Run! The girls' and boys' cross country teams advanced to state Saturday, with the girls placing 7th and the boys 10th in the Sectionals, held at Darlington. Ellison Losin, Edie Coil, Laney Kate Miller, Beatrice Jones, and Blair Huber led the girls, while Harris Bradford, Daniel Hill, Bobby Spencer, Brayden Briles, and Matthew George led the boys. Bradford was 6th overall. The boys will run at noon Friday in Carrollton; the girls at 12:45.
Touchdown! Football (9-0) was idle last weekend but will end the regular season Friday at North Cobb Christian. Kickoff is at 7:30. With a win, HIES can clinch home-field advantage through most of the playoffs, and look to at least match the 2019 team that advanced to the Final Four. Ryan Woods, Brayden Bailey, Preston Massie, Mitchell Bainbridge, and AJ Donnelly have been some of the many stars thus far.
Swish! Girls' hoops edged St. Francis Tuesday in a scrimmage, backed by scoring from Parker Smith (16), Makenzie Weaver (15), Makayla Weaver (15), Kimora Wynn (14), and Aaniyah Branch (12) …Boys' basketball fell to St. Francis in the scrimmage; King Araujo tallied 17 points, Sean Smith 15 and 4 assists, and Colt Witzigreuter pulled eight rebounds.
Splash! The swimmers opened at Woodward Tuesday, with state cuts coming from Madeline Brown and Bobby Skrynecki (50-free), Aidan O'Connor (50-free, 100-back), the 200-medley relay (O'Connor, Jon Miller Doughtie, Skrynecki, Cole Sprague), and the 200-free relay (O'Connor, Henry Greene, Sprague, Skrynecki). ...MS also faced Woodward; 1st-place finishers were Connor Schuette (200 IM, 100-free), Ella Stephenson (200-IM, 100-free), James Davis (50-free), Lucie Haddow (100-butterfly), Sienna Richards (500-free), Liam Montgomery (100-back), Emma Childs (100-back), Hunter Kies (500-free, 100-breast), and Isabella Tio (100-breast).
Pin! MS wrestling started its season Wednesday in a tri-meet at Lovett. Jack Berryman went 2-0, both wins by pins; Graeme Horne was 2-0, Daniel Balev won 14-2, Chip Cummings, Whit Peterson, Mansa Amir, David Gallant, T.J. Mallay, and Andrew Deitzer each won by pin, and Jack Mondelli also had a victory.
Until next time,
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