Cross Country News

Seth Farley finished in 20th place (out of 108 runners), 5 places away from qualifying for the regional meet.  His time was 19:04.  His time was 1:25 faster then his time on the same course at districts last year.

Ashley Gallinaro finished in 31st place out of 97 runners.  Her time was 23:05, which was also 1:25 faster then her time on the same course at districts last year.  Micayla McClutchey had her best time of the season of 27:09.  Josie Devine ran a 27:25.  Rachel Bookbinder had a time of  30:24 and Heather Fisher's time was 30:26.

Regional Finals

St. John Defeats Mandarian in 3 matches. The Saints now move on to Regional Finals, Great job Lady Saints! Click here for more. St. John strikes again!

St. John's year in the making

Another successful Friday night for the Saints football team last night. See photo & story here:Saints Beat OCA

Saints Shut Down Meadowbrook in Three Games

 The Saints closed their semifinal match with strong runs late in the final two games of a 25-15, 26-24, 26-24 win over Meadowbrook Academy on Tuesday night. According to the Ocala Star-Banner, Coach Lindsay Morris said “All season long the girls have been focused on districts and regionals,” said Coach Lindsay Morris. “They really worked for it. We had times tonight where we would have normally panicked, but they pushed through and gave just a tremendous effort." Since they won, the Saints earned their spot in next week's regional quarterfinals on Thursday night's final game against the number one team in their district, Gainesville Oak Hall at 7 pm at Meadowbrook Academy. For more from Ocala Star Banner, and photos:  Saints Defeat Meadowbrook      By: Alysha Burnett

Saints Go PINK

By Christina Shepard

Things looked a little different on campus last Wednesday.  School uniforms were ditched for PINK!  This was in an effort to support the national campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness.  Students were allowed to bring in $1 to support the campaign and wear pink for the day. The national awareness campaign was founded by AstraZeneca, manufacturer of cancer drugs, in 1985 and uses the month of October to spread the word about breast cancer prevention and early detection. Much of the funds raised during the month are donated to fund research and provide mammograms for women without insurance. 
Many national and local activities take place during October for this campaign, including The National Race for the Cure, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Ride to Empower (biking), Global Illumination(companies arranged for famous monuments to be lighted in pink light),  Pink Days (days with parties at work that raise money for Breast Cancer), the National Football League promotes national awareness in advertisements and by wearing pink equipment, and pink comic strips are printed during this month.
Saints students collected $210 to support the PINK cause.  All proceeds will be donated to the local organization, Heart of Florida, to provide mammorgrams for local women without insurance.  We look forward to this annual event on campus, and hope that we have done our part to help raise local awareness. Don't forget each October, to go PINK!  To see some of our PINK students, go here: Saints Go PINK 2010 and Saints go pink 2

Even the Lady Saints Varsity Volleyball team practiced in PINK.

Some of our Saints who chose to "Go Pink" for the day!

Saints Football stays on top

Congratulations to the mighty Saints who shut out Oveido's Masters Academy Friday night with a final score of Saints 41, Master's 0.  Look for more on this story tomorrow!!!

Saints Volleyball DEFEATS Vanguard

Congratulations to the Lady Saints Volleyball team who defeated Vanguard in 4 games last night!!

Way to go Lady Saints!

As posted by Ocala.com.

"ST. JOHN DEF. VANGUARD, 25-10, 25-15, 20-26, 30-28: At Vanguard, Ashley LaBorde crushed 23 kills, with 16 digs and 2 blocks as the Saints picked up the victory.

Hanna Marcus added 13 digs, 11 kills and 4 aces, while Kelly VanFleet contributed 21 assists, 10 digs and an ace for St. John.

For Vanguard, MaryEllen Pole had 30 assists, 8 service points, 5 digs and 3 aces in the defeat.

McKenna Foster had 14 kills, 9 service points and 2 blocks, while Ellison Cunningham had 11 digs with 9 kills and Holly Pole added 11 digs and 3 kills."