Moving Forward...

After an unbelievable 2010-11 school year, our Saints are off to another great start this fall. Multiple tournament and invitational championships for the Boys Tennis and Boys Cross-Country teams...a convincing win by the Saints last Friday night on the gridiron, as well as strong starts from our Volleyball and Girls Cross-Country, and Boys Soccer teams. In the next week, the Girls Swim team will begin action and fall sports will certainly be in full swing. Congratulations on a great start Saints! Keep up the pace!

Its hard to believe that we're already a quarter of the way through our fall sports season and our students aren't even back in the classroom yet; however, that will soon change as well. School starts Tuesday, September, 6TH, and with it more priorities to manage for our student-athletes. The start of the school year can be overwhelming for some students, especially those that will be attending SCHS for the first time. It is important to remember to get off to a great start by being prepared for the first weeks of school to better ensure success out of the gate. All students, especially those involved in co-curricular activities like school sports, will experience greater fatigue the first few weeks of school as their bodies "readjust" to school hours and the yearly school calendar. During this time please make an effort to get a bit more sleep, it will help the body adjust to the busier school year schedule. Also, take the time to organize the next day's tasks the night before, review assignments and complete homework from the day; also, complete a task list for the next day...organize yourself to be readily prepared, stay ahead of the curve! Arrive to school early and don't let tardies become a habit, this leads to attendance issues and poor life-skill habits, BE EARLY! I can still remember Tony Monte saying..."if you're on time you're late!" In other words, work ahead, stay ahead, and you won't have to catch up. Here's to a great year Saints!

A Look Back...

In a few more days the rings will arrive, another cause for celebration...this winter surely another opportunity to celebrate will come and go when the state championship banner is raised in the gymnasium...and again, in the spring, another symbolic rememberance of an unbelievable season will make its way out to the Saints' baseball diamond...and nearly a year will have passed...and the luster of a state title, a championship parade, and months of celebration will not have faded, at least not at the corner of Clinton and Cox. What an amazing team, what an amazing championship! Congratulations to the 2011 Division II MHSAA Baseball State Champions.

However, beyond the list-topper above, our Saints had one of the best athletic program performances in recent history...a perennial state playoff berth for the boys tennis team and another MHSAA Regional Champioship along the way; Regional Championships and State Finals trips in cross-country for the boys and girls, a first for the girls and a naming to the State's All-Decade team for the boys program; the most girls at the Swim State Finals in a decade...and that was just the fall! In the winter the Lady Saints brought home a Volleyball MAC Championship, and the boys basketball team took their fans to a most-exciting, first-ever Class A District Final; the Saints' boys swimmers also sent numerous candidates to the Finals...oh, and wrestling returned to SCHS with a thunder as the matmen brought home a MAC Championship in their first season in over 20 years. That brings us to last spring, where the Lady Saints domintated the courts on their way to another Regional Title and Top 10 State Finals finish, while the boys and girls track teams took care of business on the speedy oval, sending mulitple participants to the MHSAA State Championships...and finally, the St. Clair Saints completed some unfinished business on diamond...and the "dogpile" ensued! Proud to be a Saint! What an amazing year!