Last night the Concord Cross Country Teams traveled to Springport for an amazing September night for running. The girls team came in nervous, yet ready to compete and the result was a second place finish. While Battle Creek St. Philip came out on top, our ladies battled to finish ahead of the other 6 schools in competition. Leading the way was Skylar Thompson as she remained perfect this season 3 invitationals, and 3 Championships. Haylee Rinehart placed 5th, Natalie Sharp was 12th, Shianne Alejandro was 15th, Nichelle Smith was 25th, Haylie Kowalski was 26th, Lauryn Howell was 31st and Savanna Gamet.
Natalie Sharp smashed her career best time by 51 seconds! Everyone of them broke their 2019 season best time. Way to Run Ladies!
Up next was the boys race. We knew going in we were the team everyone was chasing. Yet that just adds pressure, because you do not want to just go out with the wrong mind set and get beat. So we set some goals to help keep us driven. The result was the third Invitational Championship of the Season. Jonathan Mikovits led the way for the individual title. Following him was Matt Record in 4th, Joe Bulko in 6th, Bryan Smith in 9th, Cole Thompson in 14th, Cody Hellard in 15th, and Luke Holton in 17th. In other action are reserve runners went to the start line on a mission. The result was a third place team finish. Which was amazing with some of the schools they were competing against. The following all earned season best times with most of them by over a minute. Logan Barrett, Isaac Waldron, Adair Artis, Hunter Sharum, Chuckie King, Malachi Boyd, Hunter Wirebaugh, Connor Keefer, Ace Shappy, and Aiden Richardson. Awesome race Guys!
The Concord Varsity Volleyball team defeated Clinton 25-19. 25-22 and lost to Camden Frontier 12-25, 10-25. Leaders for the night were Karlee Gamet with 8 kills, Georgia Weeks with7 and Jacey Hutchins and Hadley Kettwich each with 6 kills. Julia Riske has 24 setting assists. Georgia had 14 digs, Jacey and Hadley each had 9 digs and Rylee Weeks has 7. Hadley led the servers with 19/20 and 5 aces. The Lady Jackets are now 2-5-1 for the season.
The Concord/HH Varsity Football game is now a final! The final score is 31-13. The game will not be resumed as originally announced! Have a great weekend!
The Concord JV Volleyball finished 2nd place last night in the Concord Mini Tourney, losing to a very good Athens team in the finals!! The team finished 3-2 on the day, defeating Onsted, Jackson HS, and Homer. Great job ladies!
Stat Leaders:
Sam Kessman: 10 aces and 10 kills
Kayla Miller: 8 aces and 6 great digs
Paityn DeForest: 8 kills and only missed one serve
Autumn Cornell: 10 aces
Jayden Householder: Passes at 92% with 7 aces and 13 kills
Layla Hellard: Passed at 85% with 5 great digs and 1 kill :)
Maddie Coburn: 7 aces and 1 kill
Concord JV football got the win to open the season! 20-12 over Hanover Horton! Great job boys!
Concord Cross Country Teams ran at Victory Park in Albion on Wednesday night along with 12 other schools.
In the girls race Skylar Thompson had another very impressive race and for the second week in a row she finished first. Haylee Rinehart was 6th, Natalie Sharp was 25th, Shianne Alejandro was 27th, Haylie Kowalski was 52nd, Nichelle Smith was 58th, Savanna Gamet was 64th and Lauryn Howell was 67th. As a team the girls finished in fourth and only four points behind third place Onsted. Great Race Ladies.
The boys race was a great team effort as Jonathan Mikovits was 2nd, Matt Record 9th, Joe Bulko 11th, Bryan Smith 13th, Luke Holton 18th, Cole Thompson 27th, Cody Hellard 33rd, Logan Barrett 38th, Isaac Waldron 59th, Chuckie King 61st, Adair Artis 66th, Hunter Sharum 80th, Malachi Boyd 85th, Hunter Wirebaugh 86th, Ace Slappy 87th, Gavin Adams 94th, Connor Keefer 95th, and Aiden Richardson 96th. For the second straight meet the guys team dug down ran hard and won another invitational Championship, as they beat out Napoleon by ten points. Next Wednesday the teams travel to Springport to compete in the Springport Invitational. Girls run at 4:00 PM
The Concord Varsity Volleyball team defeated Columbia Central 25-17, 25-22 and lost to Hanover-Horton 21-25, 16-25. Georgia Weeks led the hitters with 8 kills and Karlee Gamet and Hadley Kettwich each had 7 kills. Julia Riske was 24/26 serving with 6 aces, Jacey Hutchins was 18/19 with 2 aces and Karlee was 16/18. Julia also had 20 setting assists, Karlee had 24 digs and Georgia added 15 digs. The Lady Jackets are 1-4-1 on the season.
Attention ALL 3-6th grade girls/parents:
Youth Competitive Cheerleading registration is this Thursday, August 29th 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the High School!! Like our FB page "Concord 517 Youth Competitive Cheer League" for practice schedule and more info!
7th & 8th grade Sideline Cheerleading practice will be Thursday, August 29th from 3:00-5:00 in the MS gym. Student-Athletes must have a physical to practice.
The Concord Varsity volleyball team opened up the season at the Battle Creek St. Phil tournament. They went 0-2-1 in pool play and then lost in the first round of the sliver division. Georgia Weeks led the hitters with 19 kills, Karlee Gamet had 12 kills, Anna Burrow had 8 and Jacey Hutchins had 6. Julia Riske has 41 assists on the day.
Last night the high school cross country teams traveled to Pittsford for their Earlybird Invitational along with 9 other schools. In the girls race our team placed sixth with Skylar Thompson running a fantastic race as she placed first. In the boys race it was a battle as Jonesville and us went back and fourth throughout the race. In the end we had 45 Jonesville 46 for a Jacket victory which was also the tenth straight season that the Boys have won the Pittsford Earlybird Invitational. We now prepare to run at Victory Park on Wednesday August 28th.
Middle School Cross Country will begin on Monday the 26th. This is for 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Any questions feel free to contact Coach Jurasek or Coach Jordon 517-524-6995
Attention 7th and 8th graders that are interested in playing volleyball: Practice starts next week (August 26). We will practice Monday-Wednesday from 5-7pm in the middle school gym. For the first week, both 7th and 8th grade will practice together. You MUST have a physical in order to practice.
There will also be an Open Gym this Thursday (August 22) from 5-7pm for any girl that would like to come up to the gym to get a few contacts in before our season officially starts. This open gym is not mandatory, but a physical is required to participate.
We are looking forward to a great season! Go Jackets!
Concord has a new athletic trainer. Her name is Melanie Weesies and she will be on board very soon. Included in a letter from Henry Ford Allegiance with information about our new trainer and the services provided.
Attn: 7 and 8th grade football practice will begin on August 26th after school. We will send details home from school with players this week.
SCHEDULE CHANGE: Due to a shortage of officials, the Varsity Football game at Union City on Friday, October 11th has been moved to Saturday, October 12th...7:00 pm start time.
Asphalt today! Construction progress is coming along. We will start school on time. There will still be work to do, but we're excited for everyone to return on August 21st for a half day of school.
Sports physicals and Teen Expo: Thursday, August 8, at the YMCA of Jackson, 4 – 7 p.m. Students must bring a parent/guardian to sign physical forms and $20 check or cash. Teen Expo is free. Enter prize drawings for Piston tickets, driver’s Ed courses and more! Questions? Call (517) 205-1802.
Attention Student-Athletes:
The first practices for fall sports are listed below:
August 12th:
Varsity Football 12:00 am (Midnight Madness) & 3:00 pm
HS Cross Country 7:00 am & 7:00 pm
HS Sideline Cheerleading 3:00 pm
HS Girls Golf 3:30 pm (Concord Hills GC)
August 14th:
HS (JV & Varsity) Volleyball 9:00-11:00 am
August 26th
All middle school sports! Times will be communicated ASAP.
All students must have physicals on file to practice. The physicals MUST be dated after April 15th, 2019 to be good for the 2019-20 sports season.
Here is the link to the Concord Athletic Department website. The menu is on the left and includes calendars, weekly events, schedules for each sport, and history of Concord athletics. Feel free to share!
Concord Athletic Department website:
https://sites.google.com/view/concordathleticdepartment/home