Boys Blue Basketball
The Middle School blue basketball team moved to 6-0 on the season after a 42-19 win at King’s Ridge on Thursday evening. Whitefield started slowly and trailed by a point after the first quarter. The WolfPack picked up the pressure before halftime and took a double-digit advantage into the locker room. King’s Ridge cut the lead to 8 points in the third period but could get no closer the rest of the way. AJ Hopkins (13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals) led a balanced scoring attack along with Micah Smith (10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals) and Andrew Thomas-Brown (8 points, 5 rebounds).
Middle School Swim
The Middle School swim team had a stellar weekend of diving and swimming at the Marist Middle School Championship Swim and Dive Meet. Starting the championship weekend off on Friday for the dive team was seventh grader Avery Fassnacht. She placed 3rd overall in a field of over 40 divers.
Saturday morning began the all day swimming portion at The Marist School. In the first individual event, Sophia Megathlin (7th) tackled the hardest race of the day, the 200 IM, an exhausting race in which the swimmer swims two laps of each of the four strokes. With beautiful technique in all strokes, it was clear that Megathlin was in the right event.
Next came the 50 freestyle. Ally Berry (6th), Kayleigh Golden (7th), and Maura Griffin (7th) cut over 7 seconds off of their previous time. Julia Keith (7th) and Abbie Wickham (7th) cut 3 seconds. Lindsey Fry (7th, cutting two seconds) and Caroline Kern (6th, cutting one second) also had excellent swims. Amanda King (6th) placed 8th overall out of a field of 200 plus swimmers.
The 100 freestyle was also a time dropping event for our girls. Maura Griffin cut off an astounding 10 seconds. Both Amanda King and Sophia Megathlin cut just shy of 4 seconds and Amanda placed 11th overall and Sophia 22nd in a field of over 140 swimmers. Lindsey Fry, Julia Keith and Abbie Wickham cut a second or more off their time. Amanda was our high scorer for the meet with a total of 17 points earned. Avery Fassnatch was a close second with 16 points.
Ally Berry and Kayleigh Golden swam the 100 backstroke and both had excellent turns (not an easy feat in backstroke) and swam their best times. Finishing the day was Caroline Kern who spent practice time working hard on her breaststroke. She swam the 100 breaststroke in picture perfect form and achieved a personal best time.
Coming off an injury that kept him out of the pool the 2 weeks prior to the meet was Sebastian Nandkeolyar. While we were not expecting Sebastian to have best times, he showed what heart is all about in sports. He came close to his personal best times, despite being out. He demonstrated outstanding form in his dives, turns and stroke.
Congratulations to outstanding swim performances!
The Middle School blue basketball team moved to 6-0 on the season after a 42-19 win at King’s Ridge on Thursday evening. Whitefield started slowly and trailed by a point after the first quarter. The WolfPack picked up the pressure before halftime and took a double-digit advantage into the locker room. King’s Ridge cut the lead to 8 points in the third period but could get no closer the rest of the way. AJ Hopkins (13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals) led a balanced scoring attack along with Micah Smith (10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals) and Andrew Thomas-Brown (8 points, 5 rebounds).
Middle School Swim
The Middle School swim team had a stellar weekend of diving and swimming at the Marist Middle School Championship Swim and Dive Meet. Starting the championship weekend off on Friday for the dive team was seventh grader Avery Fassnacht. She placed 3rd overall in a field of over 40 divers.
Saturday morning began the all day swimming portion at The Marist School. In the first individual event, Sophia Megathlin (7th) tackled the hardest race of the day, the 200 IM, an exhausting race in which the swimmer swims two laps of each of the four strokes. With beautiful technique in all strokes, it was clear that Megathlin was in the right event.
Next came the 50 freestyle. Ally Berry (6th), Kayleigh Golden (7th), and Maura Griffin (7th) cut over 7 seconds off of their previous time. Julia Keith (7th) and Abbie Wickham (7th) cut 3 seconds. Lindsey Fry (7th, cutting two seconds) and Caroline Kern (6th, cutting one second) also had excellent swims. Amanda King (6th) placed 8th overall out of a field of 200 plus swimmers.
The 100 freestyle was also a time dropping event for our girls. Maura Griffin cut off an astounding 10 seconds. Both Amanda King and Sophia Megathlin cut just shy of 4 seconds and Amanda placed 11th overall and Sophia 22nd in a field of over 140 swimmers. Lindsey Fry, Julia Keith and Abbie Wickham cut a second or more off their time. Amanda was our high scorer for the meet with a total of 17 points earned. Avery Fassnatch was a close second with 16 points.
Ally Berry and Kayleigh Golden swam the 100 backstroke and both had excellent turns (not an easy feat in backstroke) and swam their best times. Finishing the day was Caroline Kern who spent practice time working hard on her breaststroke. She swam the 100 breaststroke in picture perfect form and achieved a personal best time.
Coming off an injury that kept him out of the pool the 2 weeks prior to the meet was Sebastian Nandkeolyar. While we were not expecting Sebastian to have best times, he showed what heart is all about in sports. He came close to his personal best times, despite being out. He demonstrated outstanding form in his dives, turns and stroke.
Congratulations to outstanding swim performances!