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The CAL varsity bowlers extend their season record to 7-0 and their Region 4 record to 5-0. CAL defeated St. Francis and Waggener last week to continue their unblemished record. CAL also had a solid performance in the 7^th Annual Crimson Baker Classic tournament hosted by DuPont Manual High School.

In action early in the week, CAL defeated St. Francis 5-2. Freshman Drew Kilner rolled his best game of the season and an all-time personal high with a score of 198, leading his team to victory in their second regular game of the match. Junior Dalton Kilner put up his second highest game of the season with a 216, leading his team over St. Francis in their second regular game of the match. In his first regular game, Dalton threw a 170 to contribute to another win. In other regular game action, junior Matthew Derridinger bowled a personal season high game of 159. In the Baker games, Matthew Derridinger rolled strikes in both of the frames in which he bowled. Others contributing strikes in the Baker games were 8^th grader Peyton Smith and sophomore Elijah Cooper.

In the 7-0 match win against Waggener, Dalton Kilner led all bowlers with a 196 and a 170 in the 2 regular games, while brother Drew Kilner put up a 195, just missing topping his personal high from the previous match with St. Francis. Senior Lindsey Grass threw her personal high game of the season, a 169, then posted a 160 in the same match. Junior Austin Coleman bowled his season high game with a 154. Austin just joined the varsity bowling team last week. In the match Baker games, Dalton Kilner scored strikes in both frames he bowled; and, Matthew Derridinger, Elijah Cooper and Drew Kilner also contributed strikes.

Then, in weekend action, CAL made their first appearance in the Manual Baker game tournament. They bowled 3 Baker games against each of 3 opponents in the first round – PRP, St. Xavier and Covington Catholic. The CAL team put together their best Baker game of the season, a 200, against Covington. In that game, both junior Nick Romano and Elijah Cooper put up a pair of strikes to lead the team to victory. But, the highlight of the tournament for CAL was a Baker game victory over PRP, one of the 2 top teams in the Louisville area, 177-170, with both Dalton Kilner and Drew Kilner throwing key strikes at the end of the game. Before Saturday, the CAL bowlers had averaged 133 over 20 Baker games. However, in this tournament, CAL averaged 148, a full 15 pins per game above their average. CAL bowled 9 Baker games in the tournament. Dalton Kilner led the team with 9 strikes and 6 spares, followed by Elijah Cooper with 6 strikes and 3 spares, Drew Kilner with 5 strikes and 7 spares, and Matthew Derridinger with 5 strikes and 5 spares. Unfortunately, a few missed shots against their last opponent of the day, Covington, led to elimination in the first round. But, it was a great performance by the CAL bowlers!

Action continues this week with matches against St. Francis on Tuesday, 12/5, at Kingpin Lanes, and against Atherton on Thursday, 12/7, at Executive Strike and Spare. Both matches begin at 4:00pm.

The Centurion high school and middle school Archery teams competed in their first meet this past Saturday at the Ascension Reindeer Shoot held at Waggener HS. This is CAL’s first year to have an Archery team and the Centurions are led by head coach, Jacob Killion.

Congratulations to CAL seniors, Samantha Minrath, Sarah Ratterman, Claire Thomas, Hannah Wilhite, Jacquelyn Wilkins and Jamie Wright all signed letters of intent on Wednesday to play at the collegiate level.

The signing ceremony was opened in prayer by CAL Director of Athletics, Brad Morgan.

“Today is a day of great celebration but also a chance for us to reflect back on all the hard work and sacrifice of each of these athletes and their families,” said AD Morgan.

Each athlete was recognized by their coach, followed by one of their parents who shared stories about years of playing their sport. Each athlete took the podium to thank parents, teammates, coaches and friends for their support.

“I want to thank these parents for trusting Christian Academy to spend so much time with your child. We have been blessed to be a small part of their success,” said AD Morgan.

The ceremony concluded with all 6 athletes officially signing letters of intent to the following schools:

Hannah Wilhite, volleyball Bethel University
Sarah Ratterman, softball Butler University
Samantha Minrath, field hockey University of Louisville
Claire Thomas, field hockey Temple University
Jacquelyn Wilkins, field hockey University of Virginia
Jamie Wright, field hockey Longwood University

Senior Steven Ott ran a thrilling race on Saturday, to become the third Centurion Harrier to win an individual State Title. He added his name beside 1991's Ryan Knight and 2009's Jenna Rogers as State Champions in the CAL uniform. The first two miles Steven battled with the Warren East duo of defending State Champ Jacob England and Colton Bullington (4th last year).

The trio pulled away from the rest of the field. After the 2 mile mark, Ott surged dropping Bullington. With 1 kilometer to go, it looked like a 2 person battle to the finish, until suddenly Lexington Catholic's Adam Walker closed the gap and seized the lead with 800 meters to go. He continued to push the pace, but couldn't drop Ott, who just kept hanging a stride or two behind. As they made the last turn to begin the 300 meter uphill finish, Steven began his fierce kick and managed to put 3 seconds on Walker down the stretch to win in 16:07.03. It was an outstanding time on a slow muddy course. Junior Michael Florestal only began his running career this year, but has quickly shown that this is his sport. He ran a strong race to join Steven on the podium and earn All-State honors, with his 15th place finish. Josh Starmer ran a great race, coming within 15 seconds of his PR on the tough bogged down course. Juniors Barrett Gray and Braden Sarin ran 4th and 5th for the team to complete scoring and bring the team home 20th. Sam Brown and John Patterson ran much of the race together and finished with some of their best times of the season. Zach Siegel, Wyatt Page & Cameron Roberts served as alternates

Congratulations to the CAL Field Hockey team who won their first KHSAA State Championship last night!  Freshman, Claudia Thomas, hit the game winning goal to defeat the defending state champions, Assumption High School.   

"I am just so happy that I could be part of CAL making history here on our home field tonight. I was honored to have the shot," said Thomas.

CAL goal keeper Samantha Minrath had five saves and the University of Louisville commit was named the Midway/KHSAA student athlete of the year for field hockey.

CAL head field hockey coach, Stanley Phulpagar told the girls, "You have earned this spot. Now, let’s go earn the state…and my girls did it!”

The Centurions ended the season with a 22-5-2 record and also won the school's first ever Apple Tournament Championship. The Centurions reached the state semifinals the two previous years.

Jamie Wright and Jacquelyn Wilkins were named to the All-State Tournament team and Sam Minrath was named tournament MVP.

CAL Athletics is pleased to announce the addition of a new high school and middle school Archery program and the hire of new archery coach, Jacob Killion.

“I have been an avid archer for as long as I can remember. For at least 20 years, I have had a bow in my hand. My grandpa wanted to raise up a hunting buddy for himself, so from the time that I was born, he told me about his great adventures with a bow and arrow,” said Killion. “Shooting recreationally and competitively has been a source of great enjoyment and relaxation.”

Coach Killion said he was excited to coach at a place where I could help train up the next generation of Christ disciples.

“CAL is one of the few places where this is of upmost importance. I couldn’t wait to be a part of a place as special as CAL,” said Killion.

CAL Director of Athletics, Brad Morgan said, “We are excited to add our 24^th varsity sport to CAL Athletics. Archery has grown tremendously in this city in recent years. We are excited to offer our students the opportunity to compete in the sport.”

“I look forward to working with the students and seeing them improve over the course of the year. Of course I want to see them compete and win, but I also want to see their love of archery and archery related sports grow,” said Killion.

Coach Killion currently teaches Macroeconomics online for Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas and is a full time student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The Centurion Armory will be open on Saturday, September 16, and Saturday, September 30, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Come visit the Armory for all your school spirit needs!

We carry apparel in youth and adult sizes, uniform approved apparel, accessories and brands like Nike, Under Armour, You Play I Pray, Camelbak water bottles and more more!

All You Can Eat Pancakes! 
Softball Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser 
November 18th 
8-10am ES Cafeteria 
Cost is $5/person

Purchase Tickets at the CAL/DeSales V football game (Oct. 6th) or from any softball player!

Proceeds will benefit softball press box/concession stand fund!