Friday, January 27, 2017

Robot Competition Hosted at Montgomery Catholic

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School was proud to host a Vex Robotics state qualifying tournament in the Dolly Barranco Activity Center at the Middle/High School campus in early January 2017.

Led by faculty members Dr. Joe Profio and Mr. Rob Russell, Montgomery Catholic's "Robo Knights" hosted the first robotics event at Montgomery Catholic and only the second of its kind in the region.  The Knights competed with four of the 18 teams present from four visiting schools—Brew Tech,
Enterprise, Ohatchee, and St. James high school. The whole community came together with parents, students, and faculty serving as volunteer referees, announcers, event staff and even kitchen crew.
Montgomery Catholic expressed gratitude  to the staff and students from Brew Tech who were willing to share equipment and expertise to help MCPS make the event such a successful one.

The Knights and their robots finished well, with three of four teams represented in the final four matches—well done!

Mission: Founded in 1873, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is an integral part of the Catholic Church's mission to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.  As an adult community, we share in the responsibility to prepare students for college and beyond while helping them grow to become persons of faith, virtue and wisdom.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

All Metro Honors for Montgomery Catholic Fall Athletes, Four Named All-State


Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is pleased to announce All-Metro honors for sixteen fall athletes.

Sophomore, Tyynismaa named All-metro
female runner of the year & All-State
Cross Country Team
Senior, Brian Anderson
All-State First Team
Football
Montgomery Catholic All-Metro cross country runners include six athletes:  Isabelle Cochran, Katie Galvin, Zachary Kroeger,Grace Leslie, Grant Walker and Female Runner of the Year Amaris Tyynismaa! Tyynismaa won her third straight AHSAA state title by winning the Class 4A State meet with a time of 18:07.76, making her the fastest high school female runner in Class 4A. She was also named to the Super All-State team for her efforts during the 2016 Cross Country season.


All-Metro Montgomery Catholic football players for 2016 included: Offense - Tyler Price (RB), David Poole (WR), Brian Anderson (OL) and Saxton Bibbins (OL) and honorable mention to Trey Downes (WR). Defense - CJ Persons (DL), BJ Barker (DB), Josh Davis (P). Offensive guard Brian Anderson was also named first team All-State, Class 4A along with kicker Josh Davis named to second team and wide-receiver David Poole who received honorable mention by the 2016 Alabama Sports Writers Association.
Senior, Josh Davis
All-State Second Team

Football
Senior, David Poole
All-State Honorable Mention

Football

All-Metro Montgomery Catholic volleyball players included Iyana Tate (second team) with honorable mention to Kayanna McKenzie.

Congratulations to all of these athletes on their 2016 seasons.

Go Knights!