March 4, 2011
More stories about
Catholic schools
and their accomplishments
|
|
Grade Schools...
|
|
|
The
St. Joseph School varsity boys large school division
tournament champions include: (front row, L-R) Luke
Whittington, Dalton Smith, Jacob Catignani, Thomas
O’Berry and Landon Carroll; (back row) Coach Sid Jarreau,
Parker Gupton, Jacob Jarreau, Michael Bringard, Reece
Jamison, Nick Nixon and Coach Brent Whitley.
The
Overbrook School varsity girls small school division
tournament champions include: Ashley Buchanan, Chesna
Climaco, Ruth Anne Demere, Emma Forrest, Allison Hassett,
Bailey Hunt, Diane Lee, Caroline Sheridan, Sarah Taylor,
and Grace Zylstra. The coaches are Overbrook Athletic
Director Trey Edmondson and John Osborne. |
Parochial
league crowns basketball champions
The
St. Joseph School varsity boys basketball team won
the Parochial League championship in the large
school division with a thrilling come-from-behind
overtime victory over St. Henry School.
The
Bulldogs of St. Joseph entered the fourth quarter of
the tournament championship game, played Sunday,
Feb. 27, at Pope John Paul II High School, down 10
points. But they were able to tie the score and
force the game into overtime where they won by a
final margin of 45-35.
Holy Rosary finished third in the varsity boys large
school division and St. Edward fourth.
In
the varsity girls large school division, St. Henry
beat St. Matthew to claim the championship, and St.
Joseph finished third and St. Edward fourth.
In
the varsity boys small school division, St. Bernard
Academy claimed the championship over Christ the
King, with St. Rose finishing third and St. Matthew
fourth.
Overbrook won the varsity girls small schools
division with a 26-22 victory over St. Pius in the
championship game. Overbrook also finished as the
regular season champions and an overall record of
20-4. Christ the King finished third and St. Ann
fourth.
In
the junior varsity girls tournament, St. Matthew won
the championship, followed by Holy Rosary 1, second,
Holy Rosary 2, third, and St. Henry fourth.
St.
Edward captured the junior varsity boys tournament
championship, followed by St. Joseph, second, St.
Henry 2, third, and Christ the King fourth.
St. Rose
receives grant for CPR training
St.
Rose School in Murfreesboro recently received a
$2,000 grant from State Farm Insurance Co. to pay to
train the faculty and staff in child and infant CPR,
adult CPR, AED use and first aid. Claire Sercombe
and Debbie O’Donald, State Farm employees and school
parents, present the check to St. Rose Principal
Sister Marie Hannah, O.P.
|
|
|
Overbrook School spelling champion Maggie Smith stands
at the podium during the school spelling bee. She and
Grayson Riggins will represent Overbrook at the Davidson
County Spelling Bee on Feb. 17. |
Overbrook
students
headed to Davidson County Spelling Bee
Overbrook School sixth-grader Maggie Smith won the
school spelling bee correctly making it through 10
rounds of spelling words. She is now headed to the
Davidson County Spelling Bee along with runner-up
Grayson Riggins.
A
spell-off was held in each of the sixth through
eighth-grade classes to determine the class
champions and participants in the school bee.
Students who made it to the school bee are:
sixth-graders Maggie Smith and Emily Petroni,
seventh-graders Madeline Castle and Tess MacCurdy,
and eighth-graders Grayson Riggins and Patricia
Harris. These six students competed with one another
for an opportunity to spell in the Davidson County
Spelling Bee on Feb. 17.
High Schools...
|
|
|
St.
Cecilia visual arts instructor Barbara Gronefeld SCA
Gold Key Award winnersRevel Lannom and Melissa Manda. |
St. Cecilia
Academy students win awards at Cheekwood art competition
Three
St. Cecilia Academy students recently won awards at the
Cheekwood Scholastic Art Competition, Middle Tennessee.
The St.
Cecilia Gold Key Award winners were Melissa Manda for
digital art and Revel Lannom for fashion design. Hallie
Odom won a Silver Key in fashion design.
Manda
and Lannon received $1,500 in scholarships to Watkins
College of Art, Design and Film as well as $8,000 in
scholarships to O’More College of Design.
“I’m
really excited about this award,” said Manda, who lives
in Murfreesboro. “The fact that there was only one other
sophomore that won a Gold Key makes it even more
special. It will also get my name out there and I’m
especially happy that I won because it’s the first
contest I’ve ever entered in my life!”
St.
Cecilia visual arts instructor Barbara Gronefeld
received a Scholastic Art Teacher pin for her
accomplishments in the exhibition. In the past 10 years
of the Scholastic Art Exhibition St. Cecilia visual arts
have won 23 Gold Key awards, 34 Silver Key awards, one
American Visions National Winner award and one Purchase
Award, which is on display at the Tennessee Credit
Union.
The
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the oldest and one
of the most prestigious student art competitions in the
country. Past winners include noted artists such as Red
Grooms and Andy Warhol. The Gold Award winning pieces
will be forwarded to the national level for judging of
the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which will take
place in New York in March. The Silver Key Award entry
will be on display in St. Cecilia Academy theater
gallery.
JPII
cheerleaders win Jamfest in Indianapolis
|
|
|
Pope John Paul II High School Football
and Competition Cheerleaders recently won the Class
Champion trophy at the Jamfest Cheer Super Nationals in
Indianapolis. Team members include: (front row, L-R)
Jacqui Ramos, Anna Buchanan, Jordan Drennan, Amber
Darcey, Laura Hickam, Ashton Glenn and Katherine Roy;
(back row) Kallie Montague, Taylor Wallace, Nicole
Mullins, Ally Jenkins, Elizabeth Klein, Victoria Brasili,
Morgan Kennedy, Savannah Davenport, Logan Fletcher,
Maria Massa, Chelsea Gettelfinger, Taylor Tieche,
Victoria Hickam |
The Pope John Paul II
High School Football and Competition Cheerleaders
traveled to Indianapolis Jan. 14-16 and returned home
winners of the Jamfest Cheer Super Nationals competition
earning the title of “Class Champion” distinguishing
them as the best overall school team.
The cheerleaders also
won first place in their division, Large Varsity-Spring
Floor division.
Divisions are
determined by the number of cheerleaders on a team. JPII
competed against 16 other schools including two from the
Nashville area, Goodpasture and White House Heritage
(also winners of their division). To see a video of the
JPII Cheerleaders’ performance, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBvFWSXXH0.
|
