Athletes of the Week - Brooklin and Thomas

Brooklin has won Athlete of the Week several times over the last two years, but this week, she definitely deserved it again. We split up our widget teams equally this year, but they still came into last Friday’s matchup against each other both undefeated. This certainly bodes well for the future of Raider volleyball. On Friday, team 1 was too much for team 2, and Brooklin was a big reason why. She bombs overhand serves from the back line, digs very well, moves very well, and even hits some overhand balls after sets (an extreme rarity for a 4^th grader). In addition to her great performances this year at the widget level, Brooklin has been called up to help the JV team, and she played very well in our close loss to Fatima last week. JV plays their first tournament game this Friday, and Brook (along with Madi) will play for the JV team before hustling over to St Therese to play the widget game as well.

Our baseball team had a tough start to the week last week. We played undefeated All Souls without Tony, and with Anthony unable to pitch yet. Rolando and Omar tried to keep us in it on the mound, but our defense was the worst its been all year. All Souls scored 15 runs and only 1 was earned. We came back the next day, and Rolando and Omar again had to do all the pitching against St Mary’s. We led 11-3, before seeing our defense again collapse. We ended up losing 12-11. We finally put it together last Friday night though, beating a solid St John Baptist team under the lights in the cold in Longmont, 12-6. In all 3 games, Thomas hit well. Thomas started the year hitting cleanup for us, but he struggled early, and was moved down in the order. He has steadily improved through the season though, and last week he went 3-6, with 2 walks, 4 runs, 4 driven in, 3 stolen bases, and a blasted double to clear the bases and really break things open at SJB. Thomas has played first, short, and third for us this year, and his defensive versatility has been a much needed asset.