AASG Fall Conference 2019

AASG Fall Conference

Congratulations on taking back the AASG Spirit Award!

Courtesy of VHS Staff – Last weekend six students (Sophia Palmor, Ashlee Schaeffer, Chloe Miller, Jalen Freeman, Cherubim Palomar, and Aiden McAtee) attended the Alaska Association of Student Government Conference in Palmer. They participated in region meetings debating issues affecting schools around the state, debated and voted on these issues in general assemblies, and attended various explorations learning about the history of the Mat-Su Valley.

Special recognitions go to Ashlee Schaeffer, who was presented with a plaque for her service as Region III representative, Chloe Miller for her courage to get up and state her opinions in front of the entire assembly, and Aiden McAtee for making sure Valdez was well represented in the voting process. All of our delegates admirably represented Valdez High School and if you see them be sure to ask them about their experience.

Spring Conference 2020 will be in Sitka at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

Volleyball

Delta 11/1-2/19

Head Coach: Adam Sharrai

Assistant Coach: Katie Burns

Assistant Coach: Angie Fruscetto,


Senior Jillian Fleming

Courtesy of VHS Coaches – Buc Volleyball ended their regular season play with Friday night and

Saturday morning matches against the Delta Huskies. Friday night marked a four

year journey for 6 Varsity players as Senior night managed to sneak up on them all

too quickly. Joining their parents on the court for Senior recognition were Macy

Hansen, Jackie Stewart, Mason Anderson, Kira Friend, Jade Holmes, and Jillian

Fleming. After favorite memories, family greetings, flowers, and future plans were

shared the Bucs took the floor and bested the Huskies Friday night, 3-0. They did

try out a few new options in preparation for Regional’s coming up the next weekend

but play did not go as smoothly as they would have liked, which having the game

exposure early gives them the opportunity for adjustments next week in practice.

Saturday, the Bucs also took the win from the Huskies to end their season 9-2.

Monday results will finalize the standings setting up the Regional bracket

play for the Bucs who’s only loss for the season was to Hutchison. The Bucs know

that the only way to another State competition is to play their best at Regional’s and

earn that trip to Anchorage. They will put their best effort forward and give it all

that is possible this week in practice and throughout Regional’s to achieve this goal.

Remember, you can only play your best—Go Bucs!!!


Savannah

J.V. Volleyball

Delta Huskies

Nov. 1-2, 2019

Courtesy of VHS Coaches

The Buccaneer Junior Varsity Team went out with a bang in their last two

matches of the season against the Delta Huskies. On Friday, the team pulled off an

initial victory in the first set (28-26). Their confidence grew with the next two

sets, winning more comfortably at 25-18 and 25-17. Overall, the team played with

great control. Their serving was considerably better than their last home game

against the Glennallen Panthers. They were also able to set up more controlled

plays that led to aggressive attacks at the net. Alyvia Askren was able to shine

with a couple explosive kills both on Friday and Saturday. The Saturday match

resulted in an even more pronounced victory (25-17, 25-12, 25-14). Ambrosia

Woodgate finished her season strong with 25 strong serves for her team during this

match, not to mention tremendous coverage at the net and assists to her teammates.

I am extremely proud of all of the growth these players have shown throughout the

season and look forward to seeing them next year!

Rifle

VHS Rifle Team Delta Match Results

Courtesy of Coach Hedman

The VHS Rifle Team traveled to Delta for a 3×20 smallbore competition on Saturday, November 2nd.

All teams shot their Standing 60 air rifle match previous to the match. Valdez took the top score in air rifle with a total team score of 2222 points to Delta’s 2171 points.

The Buccaneers traveled with five of the six of the team members. Sara Bauman, Tiffany Larcom, Sydney McKay, Layla McAtee, and Jared Humphrey shot for contributing scores (with the top four scores being counted towards the total). The team total was 2160 points.  At the end of the day, Valdez came out on top with a combined score of 4,382 points to Delta’s 4,269 points. Layla McAtee shot a personal best of 531 points.


Thank you to the Delta Sportsman’s Association and the Delta High School Rifle Team for hosting us this past weekend. We look forward to competing against Delta again this weekend on November 9th at home.

Wrestling

Red & Gold InvitationalResults for Valdez High School

Courtesy of VHS Coaches

This weekend was a great opportunity to see some new competition and measure where

we are compared to the interior schools. Overall, we had some tough matches and identified

some important areas we need to focus on. This week we will focus on strengthening our

offense on our feet and picking up our intensity in practice. We were able to see that our

opponents were a bit more physical in the matches making it difficult to get our offense going.

Our wrestlers are optimistic going into the next week of training in preparation for ACS.

Red 135

Caleb MacPherson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

● Quarterfinal – Kawaiola Patterson (Lathrop Wrestling) won by major decision over Caleb

MacPherson (Valdez High School) (Maj 15-3)

● Cons. Round 1 – Mark Wood (Hutchison High School) won by major decision over Caleb

MacPherson (Valdez High School) (Maj 14-1)

Gold 135


Caleb MacPherson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

● Champ. Round 1 – Bradley James (West Valley Wolfpack) won by fall over Caleb MacPherson

(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:46)

● Cons. Round 1 – Caleb MacPherson (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)

● Cons. Round 2 – Carter Barney (West Valley Wolfpack) won by fall over Caleb MacPherson

(Valdez High School) (Fall 0:55)

Gold 160


Sullivan Holt’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.

● Champ. Round 1 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)

● Quarterfinal – Leonard Lovett (Delta High School) won by fall over Sullivan Holt (Valdez High

School) (Fall 2:45)

● Cons. Round 2 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) received a bye () (Bye)

● Cons. Round 3 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) won by fall over Dylan Silook-Apatiki (Bartlett

High School) (Fall 1:27)

● Cons. Semi – Zach Wiggins (Delta High School) won by tech fall over Sullivan Holt (Valdez High

School) (TF 17-1)

Gold 171

William Benes’ place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

● Quarterfinal – Brayden Grorud (Eielson High School) won by major decision over William Benes

(Valdez High School) (Maj 17-4)

● Cons. Round 1 – Sam Lester (Lathrop Wrestling) won by major decision over William Benes

(Valdez High School) (Maj 8-0)

Gold 171


Rafael Alfaro’s place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.

● Quarterfinal – Rafael Alfaro (Valdez High School) won by decision over FFT DeVaughn (Eielson

High School) (Dec 13-10)

● Semifinal – Dalton Pinard (Su Valley High School) won by fall over Rafael Alfaro (Valdez High

School) (Fall 2:23)

● Cons. Semi – Sam Lester (Lathrop Wrestling) won in tie breaker – 1 over Rafael Alfaro (Valdez

High School) (TB-1 2-1)

Girls 119G


Angelina Grande’s place is 5th and has scored 7.0 team points.

● Round 1 – Angelina Grande (Valdez High School) won by fall over Saleen Wallace (Eielson High

School) (Fall 5:16)

● Round 2 – Elizabeth Schumaker (North Pole Patriots) won by fall over Angelina Grande (Valdez

High School) (Fall 1:55)

● Round 3 – Jessalyn Thomas (Eielson High School) won by decision over Angelina Grande

(Valdez High School) (Dec 8-3)

● Round 4 – Macara Kobernuss (North Pole Patriots) won by fall over Angelina Grande (Valdez

High School) (Fall 3:26)

● Round 5 – Linsey Julien (Eielson High School) won by fall over Angelina Grande (Valdez High

School) (Fall 4:54)

Girls 235G


Jana Allen’s place is 2nd and has scored 0.0 team points.

● Round 1 – Megan Parrish (North Pole Patriots) won by decision over Jana Allen (Valdez High

School) (Dec 12-7)

● Round 2 – Megan Parrish (North Pole Patriots) won by fall over Jana Allen (Valdez High School)

(Fall 4:53)

Red A 160

Sullivan Holt's place is 2nd and has scored 3.5 team points.

● Round 1 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) won by tech fall over Andrew Holman (Hutchison

High Shool) (TF 26-10)

● Round 3 – Sullivan Holt (Valdez High School) and Dylan Silook-Apatiki (Bartlett High School)

(DFF)

Girls Finals 235

Jana Allen’s place is 2nd and has scored 0.0 team points.

● 1st Place Match – Megan Parrish (North Pole Patriots) won by major decision over Jana Allen

(Valdez High School) (Maj 13-5)

 

Swimming

Region VI Swim Results

The Valdez Buccaneer Swim Team had a tremendous weekend at their Regional Swim

Meet. Every Buccaneer made it to Finals in at least one event many made it in both

their individual events. The Bucs swam very fast setting a total of 26 Personal Best

Times over the course of the meet. 9 swimmers placed in the top 6 including 3 relays

scoring a total of 77 points allowing the Buccaneer Swim Team to place 4th overall in

Regions:

Top 6 Finishes:

Isaiah Silveira had an amazing Regions Meet placing 3rd in his 50 and Dominating the

backstroke. He placed 1st in the 100 Back making him the Region Champ in this event

and automatic qualifying for State, as well as, scoring 11 points. For being our only

Region Champ Isaiah is the Swimmer of the Week.

State Qualifiers for Valdez include the Isaiah Silveira, Chase Randall, & Billi Lovell.

State Alternates include the boys 200 Free Relay, Piers Shirk, & Jeffrey Prevost. The

Valdez Buccaneers will be traveling this weekend to Anchorage for the State Swim

Meet.

This has been the most successful swim season for the Valdez Buccaneers in the last 9

seasons. I am very Proud of these swimmers for all the hard work put into this season.

Congratulations to all our Swimming Bucs!!

 
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