News - CYO Sports

Excitement in playing girls’ CYO Volleyball was the common thread for the awardees this year, as the CYO Scholarship Committee awarded three annual scholarships from a group of fifty applications received from eighth graders in all CYO sports. The scholarships were awarded to Alexandria Arcibal from St. Felicitas CYO, San Leandro; Sarai Espinoza from St. Elizabeth CYO, Oakland; and Emmy Abar from Holy Spirit CYO, Fremont. Click above to learn more about these outstanding young players and the annual scholarship!

The 2024 Spring Girls' CYO Basketball season ended with playofffs in May. The playoffs saw close games with crowds packing the gyms as thrity-eight teams, 4th through 8th grades, played in the four day tournament, held at Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, St Joseph Notre Dame, Alameda, and St. Leander, San Leandro. The weekend of play was capped by skilled weeknight final games. For more information and results, click the link above.

Four diocesan meet records were broken in the annual Oakland Diocese CYO Track and Field Championshop Meet, held in May at Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward, and Granada High School, Livermore. Over 500 runners from around the diocese competed in this two-day event. For more informatiopn, click the link above.

Part of CYO Sports is Service ... "We Pray! We Play! We Serve! This Easter the 4th grade basketball team from St. Jerome CYO, El Cerrito, served the elderly community in their parish with handmade Easter cards. Click above to read about this young team with a big heart!

The CYO Scholarship Committee is now inviting applications for the 2024 Bill Ford CYO Scholarships. Three $1000. scholarships will be awarded to 8th grade CYO players who participated during the 2023-2024 school-year seasons. The scholarships are annually funded by a foundation. Click the link above for more details and to download the scholarship application.

At every CYO basketball and volleyball game and at every CYO track and cross county meet, there are dedicated individuals who organize and enforce rules for a fair game. But a CYO referee does more than just "call the game." Click above to read more about this special role in CYO and about one outstanding referee!

CYO teams are invited to organize for the coming 2024 CYO Boy's Sand Volleyball Season. This exciting, outdoor sport for boys in 5th - 8th grades, will begin with play in late March through May. Games are low-key at Quarry Lakes Park, Fremont on Sunday afternoons and feature a "picnic" atmosphere with players and families. Click above for more information!

Over 750 excited runners ran at Crown Beach Regional Park, Alameda, to begin the 2023 CYO Cross Country Season. The races marked the beginning of a five week season. For more details, click the link above.

The CYO Spring Sports – Track & Field, Girls' Basketball (West Diocese) and Boys' Sand Volleyball have ended with a postseason meet, playoff and tournament. Over 500 runners competed in the Diocesan Track and Field Championship Meet, 35 Girls' CYO Basketball teams (in the western half of the diocese) played in Girls' CYO Basketball Playoffs, and 16 Boys' CYO Sand Volleyball teams played in the annual CYO Sand Volleyball Tournament. Click the link above for more information and results from these season-ending events.

Sister Denise Bourdet PBVM is celebrating her 70th anniversary of profession with the Sisters of the Presentation. Before her retirement, Sister was well-known and instrumental in CYO in the Oakland Diocese for over 50 years, and as a teacher at St .Joseph the Worker School, Berkeley. To learn more about this inspirational Sister, click on the link, above.

Sixteen Oakland Diocese CYO Volleyball teams in the 7th and 8th grades played in the annual "Jim Negri Volleyball Tournament" in January at Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward Click above for more information and results of the Negri Tournament.

After over 50 years coaching young people in CYO, Ray Bannister from St. John the Baptist CYO, San Lorenzo was again honored with the St. John's basketball court named in his honor. Click above for more details.

The CYO basketball and volleyball seasons will begin soon and coaches are preparing to coach through CYO Certification. All CYO Coaches must be certified to coach young people through CYO Coaches Certification. New coaches attend one of five Certification Workshops, hosted by the Oakland Diocese CYO. Click the link above for more details.

The five week CYO Cross Country season concluded with the Oakland Diocese Championship Meet featuring over 800 runners from 32 parishes and Catholic schools participating. The final meet was on Friday, October 21 at Crown Beach, Alameda. Click the link above for more details and results of the meet.

The 2022 "Bill Ford" CYO scholarships have been awarded by the CYO Scholarship Committee. After a selection process with twenty eight 8th grade CYO players applying, three were selected: For information on the awardees and for more details, click on the link above.

Girls' CYO Basketball season for the western half of the diocese concluded with the first basketball playoffs in two years. All grades in two participating leagues finished the season with leading teams in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades meeting for a 10 team weekend playoff. For details, click the link above

After six weeks of sand volleyball at Quarry Lakes Regional Park in Fremont, Boys' CYO Sand Volleyball concluded with a 17 team tournament. Click the link above for more information on "Fun in the Sun and Sand!"

The CYO Track Season concluded in May with the annual Diocesan Track and Field Championship Meet. The meet was held after a two year CoVid pause with over 400 CYO runners participaing in a variety of running and filed events. Click the link above for more deetails.

At their annual year-end CYO Sports Banquet for St. Elizabeth CYO, long-time coach Jose Delgado was honored for 29 years of service in mentoring and coaching young people in CYO. Click the link above for more details.