Then in District, the team finished third behind Westminster and Duchesne and nudged past Duchesne to win Regionals. The team traveled to Jefferson City for Sectionals, beat Helias in a spirited 5-1 match in the semi-finals. Westminster, which eventually finished third in State, beat the Varsity team 5-0 in the finals, but not before two of the matches had gone to three sets. Several athletes received ABC League Recognition: Second Team AllLeague honors go to Matt Keating ’11, Jack Schmerold ’12, Kyle Collins ’12, and All-League Honorable Mentions go to Spencer King ’12, Daanish Jamaluddin ’13, Richard Mazuski ’11, and Charlie Moore ’12.
JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS
Coach Jim Dodds
The young 2010 JV tennis team (Eight from Form III, eight from Form IV, and one from Form V) quickly jelled into a lean and mean fighting machine. Led by Trevor Jin ’12 and Brad Lenke ’12 at first doubles and James Capps ’12 and Will Moore ’13 at second doubles, the Rebels won 10 of their 14 dual meets.
Form I went undefeated this season.
Only four ABC League schools fielded JV teams: MICDS, John Burroughs, Principia and Priory. These teams met each other three times: first at the Burroughs Invitational, second in their regularly scheduled dual meets, and finally at the post-season league tournament. Priory defeated Burroughs and Principia each twice, but bowed twice to MICDS—once 2-3 but only in a tiebreaker, and then by a more decisive 2-6 loss. In the league tournament, players competed as individuals. First place winners were Capps and Moore in singles and Rocky Dara ’12, Connor Behnen ’13, Krishna Kumar ’12, and Wyatt Gill ’13 in doubles. Second place winners were Jin, Lenke, Brendan Phillips ’12, Michael King ’12, and Alex Noddings ’13 in singles, and Peter Forshaw ’12 and Steven Hanley ’13 in doubles.
track and field It was a difficult season for the Rebel’s Track and Field team. There were several bright spots throughout the season. Most notably were the performances by
throwers Colin Linkul ’11 and Dan Reitz ’10. In the Discus, Reitz finished second in the All-Catholic Meet (128’-3”) and finished fourth at the Marion Freeman invitational (118’-2”). Shot Putter Colin Linkul was able to string together wins at the All-Catholic Meet (50’-11”) and the Marion Freeman Invitational (50’-4”). Linkul was the ABC League Champion (51’-10 ½”), the MSHSAA District (51’10 ½”) and Sectional Champion (50’-4 ½”). Colin finished off his outstanding season with an All-State performance finishing fourth at the State Track and Field Championship with a throw of 50’ -7 ¼”. Priory’s distance runners had some success in the form of a win at the AllCatholic Meet in the 4x800m relay with Form V runners Nick D’Orazio and Niall Caparon turning in fast split times in the victory. The Sprinters were a young group this season with only one Form VI athlete in the faster events. Showing signs of rebuilding, Form III sprinter Sam Newman turned in some good performances on the season. Vince Jones ’11 showed promise as well for next seasons in the sprint events. SPRING 2010 issue
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