COACH'S CORNER

Wow, what a season of Wesley athletics! With the Lakers getting bounced in 4 games it looked like we were not going to have a happy end of the season: Enter our Wesley teams in soccer and volleyball! We fielded 12 teams this season and four of them made it to playoffs, two teams went undefeated and every team had at least two wins

Our 4th grade soccer team and our 4th grade green volleyball team played very well and improved at every turn. They played some games and matches that went down to the wire where either team could have won. The 5th grade soccer team and the 5th grade volleyball teams also had great seasons. The soccer team went undefeated until their very last game where they lost in the last 5 seconds of overtime. The 5th grade volleyball team also had some hard fought battles that went to 3 sets and ended the season 6-1. The 6th grade soccer team started the season by playing the 2 toughest teams in their division but then got on a roll to end the season. The 4th grade ‘Blue’ volleyball team played tough right out of the gate and never looked back, they had an unbelievable undefeated season.

The volleyball teams in 7th and 8th grade also had amazing seasons The 7th grade boys team just missed going to playoffs and the rest of the teams did make the playoffs The 8th grade varsity boys team played an incredible first game and just lost in a 24-25 set The JV 8th grade girls also lost in a great match of the playoffs The 8th grade girls varsity team had an amazing run in the playoffs win after win to make the championship They lost a nail biter in the last game against a tough Viewpoint team but competed well in spite of only having six girls

Our winning teams also had nice runs through the playoffs, every team went into the playoffs as top seeds

The 6th grade team took care of business winning their semi-final game at home and then in the championship game, beat Curtis in dominating style where every girl contributed to the win. The 7th grade team dominated most of the season. They went into the playoffs with a perfect 5-0 record. They beat a tough Viewpoint team in the first round and then dominated the rest to win the Championship.

I would like to thank all of the parents and teachers for being so supportive of each team and of Wesley’s Athletics Program, the athletes for giving it their all, and of course the coaches. Coaches this season were Coach Price, Coach Wilson, Coach Nathan, Coach David, Coach Bland, Coach Matt, Coach Campanella and Coach Eleftheriades - without them we could not have accomplished all the growth and success this season

Personally, I would like to say I have had a wonderful year as the Athletic Director here at The Wesley School and would like to thank all of my colleagues, administrators, staff and parents for their warm welcome and support this year I look forward to an even better year in the 2023-24 school year Until then, have a great summer, see you in the fall ,and I will catch you on the fields or courts next year Go Lions!

Louie Rodriguez Athletic Director