Basketball is one of the most desired sport by Canisius students. As proven by the data, more than 30 Canisius students chose basketball as their extracurricullar.
This extracurricullar aims to improve students’ ability in basketball into a positive way. Not only shaping their sporting ability, this extracurricullar also emphasize on sense of togetherness and harmony in team, and to build characters to have a strong mentality.
Basketball in Canisius Junior and Senior High School are coached by Mr. Turindro Baru Cahyono, usually known with the name of Coach Hendro. He has devoted himself for more than 13 years in Canisius Senior High School, and just of 2006/2007 he started to coach Canisius Junior High School’s basketball team.
Basketball practice (Senior High School) are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This extracurricullar is one of the toughest. All participants, especially the team, are obligated to have a high adversity, physical and mental endurance, a good teamwork, loyality to Canisius, and the most important is discipline and togetherness.
During the 2007/2008 school year, Canisius Senior High School basketball team achievements are:
• Third Winner Regina Pacis Cup (2007)
• Champion of SMAK 1 Cup (2007)
• Second Winner Ipeka High Cup (2007)
• Champion of Gonzaga School Meeting (2007)
• Champion of Theresia Cup (2008)
• Second winner of CC Cup (2008)
• Champion of Gandhi Ancol Cup (2008)
The benefits that we got include, wide relationships with other teenagers, sportivity, and shaping individual mentality. Canisius basketball team does not only seek for trophies, winnings, and popularity, but the process to become an adult individual, physicly and mentally.
Thank you, for the school’s trust toward us, Coach Hendro who has coached and guide us all this time, and to all parties who have supported Canisius basketball team.