Hello Stamford...
What an exciting week it was in the Jack Johnny Long Gymnasium last Tuesday night. The Senior Girls' Volleyball destroyed their arch enemy, the A.N. Myer Maraurders! They also demolished a 10+ year losing streak' against them. The game was fought hard by the whole team. With a 91% serving average, the girls' worked very hard to beat them 3 sets to 1. Congratulations ladies!!
The girls' are heading up north for their second annual 3 day team bonding trip and will be playing against Barrie Central. Their school is an exact replica of Stamford. They too are Proud of their Tradition, being the first high school to be built in Barrie. But this will be our last game against them, since their school will be closing their doors in June due to budget cuts.
The Senior Boys' Basketball team played their 3rd game against Westlane on Wednesday. They came up short, losing to the Spartans by 6 points. The boys' kept the game close throughout the match, but just came up short near the end.
Next week, some of our teams will be practicing while others are focusing on their studies for exams.
As teacher-coaches, we want to wish our student-athletes good luck and study hard for their exams which start on Friday Jan 23rd.
COACHES CORNER
Senior Girls' Volleyball Team
Head Coach - Christine Baillie
* teaching for 18 years, 11th year at Stamford
* Bachelor of Kinesiology from McMaster University, Graduate Diplomia of Education from Charles Sturt University in Australia
* coaching our Senior Girls' for the past two years'
* played and coached at the varsity level
* still plays competitive volleyball when she is not hurt!!!
* OFSAA CGA rep for SOSSA, SOSSA and NRHSAA Executive member
Kaitlyn Wurster - Assistant Coach
* former student of Stamford Collegiate
* Honours Physical Education and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University 2014
* played volleyball for Stamford for 4 years as well soccer, basketball, badminton & wrestling
* former head coach of the Senior Girls' Volleyball team
* currently works for the DSBN as an occasional teacher on the elementary panel and at the YMCA as a Head Councellor in the day and summer camps in St. Catharines
Jaycee Bowman - Assistant Coach
* former student of Stamford Collegiate
* Bachelor of Arts from Brock University 2015
* played volleyball for Stamford for 4 years as well as swimming, basketball, badminton & soccer
* Assistant Coach last year for the senior girls' team
* currently works as a host at the Keg
Baillie
