A Spring to Remember Baseball
Patrick Hoffacker ’16 The 2016 Falcon baseball team was filled with talented players, and the season consisted of harnessing that talent into a successful team. The season began with a successful preseason, including impressive wins against Southwest Christian, Brewer and Arlington Heights. There were also some close losses against Paschal and St. Thomas. Despite a tough season-opening John Wittman ’16 conference game against Trinity Valley, the Falcons bounced back with several key wins, including St. Mark’s, the eventual SPC champions, and were able to make it into SPC as the third seed in the North Zone. Some wins were closer than they should have been, but the
Falcons were able to overcome tight situations and leave with the wins. Despite a few exceptions, the team’s games were all fairly close, and the Falcons carried themselves as a successful baseball program on and off the field. After beating John Cooper in the first round of SPC, the team had a tough loss against Episcopal. Despite not ending the season the way that we wanted, the team is still happy with the impressive season and wish luck to the future of the FWCD baseball team. The team graduated nine very talented seniors this year, but we are sure that the talent will only carry on into the continuing successful baseball program, led by Coach Brady Benoit. We are proud to be his first team, and, as we leave, we are excited for the future of the FWCD baseball team.
Boys’ and Girls’ Track By Ryleigh Rains ’17
This season went very well. We broke a lot of School records and personal records! Everyone did especially well competing against other teams and also against themselves. The 4x200 girls relay went to Texas Relays in Austin and shattered the record previously set in 1997. The team consisted of Adele Elkind ’16, Olivia Woodson ’17, CJ Landrum ’18 and Molly Cassady ’18. The girls also broke the 4x100 record at SPC; the team was made up of Elkind, Woodson, Landrum and Kaitlyn Johnson ’19. These five girls, along with Emma Rooker ’18, ran on the sprint relays and were a formidable force. I myself had a great year and broke a 25-year-old high jump School record.
Brian Evans ’17
The boys showed tremendous improvement in the field events. Joseph Breedlove ’17, Kellan Onuscheck ’16, Brad Chilcoat ’17, Brandon Evans ’16 and Brian Evans ’17, among, others helped for a strong SPC finish. Although we had a lot of fun this year and competed well, we are sad to see the season come to a close. We are especially sad to see our favorite coach in the world go. Thank you for everything you've taught us Coach Mark Brady, and thank you for everything you've done for us! You will be missed!
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Lydia Barron ’19