It truly has been a year of equality—one up, one down—for the Royals. The women’s soccer team went to Nationals and the men bowed out. The men’s basketball team went 0-5 before picking up wins, and the women have just dominated.
Sometimes, records are only a number. For the women’s volleyball team, who will be ending a year at 6-6, this is definitely true.
Simran Bir is a third year member of the women’s basketball team and plays a key role at the number five position.
American Thanksgiving marks a very important date for Canadians.
It has not been a good start for the men’s basketball. It isn’t easy for any team to come back from 0-5 to start a season.
The Player of the Month for the November is Matt Santema! In the first half of the volleyball season Matt has been essential to his team’s success.
It has been an eventful year for Chris Laxton and his team. Their successes this year included holding the best regular season record in their conference, having one of their players take home the conference MVP award, winning the provincial playoffs, and attending the national tournament and claiming fourth.
For any team, the hardest weeks are usually the ones after a break. For the men, this statement stuck true, as they played the VIU Mariners over the weekend.
For some teams, breaks provide the overworked athletes with time off to rest up, but byes can also ruin rhythm and pace. Unfortunately for the Royals, this was of the latter case.
Juliana Penner is a fourth year player and the captain of the women’s volleyball team.
