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Touchdown Club Football Honorees
Congratulations to Jim Rouse '21, Mansfield Owsley '21, and Eric Johnson '21 for being selected as 2020 All-Greater Houston Preseason Private School Honorees by the Touchdown Club of Houston.Read More -
Johnston Receives HTA Scholarship
Congratulations to Katherine Johnston '20 for receiving the National Senior Women's Clay Court Championship Scholarship from HTA.Read More
Katherine was a three-sport athlete at St. John's (cross country, basketball, tennis) and a super champ tennis player. She is now in her first year at Washington University in St. Louis and a member of the varsity tennis team. -
US Conditioning & Fall Sport Skill Instruction
The Athletic Department has set Monday, August 31 as the date for the Fall US sports programs to return to campus. Guidelines set forth by the Medical Advisory Team will be used to allow our US student/athletes to begin training with their Fall sports teams. The on-campus voluntary training sessions will not be utilized for tryouts. Rather, the sessions will emphasize conditioning and individual sport skill instruction. The training session will run M-F from 5:00–6:00pm. For specific information regarding the program, please reach out directly to the Varsity Fall coaches.Read More
Football - Practice Field 2.5. Or Randall(weather). Kevin Veltri. kveltri@sjs.org
Field Hockey - Finnegan Field. Brenda Mercado. bmercado@sjs.org
Boys Cross Country - Track. Richie Mercado. rmercado@sjs.org
Girls Cross Country - Track. Rachel Fabre. rfabre@sjs.org
Boys Volleyball - Track & Big Red. Chaz Hulett. chulett@sjs.org
Girls Volleyball - Track & Big Red. Shelbi Irvin. sirvin@sjs.org
For those athletes planning on attending, a signed Covid-19 Self Screening Contract Form is required. -
SPC Cancels Fall 2020 Athletic Season
Read MorePlease see the following update regarding The Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) fall 2020 season. With this announcement, St. John's plans to announce how it will approach fall athletics in a school-wide communication on Monday, August 24.SPC Board of Directors Statement Regarding the FALL 2020 Athletic Season:* We recognize each of our member schools is under unusual and challenging circumstances regarding each aspect of school operations.* We recognize we are members of a Conference with a wide variance in local conditions, approaches and opinions regarding how to handle these challenging circumstances as they relate to athletic competition.* We recognize our member schools are located in multiple metro areas, spread over a wide geographic area, with varying health conditions, regulations, public opinions and governmental recommendations.Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the SPC Board of Directors approves the cancellation of the 2020 fall SPC athletic season.The SPC Board of Directors further approves maintaining existing plans for the winter and spring SPC Championship seasons, and those plans be sustained without alteration and played as currently scheduled consistent with current SPC policies. The Operations Committee and SPC Board of Directors will revisit plans for winter and spring seasons at a later date and determine if any adjustments are required as a result of circumstances at that time. -
Mavericks Win Directors' Cups
Read MoreCongratulations to the St. John's Mavericks for winning the 2019-2020 SPC Directors' Cup as the top athletic program for both coed schools and girls’ programs in the Southwest Preparatory Conference. The Maverick Girls’ program, led by SPC championships in Field Hockey and Swimming, finished first in the standings. The Boys’ were led by a single SPC title in Wrestling for second-place. In total, St. John’s has won six SPC AD Cups as the top Coed Athletic Program in the SPC (2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2018-19, 2019-20). St. John's has also earned five AD Cups for the top girls' program and one for the top boys' program. -
PCA Triple Impact Finalists Announced
Congratulations to our PCA Triple-Impact Competitor® Scholarship Finalists Ella Kalapatapu '21 and Landon McKelvey '21!Read More -
Fall Sports Preseason Announcement
Since the SJS decision to begin the school year on Wednesday, August 19 remotely, the start ofRead More
US Fall Preseason has been pushed back until Tuesday, September 8. The beginning of the US Fall practices will lead into the recent SPC announcement that competition between schools for all of our Fall sports has been moved to, at the earliest, September 8. SPC Counter contests will not occur until, at the earliest, the week of September 21.No decisions have been made at this time regarding the MS Fall season. We are in frequent contact with the Houston Junior Preparatory Conference (HJPC) and other peer schools about what may be feasible for this Fall and beyond.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Fall Varsity Head Coaches listed below with specific questions related to the start of the Fall season.Kevin Veltri Head Varsity Football Coach kveltri@sjs.org Brenda Mercado Head Varsity Field Hockey bmercado@sjs.org Richie Mercado Head Boys’ Varsity Cross Country rmercado@sjs.org Rachel Fabre Head Girls’ Varsity Cross Country rfabre@sjs.org Shelbi Irvin Head Girls’ Varsity Volleyball sirvin@sjs.org Chaz Hulett Head Boys’ Varsity Volleyball chulett@sjs.org -
Fall Sports Announcement from SPC
Read MoreAs a conference committed to the health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches and communities, the SPC continues to access and review the appropriate public health and safety information from medical experts. We value the importance of our athletic programs as vital parts of our schools' developmental programs. The commissioner continues to meet regularly with heads of school and athletic directors from our member schools during the summer to explore and review every possibility for providing the safest, most appropriate and most meaningful experiences for our student-athletes.
At this time SPC schools are agreeing to delay any competition between schools for any of our sports to, at earliest, September 8th. SPC counter games would not occur until, at earliest, the week of September 21. SPC will not regulate when or how individual member schools hold training sessions or practices during the unusual circumstances of COVID-19.
Chris Gunnin, Chair of the SPC Board of Directors
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All-Greater Houston Soccer
Read MoreCongratulations to Katina Christensen '21 and Alec Jazaeri '20 for making the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Private School soccer teams.
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