St. John’s (6th, 23rd) hosts Kinkaid (5th, 21st) in a Max Field Hockey top-ten regional and top-25 national match-up. Start time is 4:45 p.m. on Finnegan Field. Please click here for the livestream.
St. John’s Girls and Boys Cross Country won the varsity divisions at the 44th Ramble race held at Spring Creek Park in Tomball. The girls, led by overall winner Taylor Synnott ’28 (18:24.9), finished with a 13-point margin of victory. Mary Elizabeth Villa ’26, Sofia Kiyama ’26, Kiki Boukas ’28, and Logan Barrett ’29 rounded out the scoring for the Mavericks. The boys were paced by Andrew Wasserman ’26 (16:15.4), who finished 5th overall. Sam Caruso ’27, Asher Gurr ’29, Horatio Wilcox ’26, and Henry Caputo ’26 joined in the scoring for a 35-point margin of victory.
After the races, SJS honored their seniors: Avery DiNardo, Kori Hagins, Sofia Kiyama, Mary Elizabeth Villa, Bryanna Micu, Claire Connelly, Jennifer Lin, Andrew Wasserman, Henry Caputo, Horatio Wilcox, Quentin Nicholson, Akash McCracken, Julian Juang, Carter Lawrence, Lachlan McFarland, and Jonathan Dokupil.
The Mavs travel to Austin on October 25 for the St. Andrew’s Invitational, followed by the SPC Championships held back at Spring Creek Park on November 8.
St. John's Girls and Boys Cross Country made the grade against top runners this past weekend at the Hoka McNeil Invitational (TX), and the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational (KY), respectively. See MileSplit TX for more on the Mavs.
St. John’s Boys Cross Country traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, for this Saturday’s running of the Trinity-Valkyrie Invitational, the oldest running event in the state, going back six decades. The Mavericks ran in the Championship Division against 41 other teams and in the Freshman/Sophomore race. For race results, please click here.
Varsity Field Hockey’s 2025 schedule is as tough as it gets. Their next eight games are against Max Field Hockey regionally and nationally ranked teams. The stretch of games includes two out-of-state road trips and SPC games. This weekend, the Mavericks travel to Chicago to play New Trier HS (IL) (#12 nation, #3 WMW region), Pioneer HS (MI) (#5 WMW region), and Loyola Academy (IL) (OC WMW region). The Mavericks return to Houston to play Kinkaid (#10 nation, #2 WMW region) on September 11. The next week, they fly to Pennsylvania for three games at the Max Field Hockey National tournament. Episcopal (OC WMW region) hosts on September 25.
Congratulations to the St. John's Girls' Athletic program for winning the SPC Directors Cup for the third consecutive year. The Boys finished in fourth place. The Directors Cup began in 2009 and is calculated from the combined standings in SPC sports for the 2024-2025 fall, winter, and spring seasons. St. John’s has won seven coed Directors Cups, eight Girls titles, and one in the Boys division.
Spring SPC finished up in Greater Houston this past weekend. Boys Tennis won their first SPC title since 1994. Girls Tennis, Softball, and Girls Track & Field all finished Runners-Up. Baseball ended up in third, and Boys Track & Field placed fourth. Earlier, Boys and Girls Lacrosse finished third and fourth, respectively. Girls Golf took third, and Boys Golf landed in fourth.
St. John’s Mavericks represent multiple levels of USA Field Hockey. Gracey Crawford ’26 competed for USA Field Hockey U-18 team in Tonbridge, England, April 18-21. USA 18’s finished the tour with a 2-2 record against Czechia, England, Scotland, and Poland. Valentina Baizan ’27 was named to the USA U-16 team. Juliana Boon ’24 was selected for the U-21 team, and former Olympian Kelsey Bing ’16 is on the USA Women’s National Team.