Foundations — Grade 12 • Jackson, Mississippi
February 28, 2023
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Girls Basketball
The Saints qualified for the Elite Eight for only the second time in school history this season. After winning the first two rounds, the Saints met up with the Bearcats of Forest High School. The game stayed close until late in the third quarter when the Bearcats managed to pull away and win 48-24. Leading the way for the Saints was Jessica Livingston (11). The Saints finished 20-9; 9-1 for the season.
The Seniors left quite a legacy for future teams by winning back-to-back regular season and district tournament championships, a conference record of 22-2, Quarter Round appearance last season and Elite 8 appearance this year. Congrats to our seniors and the rest of the team. Go Saints!
Boys Basketball
The Saints traveled Tuesday, February 14 to take on St. Patrick in the first round of the state playoffs. They jumped out to a 34-18 lead playing our best half of the year and withstood a furious second half rally by the home team to prevail 66-64 in overtime. The Saints placed four players in double figure scoring with Jameson McMillan leading the way with 16, JC Cook with 14, Heath Seawright with 13, and Larrson Calhoun with 10.
On Saturday night, February 18, the Saints made the trip down I-20 East to Morton High School to make up with the Panthers for the second round. After a tough, physical game, the Panthers prevailed by a score of 60-44 ending the Saints' season. The team was led in scoring by JC Cook with 29 points and Larrson Calhoun with 7. The Saints finished with an overall record of 19-12. "I am very proud of this team, and we will truly miss this group of 7 senior players and 3 senior managers who have meant so much to this program," said Head Coach Russell Marsalis. "We want to acknowledge JC Cook, Jameson McMillan, Heath Seawright, Devin Caddle, Mark Edward Wilson, J’Air Walters-Demerritt, Ant Jones, Kara Pickett, Sehej Gosain, and Nehemiah Thompson for their contributions and wish them the best in their future endeavors."
Track and Field
The varsity track team traveled to the Hattiesburg High Invitational this past Friday, February 24. The girls team finished 9th overall (1st for 3A schools) and the boys team finished 12th overall (3rd for 3A schools). Seven athletes had season bests in their events: Stella Jolly in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles, Emily Ireland in the 1600m, Liam Perry in the 1600m, William Skelton in the 3200m, Jack Adams in the 3200m, Robert Eriator in the Discus, and Arthur Gauthier in the Pole Vault along with 5 relay events which included the 4x100m (Jeffery Willis, Elijah Robinson, Justin Willis, Dylan Tobias), the boys 4x400m (Jude Misenar, Holden Caraway, Jack Purvis, Richard Burrow), the girls 4x400m (Stella Jolly, Emily Ireland, Olivia Kent, Claudia Maron), the boys 4x800m (William Skelton, Jack Adams, Jack Purvis, Liam Perry), and the girls 4x800m (Emily Ireland, Lucy Rust, Claudia Maron, India Mitchell).
Along with the seven athletes achieving season bests, there were 16 athletes who earned new personal records in their event: Sarah Dial Almand in the 200m and 300m hurdles, Jeffery Willis in the 100m and long jump, Elijah Robinson in the 100m and 200m, Dylan Tobias in the 100m, 200m, and long jump, Olivia Kent in the 100m hurdles, Justin Willis in the 200m and long jump, Claudia Maron in the 400m and 800m, Jessica Chen in the 400m, Richard Burrow in the 400m, Jude Misenar in the 400m, Jack Purvis in the 800m, Liam Perry in the 800m, India Mitchell in the 800m and 1600m, William Skelton in the 1600m, Raegan Mabry in the discus, and Larry Johnson in the shot put. As the Saints continue the season, they look forward to hosting both the St. Andrew's Invitational for Middle School this Thursday, March 2 and a varsity meet this Friday, March 3. Competition starts at 4:00 pm on Thursday and 12:00 pm on Friday. Go Saints!
Lacrosse
The Saints lacrosse team traveled down to Bay St. Louis on Friday, February 17 to play the St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws. The team triumphed beating the Rock-a-Chaws 8-3. Senior Patten Lane led the Saints scoring 5 goals and 1 assist while junior Banks Egger netted 2 and senior Charles Sanders scored 1. On Saturday, the team will travel to Memphis to play the Eagles of St. Benedict of Auburndale High School. Face-off will begin at 1:00 pm.
Baseball
St. Andrew's baseball had a busy week with lots of games. The Saints varsity team opened last week with a 10-9 win over Manchester Academy and a 7-4 loss to the Clinton Arrows. St. Andrew's then picked up two victories over the weekend against Central Hinds (17-3) and Pisgah (9-5). The junior varsity Saints defeated Central Hinds 7-2, Pisgah 9-4, while losing to Clinton 8-1.
All the baseball teams are busy again this week with JV/Varsity games Tuesday at Jackson Academy, and home JV/Varsity games against Central Hinds on Friday and Pearl on Saturday. The 9th grade team opened their season yesterday with a game against Manchester Academy and will also play Central Hinds Thursday at home. Please continue to check for the latest updates on the St. Andrew's website, as well as @SASaintsBsbl on twitter and @sa_saints_baseball on Instagram.
Softball
The varsity team fought hard against Ethel on Tuesday afternoon, February 21. For the first game of the season, the Saints had several things to be proud of. 8th grader Callie Sullivan was the starting pitcher and had a strikeout. Freshman Ashley Bryan made a great defensive play at shortstop. Sophomore Elaine Farr had the Saints lone hit with a rip up the middle. Junior Isabel Mitchell started her first ever softball game at catcher and did a phenomenal job.
The junior varsity team came up short against Ethel 6-0. For many of the girls, this was their first ever softball game. While the Saints did not have any hits, there were a lot of balls that were put into play. 7th grader Layla Roberts reached on an error and 7th grader Stella Roman was the starting pitcher and had 1 strikeout. Freshman Sophia Le came in to pitch for the first time ever in the last inning and ended the inning with a strike out.
On Thursday, February 23, varsity played hard and showed great improvement against a tough district opponent. 8th grader Callie Sullivan had 3 strikeouts and made a great play on a hot shot hit right back at her. 11th grader Isabel Mitchell hustled on a passed ball and with a flip to Callie Sullivan, they caught a girl trying to steal home. Sophomore Elaine Farr handled several hard hits to her at third base. Junior Catherine Bryson made a great catch in center field to end an inning when Seminary had runners on base. At the plate, Isabel Mitchell earned a walk and Sophomore Julia Mitchell had a single down the third base line.
The junior varsity team was only able to play 2 innings before it was too dark to safely see the ball. After two innings, we were down 10-2. The Saints first two runs of the season came from a single up the middle by 7th grader Mira Mitchell. She brought home 7th grader Stella Roman and 8th grader Lizzie Bryson who both reached base on walks. 7th grader Hazel Misenar played a phenomenal game at catcher. She showed great improvement with her blocking skills and almost caught two girls stealing home on passed balls.
Both teams hope to continue to show improvement this week against Magee and McAdams.
Tennis
Saints tennis played a district match against Morton on Tuesday, February 21 and won 7-0. Johnny Han and Leo Zhang played boys doubles, winning in a 3rd set tie breaker. This week they play Madison St. Joe on Wednesday at home and Yazoo County on Thursday.
Powerlifting
Larry Johnson will travel to Kossuth High School on Friday to compete in the North State 3A Boys Semi-finals Championship Powerlifting Meet, and the varsity girls powerlifting team (seniors Jasper Jones, Lucy McCain and 7th graders Miriam Camp and Kaybry Lewis) will travel to St. Patrick High School next Saturday (March 11) to compete in the South State 3A Girls Semi-finals Championship Powerlifting Meet.
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Foundations — Grade 12 • Jackson, Mississippi