Last night some athletes on the Cross Country team ran in the J. Chris Jensen race. The highlight was Senior Gavin Adams ran his final race of his career and did outstanding as he ran his fastest time ever. Way to go Gavin. Congratulations on a great race. Coach is very proud of You.
The Varsity Volleyball team lost its opening game in districts to Reading 12-25, 20-25, 17-25. Leading the offense was Georgia Weeks with 8 kills, 15 digs and was 10/10 serving with 1 ace. Karlee Gamet has 6 kills, 14 digs and was 9/10 serving with 1 ace. Jayden Householder has 5 kills and a block. Jacey Hutchins and Rylee Weeks each had 2 kills and 1 block. Julia Riske had 17 assists and Kayla Miller was 9/9 serving with 1 ace. The Lady Jackets finished 14-11 for the season. It has been a privilege to Coach this team and we are truly going to miss our seniors next year.
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Last night the Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams traveled to Ella Sharp Park to compete in this years Regional meet. The Goal Qualify for the State Finals next Saturday. The Boys ran first and did a great job as they earned the 23rd Regional Championship in school history and most importantly earned a trip to next weeks State Finals. Congratulations guys, way to go. Then came the girls race, we had some big goals but the most important one was to qualify and they did do that as they went out and competed with the Desire and Passion that resulted in a trip to the State Finals. Way to run ladies. Very Proud of you. Congratulations to Jonathan Mikovits, Joe Bulko, Logan Barrett, Luke Holton, Skylar Thompson and Haylee Rinehart as they all earned All Regional Honors.
Good luck to the boys and girls cross country teams today at Ella Sharp Park for regionals. The boys run at 4:30 and the girls approximately 5:15.
Link to Tonight's 8-man football tournament game...Concord at Bridgman HS...7:00 start time.
The YouTube stream link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByYmTL8L6nXJmLva0-toaw/live
The Facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/Bridgmanpublicschools/live/
The Varsity Volleyball team traveled to the Onsted Quad and struggled losing to Onsted 15-25, 13-25; Western 15-25, 16-25, and Jonesville 15-25, 12-25. Georgia Weeks had 11 kills, 25 digs, and was 18/18 with 1 ace. Karlee Gamet had 7 kills, 28 digs and was 16/17 serving with 2 aces. Jacey Hutchins had 5 kills, 29 digs and was 13/14 with 1 ace. Jayden Householder had 2 kills, Rylee Weeks also had 2 kills, 16 digs, and was 10/11 with 1 ace. Julia Riske had 22 setting assists and was 16/17 serving 2 aces. Kayla Miller was 12/12 serving and had 15 digs. The Lady Jackets are now 14-10 as they get ready for Districts on Monday against Reading.
Tonight's football game will begin at 6:30 pm. We will honor our Senior cross country and sideline cheerleading athletes before the game (6:15 pm..6:00 arrival/line-up). We will honor our football seniors after the 1st quarter. The homecoming court will be honored at halftime. We will be allowing 4 spectators per participant, including homecoming court. Make sure to mask up and social distance!
On Saturday the Cross Country Teams competed in the first ever MHSAA Pre-Regional meet. The goal was to be one of the teams to qualify for this Friday's Regional meet at Ella Sharp Park. Both teams accomplished that as the boys placed first and the girls placed second. Jonathan Mikovits was first followed by Joe Bulko in second, Logan Barret was fourth, Isaac Waldron ninth, Chukie King tenth, Luke Holton twelfth, and Cole Thompson thirteenth. In the girls race Skylar Thompson was first, Haylee Rinehart sixth, Gwen Bulko tenth with a new career best time, Riley Adams fourteenth, Natalie Sharp sixteenth, Haylie Kowalski twenty seventh.
The Varsity Volleyball team lost to Bronson in the first round of the Big 8 Tournament 16-25, 23-25, 20-25. They beat Homer 17-25, 25-21, 25-21, 26-24 in the finals to hold onto to 3rd place in the conference with a 6-3 record. Georgia Weeks led the hitters with 28 kills, 5 blocks, 41 digs and was 24/28 with 3 aces serving. Karlee Gamet had 10 kills, 45 digs and was 22/26 serving with 1 ace. Jacey Hutchins had 6 kills and was 34/35 serving with 2 aces. Anna Burrow had 3 kills and 7 blocks. Julia Riske has 42 setting assists and was 20/23 serving with 3 aces. Rylee Weeks had 3 kills, 2 blocks, 36 digs and was 18/24 serving with 4 aces. Kayla Miller was 15/17 serving and had 23 digs. The Lady Jackets travel to Onsted on Wednesday for a Dig Pink Quad.
The Concord Varsity Volleyball team will play at Reading High School tomorrow (10/24). Concord will play Bronson at 9:00 am in the auxiliary gym and Reading will play Homer at 9:00 am in the HS gym. The winners & losers will play each other immediately following. There will be 2 spectators per pass allowed for Saturday's event.
The Varsity Volleyball team lost to a tough Reading team 22-25, 16-25, 25-23, 19-25. Georgia Weeks led our offense and had 22 kills, 12 digs and was 10/11 serving with 1 ace. Julia Riske has 26 setting assists, 3 kills, 1 block, and 18/19 serving 1 ace. Jacey Hutchins had 3 kills, 2 blocks, 14 digs and was 17/17 serving. Karlee Gamet had 3 kills, 33 digs, and was 13/14 serving. Rylee Weeks was 11/12 serving with 1 ace. She also had 2 blocks, 14 digs and a kill. Kayla Miller was 12/12 serving with 1 ace and 10 digs. The Lady Jackets finished the season in 3rd place heading into the League tournament on Saturday with a 5-2 record.
Attention 3rd-5th grade Concord students. We will be hosting our second of 3 flag football events on Saturday October 24th, at gottschalk park. All participants will get football technique instruction in all positions on offense and defense followed by a FUN flag football game. We hope all of you can make it. You must bring your own water and wear a mask to participate. If you feel sick at all or have any symptoms do not come!! You should have gotten a letter from the school about these events. The event on the 24th will be at Gottschalk Park.
On Monday, October 26th, we will honor our senior fall athletes & parents in cross country, sideline cheerleading, and football. The game will begin at 6:30 pm. The cross country and sideline cheer athletes will be recognized about 6:15 pm (line-up at 6:00 pm). The football seniors will be honored after the 1st quarter. We will also recognize our senior homecoming court at halftime. Parents, athletes, and the homecoming court will need to line-up at the north end of the football field.
The Varsity Volleyball team defeated Jonesville 25-16, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23. The Lady Jackets played tough defense tonight. Karlee Gamet had 34 digs, 7 kills and was 15/16 serving. Rylee Weeks has a great night at the service line- serving an aggressive 25/26 with 4 aces. Rylee also had 16 digs and 2 assists. Georgia Weeks had 20 kills, 17 digs and was 15/17 serving with 1 ace. Jacey Hutchins and Anna Burrow played strong in the middle, Anna had 5 kills, Jacey had 7 kills, 14 digs and was 10/11 serving. Julia Riske had 35 setting assists, 13 digs and was 13/14 serving with 1 ace. The Lady Jackets are now 5-1 in the conference and 13-5 overall. Senior Night is Thursday - game time 6:00! We play 1st place Reading who is 6-0 in the conference.
MS Boys Basketball Announcement:
Middle School Boys Basketball will begin next Monday, October 26th for all 6-8th graders interested in 7th/8th boys basketball. The practices will be Monday-Friday from 3:00-5:00 pm. We anticipate that our numbers may be low, so we are including 6th graders. Please make sure you have a sports physical on file with the athletic department. If you had a physical last year, make sure you have the health questionnaire on file with the athletic department. No physical, no practice, no exceptions!
The JV football team ventured into hostile territory to take on the Bangor Vikings. The young men played hard and came out on top with a great team win!! 55-16.
It finally all came together for the 7th grade volleyball team, going undefeated at the Springport Tri-meet. They beat Jonesville in a thrilling 3 sets (24-26, 25-21, 19-17) and then went on to defeat Springport (25-13, 25-17, 15-9). Marissa Mandrelle served aggressively and had 26 aces. Bradie Lehman came in to serve in the 3rd set of the Jonesville match and brought us back from a big deficit. She had 9 aces for the day. Jordyan Metcalf and 10 aces for the day, Emma Burbo had 4 aces, Cece Barrett added 3 aces, and Bella Coopernoll, Gabby Herzberg, and Lilie Vandenburgh each had 1 ace. Macy Sinden played libero and made some great passes. Collectively, the team had 5 kills for the day. Way to finish strong, Lady Jackets!!!
Outstanding performances by the Middle School Cross Country teams on Friday at Sturgis. Personal best times, 7 medallists and an individual champion marked the day. The boys team finished 5th as a team and three runners earned medals. Manix Furqueon placed 8th, Connor Stevens 16th and Alex Sharp 23rd. All three runners ran PRs. Also setting Prs were Maddox Hutchinson in 33rd place and broke the 14 minute barrier for the first time. Nate Fritz finished 41st and Lleyton Bauman was 45th there were 11 teams in the race.
The girls team did not have 5 runners in the Varsity division, but did have 3 girls finish in the top 10. Ciara Barrett continued her undefeated season by winning the race in a school record time of 12 minutes and 42.5 seconds for the 3200 meter race. It was her first time under 13 minutes and it broke Samantha Saenz record of 12:59. Haley Stimer finished 8th and Caitlin Wright was 10th. Both girls set PRs and Caitlin went under 14 minutes for the first time.
In the reserve race all 4 girls had amazing PRs and Jordayn Metcalf earned a medal by placing 8th overall. Gabby Herzberg missed a medal by one place and had a 2 minute PR. Kristen Parker had a 2 minute PR and finished 48th. One of the best races of the day was run by Lucy Otto who had a 3 minute PR and finished 59th.
Great job by everyone
The JV Football 8-man game on Saturday (10/17) at Bangor High School will begin at 12:00 pm. Admission will be $5 (adult), $2 (student), and free (small children/senior citizens). Bangor has a large facility and they don't anticipate any issues with capacity at the game, so free free to attend.
The Varsity Volleyball team defeated Leslie 25-11, 25-17 and lost to Lenawee Christian 14-25, 10-25. Georgia Weeks led the hitters with 14 kills, 18 digs and was 7/8 serving. Jacey Hutchins had 8 kills , 6 digs and was 22/24 serving with 1 ace. Anna Burrow had 7 kills, 12 digs, and was 16/16 serving with 2 aces. Karlee Gamet had 3 kills, 20 digs and was 11/12 serving. Jayden Householder has 3 kills. Rylee Weeks had 17 digs and was 7/7 serving. Julia Riske had 34 assists and was 7/7 serving. The Lady Jackets are now 11-5 and travel to Mt Morris on Saturday.