Last year’s varsity volleyball team was led by a big group
of 8th graders, who had played together throughout their time at St
Rose. We got to the championship game of our tournament last year, and had a
great overall year. We were hoping to smoothly replace those girls, but so far,
the year has been somewhat difficult. Going into our game against St Vincent de
Paul on 3/29, we still hadn’t gotten a win. One player really turned things
around, and we got a good home win over St Vincent .
Yoselyn Roman served 11 consecutive points in the first game, and she served 8
of our 25 points in the second game, both wins, to secure the match. Yoselyn
has embraced a leadership role as the most experienced 8th grader on
this year’s team. She hits a very hard and flat serve, that opposing teams find
very hard to return. She also is our main setter, and is a vocal leader on the
floor. Our varsity still has 3 games left before the tournament, and with
Yoselyn leading the way, hopefully things will turn for the better.
Our baseball team has only been partially healthy and
eligible this year, but when it all comes together, we can be a force, just
like we were last year. There is only one varsity baseball division this year,
so we have to play all of the top teams, and historically, St Thomas More is
the best athletic school in Denver .
We beat them 5-1 on their field on 3/30. It was St Rose’s first win over STM’s
division 1 team in any sport in the two years that I’ve been here. Tony threw
another great game for us, moving his record to 3-1 on the season. We got good
offensive production from Tony, Anthony, Alexis, and Omar, but the hitting star
of the day was undoubtedly Rafael. I’ve known since early last season that
Rafael had real hitting talent, but it had only shown in spurts before the STM
game. Rafael came up in the top of the second with Omar on third and two outs.
He crushed the second pitch he saw over the center fielder’s head, and chugged
around the bases, scoring without a throw even being made on him. This gave us
a 3-1 lead at the time. Rafael came up again to lead off the sixth. He didn’t
wait around at all, lacing the first pitch he saw to right. It was a line drive
that was right at the right fielder. The right fielder fielded it on a hop, but
if it wasn’t right at him, Rafael would have had at least a triple, and maybe
another homer. It was great to get Rafael on track offensively, and hopefully,
it was a precursor for the rest of the season.
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