Lions Sports Update (1/23)
SWIMMING
The Lions swim team took on 6A power Southlake Carroll last Thursday, and it was a strong meet for the Marksmen. In the first event of the night, the 200 Medley Relay, the team of sophomore Armaan Newaskar, senior George Hoverman, junior Ethan Wang, and senior Sebastian Illum broke the School Record with a time of 1:35.44 beating the old school record by .02 and out touching Southlake Carroll for first place. In the next event, which is the 200 freestyle, 8 of the 10 Lions swimming (freshman Luke Nguyen, James McGinnis, Emiliano Mayo, Eddie Stehel, Will Behnke, Jack Wilson, sophomore Paul Sumethasorn, and junior Kevin Hong) would have personal best times in the event. In the 3rd event of the meet, the 200 Individual Medley, freshman Sebastian Zaballa would post a personal best time, while juniors Oliver Geheb, Richard Wang, and Kevin Ho would all post times within half a second of their personal best. In the 50 freestyle, the Lions would show 18 personal best times for the Lions, Hoverman and Newaskar would post their top St. Mark’s times, while fellow senior Jaden Ouyang, juniors Doan Nguyen, Andrew Ye, William Kozoman, sophomores Sumethasorn, Shiv Bhandari, Wyatt Melvin, Max Lee, and freshman Mihir Tare, Cruz Santana, Mayo, Grant Bowers, Nathan Peng, Saketh Chebrolu, Sebastian Medina, and Bruce Rosenfeld all had their personal best times.
In the 100 Butterfly, Ethan Wang would post a school record and personal best of 50.50, this time is about a half second over his previous school record. Junior Michael Yang was back on track, posting a time within half a second of his personal best, and Cruz Santana would post his personal best in the event as well. In the 100 freestyle, 14 Marksman would get personal bests (senior Ouyang, juniors D. Nguyen, Hong, Kozoman, sophomores Melvin, Bhandari and freshman L. Nguyen, Behnke, Bowers, Chebrolu, Medina, Lucas Pei, Erick Henry, and Rosenfeld). In the 500 Freestyle, Max Lee would post his 2nd PB of the day while senior Reagan Brower would find himself back within striking distance of his personal best. In the 200 Freestyle Relay, the Lions would post their best time of the season. E. Wang, Hoverman, Judah Isaacs-Sodeye, and Leo Scheiner would post a time of 1:30.13. Senior Scheiner would post his fastest relay split of 22.65 (a new PB for him). In the 100 Backstroke, Newaskar would post a PB and School Record of 50.86, beating out the old school record of 52.54. and an injured Ilan Gunawardena would post a PB along with freshman Larry Fan and William Braskamp. In the 100 Breaststroke, E. Wang posted a top time of 58.34, and fellow junior Geheb, sophomore Isaacs-Sodeye and freshman Nathan Peng would also post PB’s in the event. Ultimately, the Dragons of Southlake would defeat the Lions 274 to 183. However, the Lions are looking forward to the next 4 weeks, where they face off against Parish, John Paul II, Greenhill, St. Stephen’s, and then compete in the SPC Championships.
SOCCER
The varsity soccer team opened up their counter season play with a couple of tough losses last week. On Tuesday, they faced the Cistercian Hawks, a team known for its stingy defense. Unfortunately, the Lions went down early in the match when a foul in their defensive third allowed the Hawks to serve a ball to the back post, which was nodded into the net. On their heels a bit, the Lions gave up several more scoring chances, which were thwarted by key interventions from senior defender Ethan Zhang and goalkeeper Adithya Munshi. Slowly, the Lions recovered the initiative and looked strong coming out of the halftime break. However, a quick Hawks counterattack resulted in a foul and a penalty kick against the Lions, which left them down 0-2. After that, the field tilted for the Lions, who pounded the Hawks with attacks. They finally crashed through with a goal from senior captain Alden Reagins in the 65th minute. However, the Lions could not secure the equalizer in a frantic final few minutes. The Lions experienced another setback on Friday, falling 1-3 to Greenhill. The Hornets struck first on a counterattack in just the third minute. However, the Lions came back just five minutes later with a set piece goal banged in by David Dickson. The match went back and forth for most of the half, with Greenhill content to sit in a mid-block and frustrate the St. Mark’s build-up. It paid off for the Hornets a few minutes before the break when they took advantage of a miscommunication in the Lion’s defense. St. Mark’s created a few good opportunities in the future but could not find the back of the net. Toward the end of the period, with the Lions playing in their opponents end of the field with numbers, they eventually gave up the insurance goal on another counterattack. This week, the Lions host Trinity Valley on Wednesday and travel to Ft. Worth Country Day on Friday.
BASKETBALL
The St. Mark’s varsity basketball team competed in three games last week. First, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the squad traveled to Cistercian for the first SPC counter game of the season. Senior Luke Laczkowski was on fire early and often, notching 27 points in less than 20 minutes of playing time. Junior Spencer Hopkin reached double figures, and classmate Andy Li sank three triples as the Lions pulled away for a convincing victory. Three days later, SM hosted Greenhill. A packed house was on hand to see a repeat of last year’s dramatic matchup, and both teams showed out again this time around. Senior Lawrence Gardner had 8 first-half points, but the team trailed by double-digits early in the second half. However, sophomore Asher Collins hammered home a couple of dunks during a third-quarter surge, and Dawson Battie’s 25-point double-double sealed the deal, as the Marksmen won 59-51. The next morning, the Lions maintained their momentum against DASCHE. Seniors Jack Baker (7 points), Henry Estes (8 points), and Matthew Jordan (10 points) led a balanced attack in which 5 players reached double figures. Junior Pranav Danda had 14 points to go along with several assists as the boys in navy and gold cruised to an 87-51 victory. This week, the team will play the first game in the beautiful, brand-new Zierk Athletic Center on Wednesday at 7:30 pm against Trinity Valley and then travel to Ft. Worth Country Day on Friday.
WRESTLING
This past Friday, Jan. 17, the Lion varsity wrestlers competed at the North Zone Duals at Bishop T.K. Gorman Catholic School in Tyler, Texas. St. Mark’s won two out of the three duals, placing second in this inaugural tournament. The wrestler of the Tournament for the Lions was sophomore Abram Knight. His wrestling has improved immensely over the season, and his toughness is displayed in every match.
St. Mark’s 41 vs. ESD 24
St. Mark’s 48 vs. McKinney Christian Academy/Bishop Gorman Catholic School 12
St. Mark’s 35 vs. Fort Worth Country Day School 36
The Lion wrestlers compete at the Prep State Dual Tournament at St. John’s School in Houston this weekend. Next Wednesday, Jan. 29, is Wrestling Senior Night as the Lions will wrestle the Episcopal School of Dallas at 6:00 pm in Spencer Gymnasium. All are invited to come out and support your Lion wrestlers!
Back
The Lions swim team took on 6A power Southlake Carroll last Thursday, and it was a strong meet for the Marksmen. In the first event of the night, the 200 Medley Relay, the team of sophomore Armaan Newaskar, senior George Hoverman, junior Ethan Wang, and senior Sebastian Illum broke the School Record with a time of 1:35.44 beating the old school record by .02 and out touching Southlake Carroll for first place. In the next event, which is the 200 freestyle, 8 of the 10 Lions swimming (freshman Luke Nguyen, James McGinnis, Emiliano Mayo, Eddie Stehel, Will Behnke, Jack Wilson, sophomore Paul Sumethasorn, and junior Kevin Hong) would have personal best times in the event. In the 3rd event of the meet, the 200 Individual Medley, freshman Sebastian Zaballa would post a personal best time, while juniors Oliver Geheb, Richard Wang, and Kevin Ho would all post times within half a second of their personal best. In the 50 freestyle, the Lions would show 18 personal best times for the Lions, Hoverman and Newaskar would post their top St. Mark’s times, while fellow senior Jaden Ouyang, juniors Doan Nguyen, Andrew Ye, William Kozoman, sophomores Sumethasorn, Shiv Bhandari, Wyatt Melvin, Max Lee, and freshman Mihir Tare, Cruz Santana, Mayo, Grant Bowers, Nathan Peng, Saketh Chebrolu, Sebastian Medina, and Bruce Rosenfeld all had their personal best times.
In the 100 Butterfly, Ethan Wang would post a school record and personal best of 50.50, this time is about a half second over his previous school record. Junior Michael Yang was back on track, posting a time within half a second of his personal best, and Cruz Santana would post his personal best in the event as well. In the 100 freestyle, 14 Marksman would get personal bests (senior Ouyang, juniors D. Nguyen, Hong, Kozoman, sophomores Melvin, Bhandari and freshman L. Nguyen, Behnke, Bowers, Chebrolu, Medina, Lucas Pei, Erick Henry, and Rosenfeld). In the 500 Freestyle, Max Lee would post his 2nd PB of the day while senior Reagan Brower would find himself back within striking distance of his personal best. In the 200 Freestyle Relay, the Lions would post their best time of the season. E. Wang, Hoverman, Judah Isaacs-Sodeye, and Leo Scheiner would post a time of 1:30.13. Senior Scheiner would post his fastest relay split of 22.65 (a new PB for him). In the 100 Backstroke, Newaskar would post a PB and School Record of 50.86, beating out the old school record of 52.54. and an injured Ilan Gunawardena would post a PB along with freshman Larry Fan and William Braskamp. In the 100 Breaststroke, E. Wang posted a top time of 58.34, and fellow junior Geheb, sophomore Isaacs-Sodeye and freshman Nathan Peng would also post PB’s in the event. Ultimately, the Dragons of Southlake would defeat the Lions 274 to 183. However, the Lions are looking forward to the next 4 weeks, where they face off against Parish, John Paul II, Greenhill, St. Stephen’s, and then compete in the SPC Championships.
SOCCER
The varsity soccer team opened up their counter season play with a couple of tough losses last week. On Tuesday, they faced the Cistercian Hawks, a team known for its stingy defense. Unfortunately, the Lions went down early in the match when a foul in their defensive third allowed the Hawks to serve a ball to the back post, which was nodded into the net. On their heels a bit, the Lions gave up several more scoring chances, which were thwarted by key interventions from senior defender Ethan Zhang and goalkeeper Adithya Munshi. Slowly, the Lions recovered the initiative and looked strong coming out of the halftime break. However, a quick Hawks counterattack resulted in a foul and a penalty kick against the Lions, which left them down 0-2. After that, the field tilted for the Lions, who pounded the Hawks with attacks. They finally crashed through with a goal from senior captain Alden Reagins in the 65th minute. However, the Lions could not secure the equalizer in a frantic final few minutes. The Lions experienced another setback on Friday, falling 1-3 to Greenhill. The Hornets struck first on a counterattack in just the third minute. However, the Lions came back just five minutes later with a set piece goal banged in by David Dickson. The match went back and forth for most of the half, with Greenhill content to sit in a mid-block and frustrate the St. Mark’s build-up. It paid off for the Hornets a few minutes before the break when they took advantage of a miscommunication in the Lion’s defense. St. Mark’s created a few good opportunities in the future but could not find the back of the net. Toward the end of the period, with the Lions playing in their opponents end of the field with numbers, they eventually gave up the insurance goal on another counterattack. This week, the Lions host Trinity Valley on Wednesday and travel to Ft. Worth Country Day on Friday.
BASKETBALL
The St. Mark’s varsity basketball team competed in three games last week. First, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, the squad traveled to Cistercian for the first SPC counter game of the season. Senior Luke Laczkowski was on fire early and often, notching 27 points in less than 20 minutes of playing time. Junior Spencer Hopkin reached double figures, and classmate Andy Li sank three triples as the Lions pulled away for a convincing victory. Three days later, SM hosted Greenhill. A packed house was on hand to see a repeat of last year’s dramatic matchup, and both teams showed out again this time around. Senior Lawrence Gardner had 8 first-half points, but the team trailed by double-digits early in the second half. However, sophomore Asher Collins hammered home a couple of dunks during a third-quarter surge, and Dawson Battie’s 25-point double-double sealed the deal, as the Marksmen won 59-51. The next morning, the Lions maintained their momentum against DASCHE. Seniors Jack Baker (7 points), Henry Estes (8 points), and Matthew Jordan (10 points) led a balanced attack in which 5 players reached double figures. Junior Pranav Danda had 14 points to go along with several assists as the boys in navy and gold cruised to an 87-51 victory. This week, the team will play the first game in the beautiful, brand-new Zierk Athletic Center on Wednesday at 7:30 pm against Trinity Valley and then travel to Ft. Worth Country Day on Friday.
WRESTLING
This past Friday, Jan. 17, the Lion varsity wrestlers competed at the North Zone Duals at Bishop T.K. Gorman Catholic School in Tyler, Texas. St. Mark’s won two out of the three duals, placing second in this inaugural tournament. The wrestler of the Tournament for the Lions was sophomore Abram Knight. His wrestling has improved immensely over the season, and his toughness is displayed in every match.
St. Mark’s 41 vs. ESD 24
St. Mark’s 48 vs. McKinney Christian Academy/Bishop Gorman Catholic School 12
St. Mark’s 35 vs. Fort Worth Country Day School 36
The Lion wrestlers compete at the Prep State Dual Tournament at St. John’s School in Houston this weekend. Next Wednesday, Jan. 29, is Wrestling Senior Night as the Lions will wrestle the Episcopal School of Dallas at 6:00 pm in Spencer Gymnasium. All are invited to come out and support your Lion wrestlers!
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Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
About Us
St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
