I know it has been a while so this is a quick wrap up about a couple reasons why it is great to be a Saint right now.

On Tuesday morning, I walked into school and there were a couple of Fox 4 camera guys walking around with the tennis coach David Shriver.  It was because the Aquinas Girls Tennis team is their team of the week because they won state last weekend.  State is always a big accomplishment, but maybe more so for these girls, this year.  This is the first time that Aquinas tennis has ever won state.  Junior Nicole Jara won the singles title and Senior Elizabeth Close and Freshman Natalie Looney won the doubles title.  After the interesting split of the defending doubles champions Jara and Senior Lujan Brouwer de Koning, the team obviously still succeeded.  Congratulations girls on your first win!

The Girls Golf Team also took home a state title.  Junior Gianna Misenhelter won the individual title for the second year in a row and Senior Jill Stuckenshneider took third.  Along with Misenhelter and Stuckenschneider, Ali Kruse, Alexa Osbourn and Laura Tracy all placed in the top 11.  The Saints defended their title from last year.

The cross country team had an impressive showing at EKL last weekend.  C-Team boys and girls placed first along with JV boys and girls and the Varsity boys.  The Varsity girls placed second.  Seniors P.J. Greer, Kyle Hanson and Ben Grace took the top three spots in the Varsity boys race while Junior Ashley Washburn claimed her first EKL personal title.  That tournament ended the regular season and the varsity teams continue to the regional tournament this weekend.   

Tomorrow night will be senior night for Aquinas football.  We are set to play Gardner Edgerton who are 6-0 heading into the game. 

And if all that is not enough, then at least "Chinese Democracy" finally has a release date!