Lion Sports Update (10/18)

On Friday night, the Lions’ football team traveled to Houston and took a 49-13 loss to the still undefeated St. John’s Mavericks. The Lions jumped out early, as Keats Leffel tackled the St. John’s punter in the opponents’ territory to set up a scoring drive capped by a 1-yard TD run by Asher Wilburn. Ultimately, the Lions’ defense was unable to consistently stop the Mavericks’ rushing attack and St. John’s carried the day. While the Lions’ offense moved the ball, buoyed by Niles Harvey’s 92 total yards, they were unable to convert on critical fourth downs and ultimately came up short. The 5-2 Lions return home to play Episcopal High School of Houston for this Friday’s Homecoming Game at 7:00 p.m.

The varsity volleyball team played two SPC North Zone counter matches last week. On Tuesday, the Lions hosted Ft. Worth Country Day and made quick work of the Falcons, winning 3-0. On Friday, the team traveled to Greenhill. The match couldn’t have been closer, needing all 5 sets to determine a winner. In the 5th set tied 15-all, a replay of a point went to the Hornets and a few points later, they also took the final set (18-16) and the match. The Lions sit firmly in third place in the SPC North Zone (8-3, 3-2 SPC NZ) traveling to Excel Volleyball Club (at Courtside Sports Center in Carrollton) on Tuesday and then host Trinity Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Homecoming Friday in a crucial SPC counter match.

 

The varsity cross country team engaged in a “friendly” two-mile run on the track at Greenhill on Saturday. The varsity group “sandwiched” the run in-between 2 x 20 min long runs around their campus before and after the race on the track. Sahil Dodda cruised to a 9:41, followed by Raja Mehendale with an impressive 10:17. The rest of the team ran well and then finished off with another good long run. This week the entire team will compete in the SPC North Zone Meet on Friday, Oct. 22 at 9:45 am at Norbuck Park.  

 

Strength & Conditioning and Track & Field Coach Kevin Dilworth was inducted into the Abilene Christian University Hall of Fame over the weekend. The following is a statement from ACU’s Athletic Department regarding Kevin’s accomplishments that earned him this distinction: 

Kevin Dilworth, Men's Track and Field (1995-96)
Dilworth was one of the top collegiate long jumpers in the U.S. during his illustrious Wildcat career, capturing the NCAA Division II indoor national championship in the long jump in 1996. He was the top collegiate performer in the U.S. in 1996 with a best jump of 27-9.50 and was also a two-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier (1996 and 2000). Dilworth was a member of Team U.S.A. at the IAAF World Championships in 1999, Pan American Games in 2003, World University Games in 1997, and 1998 Goodwill Games. In international competition, he had a best finish in the long jump of fifth at the Goodwill Games and the World University Games.