Transfiguration Catholic School Volume 4, Issue 26 Tigers Athletic News April 17th, 2015 Tigers Girls Fastpitch Transfiguration 8th 6 St. John Evangelist 2 T I G ER PRIDE BOOSTER CLU B Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Tiger Pride Booster Club Golf Tournament on May 17th. It is a great tournament and lots of fun to be had by all!! More information to follow in this Tiger Athletic News, or visit www.tigerpridemn.org GO TIGERS!! Tigers Boys Baseball Transfiguration 5th 3 St. Pat s 4 Transfiguration 8th 11 New Life Academy 12 No Games Tigers Lacrosse T I G E R S TRAC K AND FIELD NEWS The running Tigers had great practices this week to prepare them for their second meet of the season this Sunday, April 19 at Park Cottage Grove. For the first time this year the Tigers will compete against their rivals: St. Ambrose. When asked how they re preparing for the upcoming competition, 8 th grader Adam B responded thoughtfully. May the wind be with us and the sun always shining, he said, while gazing up towards the sky. 8 th grader Lauren H is taking a different approach to her preparation. She s refused to wear any red this week (the color of St. Ambrose s jerseys) and has worked extra hard at hand-offs with her relay mates. In other news, we were excited to use our NEW high jump pole at practice after digging out the mats from the storage garage. Thanks to many tracksters for helping with the mats and standards. A special shout out to Ms. Kendra Conley and Mr. Matt Weingartz for forging into the depths of the storage garage, brushing away the mouse dropping from the winter, and creating a path to get to the mats. It was a team effort!! Stay tuned for meet results. GO TIGERS!! Keep on running!! T I G ERS LAC RO SSE NEWS The Lacrosse team opens up their season on Friday, April 17th. We can t wait to get out to Providence Academy! Been anticipating this game since the end of last season! said Kyle Faust before they boarded the cars to head out to the game on Friday. Check out the result of the game next week in the News!!
Transfiguration Catholic School Volume 4, Issue 26 Tigers Athletic News April 17th, 2015 2 nd grader Dane D competes in the 50 yard Free 2 nd grader Dane D competes in the 25 yard Breaststroke 2 nd grader Jack K competes in the 100 yard IM T I G ERS SWIMMING NEWS Congratulations to all Transfiguration swimmers for a terrific year. All the kids worked hard and improved their strokes and times. Transfiguration is part of a six school partnership that makes up the Swiminators swim team. The Swiminators placed their best ever at the Boys CAA Finals on March 24th (6th out of 19 teams with 299.5 points in the Junior Division - K-6) and Girls CAA Finals on March 25th (11th out of 19 teams with 146 points in the Junior Division and tied for 13th place in the Senior Division (grades 7-8) with 55 points). The boys picked up their first ever CAA Finals trophy for their 6 th place finish. Special thanks to 7 Transfiguration swimmers who did not compete in the CAA Finals but participated in team practices and/or other meets this year 3 rd graders Sophie M, Jordyn P, and Danielle W; 4 th grader Erika S; 5 th graders Grace L and Elizabeth H; and 8 th grader Nick H. Your contributions to the team were equally important and we hope to see you all in the pool next year! Boys Results The meet began with a record breaking K-2 100 yard Medley Relay. Our boys team was seeded 2nd but swam like champs to not only win the relay in 1:31.41, but take 4.94 seconds off the old CAA Finals record. MPA 1st grader Alex L led off in the backstroke coming in tied with Nativity. Transfiguration 2nd grader Dane D swam 2nd leg (breaststroke) and put us in a comfortable lead. Transfiguration 2nd grader Jack K swam 3rd leg (butterfly) widening the lead. St. Peter 2nd grader Daniel R wrapped it up in the Freestyle maintaining just shy of a 5 second lead for the win. Amazing effort. 40 points to the Swiminators. Transfiguration 4th grader Sean V was up next with a 14th place finish in the highly competitive 3-4 25 yard Freestyle. 3 more points to the Swiminators. 2nd grader Jack K then won the K-2 25 yard Butterfly to add 20 more points. 2nd grader Dane D then won the K-2 50 yard Freestyle to add 20 more points. Dane set a CAA Finals record with this performance. Sean V raced his 2nd race of the evening finishing in 12th place in the 3-4 25 yard Backstroke to add another 5 points. Dane D then took to the block for the 2nd time winning the K-2 25 yard Breaststroke to add 20 points. Dane set another CAA Finals record with this performance. Jack K then wrapped up the meet with a 2nd place finish in the K-2 100 yard IM adding 17 more points. Girls Results The Swiminators began the meet with an 11th place finish in the 3-4 100 yard Medley Relay. Transfiguration 4th graders Erika S and Valery H swam first le (backstroke) and anchor (freestyle), respectively, to put the Swiminators first 12 points on the board. Next up, 5th grader Isabelle R anchored the 200 Free Relay placing 8th and bringing in 22 points. 7th grader Samantha B then swam first leg (backstroke) in the 200 yard Medley Relay taking 9th place to add 18 points. Samantha B placed 12th in the 7-8 50 Yard backstroke adding 5 more points.valery H followed that up with a 13th place finish in the 3-4 25 yard Butterfly for 4 more points. She wrapped up the evening with a 9th place finish in the 100 yard IM for 9 more points. All in all, a fabulous year for the Transfiguration swimmers! The event details listed above only reflect the events Transfiguration swimmers participated in, not the entire Swiminators team. Two swimmers were nominated by the coaching staff and won the following end of year awards: 3rd grader Danielle W for Girls Most improved and 2nd grader Dane D for Swimmer of the Year. Congratulations to all six Finals swimmers!
Transfiguration Catholic School Volume 4, Issue 26 Tigers Athletic News April 17th, 2015 Tigers Girls Fastpitch Transfiguration 8th 6 St. John Evangelist 2 Tigers Boys Baseball Transfiguration 5th 3 St. Pat s 4 Transfiguration 8th 11 New Life Academy 12 Tigers Lacrosse T I G ERS FASTPITCH NEWS 8th/7th/6th Grade The 2-time defending CAA champions opened the new season playing in the strong 8th grade National league against St John Evangelist. The Tigers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with Gracie Sevigny scoring from third on a passed ball after having reached on a HBP, advancing to second on a Maria Wolfe groundout and stealing third on the next pitch. St John's scored a couple of unearned runs in the top of the 4th but the Tigers came right back to tie it in the bottom. Alexa Anderson led off with a booming single, stole second, moved to third on Ella Buffalo's clutch ground out and scored on another passed ball. Claire Celski held St John's off the board the rest of the way with the help of some stellar defense by Grace Klingsporn and Samantha Burrows. This enabled the Tigers to rally for 4 big runs in the bottom of the 5th. 4 consecutive singles by Elise Amerongen, Gracie S, Maria W and Madeline Sevigny plated 2 runs, a passed ball another and a single by Grace K the 4th run. After a slow start the Tigers hit the ball hard with Paige Paulos driving a double to deep right and Megan Wallner hitting a stinging line drive to center that the fielder had to catch in self defense! Claire C allowed just 1 hit while striking out 14 and walking 4. Great start to the season and a great day to be outside! No Games 5th Grade The 5th grade Tigers fastpitch team has their first game of the Tiger careers on Friday April 17th at St. Pascals. It s been a busy week of preparing our minds for the highly anticipated matchup with our St. Paul rivals to the west. said Maty Kopp as she got onto the team s charter bus that was leaving from school. The Tigers result for their first game could not be published for this week s edition, but stay tuned to next week s edition to see how the team fared in their inaugural game. GO TIGERS!!
Transfiguration Catholic School Volume 4, Issue 26 Tigers Athletic News April 17th, 2015 Tigers Girls Fastpitch Transfiguration 8th 6 St. John Evangelist 2 Tigers Boys Baseball Transfiguration 5th 3 St. Pat s 4 Transfiguration 8th 11 New Life Academy 12 No Games Tigers Lacrosse T I G ERS BASEBA L L NEWS 8th/7th Grade On Thursday, the 7th and 8th grade boys baseball team traveled to Lake Jr. High to take on the Eagles of New Life Academy. Both teams were looking forward to starting the CAA 8th Grade Eastside league schedule. The field is mowed and there wasn t one dandelion! It feels great! said Conrad Chevrette to the crowd that was assembling right before the first pitch of the season. The Tigers bats came out hot and started spraying the ball all over the field. On the hill, Jack Schwartz got the opening day start. Felt good to get out on the mound and throw a couple knuckle balls. said Jack as he iced down his arm after his pitching debut. Following in relief was Tyler Bushard and Sam Prokott. In the end though, the hot bats of New Life took over the Tigers, and in the last inning the Eagles pulled out a close 12-11 victory. Next game for the Tigers is this next Tuesday at home! Come on out and watch this year s crew take on St. Pat s! 6th Grade The 6th Grade baseball team plays their first game on Friday April 17th. The sun will be shining, and when the sun is shining the ball travels better in my mind. said Jonah S. as he prepared to take the team charter shuttle out to Frasatti. Can t wait for the season to start, it should be a great start to the baseball campaign. said Alex J as he put on his eye black. Baseball is a ball, and we use that ball to have fun, fun is what games are, and the game is baseball. said Noah R. as he filled his water bottle in anticipation of the season opener at Sunrise Minute Maid Park. Hoping to get some revenge from the basketball season today! said Jackson P. as he gleefully devoured his box of pregame Mike and Ike s. The results of this game were not available when this edition went to print, and will be in next week s News. 5th Grade The 5th grade boys baseball team traveled across the mighty St. Croix river on Thursday afternoon for their season opening match against border rival St. Pat s of Hudson. This was a treat, traveling by shuttle, over to famous Burton Field. said Rory Smith. The Tigers were looking forward to starting their Tigers baseball careers in style. I was a little nervous, but after the first inning we knocked those butterflies away from our face, and did the best that we could. said Nolan Conners. The Tigers battled the Shamrocks through six great innings of baseball. Unfortunately the Tigers were on the wrong end of the score in this first game. All it took was one inning from the Shamrocks, and they were able to pull out a gutty 4-3 victory over our 5th grade squad on a beautiful night for baseball. We will be ok, just need to get back to the field and keep working hard on our game. said Andrew Koch. The Tigers will be back in action on Tuesday as they take on St. Paul Highland Catholic at Lumen Christi field. Don t want to miss that one! Go Tigers!!
2015 TIGER BASKETBALL CLINIC Brought to you by Tiger Pride Booster Club Transfiguration School has a storied basketball tradition and we look to continue that for years to come. Be part of that great tradition by enrolling your daughter or son in the Transfiguration Tiger s Basketball Clinic at Mt. Tabor Hall. The clinic is for Transfiguration students in K thru 4th graders and will be held on Saturdays. The 4 dates are April 25th, May 2nd, May 9th, and May 16th. The focus of this clinic is to teach the kids about the game of basketball, focusing on rules, teamwork, sportsmanship, fun, and basic fundamentals. The cost is $25 and the kids will receive a youth t-shirt. Session Times: 9am - 10am: K - 1 st graders Little Dribblers Session 10am 11am: 2 nd - 4 th graders Future Tigers Session *** New This Year: Concessions Will Be Open (coffee, water, donuts, fruit, etc.) *** If you have any questions, feel free to call David Preiner at 651-748-1044 or email: j.preiner@comcast.net Parent/Guardian Information: Participants Information: Name: Name: Address: Grade: City: State: Zip: Gender: Male Female Home Phone: Cell/Other: Date of Birth: Email: Shirt Size: Small / Med / Lrg Please make checks out to Tiger Pride Booster Club (TPBC) and mail with form to 8043 9 th Street Way, Oakdale, MN, 55128 by Friday, April 17th ( In order to get a proper headcount, if you need to pay 1 st day of clinic please scan registration form & send via email to: j.preiner@comcast.net ) *** FORMS AND PAYMENT CAN ALSO BE DROPPED OFF WITH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MATT WEINGARTZ AT TRANSFIGURATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL *** NOTE: IF YOU PLAN ON ENROLLING THE FIRST DAY OF CLINIC, PLEASE EMAIL ME NAME(S) / GRADES FOR PROPER HEADCOUNT.
Join us Tuesday nights for Adult Co-Ed Volleyball! Who: Adults (men and women) parents, teachers, friends you! When: Tuesday nights (starting October 28 th ) from 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Where: Transfiguration gym Cost: $3 suggested donation Why: To have some fun, meet new people, and play volleyball! For more information: Contact Colleen Schoenecker at tedcolleen1999@comcast.net or cell: 612-770-8823, home: 651-704-0856. NOTE: We ll be sending out a weekly Evite reminder, please email me so you can be added to the list.