, pizza party at my house after the game." The Tigers took control from the very first tip off and never let up until the buzzer sounded at the end to come away with an easy victory. They knew, however, that Saturday would not be so easy. So instead of having a big pizza bash at the Conners, Coach Johnson threw on the 9 PM curfew to make sure the boys would be well rested. Tigers Girls Basketball Upcoming Games 5th Transf. Away 02/18 5th Transf. Home 02/21 Saturday's first game found the Tigers matching up against one of the 8th grade Hastings traveling basketball teams. This was the challenge that they needed. The Tigers started strong, shocking the Hastings team with their speed, quickness and strength. After the initial punch to the gut, the Hastings team found their legs and evened the game back up and then it became a back and forth slugfest. Joseph "The Beast" Koch controlled the paint while Nino "Hot Hand" Johnson was a scoring machine. The game came down to the last few seconds. Hastings hit a three pointer with 5 seconds remaining to break a tied score. Coach Johnson quickly called timeout to draw up a last second play. With the ball being inbounded and quickly pushed up the court, the team got the ball in the hands of their "Hot Hand" who got off a three-point shot at the buzzer that just barely missed giving the Tigers a three-point loss to send them into the Third Place game. A f t e r a c o u p l e h o u r b r e a k, t h e T i g e r s w e r e b a c k o n t h e f l o o r f o r t h e i r t h i r d p l a c e m a t c h u p a g a i n s t C o m m u n i t y o f S a i n t s. C o a c h J o h n s o n, a k a T h e N e w B e l i c h i c k, d e c i d e d t o m i x t h i n g s u p t o s t a r t t h e g a m e b e c a u s e h e i s a p u r e g e n i u s a n d i s a l w a y s f i v e s t e p s a h e a d o f h i s o p p o n e n t. N o a h " W e ' r e G o n n a G i v e ' E m N i g h t m a r e s " H o p k i n s c a l m e d e v e r y o n e b e f o r e t h e g a m e, " W e g o t t h i s c o a c h. J u s t s i t b a c k a n d r e l a x a n d w e w i l l t a k e c a r e o f i t. (Continued on page 3)

3 Volume 6, Issue 21 T I G E RS BOY S BASKETBALLNEWS(CO N T) 7 TH G R A D E Community of Saints was not ready, however, to just hand the Tigers the game. They came out hot and took a lead that the Tigers kept trying to chip away at. The Tigers went into halftime down by five. Jamie "Cool as Ice" Montague wasn t worried at all. "Five points?!?! We can make that up in the first 30 seconds. We'll be just fine. By the way, has anyone had one of those chocolate malts? Those are good." After a brief coaches strategy session at halftime, the Tigers came out in a different defensive set that happened to completely throw Community of Saints off of their game. The Tigers chipped away at the lead and eventually overtook the Saints. Jack "The Assassin" Schoenecker quietly took it to the Saints on the defensive and offensive ends of the court. Sam "The Sledgehammer" Yanz put the nail in the coffin, scoring the last six points to put the game out of reach for the Tigers to come away with a victory and a Third Place trophy. The 7th grade boys played calm, cool and collected all tournament long. Joseph Koch and Nino Johnson were named to the All-Tournament team. 6th Grade Our IC game Sunday was a tough fought battle. It was unfortunate that the boys came up a little short after the effort that they demonstrated. This is good motivation for our IC Playoff run. I know the boys will be looking forward to facing Columbia Heights Gold again. I have a feeling the third time will be the charm in walking away with a win. In terms of both the CAA and the IC Tournament. As soon as I receive the playoff schedules, I will forward them on to everyone. The IC Tournament Schedule will probably not be released until after next weekend's games. 5th Grade The coaches Valentine s Day poem to their 5th grade basketball team: Hooray to the Tigers. Who, once again, showed that they are fighters. They played Columbia Heights Blue. It would be a battle, they definitely knew. Last time, the Tigers lost by twenty. But this time, the Tigers defense was aplenty. As time ticked on, the score stayed tight. Because, as I said, the Tigers were there to fight. In the second half, the Tigers only gave up two points. That s because they were flying all over the joint. Even though the game ended with a two point loss. The Tigers definitely showed them who is the boss.

4 Tr a n s fi gu ra t i o n Ca t h o li c S c h o o l V o l um e 6, I s s ue 2 1 F e b. 1 7, Swiminator News The Swiminators is a team composed of athletes from Transfiguration, Presentation, St. Peter's, St. Jerome's and St. Jude of the Lake. The team has been practicing since the first week of January and have been working on improving their skills, form and endurance. At this time we have approximately 75 swimmers from these schools and they all bring a great attitude and enthusiasm for the sport to the pool every week. Our team has also been blessed this year with a donor from one of the schools which allowed us to cover the additional cost of securing a weekend practice on late Sunday mornings at the White Bear Lake YMCA. This means we only have a weeknight practice until 8:30 pm at the Maplewood Middle School every other week instead of one or two every week and tired swimmers at school the next day. Scheduled meets for the season are: Saturday, February 18th, All Saints Invitational, at Kenwood Trail Middle School, Lakeville Saturday, February 25th, Host: Visitation, at St. Thomas Academy Sunday, March 12th, Host: St. Odilia, at St. Kate's University NOTE: This swim meet has not been confirmed yet Saturday, March 25th, Host: All Saints, at Kenwood Trail Middle School, Lakeville Saturday, April 1, CAA State Prelims at Skyview Elementary, Oakdale Tuesday and Wednesday, April 4-5, CAA State Finals at University of Minnesota, Aquatic Center People can go to to see information about the team. Or contact Bob Kirchberg by at Kkirchberg1@gmail.com.

5 Volume 6, Issue 21 Athletic Director Be aware that coaches, assistant coaches and volunteers need to be current with the VIRTUS training. A couple of things to be watching for and putting on your calendar when the announcement is made. Boys Basketball Playoffs will end the first Sunday in March. We might be hosting some games late in Feb. At this point the CAA has not set the Boys Playoff schedule. We could host a number of games. Possible dates are 02/24, 02/27, 02/28, and 03/02. Black & Gold Banquet is planned for April 1, Booster Club has run a golf tournament for the last couple of years, and run it around mid May. Athletic Sports Banquet, is usually held late in May or early June. We have been seeing around 100 people attend, both students and adults. We hold it in our own gym, so there is room for more. For every home Basketball game we will be asking for volunteers to run the scoreboard. Plus if we have two or more home games on the same night the Booster Club might open up the Concessions stand and they will be looking for volunteers also. Watch SUG for these opportunities. This shows three tabs for concessions, basketball games and basketball tournaments. You can move between all three of them by clicking on the tab. The time has come to begin the Spring registrations for the sports teams we field. The form is showing on the last page of this newsletter. Please submit by 03/05 so we can decide which teams will be formed this year. We have had Softball, Baseball, Track & Field and Lacrosse. If it looks like we are short on sign ups at a certain grade our first thought is to combine those players. Either have them play up a grade or combine the next grade lower than them into a team. Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest. Transfiguration is hosting the next level on 02/25/17 at 9am. We have five student athletes that have moved on to that day. They are for the boys: 10 year old Luke Honerman, 11 year old Zach Frey 12 year old Sam Murray 13 year old Max Yanz And for the girls: 11 year old Cali Quinlan Congratulations!!! We wish them all the best. Anyone can come out to watch the contest. The previous page shows a picture of our Student Athletes.

6 Volume 6, Issue 21 WAA Spring Indoor Boys & Girls Youth NFL Flag Football Are you ready to play some Friday Night Football??? WAA Spring Indoor Flag Football offers girls & boys a great opportunity to wear NFL gear, stay active and have fun. This is a Non-contact Co-ed Flag Football league. We highly encourage girls and boys to play in this league This is a wonderful opportunity to improve your passing, catching, and defensive skills in a fun game setting. All Games are played Indoors at Bielenberg Field House! Exciting Friday Night Family Event! It s a great way to wrap up the week! This is only a one night a week commitment. No practices just fun games. Three grade divisions: 1 st -2 nd grade, 3 rd -5 th grades, and 6 th -8 th grade based on the grade the player is in this Spring. Each team will play seven Friday night games indoors at the Bielenberg Field House. Games will begin March 3rd and conclude May 5 th. Games may be played on March 3rd, March 10th, March 17 th, March 24 th, March 31 st, April 21 st, April 28 th and May 5 th. Please go to to register. Registration opens on January 15 th and will filling up fast

7 th Street North Oakdale MN Sports Participation Permission Form My child,, in grade, has permission to participate in the activity checked below. Please sign up for one activity per permission slip. Completed forms are to be submitted to the Athletic Director. Payment for all Transfiguration activities may be made by cash or check (made payable to Transfiguration Catholic School). Athletes are not eligible to play until the permission slip is completed and the athletic fee is paid. Teams may be co-ed and/or multiple grade levels to field a full team. Spring Sports Boys Baseball (5th-8th) -- $65 Girls Softball (5 th -8 th ) -- $65 Track and Field (4 th -8 th ) -- $25 Lacrosse (6 th -8 th ) --$65 I understand, in full recognition and appreciation of the risks and hazards inherent in such a program, hereby agree to assume all responsibility surrounding my child s participation. I agree to fully disclose to the Transfiguration Athletic Director and coach, any special health problems of which I am now aware. I do not hold, coaches, or volunteers responsible for injuries sustained as result of participation, nor do I hold or driver of any car transporting players responsible should an accident occur while my child is being transported to or from a game or practice. Parent/Guardian Signature Date Address I am interested in talking about a coaching position with the Athletic Director Emergency Contact #1 Name Phone Emergency Contact #2 Name Phone Emergency Contact #3 Name Phone * In order to keep athletics fees low and provide sufficient equipment for our teams, families will be required to volunteer 4 hours a season or give $30 to Transfiguration Athletics to hire someone to work tournaments and games and/or fundraising events. These hours can count towards your school volunteer hours as well as athletics.