Cross Country 

Coach Glavin’s biggest goal is to get both teams to qualify for state.

“For about six years my girl’s team has gotten to qualify and last year my boys made it but not the girls, so I’m looking for both to qualify this year,” Glavin said. 

Both the boys’ and girls’ teams usually attract many athletes, but Glavin is always out recruiting. “Working on getting more numbers. Being able to get the word out and get more people interested to join and run with the team,” Glavin said.

The cross-country runners are always out running, generally rain or shine to stay ahead of their competition. “Just keep working hard. We do more than the basic programs require and so I just want to keep working hard.” 

Girls Volleyball

Lots of players graduated from last year’s team but new varsity players are stepping up.

The women’s volleyball team lost a lot of players this year, seeing how most athletes were seniors. Veronica Kirkpatrick, head coach of the women’s volleyball team, shares how she think the team is coming along.

“Learning to adjust to a faster pace of play, they’re filling big shoes, but filling them well, and learning to bond with their new teammates,” Coach Kirkpatrick said.

The team also moved up a GAC class after going 21-8-1. “We are looking to be extremely competitive and the girls will come to compete,” Kirkpatrick said.

Girls Tennis

After 15 seniors graduated last year, varsity girls tennis has a lot of new faces on the team.

Head coach, Teodoro Campos, has also experienced losing most of his seniors on team.

“We are training hard to prepare them. For awhile it will be a learning experience, and might be a rough start, but we should be fine,” Campos said. After finishing first last year varsity looks to repeat this outcome.

Campos has some advice for the girls moving to varsity. “Don’t overdo it, Play your game and play smart.” Campos said.

Football 

After finishing 7-4 with a heartbreaking playoff loss, the varsity football squad is looking to run it back this year.

“We will be just as good if not even better than last year,” Coach McMillen said. “All the new varsity players are filling roles extremely well.”

The team came out firing in their first game of the season against Francis Howell Central (FHC) with a 35-19 win. “As long as we execute well, play fast and hard we should come out on top,” McMillen said.

McMillen is also excited about Caleb Orcutt, a sophomore who will be playing varsity as a wide receiver this year. “We wouldn’t start him if we didn’t think he could perform at this level,” McMillen said.

Softball 

After going 21-9 last year, softball is looking to play that well again this year.

Coach Dan Wheeler is extremely excited for the team this year with 5-6 seniors graduating new players have started to fill in spots.

Wheeler is excited about center fielder Alyson Moorman. “She’s a super athlete, and she would run through a wall to make a catch in the outfield,” Wheeler said.

When Moorman was asked about how it feels to be on varsity, she said, “It’s just another team, and another game to go out and win,” Moorman said.

Boys Soccer

After a spectacular performance going 21-3 and winning districts, the boys’ soccer team is aiming to repeat that this year.

Coach Tony Luedecke shares his hopes for this years team.

“Our main goal this year is to keep working hard to go back to back for districts” Luedecke said.

With a large amount of effort gunning for the state championship. “We’re in a really good place right now. We want to keep working hard and putting a lot of effort in.” Luedecke said.

The boys’ soccer team had a few new faces this year and their coach expects the team to be better than ever. 

Boys Swimming 

After an interesting season last year, boys swimming is now headed by Coach Stephanie Seidel who is ready to make this year a fresh start and start focusing on the individuals on the swimming and diving team.

Excited about sharing her passion for the sport, Seidel is looking to improve the team’s stroke mechanics for the upcoming season. 

Seidel also hopes to have members of the team hit their personal records and continue to do yard training focusing on endurance and speed so they can be the best they can be in proper technique at practice

“As we continue to increase our yards in our training sessions, focusing on endurance and speed.”Seidel said.

Girls Golf 

After a dedicated season last year, girls’ golf is coming back better than ever.

With goals of growing throughout the September competitions and aiming to be the best they can be during the October district and state tournaments. With a stunning amount of growth from last year, returning players have put in a lot of time and effort in the offseason and a healthy amount of newcomers have brought a new face to the golf team. Those athletes

hope to honor their golf skills and continue to grow and an overall goal of winning the GAC South.