SLUH Magazine

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ATHLETICS

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS BY CHRIS MUSKOPF ‘91 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

The ability to conduct seasons in our four fall sports hinged upon our ability to practice and compete within parameters that placed the safety of our student-athletes, coaches and general community as our top priority. This priority manifested in daily screening protocols for studentathletes, practices in small groups (rather than as a full team), COVID testing on campus every 14 days and limited attendance at home and away contests. To offset the limited attendance at contests, the SLUH Communications Department spearheaded a plan to increase the frequency of livestreamed contests using the SLUH Sports Network (SSN) and Facebook Live. The additional contest broadcasts provided an opportunity to connect with professional broadcaster Joey Zanaboni ‘09, who has been a dedicated member of the SSN broadcast crew, doing play-by-play for soccer and basketball contests and serving as mentor to current students involved in SSN productions. To view archived broadcasts from the fall and winter seasons, visit team1sports.com/SLUHAthletics.

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Check @SLUHAthletics on Twitter and sluh.org/athletics for news, scores and updates as the winter season concludes and the spring season begins.

CROSS COUNTRY For the third consecutive year, SLUH finished as runner-up at the MSHSAA Championships in the large schools classification. Since 1999, this is the sixth second place finish for the program, along with five team championships. The depth of the Jr. Bill team and ability to run as a pack was highlighted in the State race in Columbia as the five runners earning points – Grant Brawley ‘22, Ryan Kramer ‘21, Baker Pashea ‘22, Hayden Zenor '21 and Sean Kellogg ‘22 – finished with a 19-second spread across their times. This spread marks the smallest gap between the scoring five runners at the State meet in the history of the program and repeated the spread recorded by the five Jr. Bills who earned points at the District Championships. The week prior, the varsity squad conquered a tough course in Sullivan to earn its 25th District Championship since 1983. The five runners earning points for the Jr. Bills were: Daniel Hogan (4th), Grant Brawley (9th), Baker Pashea (10th), Ryan Kramer (11th), and Hayden Zenor (12th). By virtue of capturing the District Championship in 2020, the cross country

program’s streak has been extended to 28 consecutive years of entering a full team at the state meet. All three levels of the program captured the top spot in team scoring at the MCC Championships, marking the 17th consecutive title for the varsity. Senior Daniel Hogan captured the individual championship with a cadre of teammates placing in spots 4-7. FOOTBALL In the fourth season under Head Coach Mike Jones, the Jr. Bills fought through the adversity of the pandemic to compete in three regular season games and advance to the District semifinal round of the postseason. The varsity squad recorded an MCC victory over St. John Vianney and moved to the district semifinal with a forfeit victory over Kirkwood. In the district semifinal at Lindbergh, the Jr. Bills battled through the final seconds with chances to tie the contest on their last possession. With over 90 participants in the program in 2020 and a 4-0 record compiled by the freshman/ sophomore team, excitement and optimism abound within the program.


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