Athletics 2021

The 2021 Chaminade football season will forever go down in history as the year of the “Threepeat.” For the first time in school history, the Red Devils were able to secure a District Championship for the third consecutive year, a major accomplishment that can be largely attributed to the efforts of many of our seniors who have been starting for the entirety of that run, most notably senior DB/QB/ATH Cam Epps, senior DL/ TE Grant Finley, senior WR/DB Elijah Griffin, and senior OL/DL Jimmy Lansing, Alex Todt, and Jake Ortiz. The year started off rough with a 1-3 start due to a grueling schedule of area powers. Midway through the season, the team began to find its stride with a dedication to the run game that included Cam Epps tying Rob Standard’s single-game scoring record with 6 touchdowns against Granite City. The team finished 4-5 before really reaching their full potential in the playoffs where they rattled off three dominating victories against Ritenour, Fort Zumwalt South, and Fort Zumwalt North to secure the team’s third district title in a row. The season ended with a heartbreaking 31-28 loss to an undefeated Wentzville-Holt team that is now playing for the state championship. This resilient Red Devil team displayed plenty of fight even when it felt as though the odds were stacked against them numerous times throughout the year. Outside of the paramount team accomplishment, numerous individuals were named to the all-conference team (see below). Cam Epps also finished 5th in the area in scoring with 190 points as well as 4th in the area in all-purpose yards with 2,024. The team returns a number of experienced underclassmen who hope to lead the football program to a district 4-peat and beyond!

Chaminade enjoyed another successful soccer season achieving a 17-5-3 record, surrendering only 14 goals the entire season, and winning the Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) for the third straight season! While we fell short of our final goal, there were still a tremendous amount of accomplishments. First and foremost, the team was lead by the seniors, Jack Olwig, Jackson Allen, Jack Winter, Will Caspari, Connor Fulton, Teddy McNulty, Blake Pingel, Drew Ganninger, Max Skorubskiy and Andrew Lane. These young men created one of the best cultures of TEAM that has ever been established in the program. Our seniors have been rewarded with a plethora of post season accolades, most notably Jack Olwig being named First Team All-Metro and Jackson Allen being named to the Missouri Coaches All-Academic Team.

Great games this year included dramatic victories against SLUH, CBC, Vianney, Ladue and Fremd (Chicago). The schedule, once again, was one of the most difficult in the area if not the country. The team competed against seven teams that either won their state championship or lost in the final. We wish the seniors nothing but the best moving forward and look forward to Lucas Higgins, Giovanni Gabrielle, John Reim, Johnny Schlattman, JP McAlone, and many more underclassman carrying the tradition of our program. Finally, many thanks to all the teachers, staff, students, and parents for their support throughout the season. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Chaminade Soccer Saturdays in the fall of 2022!

The 2021 Cross Country team had another competitive and successful season. After placing as a team at the Class 4 State meet for the first time since 2001 in our 2020 season, our expectations were high for our team this year. Our captains set the goals of having every runner achieve a personal best time (PR), to qualify a team through to the state meet again, and to ‘sweat the details’ at practice to minimize the risk of injuries. At 39 runners strong, nearly every runner on the team achieved the goal of running a PR. The team placed 3rd at MCC and earned an impressive 9 medals between the Varsity (4 medals), JV (3 medals), and Freshmen races (2 medals). There were many breakthrough performances where individuals improved by a minute or greater including Mitch Hardeman (16:22), Alex Cattoor (17:09), Joe DiGuiseppe (17:54), Vincent Rumsey (17:59), Ryan Wolak (18:20), Isaac Carey (18:35), Ethan Scott (20:16), Pete Wuellner (20:19), Jason Rea (20:26), Graham Toombs (21:22), JD Grant (22:48), and Henry Maurice (24:47). The Varsity Team raced well at the District XC Meet on a chilly, wet day. Despite many great efforts, we narrowly missed qualifying to the state meet as a team, coming up a mere seven places short. Seniors Henry Hardeman and Matt Murawski and Sophomore Alex Cattoor each towed the line at Gans Creek for the state meet this year. In a very competitive field, Mitch Hardeman finished 30th place (16:22), while Henry Hardeman ran for his 2nd time at the state courses (16:45). Alex Cattoor, a sophomore, finished in 71st place (17:09) having improved impressively from 19:29 as a Freshman – a testament to the benefits of consistent training in the off-season. Great work this season CCP XC, thanks Seniors, and thank you everyone for your Commitment, Heart, and Brotherhood.

Swim Season Sets New Records –Team Finishes 11th at State Chaminade Swimming and Diving finished their regular season with a dual meet record of 9-6. Chaminade finished fourth at the MCC Championship meet and took 11th place at the Class 1 State Championship. At the state meet, Chaminade qualified 3 team relays and 6 individual events, Matthew Judkins ’24 - 200 IM and 100 Butterfly, Trey Cunneen ’24 (pictured bottom right) –200 and 500 Freestyle, Elliot Speckhard ’24 – 1m Diving, and Joe DiGuiseppe – 100 Backstroke. Judkins finished 4th in the 200 IM and won the state championship in the 100 Butterfly breaking a Chaminade school record that had stood for more than 15 years. Matthew Judkins also set a new school record in the 200 individual medley at the COMO Invite earlier in the season. Cunneen ’24 also set 2 new school records on his way to a second place finish in the 500 freestyle and a 5th place finish in the 200 Freestyle at the State Championship. Chaminade also placed two relays in the top 16. The 400 freestyle relay of Cunneen, Judkins, Seitaro Takai ’23, and Ethan Figert ’22 finished 9th overall. Congratulations to the team on a great season.

Jake Wedding ’24 Trey Cunneen ’24

ALL-STATE CLASS 5 First Team: Cam Epps ’22 DB Second Team: Cam Epps ’22 Punter Grant Finley ’22 DL Jimmy Lansing, Jr. ’22 OT Alex Todt ’22 OL MCC All-Conference Selections Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Cam Epps ’22 First Team: Gary Barbour ’22 LB, Nick Divis ’22 Safety, Derek Fields ’23 CB, Cam Epps ’22 Athlete, CB and Punter, Grant Finley ’22 DL, Elijah Griffin ’22 WR, Jimmy Lansing, Jr. ’22 OL, Alex Todt ’22 OL Second Team: Gary Barbour ’22 RB, Peter Fesler ’23 Safety, Elijah Griffin ’22 Safety, Zion Harrell ’23 LB, Christopher Jenkins ’23 Athlete, Jake Ortiz ’22 OL & DL, Alex Todt ’22 DL Honorable Mention: Joe Corrigan ’22 OL, Andrew Hayden ’24 DL, Kyle Russell ’24 OL

MISSOURI ALL ACADEMIC Jackson Allen ’22 ALL REGION MISSOURI Jack Olwig ’22 ALL STATE CLASS 4 First Team: Jack Olwig ’22 Second Team: Will Caspari ’22 ALL REGION CLASS 4 Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Olwig ’22 Team selections: Will Caspari ’22, Jack Olwig ’22 MCC ALL-CONFERENCE First Team: Jackson Allen ’22, Will Caspari ’22, Jack Olwig ’22 Second Team: Giovanni Gabriele ’23, Lucas Higgins ’23, JP McAlone ’23, John Reim ’24 Honorable Mention: Jack Winter ’22