Monday Sports Wrap – May 7, 2012

 Sports Updates

 

 

 

The Greenies won Newman’s first state championshipfor girls track, tying St. Thomas Aquinas for the title in Class 2A. Some of the highlights from the event in Baton Rouge include the following:

Congratulations to our state champions and exemplary athletes!

 

On the boys’ side, seven members qualified to compete in the State 2A Track and Field Championship Meet at LSU in Baton Rouge. Phillip Stephens qualified in the shot put, Justin Harrell in the high jump, Cole Ashman in the pole vault, Daniel Folse in the 1600 meter run and Philip Lapeyre, Kendall Bussey, Justin Harrell, and James White in the 400 meter relay.

 

Some of the notable scoring performances were by Phillip Stephens, who placed 5th in the shot put and Justin Harrell who placed 3rd overall in the high jump, tying a career personal record of 6’ 5”. As a team they scored a total of eight points which placed them eighteenth out of over thirty teams competing at State. The team would like to thank everyone who attended their meets or who simply wished them well.

 

 

The middle school track team will compete in the last meet of the season today: the Ivy League Meet at St. Martin’s. Field events begin at 4:00 p.m. and running events at 6:00 p.m. Go Greenies!

 

 

In some of the hottest weather of the year so far, the Newman boys tennis team persevered in Monroe.

 

Though the Greenies were bested 11-10 for the team title by University High Baton Rouge, a fine effort was put forth by several players. Princeton Carter won two matches and earned state semifinalist status. Robert Eckstein was also a singles semi-finalist. The team of Sean Laughlin and Chris Koch made it all the way to the final match, earning state finalist status.

 

Congratulations to the Newman Greenies, State Runner-Up Division IV 2012.

 

 

 

 

On Friday, May 4, the varsity baseball team took on the Calvary Baptist Cavaliers in the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs before a large and very vocal Greenie crowd. Unfortunately, the Greenies lost 3-2 in a hard-fought and emotional contest.

 

The dedication and hard work of Coach Trey Guillot, his outstanding coaching staff (Ken Nagle, J.P. Martinez, and Brett Bonura), and the boys produced the deepest playoff run (quarterfinal round), best record (25-5), and best regular season ranking (#2) of any Newman baseball team in more than a decade. Congratulations on a great run!

 

 

 

The Newman boys golf team was one of nine teams to qualify for the Division IV State championship, which was held May 1 and 2 at the Atchafalaya Golf Club in Patterson, Louisiana. The Newman team finished 6th in the state in Division IV. The winning team was Calvary Baptist from Shreveport. The individual winner was Sam Burns from Calvary Baptist who shot a six-under-par 138 for 36 holes.

 

For 36 holes the Newman scores were:

 

Robert Poche 166

Joe Maruri 170

Russell Gardner 174

Peter Moss 175

Will McNeal 193

 

Congratulations on a great season, golfers!

 

 

 

 

Middle School Track – Ivy League Meet (away – St. Martin's) 4:00 p.m. Field Events / 6:00 p.m. Running Events

 

9:48 a.m. – Athletic Awards Assembly in Henson Auditorium