Message from the Athletic Director
Aloha Bulldog Families!
Private schools within the ILH are classified as either Division I, II or III. This is primarily based on each school's enrollment for grades 7-12. The criteria is used for the classification of teams that reflects the best interest of the league, affords the ILH to have the potential for adequate representation in state tournaments, takes into consideration the best interest of the individual schools and provides balanced representation within the divisions. If a coed school in grades 7-12 has less than 250 students they are considered a Division III school. If a school, like LJA has between 250-750 students, they are Division II. And if a member school has more than 750 students they are classified as a Division I school. There are currently 22 member schools within the ILH across those three divisions, plus PAC 5 which is considered an independent Co-Op.
-Athletic Director, Jana Fraser
LJA hosted their first ever Dual Swim Meet against Mid Pacific Institute on 1/17/2020. LJA won that meet with the best team score of 97 points to MPI's 89.
Senior Night for Winter Sports Please come out and support our senior athletes in their last home game (or regular season event) of their high school careers. We will hang the senior night banner over the high school building wall as a reminder on designated days.
Parents of Seniors: This is your opportunity to tailor the event to your team. Please plan on being involved with the process so that the coach can focus on the completing the season.
Boys Soccer-1/29 at 4:15pm at Kapiolani Park Boys Basketball-2/8 at 5pm at LJA gym
Shout Out Congratulations to our girls varsity basketball team for winning their first round of the single elimination tournament on 1/21 against Christian Academy. Next up they play Sacred Hearts at their place on 1/23 at 5pm. Please come out and support our girls!
Scholarship Opportunity National Institute of Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is now accepting applications for their student athlete scholarship. More information can be found on their website at members.niaaa.org.
All applications must be postmarked by Feb. 28th to
ILH Office 800 S. Beretania St. #300A Honolulu, Hi. 96813
Spring Sport Offerings Winter sports have either recently completed for intermediate, or are still underway for varsity teams. The season will wrap up in mid February, then it will be on to the Spring season. Most of the following Spring sports start on Feb. 10th (with the exception of intermediate baseball starting on Jan. 27th and softball which starts Feb 3rd). There are some teams working on pre season conditioning starting this week.
LJA Spring Sports Track and Field Boys Volleyball Varsity Tennis Girls Water Polo Sailing Golf
Pac 5 options Baseball Softball judo
A Paddling race at Magic Island on 1/18/2020
Track and Field Conditioning Pre-season conditioning began Jan 14th on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:45pm-4:45pm at the gym. Actual practices start Feb 10th, 3:45pm-545pm M-F and will be held at Castle High School. One way transportation for practices will be offered. Coach T can be reached at renegadestrack@hawaii.rr.com
Sports Facts Did you know that young athletes who are highly specialized in a single sport are 36% more likely to suffer a serious overuse injury than those who are not? -Positive Coaching Alliance research from the National Leadership Council on youth sports.
Varsity Boys Basketball Request LJA boys varsity basketball seeking assistance and support taking statistics and video of their games. Please contact Head Coach Tim Harrison: timharrison.coach@gmail.com 808-285-2069
Varsity Golf Informational Meeting 2/6/2020, 4:30pm outside of the gym. Coaches Chris Sbarbaro and Larry Cunha Chris.Sbarbaro@ehi.com LCunha@wcitarch.com
Boys Volleyball Informational Meeting 1/27, 3:45pm in the weight room on the second floor of the gym.
Message from Coach Keenan Aloha! Name Please email the information to keenan@kaulukoa.org ASAP.
Girls Water Polo Informational student meeting 1/23 at 5:15pm on the blue benches outside of the gym. Head Coach Chauncey Hirose-Hulbert, chauncey.hirosehulbert@gmail.com
Varsity Tennis Meeting for anyone interested in playing varsity tennis this year. Previous experience not necessary. Please join Coach Connie at the tennis courts on Jan. 28th at 3:30pm for an informational meeting. Practices start on Feb. 10th. Head Coach Connie Zepeda, aconniezepeda@gmail.com
Golfers in the Off Season On January 17th, Sophomores Dante Sbarbaro and Amanda Cunha were given awards for Oahu Junior Golf. Amanda was player of the year for 15-18. Dante was 3rd place for 15-18 at the Mililani tournament and he won the Juniors Choice Award, which is voted upon by his peers
Meet our Coaches Joe Glenn grew up in Santa Rosa, CA. and swam club from the ages of 6-18 with the Santa Rosa Neptunes qualifying for and competing at the Junior National level. After high School Joe went to Denison University in Ohio where he studied economics, and was a four-year member of the varsity swim team which twice finished as runner up at the Division III swimming and diving National Championships. Joe won multiple All-American honors during his tenure and served as team captain during his senior year. Shorty after moving to Hawaii, Joe received his teaching license in secondary social studies. After becoming the head coach of Aulea Swim Club in 2014 he also decided to take on the Bulldogs swim team head coaching position. He has been around the pool in a coaching capacity since 2006.
Save the Date Winter sports banquet will be on Feb. 25th, 5:30pm in the Wang.
"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn". -unknown
Questions or comments? Please contact the Athletic Director Jana Fraser, jana.fraser@lejardinacademy.org. |