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After the game players left their equipment on the field while celebrating. Photo by Emma Bornschein.
After the game players left their equipment on the field while celebrating. Photo by Emma Bornschein.

This Week In Manual Athletics: September 12

Football

The Crimsons come off of their bye week from last week well rested and ready to take on the Ballard Bruins on Sept.16 at Ballard at 7:00. This game is expected to be a good one as the Crimsons come in with a record of 3-0 and the Bruins boast a 3-1 record, with the lone loss coming to the Male Bulldogs. Look for this game to be kept on the ground as both teams are led by strong rushing attacks.

Girls’ Golf

The Girl’s Golf team will be busy this week as they have three matches in the next six days. First they take on Pleasure Ridge Park at Seneca Golf Course at 4:00 on Sept. 12. Next they will play Presentation at Iroquois Golf Course at 4:00 on Sept. 15. Lastly they will compete in the Sacred Heart Invitational at Hurstbourne Golf Course on Sept. 17.

Field Hockey

The Field Hockey team will also be busy this week with three matches on the Varsity level. On Sept. 13 all three levels (Varsity, JV, and Frosh) will take on rival Male at Male (Frosh at 4:15, JV at 5:15, Varsity at 6:30). Two days later the Varsity team will play St. Francis at St. Francis at 5:30. Over the weekend the Varsity team will compete in the CAL Classic at Christian Academy of Louisville.

Boys’ Golf

The Boy’s Golf team will have three matches this week as the season starts to come to a close. On September 14 they will play against Desales at Iroquois GC at 3:30. They will not have any time off as they turn around and play Collegiate the very next day at Shawnee GC at 3:30. Lastly, over the weekend the team will compete in the Grant County Tournament at Eagle Creek GC.

Cross Country

The Crimsons had a strong showing at the Rumble Thru the Jungle over the weekend. Yared Nuguse (12) and Alena Sapienza-Wright (11) both won first place in the the men’s and women’s races, respectively. This week the teams will compete at the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational on Sept. 17.

Volleyball

Over the weekend the varsity volleyball team had a successful outing at the Louisville Invitational Volleyball Tournament. This week they will have to focus as each level team has three matches. First, the teams will take on Atherton on Sept. 12 (Frosh at 5:00, JV at 6:00, Varsity at 7:00). The very next day they will play against Eastern (times the same as the previous day). Lastly, they will take on Bullitt East on Sept. 15 (Frosh at 5:30, JV at 6:30, Varsity at 7:30).

Boys’ Soccer

Last week the varsity team pulled off a huge victory over the Male Bulldogs behind two goals from Henry Jelsma (12, 12). All three levels of the Boy’s Soccer teams will have perhaps the toughest week of their seasons this week. On Sept. 15 all three squads will play St. Xavier (Frosh at 4:30, JV at 5:45, Varsity at 7:15). On Sept. 17 they will take on the Trinity Shamrocks (Frosh at 9:00 AM, JV at 10:30 AM, and Varsity at noon).

Girls’ Soccer

This week the Girl’s Soccer team will compete in the Lexington Catholic Tournament, which ranges from Sept. 12 to the 17. Besides the Lex. Cath. tournament, the Varsity team will play Presentation on Sept. 14 at Manual Stadium at 5:30. The JV team is off this week.  

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