Announcements
🗣️ Fall Sports Parent Meeting - Tuesday, August 13th | 6:30PM @ CAT
🗣️ The Catholic Central Athletic Department is hosting a Fall Sports Parent Meeting and would like you to attend. This is a great opportunity to meet the Athletic Department and the entire Fall Sports coaching staff. We will go over any updated policies and procedures within the athletic department, introduce our new Administrative Assistant, and answer any questions you may have about the 2024 - 2025 athletic school year..Date: Tuesday, August 13 2024Time: 6:30 PMLocation: CAT Gym.We look forward to seeing you there.
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🚨 New Athletic Department Data Management Service for 2024 - 2025
🚨 Attention Parents/Guardians We are very excited to announce that the Catholic Central High School’s Athletic Department has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. You may review your data at any time to verify it is current. You will be required to sign your forms once per year and after any update. Click on the Parent Playbook (attached) to get started in FinalForms. If you require any support during the process, scroll to the page bottom and click “Get Help”. We are asking the parents/guardians of all students planning to play sports to create accounts in FinalForms and
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⛳️ Golfers Help Raise Money for St. Jude's Hospital
Several Catholic Central golfers participated in the Brian Bush Memorial Putt For Life Charity Golf Outing. It's a charity golf outing for the whole family, and all the money raised will benefit children at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital..This outing is a very fun and unique one for the whole family. For $25 a person, people can enjoy unlimited mini golf at Loeschner's Village Green, food and beverages, and a raffle. The event, since its inception, has raised nearly a million dollars to help save children's lives without families having to worry about the cost of care..Although the event has taken place for 2024 - those interested in donating to St. Jude's in Brian's honor can do so by visiting https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html.
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 10/6 & 10/7
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsWeekend Recap | 10/6 & 10/7 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 handling some tough competition. The football team traveled to Forest Hills Eastern for an OK-Gold showdown. The girls golf team traveled to Big Rapids for the Katke Classic and turned in a Masters’ like performance. The volleyball team had a solid day at the Mona Shores invite and the swim team reached some state cuts in the relays at the MISCA swim meet at Calvin University. All in all, a very solid showing by all those in action by the Co
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⛳️ Girls Golf Wins Division 3 State Championship!
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsA season that started out with a lot of optimism after last year's 5th place finish, ended this past Saturday at the MHSAA Division 3 State Finals with the CC Varsity Girls Golf Team winning the program's first State Championship! The win brings a 3rd Golf State Championship to CC in the last 3 seasons, following the boys team and their title runs in 2021 and 2023. The weather was less than desirable at The Meadows Golf Course at Grand Valley State University, but that did not hold back the team as they ended the first day of competition 18 strokes ahead of Williamston and last year's champion Macomb Lutheran North. As Head Coach Kim Napieralski noted after the weekend's competition: “The good news about this weather is I have mudders for players. They don’t care about the conditions as much as some other teams perhaps. It was hard to get through the puddles of water, but they just kept playing.”
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🚨 Girls Swim & Dive | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsEvery week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Girls Swim & Dive team. Upcoming Events: 💥 10/17 - Dual Meet @ Zeeland West - 6:30 PM 💥 10/19 - Dual Meet @ Northview - 6:30 PM 💥 10/21 - Fr/So Swim Invite @ City High - 9:00 AM Catholic Central Swim & Dive is a no-cut sport and offers one level of competition. If you don’t play a fall sport, this is a GREAT way to get in shape and have some fun! Season Highlights: 💥The girls took 3rd overall at the Michigan Division III Invitational at Allegan High School. 💥The 200m Medley Relay team of Sarah Rott, Mae Braun, Kate McNamara, & Valeria Rodriguez has made the cut for the State Meet. 💥Mae Braun currently holds a state cut in the 100m backstroke and the 100m freestyle. 💥Sarah Rott currently holds the state cut in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, & 200m freestyle. 💥Senior Night was celebrated on 10/10 - Congratulations to the
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🚨 Girls Basketball | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Girls Basketball team. Upcoming Events: 💥 1/19 - v. Cedar Springs | @ Home - 7:30 P (Teacher Appreciation Night) 💥 1/20 - v. Detroit Edison | @ Home - 2:00 P (JV @ 12:00 P) 💥 1/23 - v. Ottawa Hills | @ Home - 7:00 P (Freshman @ 4:00 P | JV @ 5:30 P) 💥 1/26 - v. Wayland | @ Wayland - 7:30 P Catholic Central Girls Basketball is a potential cut sport. Currently the girls program has three levels of competition (Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity). They are currently ranked first in the very early OK-Gold standings. Season Highlights: 💥 Beating South Christian in the OK-Gold opener at their place by a score of 50-40 after losing to them last year. 💥 Returning all players from last years team, minus the one graduating senior (👋 Sydney Schoenborn) 💥 In their first matchup of the season the Coug
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🚨 Fall All Conference Athletes
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsCongratulations to the following athletes on being named the OK-Gold All Conference Team for the Fall 2023 Season! 🏐 - Sophia Allen, Maddy Ostrander, Elle Sharpe 🎾 - Charlie Lindemann ⚽️ - Maury Medina, Sean O'Rourke, Antonio Tiscareno 🏃♂️ - Jeb Hillary, Aiden Kasprzak, Ian Richthammer 🏃♀️ - Claire Marosi, Emily Tomes ⛳️ - Katie Cook, Margaret Deimel, Sofia Piccione, Kelsey Preston ,Ava Wisinski 🏊♀️ - Mae Braun, Lucy Cotter 🏈 - Austin Baxter, Isaac Chwalek, Mill Coleman III, Brendan Napieralski, Brendan Roehr, Kellen Russell-Dixon, Jamison Williams, Connor Wolf
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 9/8 & 9/9
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsThe Cougar Athletes traveled near and far this weekend with volleyball, boys tennis, and girls swim and dive all on the road on Saturday. The only home event was the varsity football game Friday evening. 🏐 The Varsity volleyball team traveled to East Kentwood for the East Kentwood Invite where they finished the day with 2 wins and 2 losses. 🏈 The Varsity football team welcomed the Wayland Wildcats to the CAT on Friday evening for the OK-Gold Conference Opener. Jumping out to a quick 17-0 lead, the Cougars led 35-0 at halftime with a final score of 42-7. The Cougars offense was led by Kellen Russell-Dixon who rushed for 134 yards on 5 carries and one touchdown. Through the air, Connor Wolf was 11/16 with 168 yards. He threw for 2 TDs and also ran for 2 more. The Cougars take on their first road test of the year on Friday when they travel to Thornapple-Kellogg to face the Trojans. Kick off is set for 7:00pm and tickets are $5/each CASH only at the gate. Come on
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🚨 Boys & Girls Bowling | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Boys & Girls Bowling team. Upcoming Events: 💥 1/29 - v. Kenowa Hills | @ Westgate Lanes 💥 1/31 - v. Forest Hills Eastern | @ Park Center Lanes 💥 2/3 - v. Hudsonville Invite | @ Hudsonville Lanes BOWLING IS A NO CUT SPORT - ALL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE GET TO PLAY. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY AND ALL EQUIPMENT CAN BE PROVIDED FOR YOU, IF NECESSARY. Season Highlights: 💥Each year, Catholic Central bowling hosts a Christmas Baker Game Tournament at Park Center Lanes. The tournament draws many of the areas top teams in an action packed all day event. 💥After a slow start to the season, Junior Owen Ott believes that the teams are really starting to come together and improving in their scores. 💥Sophia Bursley is currently in contention for All Conference for the Girls Team.
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🚨 Girls Golf | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨 Girls Golf | Team of the Week 🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Varsity Girls Golf Team team. Upcoming Events: 10/6 & 10/7 - Katke Classic @ Katke GC (Big Rapids, MI) 10/12 - MHSAA Regionals @ Winding Creek (Holland, MI) 10/20 & 10/21 - MHSAA Finals @ The Meadows (Allendale, MI) Season Accolades: Undefeated OK-Gold Conference Play & Conference Champions 2nd Place Finish - American Dunes Folds of Honor All Conference Honorable Mention (Junior Claire Sullivan) All Conference (Senior Katie Cook, Junior Ava Wisinski, Sophomore Margaret Deimel, Sofia Piccione, & Kelsey Preston)
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 8/25 - 8/26
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsWeekend Recap 8/26/2023 The Cougar Athletes were a traveling crew this weekend as Volleyball, Cross Country, Soccer, and Swim were all on the road to compete. 🏊🏻♀️ The Girls Swim & Dive meet at Northview was canceled due to no power at Northview High School. They are hoping for a reschedule, but with that many teams it might be difficult to find a time for everyone to come together. 🏐 The Varsity volleyball team traveled to Coopersville to compete in the WMVOA Scholarship tournament. The Cougars finished pool play with a record of 1-0-2. They beat Kalamazoo Central, then tied against two very solid teams in Forest Hills Northern and Holland Christian. Unfortunately, the Lady Cougars day came to an end with a loss in the first round of the Gold Bracket to host Coopersville. Senior Sophia Allen led the team in kills this weekend, followed by Junior Mairin Ziegler. Junior Maria App and Senior Elle Sharpe also scored some points in key moments. Defensively,
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🚨 Boys Soccer | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Varsity Boys Soccer team. 💥 Upcoming Schedule: Friday 9/29 @ 6:00P at Lee High School, Monday 10/1 @ 6:45P - OK-Gold Conference Tournament Opener at The CAT 💥 Boys Soccer team has two levels and is a cut sport - Varsity and Junior Varsity.
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 9/22 & 9/23
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsWeekend Recap | 9/22 & 9/23 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 traveled to Cedar Springs, our Cross Country team hosted the Cougar/Falcon Invite at the Eagle’s Nest, our Varsity Tennis team traveled to Grandville, the Marching Band kicking off their season in Rockfords, and our Soccer team hosted East Kentwood in Hispanic Heritage Day at the CAT. 🎾 The Varsity Boys Tennis team traveled to Grandville on Saturday to compete in the Grandv
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🚨 Cross Country | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Varsity Cross Country team. 💥 Upcoming Schedule: 9/23 - Cougar/Falcon Invite @ South Christian (8:30 A), 9/26 - TK Jamboree @ Gun Lake Country Club, 9/30 - Shepard Blue Jay Invite @ Shepard High School 💥 Emily Tomes competed in the State Meet last week. 💥 Cross Country is a NO CUT SPORT - they are always looking for people to compete. It's a great way to enjoy the fellowship of their fellow students and stay in shape.
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 9/15 & 9/16
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsThe Cougar Athletes had a light travel journey this weekend with JV tennis in action on Saturday at Zeeland East, and Friday’s action with the football team in Thornapple-Kellogg and the Cross Country team running at Riverside Park. 🎾 The JV Tennis team traveled to Zeeland East for their Quad against Zeeland East, Unity Christian, and Grand Rapids Christian. The team came away with a 3rd place finish in the event, which is an improvement from last year's finish of 4th place. Great work guys! *Please note, we did not receive any JV Tennis photos from this past weekend's tournament for usage. 🏈 The Varsity football team traveled to Thornapple-Kellogg on Friday evening for the OK-Gold Conference matchup against the Thornapple-Kellogg Trojans. After a slow start to the game and a halftime score of 20-7, the Cougars roared to start the second half. The Cougars opened the second half with a bang, scoring 22 points in just 6 plays in just under 5 minut
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🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ State Champion and Cross Country Finals Meet Recap
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨STATE CHAMPION AND CROSS COUNTRY FINALS MEET RECAP🏆 In what could have been the greatest week ever for a high schooler, Senior Emily Tomes clinched her legacy in Catholic Central Cougar lore by becoming the FIRST Female Individual State Champion in Cougar history! This caps an amazing senior season for Emily, who on October 18th broke the school record with a time of 17:33 seconds, crushing the previous record by well over 50 seconds. In the last week, Emily has committed to the University of Michigan to continue her academic and athletic career, and capped off her senior Cross Country season by winning the Division 2 State Championship on Saturday 11/4 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. Once again, Emily would surpass a record (her own) this season by finishing 2 seconds faster than she did on October 18th. Congratulations Emily! What an amazing senior season. Also competing in the State Finals meet were Seniors Emily Tomes, Claire Marosi, Ian Richth
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🚨 Varsity Volleyball | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🏐 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Varsity Volleyball team. 💥 Upcoming Schedule: 9/12 - @ Thornapple-Kellogg, 9/14 - @ Cedar Springs, 9/19 - HOME v. Kenowa Hills (Youth Night - see info below), 9/21 - @ Forest Hills Eastern, 9/26 - HOME v. South Christian (Senior Night) 💥 Volleyball at Catholic Central consists of all three levels - Freshman, Junior Varsity, & Varsity 💥 Youth Night Information - Students who attended Catholic Central's summer volleyball camp get in FREE next week Tuesday against Kenowa Hills if they wear their camp shirt to the match. Parents - look for an email in the next few days. We are looking forward to seeing all the campers come out and cheer on the Cougars!
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🚨Competitive Cheer | Team of the Week🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Competitive Cheer team. Upcoming Events: 💥 1/13 - Wyoming Invite | Wyoming High School - 11:00A 💥 1/17 - OK-Gold Jamboree #1 | Thornapple-Kellogg High School - 6:30P 💥 1/20 - Falcon Invite | West Catholic High School - Time TBD Catholic Central Competitive Cheer is a cut sport and also one of the earliest of the Winter Sports to get started with practices, although their competitions come later due to the work of having to learn the cheers and skills needed. Season Highlights: 💥The girls have a new gymnastics coach this year, and their new skills are really coming along in their routines. 💥Since their first competition the girls have been improving their scores in each round with each meet. 💥Their first conference Jamboree is next week Wednesday at Thornapple-Kellogg
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 10/20 & 10/21
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsIf 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 handling some tough competition. The Varsity Boys Tennis team traveled to Hope College to play in the Division 4 MHSAA State Finals. The Girls Varsity Golf team traveled to Allendale to play in the MHSAA State finals at the Meadows. The Football team traveled to Houseman Field for a chance to clinch the OK-Gold Conference Championship outright with a win, and the Freshman and Sophomore Girls Swim & Dive team competed at City High in the FR/SO Invitational. ⛳️ It is
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 9/1 (Labor Day Weekend)
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsThe Cougar Athletes enjoyed a much needed Holiday weekend as we prepared for the beginning of many conference schedules across all our fall sports. 🏐 The Varsity volleyball team traveled to Grand Haven to compete in the End of Summer Bash. The Lady Cougars put on a strong showing by going 3-0 in bracket place against Leland, Ludington, and Shelby. The Cougars then knocked off Montague in the Gold Bracket semifinals before eventually falling to host Grand Haven in the Championship. The volleyball team will be hosting their first conference match on Thursday, September 7th in the downtown gym against Wayland. All three levels will be competing with the Freshman team starting at 4:00, JV team starting at 5:00, and the varsity team starting at 6:00p. Keep up the great work ladies! *Please note, we did not receive any volleyball photos from this past weekend's tournament for usage. 🏈 The Varsity football team welcomed a tough River Rouge team to the CAT on Friday for a
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🚨 Boys Basketball | Team of the Week 🚨
Boys/Girls Varsity All Teams🚨Cougar Athletics Team of the Week!🚨 Every week the Athletic Department will showcase our exceptional Student Athletes. This week, we are highlighting our Boys Basketball team. Upcoming Events: 💥 2/2 - v. South Christian - 7:30P | Home | HOUSE ATTENDANCE COMPETITION 💥 2/3 - v. Lima (OH) - 4:30P | @ Aquinas College 💥 2/6 - v. Thornapple Kellogg - 7:00P | Home 💥 2/9 - v. Kenowa Hills - 4:00P, 5:30P. & 7:00P | All Levels BOYS BASKETBALL IS A CUT SPORT AND WE HAVE THREE LEVELS - FRESHMAN, JUNIOR VARSITY, AND VARSITY. Last Season Finish: 16-7 Captains: Carter Meerman, Will Vanderboegh, Matthew Sokorai, Durral Brooks Season Highlights (as answered by the players): 💥After being road warriors to start the season, all three levels now play 8 of their next 10 games at home, including two Saturday triple headers (2/17 - Wilson Chandler Invite | Varsity ONLY & 2/24 - v. Notre Dame Prep | ALL levels) 💥Victory over South Christian, at South Christian to open u
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Cougar Sports Weekend Update | 9/29 & 9/30
Boys/Girls Varsity All TeamsWeekend 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 I
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