Weekend Recap | 9/29 & 9/30

If you missed anything from the weekend, make sure to head over to https://catholiccentralsports.com/ and check out this weekend's Cougar Sports Recap. 

We are trying to showcase each team’s competition over the weekend for everyone to see. If you are a parent and have photos you want to share with us, please reach out to Assistant Athletic Director Brian Ciluffo at brianciluffo@grcatholiccentral.org. We could always use more photos of our athletes!

The Cougar Athletes had a busy weekend putting in the miles this past weekend. Our Football team hosted Kenowa Hills for Homecoming, our Cross Country team traveled to Shepard High School for the Blue Jay Invitational. Our Varsity Soccer team traveled to Lee high school on Friday to play in a Homecoming game against the Legends. The Freshman Volleyball team traveled to Grand Haven for the Grand Haven Classic. The Girls Swim & Dive team was scheduled to compete in the D3 Invite at the Holland Aquatic Center, but backed out due to conflicts with Homecoming.

🏈  The Varsity football team hosted Kenowa Hills at the CAT on Friday evening for Homecoming 2023. The Cougars jumped out to an early lead and did not let up. The Cougars improved their record to 5-1 with a 48-3 final score.

The Cougars shot out of the gate when Kellen Russell-Dixon opened the scoring with a 58 yard touchdown run. After Kenowa Hills scored their only points of the night with a Field Goal the Cougars defense clamped down. The Cougars then scored on a 13 yard pass from Connor Wolf to Jami Williams to round out the scoring in the 1st quarter. After a Kenowa Hills safety to open the scoring in the 2nd quarter, Kamall Hilliard took the ensuing free kick to the house to build the Cougar lead to 23-3. The defense would record another safety and Connor Wolf would be responsible for two of the scores, one on the ground and one through the air, connecting with Mill Coleman III. At the end of the half, it was another Conor, this time, junior kicker Conor Neilson who booted a field goal to extend the Cougars lead to 42-3 at the half. After a Brock Jones touchdown to open up the 3rd quarter the Cougars continued to hold strong on defense, winning by a score of 48-3.

The Cougars head back to the road this week, this time going East of the Beltline and into Hawk territory as they face off against Forest Hills Easter (5-1) in a key OK-Gold Matchup. Kick off is set for 7:00 pm. Come on out early and support your Cougars! More game information will be released as it comes into the Athletic Office.

🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️   The Varsity Cross Country traveled to Shepard High School to compete in the Blue Jay invitational on Saturday.  The Cougars put on a strong showing with two athletes finishing in the Top 10 in their respective divisions. On the boys side, Junior Jeb Hillary led the way for the Cougars with a 4th place finish (16:20.7) and Senior Ian Richthammer finished 7th (16:34.4). Not to be left behind in the sub-17 minute club, Junior Adian Kasprzak (16:45.7) rounded out the Cougars in the Top 25 by finishing 14th. Other strong finishes for the Cougars include:

• Freshman Mitchell Dunlap - 18:00.3

• Sophomore Grand Hillary - 18:21.9

• Junior Roben Perez - 18:45.6

• Junior Brady Bronson - 21:03.5

Overall, the boys team finished in 3rd in their division with a score of 125.

On the Girls side of the event, the Cougars were paced by Senior Emily Tomes (18:43.8) who finished 2nd overall in her division. Other strong finishes for the Lady Cougars include:

• Senior Brianna Agon - 22:02.2

• Junior Katie Ptak - 22:47.3

• Sophomore Hannah Gaiser - 25:409.9

• Senior Nora Huffman - 26:04.1

• Senior Ally Broadus - 28:09.1

Overall, the girls team finished 12th in their division with a score of 328.

In the Junior Varsity event, it was Mason England (20:33), John Huffman (21:07), Andy Quint (24:51.1), and Yavin Fickel (25:05.9) with strong showings.

⚽️ On Friday, the Boys Soccer team traveled to Wyoming Lee to take on the Lee Legends for their Homecoming event. In a game that could have gone either way, the back and forth defensive battle was finally overtaken by Antonio Tiscareno which gave the Cougars a 1-0. The defense held strong as the Cougars won by a final score 1-0.

*Please note, we did not receive any JV/Varsity photos from this event for usage.

  🏐  Saturday our Freshman Volleyball team traveled to Grand Haven for the Grand Haven Classic event. The Cougars prevailed with a second place finish. When asking the Freshman volleyball players about what was the most exciting part beside 2nd place finish, they stated it was the wins against strong volleyball programs such as Forest Hills Northern and East Grand Rapids.

*Please note, we did not receive any photos from this event for usage.