The Middle School Cross Country teams came up with double victories at the Meckleys Cross Country invitational. The girls outpaced 2nd place Hanover Horton 20 to 23. Cece Barret was the individual champion. Haley Stimer was third, Caitlin Wright 5th, Jordyan Metcalf 15th, Gabby Herzberg 17th and Kristin Wright 22rd.
The boys race was much closer. The boys actually tied with Hanover Horton, but won on a fifth man tie breaker. Manix Furqueon placed 2nd, Connor Stevens 4th, Alex Sharp 5th, Maddox Hutchinson 10th, Nate Fritz was the all important 5th man who broke the tie to beat HH. Slade Hellard was 16th and Lleyton Bauman 17th
Great job to both the girls and boys MS CC teams
The 7th grade volleyball team was defeated by Quincy (19-25, 16-25, 10-25, 18-25, 12-15). Jordyan Metcalf led the team in aces with 10. Emma Burbo, Marissa Mandrelle, and Bella Coppernoll each added 4 aces. The team worked hard at setting it up and had a team total of 12 kills. Macy Sinden came in and played libero for the first time. There are a lot of great things happening, but still a lot to improve on. Keep working hard, ladies!
Coach Jordon would like to tell the Concord Football team it was awesome having you guys cheer and encourage our teams today. I was very impressed and very appreciative of your Jacket spirit. Great job guys.
The cross country team hosted the Quincy Orioles and the first race of the night was the high school boys. Our boys cross country team beat Quincy with a score of Concord 24 and Quincy 35. They were led by Jonathan Mikovits in first place, Joe Bulko in third place with his fastest time ever. Then Logan Barrett with a fifth place finish he was followed by Luke Holton in 7th place, Adair Artis in 8th place with his fastest time of the season, then in 9th place was Isaac Waldron, 10th place Chuckie King, 11th place with his fastest time ever was Nolan Korman, in 13th was Cole Thompson, in 16, 17 and 18 was Connor Keefer, Jimmy Franssen, Gavin Adams all three of them ran their fastest time of the season. Way to go guys.
In the girls race it was a battle as our ladies edged out Quincy with a 27 to 29 final score. Leading the way was Skylar Thompson in first, in third was Haylee Rinehart, 5th was Riley Adams with her fastest time ever, in 7th was Natalie Sharp with her fastest time of the season but also a very impressive last 1/4 mile where she had a Quincy runner in front of her by about 5 seconds caught and passed her as she ran her fastest time of the season. Nichelle Smith was 11th, Kiara Ozuzu finished in 13th with her fastest time ever and then came Haylie Kowalski with her best time this year and in 19th was Jasmin McCabe who had a very nice race. All together it was a great team effort that has the girls currently in second place in the big 8 conference. On Friday we travel to Stockbridge then on Monday we host Union City.
The Varsity volleyball team defeated Quincy 25-21, 25-17, 25-23. We had to change up our line up due to an injury and the girls stepped up like champs! Georgia Weeks led the hitters with 16 kills, 22 digs and was 8/9 serving. Jacey Hutchins was 14/14 with 2 aces, 14 digs, and 4 kills. Karlee Gamet was 17/17 with 1 ace, 16 digs and 4 kills. Rylee Weeks had 3 kills and 10 digs. Julia Riske was 20/20 serving with 1 ace, 25 assists and 11 digs. Anna Burrow had 2 kills, Kayla Miller had 7 digs and was 7/7 serving. The Lady Jackets are 1-1 in the conference and 4-3 overall.
Great results for the Middle School Cross Country teams yesterday. The boys swept the first 7 places in crushing Quincy 10 to 38. All 7 boys set season best times. Manix Furqueon won the race followed by Connor Stevens, Alex Sharp, Maddox Hutchinson, Nate Fritz, Lleyton Bauman and Keaton Smith. The boys improved to 3 and 0 and are in first place in the league.
The girls had a close battle with the Orioles but came up short 16 to 21. Cece Barrett continued her 2 year undefeated run in the Big 8 by winning the race. Haley Stimer was 5th, Caitlin Wright 6th, Jordyan Metcalf 9th, Kristin Parker 16th, Gabby Herzberg 17th and the race of the night by Lucy Otto who ran a personal best time in 18th place
The girls are currently in 2nd place in the league
Great effort from our varsity jackets today! Came up short vs Quincy. 20-14 but never relented.
The 7th grade volleyball team worked hard at getting 3 contacts at their quad in Union City. Despite losing to Homer, Quincy, and Union City, they improved at being aggressive and setting the ball up. Jordyan Metcalf served aggressively and led the team with 16 aces. Marissa Mandrelle added 8 aces and Emma Burbo had 7 aces. Lilie Vandenburgh added 3 aces and Cece Barrett and Bella Coppernoll each had 2 aces. Keep working hard at your goals, ladies!
The varsity volleyball team defeated Hanover- Horton today 25-17, 14-25, 25-22, 7-25, 15-12. We played a little inconsistent- but they focused in on the final set and came out with the win. Georgia Weeks had 18 kills, 12 digs, 2 blocks and was 18/19 serving with 4 aces. Jacey Hutchins had 6 kills, 2 blocks and 14 digs. Karlee Gamet has 6 kills, 10 digs and was 12/13 serving. Haley Kettwiich had 10 digs and was 11/11 from the serving line. Julia Riske has 27 assists and was 17/18 with 2 aces. Rylee Weeks was 8/10 serving and had 9 digs. The Lady Jackets are now 3-3 on the season.
The 7th grade volleyball team played their first match of the season. They played tough, but came up short against Homer (23-25, 25-13, 23-25, 25-15, 11-15). Marissa Mandrelle led the team in aces with 12. Lilie Vandenburgh served aggressively and had 6 aces. Cece Barrett and Jordyan Metcalf each had 5 aces, Gabby Herzberg and Emma Burbo had 2 aces, and Bella Coppernoll added 1 ace. Macy Sinden had 1 assist. Great job, lady Jackets!
Tomorrow’s volleyball match at Bronson has been moved to Homer. Game times for both teams is 5:00 with a 4:10 bus depart.
The Concord Girls Golf team competed at the 18-hole IGL Conference Meet today. Faith Moore led the way with a 108. Sidney Marshall scored a 133 and Rylee Sinden added a 159. The girls continue to improve!
Concord JV football traveled to Camden to play our first 8 man game ever against an experienced 8 man school. The kids battled to the last play but came up short. 22-12. With a little work and learning there are many victories on the horizon.
The Middle School Cross Country teams both improved to 2 and 0 with victories over Bronson last night. The boys defeated the Vikings 14 to 25. Alex Sharp lead the way with a 2nd place finish.Manix Furqueon was 3rd, Connor Steven's 4th and a personal best time, Maddox Hutchinson 5th and Lleyton Bauman 6th.
The girls won 13 to 25. Cece Barrett won her 6 consecutive Big 8 competition and hasn't been beaten in the Big 8 in her 2 years of running. Haley Stimer and Caitlin Wright ran strong races in finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Jordayn Metcalf ran seasons best time in 7th place.. Gabby Herzberg was 8th, and Kristen Parker was 9th.
Great job Yellowjackets
Update: The MS/HS Cross Country teams will run today at Bronson and the JV football team will play at Camden-Frontier. Thanks for your patience!
Update on today! Superintendent Becky Hutchinson has been in contact with the health department and a final decision will be made by 2:00 pm on whether we will play JV football at Camden-Frontier and MS/HS Cross Country at Bronson today. Thank you for your patience! I will send out a final decision message ASAP.
Middle School Flag Football practice is canceled for today (9/21/20).
The middle school volleyball match scheduled for tonight v. Reading has been canceled.
Attention MS Volleyball Players/Parents: The MS volleyball match at Springport on Monday, September 28th is canceled.
As many of you may have already heard, Springport is going online and shutting down athletics for two weeks due to COVID case(s) at the school. The athletic director communicated that the case(s) were not related to their football team or players, thus not affecting the Concord football team's players/coaches. As a result, the Concord JV football team will play tomorrow AT Camden-Frontier for a 6:00 start time. Also, the volleyball match scheduled for Tuesday, September 22nd is postponed along with the HS/MS cross country meet on Thursday, September 24th as they were scheduled to be at Springport. Any other changes to the schedule will be communicated ASAP.
The Varsity football team got off to a rough start with a 32-12 Loss @ Springport. We fell behind early in the first quarter but never recovered. Back to the drawing board. On to Quincy!