Athletics News

Girls’ Cross Country spent last season in 2020 without the usual fanfare and competitive schedule. The first four meets were canceled and the season was limited to three competitions: the John Cooper Invitational, a five-team Ramble, and the Houston Private School Championships. The South Zone and SPC championship meets were canceled as well. Also missing were seniors. All the veterans of last year were juniors from the class of 2021. Now they are leading their team as seniors, and the results tell the story as St. John’s convincingly won the 40th Ramble paced by first-time Ramble winner Cici Calhoun ’22. St. John’s finished with 41 points ahead of second-place John Cooper (58).  See Athletic.net for the complete team and individual results. 

The Mavericks battled the Knights this week starting with Boys Volleyball on Tuesday at EHS and ending with Varsity Football on Friday at home on Skip Lee Field.  The overall team results were tied at 4-4 until the final whistle of the varsity football game.  St. John's led at halftime 14-13, but EHS took a 20-17 lead late in the third period.  In the fourth period, the Knights drove the ball deep into Maverick territory and looked to pad their lead only to throw an interception near the Maverick goal line.  St. John's then marched 99 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and the defense held the Knights on their final possession for a first SJS Varsity Football win over EHS since 2011. For the football game recap in the Chronicle please click here. 

Game schedule/results:

Tuesday: Boys Volleyball @ EHS: JV (2-0 Loss); Varsity (3-1 Loss)

Thursday: Girls Volleyball vs EHS (Liu Court): JV2 (2-0 Win), JV1 (2-1 Loss), Varsity (3-2 Loss)

Thursday: JV Football @ EHS (19-7 Win)

Thursday: Field Hockey vs EHS (Finnegan Field): Varsity (5-0 Win), JV (1-0 Win)

Friday: Varsity Football vs EHS (Lee Field) (24-20 Win)

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Maverick Cross Country found the winner's circle on Saturday at multiple events held across the state. Emmanuel Sgouros ’22 won the Gold Division at the McNeil Invitational with a time of 15:01. The Varsity Girls’ won the McNeil 6A division led by medalists Cici Calhoun ’22 (3rd) and Sarah Clark ’22 (17th). St. John’s also won the Woodlands Christian Varsity Boys and JV Boys races.  Lyle Raymond ’25 won the JV race as the Mavericks finished with a perfect score of 15 points!  

Congratulations to Emmanuel Sgouros ’22 for winning the 3000 meters at the Balkan U18 Championships held in Kraljevo, Serbia. Running for Greece, Emmanuel posted a personal best time of 8:23.78, just ahead of the second-place runner from Austria who ran an 8:25.52 time. The third-place runner from Serbia clocked in at 8:35.16.

St. John’s Mavericks Alexis Burger ’25, Ellie Burger ’25, Gracey Crawford ’26, and Chloe West ’25, competed at the USA Field Hockey National Club Championships held in Virginia Beach, VA on June 24-26, 2021. The four Mavs were on the Texas Pride U-14 team that posted a 4-2 record, and finished 9th out of 16 clubs. Their team was also Texas’ first team in this age group to qualify for the National Club Championships. 

St. John’s Athletics put a capstone to the 2020-2021 year of sports with the annual Maverick Athletic Ceremony and awards presentation.  The recorded video pays tribute to all of the hard work and dedication of athletes, coaches, support staff, administration, and parents. The awards include the first recipient of The Angie Kensinger Athletic Award, The Athletic Achievement Awards, and The Not Without Honor Awards.

Elliot Anton – Sewanee Lacrosse (Tigers); Jack Ben-Shoshan – Rice Baseball (Owls); George Caldwell – Sewanee Football (Tigers); Katina Christensen – Dartmouth Lacrosse (Big Green); Roe Crawford – Swarthmore Lacrosse (Garnet); Ainsley Dodson – Wesleyan Swimming (Cardinals); Piper Edwards – Dartmouth Field Hockey (Big Green); Maya Estrera – Swarthmore Softball (Garnet); Matt Fleming – Washington & Lee Baseball (Generals); *Cai Flowers – Fordham Swimming & Diving (Rams); Anne-Charlotte Gillard – Harvard Water Polo (Crimson); Jack Goldstein – U of Chicago Baseball (Maroons); Katcher Halligan – McLennan Baseball (Highlanders); Matthew Hensel – Middlebury Swimming (Panthers); Carter Hollingsworth – Amherst Soccer (Mammoths); Leyton Howell – Trinity Univ.  Baseball (Tigers); Sebastian Jimenez – Duke Wrestling (Blue Devils); Eric Johnson – RPI Football (Engineers); *Tyler Kennedy – Virginia Field Hockey (Cavaliers); Tyson Luna – Amherst Baseball (Mammoths); Georgianna Mathews – Swarthmore Swimming (Garnet); Henry Miller – Occidental Cross Country (Tigers); Grace Nockolds – Johns Hopkins Field Hockey (Blue Jays); Jules Nunn – Trinity Univ. Basketball (Tigers); Olivia O’Reilly – Middlebury Soccer (Panthers); Jackson Peakes – Rice Basketball (Owls); Jim Rouse – U of Chicago Football (Maroons); Josh Schwartz – Tufts Cross Country (Jumbos); Nina Varma – Yale Squash (Bulldogs); Emile Vlahos – U of Chicago Football (Maroons); Kirk Waller – U of Chicago Baseball (Maroons); Lyndon Way – Babson Soccer (Beavers).

 

* Signed NLI

St. John’s Girls’ Varsity Golf won the 2021 South Zone Championship held at Woodforest Golf Club in Montgomery, Texas on Tuesday. The Mavericks shot a team total of 315 for first place ahead of Kinkaid (322). Ashley Yen ’22 finished first place overall with a score of 72 and Brielle Burns ’24 shot 75 for fourth place. Eloise Chapman ’23 posted an 82 for 8th, and Reyna Ngu ’22 turned in an 86 for 10th to factor in the team tally.  St. John's Boys', led by Sean O'Neal '21 (73, tied for 3rd) and Aiden Manji '21 (75, 6th), finished in third place.

Emmanuel Sgouros '21 is breaking school records, setting new PR's, and is hard to catch in Texas, Alabama, and North Carolina so far.  Sgouros ranks 4th in the state and 20th in the nation in the 1600 meters with his latest time of  4:12.28 (school record).  Emmanuel also broke the school record in the 3200 meters winning the New Balance Dash for Doobie 3200 meter race in Winston Salem, NC with a time of 9:05.92.  Drew Woodfolk '18 previously held the record with a time of 9:45.35. Sgouros, Pierce Ederle '21, Josh Schwartz '21, and William Thames '23 also broke the Nick Finnegan Spring Invitational meet record (8:03.95) and school record (8:00.86) previously held by Sam Faraguna '19, Sam Ho '18, Douglas Parsley '20, and Woodfolk. 

St. John’s Mavericks Girls’ (6-1) and Boys’ (5-1) Tennis teams finish SPC South Zone competition on Thursday versus Awty.  Recently, St. John's made their mark at two tough UIL tournaments.

Congratulations to the following girls who were named to the 2020 National Field Hockey Coaches Association High School National Academic Squad:

Megan Chang, Sloan Davidson, Piper Edwards, Tyler Kennedy, Campbell Lee, Mary Louise Mannon, Margaux Marinelli, Grace Nockolds, Caroline Pressler, Lindsey Price, Rachel Tompson, and Megan Wetzel.

St. John’s Swimming and Diving made a big splash this past weekend at the 2021 Houston Invitational Championship held at Westfield High School Natatorium.  The Girls won two relays and one individual event to finish first with 105.5 points.  Kinkaid was second with 85.5.  The Boys won six events including a school-record performance in the 50 freestyle by John Perdue ’22, to capture the Boys title with 132 points. John Cooper and Awty tied for second with 48 points apiece.