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DragonNews APAC Fall Season Championships
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ragonTales congratulates our high school sports teams for their success at the Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC) Fall Season Championships on October 24-28. Boys Rugby and Girls Tennis took the championship trophies while Boys Tennis finished 2nd. Boys Volleyball, Girls Rugby, and Baseball finished third. HKIS hosted APAC Baseball and our Dragons went 5-1 with the only loss in the semifinal against the eventual champions, Shanghai American School Pudong (SAS-PD). Big hitting and solid defense by Matt Holliday and David Helfer placed them on the All-APAC squad.
Muggsy Bogues with members of the HKIS boys and girls basketball teams
NBA Legend Visits HKIS
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KIS had the honor of welcoming NBA legend, Muggsy Bogues, to the High School in October. Muggsy shot some instructional videos with members of the HKIS boys and girls basketball teams. Thank you, Muggsy and the NBA, for your special Halloween visit.
Tennis dodged rain showers at Seoul Foreign School (SFS), but not before the girls claimed the championship. Boys were tied 15.5 with SFS, but lost the head to head battle giving
2012 APAC Girls Tennis
them a 2nd place finish. Representing HKIS on the All-APAC squad were Douglas Yang, Edward Cheung, Jonathan Ying, Carina Chen, Nicole Kwok, Jamie Au, and Caroline Gillette. 2012 APAC Baseball (above) and 2012 APAC Boys Rugby (below)
Volleyball had a successful weekend at Taejon Christian International School with the boys team bringing home the 3rd place trophy and the girls team losing in the consolation dropping them to 4th place, but Coach Quinn reported that the girls fought hard and played well. Ioana Economos, Su Min Oh, Ki Kim, and Matthew Fung represented HKIS on All-APAC Volleyball. Rugby had a great finish at SAS-PD. The boys team went undefeated all weekend and the girls clinched 3rd place. All-APAC honors went to Matthew Laskowski, Chase Richter, Rafic Korban, and James Batchelor from the boys team; and Kyla Chipman, Emily Uhrynuk, and Alex Mann from the girls team. Well done, Dragons!
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