HIGHROAD ACADEMY KNIGHTS

Are you excited about basketball at Highroad? Do you have some time and interest in seeing our players succeed as Knights? We could use some help in two areas.

1. Coaching – we would like to have a couple more coaches to support those who are already in place. If you are interested in knowing more information, please email Shawn Krahn (skrahn@highroadacademy.com) or Hannah Wiebe (hwiebe@highroadacademy.com).
2. Referees – when we host grade 7 and 8 basketball games, the league would appreciate having adult referees. These games would happen between 3:00 and 5:00, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are able to assist us in this, please contact us (see email addresses above).

The end of volleyball season is near. Our senior teams are playing in the playoffs, competing for an EVAA Tier 2 Volleyball banner! If you had a player on one of our other teams, could you please arrange to have their volleyball jersey returned to Highroad? As well, if you have not paid a fee for your player to be on one of our teams, please do so through the school store. (If you are not a Highroad family, please email Shawn Krahn (skrahn@highroadacademy.com) or Hannah Wiebe (hwiebe@highroadacademy.com) for the link.

This year we are hoping to run 7 teams:

Junior Girls (grades 9-10)
Grade 8 Girls
Grade 7 Girls

Senior Boys (grades 10-12)
Grade 9 Boys
Grade 8 Boys
Grade 7 Boys.

As we work out the practice schedule, we will aim to post the expected days and times that practices will be. Please follow here for more information.

We hope you all had a wonderful and restful summer!

As we enter the first week back to school, we wanted to let you know of a few things coming up:

1) Our first volleyball practices start THIS WEEK!

Wednesday
3:00 – 4:30 PM Grade 8-12 Girls VB
Thursday
3:00 – 4:30 PM Grade 6/7 Girls VB
4:30 – 6:00 PM Grade 7-12 Boys VB
Friday
3:00 – 4:30 PM Senior Girls VB

2) We will have a coaches and team updates coming out for you soon!

3) Students – please see our Athletics bulletin board in the Highschool wing for updates


That’s it for now – see you soon!

It is with a fair amount of excitement that I present you with a summer basketball opportunity! I have had three men volunteer to run three-day camps in August: Pastor Barrie Thiessen, Brandon Layton, and Bgeoff Raddatz (the “B” is silent). Brandon and Geoff coached the grade 7 boys this year, but all three have solid basketball toolkits, and are looking to share what they know with as many Highroad players as they can!

The details:

Boys
August 6-8, 2024
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $30 (which includes receiving a shirt made just for the occasion)

Girls
August 13-15, 2024
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $30 (which includes receiving a shirt made just for the occasion)

These camps are for players who will be in grades 6-12 in September.

The camp will be held in the Highroad gym. Registration should be done through the Highroad online store. If you have any issues, please email skrahn@highroadacademy.com for assistance.

**The t-shirts were ordered earlier today, but if you register before the camp, a shirt will still be given out. It will be given in September, not at the camp.

We have had a great year in athletics this year at Highroad. As a way of celebrating this year, we will be having an Athletic Awards evening. The details are as follows:

Monday, June 3rd, 2024
7:00 PM (doors will open at 6:30 PM)
$10 in advance/$15 at the door
Tickets are available through the online school store or at the school office.

There will be food and drinks available. Players on the various teams do need to purchase a ticket to come.

I hope to see you there!

As the end of the school year approaches, I would like to ask you to take a look around your home and see if there might be any Highroad jerseys lying around. Many of you have returned your jerseys: THANK YOU! I would still appreciate it if you took a glance through some drawers and into some closets and see if there are any more that should be returned. Thanks.

Good day. This coming Monday (March 11th) there will be meetings with Mrs. Goosen for all interested grade 6-8 students. Grade 7 and 8 students will meet at 11:40 up in the weight room. Grade 6 students will meet during their lunch break. If you are interested in participating but cannot make the meeting, please connect with Mrs. Goosen (pgoosen@highroadacademy.com) or myself (skrahn@highroadacademy.com).

For students in grades 9-12 who are interested, please speak with Mr. Krahn before Spring Break starts.

Highroad is looking for a coach or coaches for our senior high track and field athletes (grades 9-12). This would involve coaching athletes in some aspects of track and field (throwing, jumping, sprinting, distance running), with support coming from others. There would also be some travel with the team to meets, mostly held in Abbotsford. If you have an interest in helping us with this team, please contact Shawn Krahn at skrahn@highroadacademy.com.

Highroad has a strong tradition in track and field. We would like to see it continue to be offered as an option for Highroad athletes. What is appreciated is that there are athletes who do not participate in team sports who end up thriving in these activities.

Could you please return your basketball jerseys as soon as possible? This is for members of the following teams:

Grade 7 boys
Grade 7 girls
Grade 8 boys
Grade 9 boys.

We have over 40 players looking to play on our grade 5/6 teams, and their games start this coming week (February 20th). Highroad will have enough jerseys as long as the ones that are out with our older players get returned quickly.

Jerseys can be dropped off at the school office or brought to Mr. Krahn. Thanks!

(Senior Boys and Girls basketball teams are playing games this coming week. Please keep your jerseys until your season is done.)

Badminton practices will start on Monday (February 26th). The coaches are Angela and Calvin vanLeeuwen. (THANK YOU!!) Practices will be at the following times (most weeks):

Monday: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 4:30 – 6:30 PM

Check back on the athletics schedule posted on this blog or through Instagram (highroadathletics) to confirm practice times from week to week.