Lion Sports Update 09/28

The varsity cross country team enjoyed a successful weekend at the Lovejoy XC Fall Festival. It was the largest Cross Country meet the team has ever participated in. There were over 3,700 runners from as far away as Alabama. Running in the 5A-6A race, the Lions finished 2nd out of 40 schools, losing only to Marietta, OK. Daniel Cope ’17 again led the team with a second place finish with a time of 16:25. He was followed by Seth Weprin ’19 who ran a lifetime best of 16:55 to finish 7th overall. Sam Shane ’18 came in next, also with a lifetime best of 17:13 to Finish 12th overall. Next came Scott Smythe ’17 who finished 26th overall, Emmett Berger ’19 in 66th, and Jayan Joshi ’19 in 101st. The Varsity “B” Team ran in the 1A-4A Race and finished 4th overall out of 18 schools. They were led by Andres Arroyo ’20, who ran a lifetime best of 18:32 to finish 16th overall. He was followed by Cole Duffy ’19 who finished 23rd overall, Pablo Arroyo ’20 in 24th, George Lamb ’19 in 26th, Andre Arsenault ’18 in 30th, Mateo Diaz ’18 in 37th, and Cal Rushton ’18 in 38th. The JV Team was led by Antonio Ivarra ’19. A special note that the MS Team race their first race of the year and finished 2nd out of 20 schools. They were led by Noah Soliz ’22, Mark Motlow ’21 and Julian Ivarra ’21. This week the Lions travel to Keller, TX to participate in the Falcon Fast Invitational. The Upper and Middle School will again be competing in the same meet.

 

The varsity fencing team hosted a large regional tournament this past Saturday and Sunday called the St. Mark’s/Hockaday Duel at Dallas. Many St. Mark’s fencers competed in several different events. Top finishers in each division are listed below.

Cadet (U17) Men’s Epee

                Dylan Liu ’19 – 14th

Cadet (U17) Men’s Foil

                Christopher Wang ’20 – 7th

Junior (U20) Men’s Epee

                Keith Kadesky ’17 – 12th

Junior (U20) Men’s Foil

                Christopher Wang ’20 – 3rd

Junior (U20) Men’s Saber

                Eddie Yang ’17 – 3rd

                Ivan Day ’17 – 9th

                Jake Horigome-Pigg ’18 – 12th

                Eric Shang ’17 – 18th

 

The varsity volleyball team played two road games last week. On Wednesday, the team beat Ft. Worth Country Day 3-0 and then on Friday, the team traveled to Houston to play Kinkaid, also winning that match 3-0. The Lions are now 4-0 in SPC South Zone play. This week the team hosts Trinity Valley on Tuesday and then goes back to Houston to play Episcopal High School on Friday and St. John’s on Saturday. 

 

The varsity football team had another tough game against a strong opponent from Houston. The Kinkaid Falcons jumped out to a 24-0 lead at the half. Never giving up, the Lions managed to play close to even football in the second half of the game, scoring 14 points to Kinkaid’s 17 second-half points. Final score: St. Mark’s 14 – Kinkaid 41. Canyon Kyle ’18 led the Lions in passing with 144 yards and 1 TD, Jonathan Taylor ’19 had 44 yards on 7 rushing attempts, and Rish Basu ’17 had a game high 162 yards receiving and 1 TD. Next up for the Lions is a home game this Friday against All Saints who currently sits atop the SPC 4A standings.

 

Sam Acho ’07 had 3 tackles and 1 assisted tackle in the Chicago Bears game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night here in Dallas. 

 

Ty Montgomery ’11 had 1 kick return for 24 yards in the Green Bay Packers game on Sunday against the Detroit Lions. However, it was the play that Ty made on another kickoff that had people talking this weekend. Ty exploited a little known rule to the Packers advantage, giving the Packers excellent field position that resulted in a Packers touchdown. See the play and how Ty did it HERE.