Tied at 1-1 after regulation time, overtime and sudden death (not to mention a late start and a half-hour rain delay), goalie J Phillips blocked the first CBHS penalty kick to help the Irish claim the 2008 DII State Championship!
Congratulations, boys - roll, pride, roll!
to the Spring Fling!
Congrats to E Wilson who finished 6th in the DII Pentalon and K
Carney who finished 2nd in the DII Decathlon as well as to E Davis and C Caire
who competed in the quarterfinals of DII Tennis Doubles on Thursday, 5/22, at
12pm at MTSU.
J Owusu took home 2 medals on Thursday - 5th in the dicuss and 2nd in
the shotput with a personal record of 35' 8.25"
Two additional state champions were crowned on Friday - K Carney finished 1st in the high jump (6'6") and E Collins, who also finished 3rd in the high jump, won the 110 high hurdles!
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Boys Lacrosse - DII RunnerUp
 Congratulations to the Lacrosse Team who played in the State Lacrosse Championship this past weekend. In the semi-final game they defeated Cookeville High School 9-1 but then lost a well-played and hard-fought game to Brentwood High School 4-6 in the Championship Game. |
Fleming Award
 Congratulations to T Thurman and M Mullins for receiving the Father Fleming award, the highest reward for a senior athlete whose life off the field or court is a reflection of Christian values and who serves as role models to others. |
Health & Protection Forms - Physicals
The TSSAA by-laws state that no athlete is to tryout or participate in athletic contests until pre-participation physical evaluation and parental consent forms are filed with the school on or after May 1, 2008. Father Ryan also requires emergency and travel consent forms to be filed with the TSSAA forms: rising 10-12th grade forms and rising 9th grade forms. Rising Sophomore, Junior and Senior physicals begin at 6:00 P.M. in the Dining Hall on May 8th, 2008.
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Signing: C Rodriguez, Soccer
On Tuesday, 2/12, friends and teammates joined with C Rodriguez
as he signed to play soccer for the UNC at Charlotte. |
Signing: K Carney, Track
K Carney signed to compete in track and field for the University
of Kentucky on Friday, 2/29. |
Signing: T Schmid, Football
On Tuesday, 2/12, offensive lineman T Schmid committed to Austin Peay State
University. The 6-2, 290 lb. senior was selected as a D-II All-State player
and played in the Toyota All-Star Classic in the fall. |
Irish DII State Co-Champs
 Congratulations to Coaches Pat Simpson, Jim Miller, Steve Peden, and Josh Meyers as they guided the Irish wrestling team to its 10th state title as the Irish tied Baylor with 275 team points to become the DII 2008 Co-Champions. P Marchetti, W Wesley, K Mix, S Clanton, and Z Herrmann all took individual titles. C Austell was state runner-up and R Miller, J Maurizi, M Brewer, and M Goodrum took 3rd place medals. Congratulations to the entire team for this victory. (TSSAA Results) |
Girls' Soccer All-State
Tennessee Soccer Coaches Association and Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association announced their names for the 2007 Girls' Soccer Division II All-State Team.
Congratulations to Lady Irish players junior C Rymer, midfield, and sophomore S Kegg, forward, who were chosen - what a great accomplishment to be selected as part of the 30 DII girls selected state wide.
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Irish Win Williamson County Frosh Tourney
The saying goes, "third times a charm" and that held true as the Baby Irish were able to upset Ravenwood by a score of 39-26 in their third meeting this season to win the Williamson County Frosh Tourney. Under the leadership of Coaches Larkin, Meriwether and Meriwether, the boys defeated Centennial and Brentwood to make it to the finals. |
An Irish welcome to Pat Lawson, a 1993 grad who was athletic director for Cumberland University, who will officially begin his duties over Father Ryan's athletic program this summer. One of his main projects will be the on-campus athletic complex at Father Ryan. 