St. Mary's Wrestling

We don't just wrestle.

It's always a good thing to begin the week with gratitude for volunteers. Members from St. Mary's Wrestling team have been serving with SJHI every Friday afternoon-- mowing and maintaining yards as well as other projects. In addition to projects in the house, these volunteers extracted three huge yew bushes to make way for renovation work and fresh new landscaping. Thank you to these volunteers and all who show their support for SJHI's mission through service! # St. Mary's South Side Catholic High School

Congratulations to Audy Clark on being selected as part of the Post-Dispatch's All-Metro wrestling team.

We appreciate the press, however, it should have said 3rd place improving on his 4th place finish last year.

We wrapped up this season with our banquet this week. The boys are already considering what are their goals for next year and what preparation is required to reach those goals. Our award winners:

Rookie of the Year: Nate Harrer
Most Improved: Aiden Timberman
Dragon Spirit Award: Lavell McCloud
Outstanding Wrestler: Audy Clark
Career Achievement: John La Plant

The team finished 13th. Outstanding performances by our 5 qualifiers. Our place winners:
3rd Place - Audy Clark, 126 (junior)
4th Place - Aiden Timberman, 190 (junior)
4th Place - Lavell McCloud, 215 (sophomore)

A great season by all of the boys and the coaches. Pictures thanks to Scott Stubblefied.

First day of state championship tourney:
Aiden Timberman -winner of 2 of 2. Still in the pursuit of 1st place.
Audy Clark - winner of 2 of 3. Still in pursuit of 3rd place.
John La Plant - winner of 2 of 3. Still in pursuit of 3rd place,
Lavell McCloud - winner of 2 of 3. Still in pursuit of 3rd place.
Kaleb Conner - fell just short in both matches. Wait until next year!

Exciting day tomorrow! Thanks for the pictures Scott Stubblefield.

District weekend results: 3 Tournament champions, 2 runner-ups. Team position - 4th of 17 teams.

To put it in perspective, first 16 years of wrestling at St. Mary's we've had 3 district champions. This year, year 17, three new district champions. Enjoy the moment, these 5 compete for the state championship starting Wednesday in CoMO.

Our mission - grow men of character. Pursue excellence as student-athletes. Three months in a row boys from the wrestling team have received recognition as Student-Athlete of the Month.

These 3 will lead the team as they compete in districts starting Friday at Kelly HS south of Cape Girardeau.

Last night we faced SLUH for senior night. We wrestled well, they just were the better team.

SMSSC 32 - SLUH 40

Next up - district tournament at Kelly HS just south of Cape Girardeau on Friday, 2/20. Photos by Scott Stubblefield.

Last night we had a nice dual meet with our friends from Affton HS.
SMSSC 46 - Affton 36

Tonight we have SENIOR night vs SLUH. Wrestling starts at 6:00 pm. Thanks for the photos Scott Stubblefield.

Tonight's action:
SMSSC 45 St. Charles HS 27
SMSSC 31 Parkway West 43

Boys wrestled hard! Next action is Saturday with tournaments at Lift for Life for Varsity and Hazelwood West for JV. Pictures taken by the fabulous Scott Stubblefield