Reading
Jamboree
Varsity Cross Country Girls Scores:
1. Quincy 54
2. Springport 80
3. Concord 80
4. Reading 98
5. Homer 105
6. Jonesville 115
7. Bronson 175
8. Union City 190
Reserve Race
Quincy 15
Last Night the Cross Country teams traveled to Reading for the third Big 8 Jamboree of the season. The girls team of Samantha Saenz, Skylar Thompson, Anna Bulko, Natalee Williams, Allison Zigray, Haylie Kowlaski, Hailei Manthei, Halie Cesco, Jashante Edmonds, and Alaysia Guiterrez tied for second then lost the tie breaker to finish in third place. Samantha finished in third place to earn Big 8 Conference MVP honors, while Skylar finished in third place to earn Big 8 All Conference Honors, Natalee was 13th, Allison had a fantastic face as she finished 22nd 7 places higher then her previous best Jamboree finish, While Kowalski finished in 46, running with her was Anna in 47th, Cesco was 50th, and Manthei finished in 51st.
Varsity Boys Cross Country Scores:
Varsity Scores:
1. Jonesville
2. Bronson 62
3. Concord 70
4. Homer 80
5. Quincy 90
6. Springport 152
7. Union City 211
8. Reading 242
Reserve Scores:
1. Homer 29
2. Concord 63
3. Bronson 72
4. Jonesville 81
5. Springport 105
6. Quincy 114
7. Union City 130
In the guys race the team of TJ Kessman, James Silbernagel, Bryan Smith, Matt Record, Luke Holton, Cole Thompson, Austin Barrett, Logan Barrett, Cody Hellard, Sebastian Gamet, Chuckie King, Gavin Adams, Devin Easterwood, and Josh Sharp teamed up to also finish in third place. Tj finished in 4th, James in 5th, Bryan 15th, Matt 21st, Luke 25th, Cole 27th, Austin 36th who ran the race of his life as he smashed his career best time by 40 seconds. The JV team once again moved up in the standings as they finished in second place. Great Job Guys
This Saturday we travel to Ella Sharp Park to run against all the Teams in Jackson County. Then Next Tuesday we are at Victory Park in Albion for the final Big 8 Jamboree of the season.
The Concord varsity volleyball team is now 4-2 in the Big 8 conference after defeating Quincy 25-17, 25-21, 25-22. CarolAnn Brigham lead the team in kills with 11, Billie Weeks 10, Bridgette Holton 5, Camryn Ward 4 and Brittian Anderson 3. Sophie Brooks had 24 assists. CarolAnn Brigham had 20 digs, Sophie Brooks 18 and Billie Weeks had 13. Camryn Ward had 8 aces and Brittian Anderson had 4. Great job lady jackets!!
The JV volleyball team defeated Quncy tonight 22-25, 25-22, 25-18. They are 5-1 in the Big 8 conference! Great job ladies!
Due to ineligibilities and injuries, Union City will not be sending a team to Concord on Thursday for JV Football. We are looking for another opponent, but it doesn't look promising.
The Concord Wrestling program will be having a K-5 mini wrestling camp Thursday October 19th and 26th 3-4:30. If anybody is interested the can contact me at 517-358-9419 or coachshook09@gmail.com
Concord lady jacket golfers finished 1st in the tri-meet vs Vandercook & Hudson. The girls fired a home course season low of 189, a good primer for Thursday’s home regional.
The 7th grade volleyball team was defeated by Reading 14-25, 9-25, 22-25, 17-25, 8-15. Faith Moore had 4 aces, Maddi Biszalik had 3 aces, and Leece Rodger added 2 aces. We play again on Wednesday at the High school. Keep working hard, lady jackets!
On Saturday, the guys team also took on 36 schools and the team of TJ Kessman, James Silbernagel, Matt Record, Bryan Smith, Cole Thompson, Luke Holton, Logan Barrett, Cody Hellard, Austin Barrett, Sebastian Gamet, Chuckie King, Josh Sharp, Gavin Adams, And Devin Easterwood finished in 9th place. TJ finished in 8th, James in 15th, Bryan in 46th. Congratulations to Cody who ran his fastest time ever by over a minute.
On Saturday the Cross Country teams traveled to Portage to take on 36 other schools. The girls team of Samantha Saenz, Skylar Thompson, Natalee Williams, Allison Zigray, Haylie Kowalski, Halie Cesco, Jashante Edmonds, Hailei Manthei, Alaysia Guiterrez, Anna Bulko, and Jaycee Bihl finished 11th. Leading the way was Samantha Saenz as she finished first with her second fastest time ever, Skylar Thompson finished in 9th and was the fastest freshmen, and Haylie Kowalski finished with her fastest time ever, and Halie Cesco ran her fastest time of the season. Great job Ladies
This past Saturday the varsity volleyball team had a sucessful day at their home tourament and went 1-1-1 in pool play before playing their best match of the season against class C honorable mention Pewamo Westphalia and defeating them 16-25, 25-23, 17-15. Camryn Ward lead in kills with 30, Billie Weeks 24, CarolAnn Brigham 23. Brittian Anderson had 6 block kills. Sophie Brooks had 86 assists for the day and lead us in digs with 54. CarolAnn Brigham had 53 digs for the day, Billie Weeks 41 and Carrie Beilfuss had 37. Our blocking and defense was fantastic on Saturday! Keep working hard ladies!
The JV volleyball team defeated Jackson Prep 25-10, 25-10 and Lumen Christi 25-15, 25-19 tonight at their home tri- match! Way to go ladies!!!
The Concord JV football team is now 7-0 after a 30-0 victory over Quincy.
The 7th grade volleyball team was defeated by a tough Jonesville team 17-25, 9-25, 13-25, 14-25, 10-15. The jackets had 12 team aces and 2 kills.
Last night the JV volleyball team defeated Springport 22-25, 25-17, 25-9. Great job lady jackets!
Last night the varsity volleyball team battled it out with Springport and defeated them 28-26, 21-25, 23-25, 25-22 and 15-12. They move to 3-2 in the Big 8 conference!
Results from the Homer Jamboree on Tuesday October 3rd.
Girls Varsity Race Scores:
Quincy 57
CONCORD 87
Springport 89
Homer 98
Reading 107
Jonesville 129
Bronson 131
Union City 198
With the girls team running short a few runners the ones that did run really stepped up and ran awesome. The girls battled all the way to the finish line and the result was a second place finish beating out Springport by 2 points. Leading the way was Samantha Saenz who finished in first and her time also broke the Big 8 Jamboree record by less then 2 seconds. Coming in third was Skylar Thomopson who was followed by Natalee Williams in 12th who had an outstanding race, she was followed by Allison Zigray in 29th, then came Haylie Kowalski in 47th and Halie Cesco in 49th. Congratulations Ladies!
Varsity Boys Scores
Jonesville 39
CONCORD 64
Bronson 71
Homer 74
Quincy 103
Springport 189
Union City 199
Reading 207
JV Boys Scores:
Bronson 40
Homer 46
Concord 76
Quincy 117
Springport 133
Union City 149
Jonesville 184
The guys also had an amazing night as they went from being in third place a week ago and only a few points out of 5th place to finishing in second way ahead of the 5th place team. Leading the way was TJ Kessman in third place, he was closely followed by James Silbernagel in 5th, then came Bryan Smith in 13th, then making a huge improvement was Cole Thompson who last week was 51st and this week 21st, he was followed by Matt Record in 22nd, Luke Holton was 27th, Logan Barrertt was 37th, then came Cody Hellard, Austin Barrett, Chuckie King, Gavin Adams, and Sebastian Gamet. Congratulations to Cody who was the first JV runner to cross the finish line, great job Cody! Our JV team moved up from 108 points last week to 76 this week great Job Guys!
Last night, the 8th grade Volleyball team defeated Homer 11-25, 25-7, 25-17, 25-18 and 25-17.
Hadley Kettwich had 20 serving aces, Karlee Gamet had 9, Rylee Weeks had 8 and Jayden Householder had 5. Georgia Weeks had 3 kills.
The 7th grade volleyball team defeated Homer (19-25, 25-15, 25-13, 25-13, 25-7). Faith Moore led the team in aces with 21, while Maddi Biszalik added 17 aces. Autumn Cornell also added 5 aces and Brooke Linabury and Leece Rodger each had 2. Great job, ladies!
On Saturday, the 8th grade volleyball team played in the Marshall Tournament. They were 2-4 in pool play and went to the Silver Bracket. In the semi final game they beat Olivet and on to the Championship game to beat Bronson 25-17, 25-21. Congratulations on being Silver Bracket Champs!
On Saturday the Cross Country Team traveled to Stockbridge to take on 17 other schools. Most of which were much larger schools. The girls ran outstanding as they finished in 10th place without 3 of the girls running. Samantha had an outstanding race as she smashed her school record she set a couple of weeks ago by 35 seconds! Also broke 18 minutes with a 17:58.1 Congratulations Samantha. Next to cross the finish line was Freshmen Skylar Thompson who also put her name up on the record board as she ran the second fastest freshmen time ever 5 seconds faster then what Samantha ran as a freshmen. Then Natalee came in with her fastest time of the season which wasn't to far from her fastest time ever. Then came Allison Zigray who demolished her career best time by over a minute. Then came Haylie Kowalski who destroyed her best time ever by 3 minutes and ten seconds. Also having a fantastic race was Halie Cesco who ran her season best time by 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Great Job Ladies
While the ladies were celebrating a great morning the guys were preparing for their own race. The guys also ran against those same 18 schools and they came in 7th with what was a fantastic day. TJ Kessman led the Yellowjacket charge as he finished in 6th breaking his career best time by 4 seconds and running all most 2 minutes faster then he did on Tuesday. Then came James Silbernagel as he ran his fastest time ever by about ten seconds, he was followed by Bryan Smith who ran over a minute faster then what he had ever ran, up next was Matt Record who also ran one of his fastest times ever, then came Luke Holton who ran his fastest time ever by over 30 seconds, he was followed by Cole who ran 48 seconds faster then he had ever run, then came Logan Barrett who ran 27 seconds faster then his previous best, Then came Cody Hillard who smashed his best time ever by over a minute, then Chuckie King came in with his third best race ever, and Gavin Adams finished out the event with blowing way his best time ever by over a minute. Great Race Guys!
Up next the teams travel to Homer on Tuesday for what should be an amazing meet. The Ladies finished just a few points behind Quincy last week while the guys got a bad race out of the way a week ago and now look to run the way they did on Saturday as they go after the team from Jonesville that beat them a week ago. Please come support, cheer and help these athletes run their best on Tuesday. High school girls run at 5:00 followed by the High School boys