Athletics News

Not many coaches can say they stood at the helm of a program for more than four decades. Coach Steve Gleaves just finished his 42nd season as a head tennis coach in the SPC conference, having held that position at Kinkaid for 11 seasons prior to the 31 seasons he coached at St. John's. 

Congratulations to the 2022 SPC Girls' Golf champions for being recognized by the Houston Chronicle.  Coach Jack Soliman was named Private School Coach of the Year.  Brielle Burns and Ashley Yen were named to the All-Greater Houston Private School team.

Congratulations to our All-SPC winners from the 2022 spring season:

Congratulations to St. John's Mavericks Varsity Girls' Lacrosse TGHSLL 2022 honorees:
All-South District: Alexa Christensen, Lilly Price, Sydney Fullen, Savi Augustine.
TGHSLL All-State: Alexa Christensen, Savi Augustine.
The Mavericks ended their season with a 10-9 loss to Austin Westlake in the TGHSLL semi-finals on May 7.

The 2022 Maverick Athletic Commitment Ceremony honored 21 St. John's seniors who will be competing in the NCAA's starting this fall.  The program can be viewed here. 

• Girls Golf: SPC Champions team two-day score 600
• Girls’ Tennis: SPC Champions 4-1 win vs Greenhill 
• Boys’ Tennis: SPC Runner-up 3-2 loss to John Cooper
• Girls’ Lacrosse: SPC Runner-up 16-6 loss  vs Hockaday
• Softball: SPC Runner-up  7-3 loss vs EHS 
• Baseball: 4th place 6-2 loss vs Trinity Valley
• Boys' Lacrosse: 5th place
• Track & Field: Girls finish 6th; Boys finish 7th
• Boys' Golf: 9th Place

• Boys’ Tennis (S1) 3-2 win vs ESD (N4); 4-1 win vs St. Mark's (Houston Christian)
• Girls’ Tennis (S1) 5-0 win vs Trinity Valley (N4); 5-0 win vs Awty (Lost Forest Tennis Club)
• Girls’ Lacrosse (S1) 14-6 win vs St. Stephen’s (N4);  7-5 win vs ESD 
• Softball (S2) 20-1 win vs Hockaday (N3); 13-1 win vs Kinkaid
• Track & Field (Awty)
• Baseball 7-4 win vs Oakridge (N2); 5-1 loss to Kinkaid;  

• Track & Field (Awty)
• Girls’ Lacrosse, Softball, Baseball, Boys’ Tennis, Girls’ Tennis: TBD 

Congratulations to Girls' Lacrosse and Boys' Tennis (Singles and Doubles) for winning the spring 2022 HJPC tournaments.

Congratulations to Sebastian Williams-Adams '25 for being named Newcomer of the Year for the All-Greater Houston Boys Basketball Private School division, presented by the Houston Chronicle. 

Congratulations to Barrett Mossman '24, Matthew Perez '22, Sebastian Grannen '23, Cinco Grobmyer '23, and John Perdue '22 for being named to the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Private School Wrestling team.  Head Coach Alan Paul was also recognized as the Private School Coach of the Year.

Congratulations to St. John's Girls and Boys swimmers for earning TISCA Private School All-State honors.

Girls' team: Ella Flowers, Katie Czelusta, Annika Hensel, Lexie Lukens, Hannah Woodhouse, Lillian Poag, Katie Wasserman, Claire Field, Elizabeth Reed

Boys' team: Warren Kozak, Michael Skaribas, Todd Achuff, Alex Miao, Nick Hensel, James Flowers, Ryan Guthrie, Bryce Pollock, Jeremiah Broughton

St. John's Girls' Track and Field team won the 55th Maverick Relays with 87 points, just ahead of EHS (84). There were many SPC qualifying marks by girls and boys. The Boys' team finished in 7th place. Complete results are HERE. 

Congratulations to our All-SPC winners from the 2021-2022 winter season:

Boys Basketball: Jackson Cormier, Sebastian Williams-Adams

Congratulations to Kristina Johnson '24 for being named to the 2022 USA Field Hockey U-16 Women's National Team. The U-16 team will train together in March in preparation for a series of matches against Canada in late April.

St. John's Varsity Wrestling is fresh off their 8th SPC title, won last weekend in Fort Worth.  On Saturday (2/19) they won't have to travel as far to grab the program's 16th overall title at the Texas Prep State Championships held at St. Thomas High School in Houston. The top four finishers will achieve all-state honors and the top three will also qualify for nationals on 2/25-2/26 held at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, MD.

On Friday, Boys Swimming & Diving won their second SPC title scoring 109 points while besting runner-up Kinkaid by over 30 points. The Girls' team finished with 77 points for second place just one point ahead of St. Andrew's. Saturday's highlights featured early morning wins by Boys Soccer over St. Andrew's and Girls Basketball over Trinity Valley.  In the afternoon, Boys Basketball also finished with a solid win over St. Mark's for 3rd place. Wrestling won their 8th SPC title with a score of 245.5 and more than 50 points ahead of runner-up EHS. Girls Soccer was in the title game for the 4th consecutive winter SPC. The Mavericks scored first but Hockaday answered and took advantage of a strong north wind in the second half pulling away with a 2-1 win as St. John's finished SPC Runners-Up. 

Final results:
Boys' Swimming/Diving: SPC CHAMPIONS
Wrestling: SPC CHAMPIONS
Girls' Swimming/Diving: SPC RUNNERS-UP
Girls' Soccer: win vs Casady; win vs ESD; loss vs Hockaday: SPC RUNNERS-UP
Boys' Basketball: win vs St. Stephen's; loss vs EHS; win vs St. Mark's: 3rd PLACE 
Girls' Basketball: loss vs Casady; win vs FWCD; win vs Trinity Valley: 9th PLACE
Boys' Soccer: loss vs Greenhill; win vs Trinity Valley; win vs St. Andrew's: 9th PLACE

For scores and updated brackets click here.
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Congratulations to Sloan Davidson ’22 for being named MAX Field Hockey Player of the Year for theTexas/Oklahoma State West/Midwest Region. Sloan was also selected to the MAX Field Hockey’s 2021 High School National All-American First Team and named 1st-team All-American by the NFHCA.

Congratulations to the following St. John's Mavericks field hockey players for being named to the 2021 NFHCA High School National Academic Squad: Anna Kate Black’ 23, Bella Blue ’23, Megan Chang ’22, Sloan Davidson ’22, Maddie Kim ’23, Sarah McClure ’22, Frances Moriniere ’23, Lilly Price ’23, Erin Walsh ’22, and Megan Wetzel ’22.

Congratulations to Emmanuel Sgouros '22 for being named the 2021-22 Gatorade Texas Boys Cross Country Player of the Year.

The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) has announced that the 2021 St. John's Varsity Football team is a State Finalist for the 2021-22 National Football Foundation High School Academic Excellence Award. 

St. John's Wrestling finished 8th at the 14th Annual Prep Slam Tournament hosted by Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA. The Mavs were led by John Perdue '22 (2nd), Matthew Perez '22 (4th), Wyatt Cyprow '22 (6th), and Mason Lum '25 (6th).