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Middle School Athletics
2020 | 2021
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER/SPRING HIGHLIGHTS
GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL
• HVAC Champions • 8-1 season • Outstanding players: Nori Jamison ’26, Gabi Bullock ’26, & Emery Smith ’25 and Brenna Hanbury ’25 for defense.
BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL
• HVAC Champions • Outstanding players: Landon Sullivan ’25, Ethan Utley ’25, Justin Hopkins ’26, Jonah Biller ’25, Sam Haley ’25, Jack
Watts ’25
6TH GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
• HVAC Basketball Runner-Up • Outstanding players: Hollis Jacobs as point guard, Eleanor Denbo and Makaylah Batten as leading scorers, and Ella Meade Poe and Caroline Watts for rebounding.
6TH BOYS’ BASKETBALL
• HVAC Jr. Division Champions • Undefeated season • Led by Harrison Hampton, Warner Hart, Daniel McGugin, Cutler Smith,
Dain Clark
BOYS’ SWIMMING
• 6th - 200 medley relay: Alex Aplin ’27, Elliott Darr ’26, Cameron Herring ’26,
Owen Moeller ’25
• 6th - 200 free relay: Elliott Darr ’26,
Cameron Herring ’26, Alex Aplin ’27, Lee Atwood ’26
• Elliott Darr ’26: 6th- 200 free, 3rd- 100 fly • Alex Aplin ’27: 6th- 100 free, 9th - 100 breast • Cameron Herring ’26: 16th - 100 free
GIRLS’ SWIMMING
• HVAC Champions • 400 free relay broke a record with a final time of 3:58.82 (Leah Jackson ’25, Lizzie McWilliams ’25, Alex Glenn ’26, & Mac Spurrier ’27) • Leah Jackson ’25: 1st - 200 free; 100 back • Lizzie McWilliams ’25 1st - 50 free; 3rd - 100 fly • Alex Glenn ’26 2nd - 200 IM & 100 breast • Gracie Corn ’25 5th - 50 free; 3rd - 100 breast • Sidney Tompkins ’25 6th - 50 free; 7th - 100 free • Audrey Bailey ’26 11th - 50 free; 9th - 100 free • Hayden Cherry ’26 13th - 50 free; 11th - 100 free • Sydney Johnson ’26 13th-100 free; 16th- 100 breast • Mac Spurrier ’27 6th -50 free; 4th- 100 breast • Zoey Rushing ’27 6th- 100 fly; 5th- 100 breast • Elsa Staelin ’27 8th - 200 IM & 5th - 100 back • Caroline Cox ’27 16th - 100 free • Allanah Wong ’27 12th - 100 back • 1st - 200 medley relay
SOFTBALL
• Standout players: Mia Thompson ’25,
Leah Jackson ’25, Gabbie Snell ’25, Niamiah Taylor ’25
VARSITY BASEBALL
• Led by 8th graders William Hull, Lachlan Newell, Jack Watts, and 7th graders Aiden Nick, Cameron Obee, and Blake Surratt.
5TH AND 6TH BASEBALL
• 5th graders led by Shep Porterfield, Hines Porterfield, Corbin Clintsman, and Gage Bullock. • 6th grade team led by Cutler Smith,
Dan McGugin, and Cael Tierney GIRLS’ TRACK AND FIELD
• Fourth place in HVAC Finals Individual medalists: • Caroline Watts ’27 – 3rd - high jump • Gabi Bullock ‘26 – 2nd - 100m hurdles • Lily Bowen ’25 – 2nd - 1600m run • Tess Staelin ’25 – 3rd - 400m dash • Selin Weitkamp ’25, Elli Baker ’25, Lilly Bowen ’25, and Eleanor Denbo ’27 –3rd - 4 × 800m relay • Gabi Bullock ’26, Coco McGehee ’26, Lizzie McWilliams ’25, & Tess Staelin ’25 – 3rd - 4 × 200m relay
BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD
• Second place in HVAC Finals • Ethan Utley ’25 - 2nd - shot put & 2nd - discus • Sam Haley ’25 - 2nd - long jump, 3rd - 100m dash, 3rd - 200m dash • Grant Rehm ’25, Mack Mahlendorf ’25, Braxton Gunn ‘ 25, and Jonah Biller ’25 – 2nd - 4 × 800m relay • Justin Hopkins ’26, Jackson Reid ’25, Logan Miller ’25, and Jack Tompkins ’26 – first place in the 4 × 200m relay • Justin Hopkins ’26, Jackson Reid ’25, Logan Miller ’25, and Sam Haley ‘25 – 2nd - 4 × 100m relay • Jackson Reid ’25, Braxton Gunn ’25, Edward Duncan ’26, and Jack Tompkins ’26 – 2nd - 4 × 400m relay
GIRLS’ LACROSSE
• HVAC Champions • Led by 8th graders Sophie Gill, Kate Haney, Elise Mason, Grace Prentice, and
Grace Thompson
BOYS’ LACROSSE
• Standout players: Owen Campbell ’25, Rush Buntin ’25, Justin Nozko ’26, and
