Football (Coach Lee Chadwick)

August 18th – Football @ Nikiski

Valdez lost 28-48, but it was close in the first half.

The team moved the ball well, in all four quarters. We were pleased that our offensive line, led by Luke Baczuk, generated 316 yards of rushing. Hayden Howard, Jona Turner, Jimmy Chavez, and Owen Chadwick all scored touchdowns.

This was the first game of the season, and mistakes, and youth took its toll, but all in all we are excited and pleased with the team’s performance.  Everyone saw playing time!

Next Game:  6:00 pm, August 24th @ Ketchikan

Cross Country Running (Coach Mel Koontz)

August 18th – North Pole Cross Country Invite

The Buccaneer Cross Country season started with a sunny jaunt around Chena Lakes campground.  The course was fairly flat and a mix between grass and packed dirt surfaces.  The team basked in the warm sun that we have been missing in Valdez.  Attending our first meet were juniors Kalin Woods and Katelyn Wadsworth, and freshman William Benes.  This was an open race for all athletes to get their racing legs warmed up.  Kalin Woods applied strategies we have practiced to earn an impressive fourth place with a finish of 19:08.  Completing his first high school race, William Benes picked up the pace halfway through the course for a time of 26:01.  Overcoming a pulled muscle, Katelyn Wadsworth sprinted through the finish line at 26:53.  This young team shows a lot of potential for speed and strength.  It is going to be a great season watching them grow as runners.  We would love to have more runners out there.  It’s not too late for high schoolers to join.

Next Meet: is August 25 @ Birch Hill in Fairbanks.

Our home meet is Saturday, August 31^st.  Come out and support your Buccaneers Cross-Country team!  Races begin at 11:00am.  Volunteers are needed, please contact Coach Koontz at mkoontz@valdezcityschools.org.  We hope to see you there!

Swimming (Coach Carl Young)

August 18th- Colony High School Invite

Coaches’ Comments

The drive to and from the swim meet was clear roads with a few sparse rain showers along the way. The swimmers seem to be very motivated at the beginning of this season and it definitely showed in their swimming.

Most of our veteran swimmers swam very close to the their last years region times which is a great indicator that they are coming into this stronger than before. Our new swimmers had an excellent learning opportunity at this meet as they start to get use to the competitive swimming atmosphere. They gave great effort and set their baselines for this season. A very strong start to this season and it will be exciting to see how far this years swim team can go!

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Highlights

The highlights from the Colony Invite swim meet were definitely how well our Boys swam.

Chase Randall Place 1st is the 200 yard Freestyle with a time of 2:14.31 & 2nd place is his 100 yard Butterfly with a time of 1:04.42.

Jeffrey Prevost placed 2nd in his 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:07.84 & placed 3rd in his 200 yard Individual Medley with a time of 2:22.14.

Riley Hodgkins placed 3rd in his 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 1:11.69

Freshman Calvin Gondek placed 3rd in 200 yard Freestyle with a time of 2:26.79

The Boys 200 Yard Medley & Freestyle relays placed 2nd over all with times of 1:58.74 & 1:44.98.

If I had to name a swimmer of the week I would pick Chase Randall. He worked very hard all week and had a very successful swim meet at Colony.

I am very proud of this group of swimmers and I look forward to the rest of this season.

Coach Carl Young

Next Meet:  August 25 @ Hamme Pool (Fairbanks)

Volleyball (Coach Adam Sharrai)

August 17 & 18 – Chugiak Invite

Played 14 games over the weekend (7 on Friday and 7 on Saturday)

Friday Pool Play:

Valdez 25East 21(Win)

Valdez 22West 25(Loss)

Valdez 21West Valley 25 (Loss)

Valdez 19Bartlett 25(Loss)

Valdez 6South 25(Loss)

Valdez 25Colony 16(Win)

Valdez 25Eagle River 20(Win)

Saturday Pool Play:

Valdez 13Chugiak 25(Loss)

Valdez 25Palmer 16(Win)

Valdez 25Service 16(Win)

5 – 5 Pool Play

Saturday Silver Bracket:

Valdez 25 vs Grace(Win)

Valdez 25 vs Grace    (Win)

Valdez 18 vs Colony 25(Loss)

Valdez 22 vs Colony 25(Loss)

Second Place in Silver Bracket

Played very competitively with the 4A schools and enjoyed the spirit of competition!

Silver Bracket – Second Place

Sydney Johnson – All Tourney Team

Team played very well and added to their skills! Had Great games!

Next Meet:  Weekend of August 24 & 25 – Open 

                    August 31 & September 1 @ Bethel Invite