Pep Rally Recapped
On August 25th, St. Michael hosted their first pep rally for the 2017-2018 school year. The evening consisted of introductions for fall sports and a dance routine from the cheerleaders. Cheerleader Mary Ellis had some enthusiastic things to say. “I think the students did a great job coming out on a Friday night and showing school spirit. I think the cheerleaders performed very well too.”
The evening started with the cheerleaders performing a short cheer to get the crowd excited. Then, the night proceeded with our fall teams being introduced. The first team introduced was Sailing. The members include Mary Ellis Ollinger, Stirling Faulkner, Marideth Hayes, and Robert Montgomery, The next team introduced was Swim and Dive. The members on this team are Andrew Fouty, Jordan Marlowe, Dylan Blackinton, Ben Adamski and Griffin Mahoney (tentatively). The girl’s team includes Fairby Caldwell, Katherine Hewlett, Lucy O'Neill
and Laurel Barker (tentatively). After Swim and Dive we heard from Coach Hall and his team captains on the Cross Country team. The girl’s team captain is Molly Mavrakos, while Michael Garriz is captain of the boy’s team. The members include Nick Berrios, Edward Cowles, Michael Garriz, Betty Hemby, Blaine Kenny, Daniel Matthews, Molly Mavrakos, Anna McBane, Dominic Murphy, Sarah Murphy, Jack Phelps, Virginia Pryor, Raleigh Singleton, Hunter Stevens, and Jack Watson. They will have eight meets against local schools.
Volleyball then made their appearance with their Freshman and Junior Varsity teams. Coach Missy Williams is very excited about her second season at St. Michael. Their first tournament will be September 2nd at Gulf Shores High School. Their members on the Freshman team are as followed; Annie Morgan, Lauren Whitehead, Kate Murray, Recely Jones, Jacy Werner, Rebekah Schott, Tayler Swanson, Brooke Kinard, Margaux Duchesne, Juliana Fredriksen, Hannah Bowie, and Grace Miller. The members on the JV team are Sarah Bell, Marisa DeRoy, Colette Murphy, Caitlyn Bushaw, Mary Grace McKeough, Tevera Duplessis, Katie Ray, Maggie Lollis, McKenzie McLeod, Hayden Northcutt, Mary Kate Anthony, Kathleen Baumhauer, Bailey Kelly, and Lane Raley. Before our cheerleaders performed their short dance routine, Coach McDonald introduced her team. The members of the cheerleading squad are Madeline Bent, Katie Berry, Elizabeth Cotney, Cat Dasinger, Morgan Domning, Nika Greenlay, Paige Hatfield, Margaret O’Connor, Mary Ellis Ollinger, Millie Ollinger, Anna Claire Potier and Mary Kate Roberts. Coach Phelps then introduced all of his football players. The members include Timothy Mullek, Andrew Scott, Yuriy Greenlay, Gavin Neyhart, Will Edminston, Jack Phelps, Jack Donald, Grant Murray, Michael Bradford, Jeremy Del Angel, Bartee Baumhauer, Luke Farrell, Hunter Taylor, Hunter Moak, Grant Roberts, Michael Brown, Carter St. Pierre, Josh Lynch, Trevor Helper, Joey Peturis, Sam Volovecky, Alexander Vick, David Stroud, Garet Seibt, Connor Robitaille, Lachlan McAloon, James Marlow, Andrew Agostinelli, Cody Shumaker, Brock Rockstall, Noah Nelson. Congratulations to all of these members of our fall sports.