Lions Win State

Water Polo
Back-to-back-to-back-to-back: The Lions are champions again!!! The varsity water polo team defeated Cedar Park, Houston Rebels and Dallas Consolidated en route to the team's 4th straight TISCA (Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) Championship. It was a group effort from the get-go with all classes doing their part. Freshman Tyson Diep scored five goals while sophomores Matthew Liu (7), Oliver Geheb (2), Joshua Goforth (1) and Doan Nguyen (5) added 15 goals on the weekend. The junior class of Leo Scheiner (8), Ben Chen (4), Jaden Ouyang (9), Joseph Sun (2) and even goalie Gage Fojtasek (1) added 24 goals, and seniors Ethan Gao (4), Dawson Yao (2) and Howard Zhang (2) contributed eight goals during the championship run.  

Volleyball
The varsity volleyball team traveled to Trinity Valley on Tuesday in a match-up that would determine the top team in the SPC North Zone. The Lions played consistently on offense and defense and were able to win the match 3-1 and maintain sole possession of first place in the zone. On Friday, Casady traveled to Dallas from OKC to face the Lions for a second time this season. The Cyclones were hoping to avenge their 3-1 home defeat and they brought their A-game to Dallas. The match saw the Lions win game 1, 25-18, but Casady would grind out wins in games 2 and 3 by scores of 27-25 and 29-27. The Lions regrouped and took game 4, 25-17 and send the match to the decisive fifth game. Behind clutch hitting by Jacob Lobdell and Charlie Gordy and a couple of key blocks by William Morrow, the Lions edged the Cyclones 16-14 and St. Mark's now sits at 5-0 in the SPC North Zone with a two-game lead on 2nd place with 3 matches to play. This week, volleyball travels to Ft. Worth Country Day on Tuesday and then hosts Greenhill on Homecoming Friday at 5:15 p.m.  

Football
On Friday night, the Lions Football team hosted Episcopal High School (Houston). Early in the game, the Lions put together a long drive, sparked by Max Bean and Baker Long and capped off by a Max Levy field goal that made the game 7-3. The defense made some key early stops and the offense reached the red zone multiple times, but the Lions ultimately did not consistently execute and lost to a strong EHS team, 41-3. The Lions' defense competed hard through a tough game, and Danny Weinstein, Noah Williams, and Jack Baker all recorded double-digit tackles. After a tough stretch of losses, the Lions will host longtime opponent Greenhill this Friday night for Homecoming and Senior Night. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. with the senior recognition occurring before the game at 6:30 p.m. and the Homecoming Court presentation happening at halftime. 

Cross Country
After two weeks competing on the road, the varsity cross country team took a much-needed weekend off to recharge before their final two races of the season. This week, the Lions compete in the SPC North Zone Championship race held at Norbuck Park on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 9:45 a.m.