Student Life
high school Dragons 2017
Fall Varsity Sports Roundup
This fall our Dragons Girls and Boys sports teams have had great success. Take a look at how well our student athletes did et er t be on t e eld court or n t e ater t s m ress e Baseball
Field Hockey
The varsity boys dominated their opponents all season long with solid results at the Manila Invitational and then again at China Cup where they outscored their opponents 66-12 in bringing home the championship trophy. They continued this success traveling to Shanghai American School in Pudong for APAC and finished the tournament undefeated. All APAC honors went to Vincent Krembs, Jonathan Drapeau, and Tommy Hill.
The field hockey team took part in the HKSSF competition and went into their league final game against Island School with a few wins under their belt. Although the game ended in a draw, the team took time to celebrate Margaret Szweda who has served as captain her last two years at HKIS. Our young Dragon team has a bright future ahead with a young squad that gained lots of experience this season.
Basketball HKIS hosted the 48th Annual Holiday Basketball Tournament on November 23-25, 2017 and our boys did well with a third-place finish beating Singapore American School. Harry Quinlan was named to the All-Tournament team. And our girls team finished fourth losing to Taipei American School. Meredith Wang was named to the All-Tournament Team. Local ISSFHK season has started and both teams are undefeated. China Cup will be held at HKIS, while teams travel to Taejon Christian International School for APAC in late January. Go Dragons!
Golf The HKIS Golf Team competed at the SAS Eagle Invitational. Walter Hui was part of the winning foursome from the team best ball, nine-hole competition one day with a seven under par score. On day two, HKIS finished with five players in the top eight with Jason Fan posting the lowest score for the guys with a 76 in windy conditions. Cyrus Lee finished second with a 79 while our two female players, Jasmine Kwan and Selina Li both shot 80.
Netball
Cross Country Our runners started their season at the IS Bangkok Invitational. Athina Lesca and Tucker Grinnan were crowned champs and helped the team to an overall second place finish! APAC Cross Country was held at American School in Guangzhou. Our runners were in top form with the girls finishing in second place and the boys sixth. Dragons Athina Lesca was the race champion with a time of 20’05”29 and Nicole Kuan finishing right behind her with a respective time of 20’27”18. Tucker Grinnan was the top runner for HKIS and finished third with an impressive time of 17’21”64. Local ISSFHK competition has just started with championships for that in February. Good luck team!
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DRAGONTALES WINTER 2017
Netball had a successful season in the HKSSF and newly-formed schools netball league. In November, the team traveled to Shanghai and came away with several wins! Later that month, we also celebrated Seniors Taina Puddefoot, Varshika Kanthadai, Sonia Shah, Saskia Sinha, and Valerie Friedenberg at their final home game.
Rowing HKIS was represented at the Hong Kong Schools’ Rowing Championships by 22 students including two middle school students! Over 50 secondary schools participated in the two-day rowing event. HKIS came away with the overall team prize with the highest team score for the boys. Leah Gillette, MS Grade 7, won gold in the Girls U13 event and the Boys U19 quad event won gold with rowers Matteo Poma, Alex Gandhi, Charlie Grinnan and Hunter McCoach and bronze went to the team of Ben Davis, Jason Park, Sean Furlong and Justin Lee.