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Week of April 9-15
St. Luke’s Varsity Softball took on archrival Cheshire Academy in its home opener on Tuesday, April 10.
CA started out strong, showcasing their strategic bats and lock-down pitching. They scored four runs in the third inning but SLS answered with four runs of its own off RBI's by Kendall Boege ‘19 and Emma Cropper ‘18.
Cheshire Academy continued to push the Storm as they went ahead by a run in the top of the 7th. In a dramatic bottom of the 7th, Alli Ferris ‘18, who was a perfect 3-3 on the day, drew a walk before Maya Klein ‘18 stepped up to the plate belting a bomb to left field to win the game in walk-off style.
Ballgame over...STORM wins 7-6. Riley Page ‘19 pitched a gem going seven innings, allowing six runs on six hits and striking out four.
The Storm took on The Harvey School Saturday, April 14. They rallied to score 11 runs in the first inning and never looked back. Everyone got in on the hitting including two home runs each by Klein and Boege. Page was perfect allowing no runs, hits or walks! Final score after three innings, SLS 16 Harvey 0.
The Storm will play Rye Country Day School at home on Wednesday, April 18 at 4:30pm and then travel to Millbrook School on Saturday, April 21 for a 1:30pm. They remain perfect at 4-0 for the season.
Boys Lacrosse
The St. Luke's Boys Varsity Lacrosse team celebrated their first varsity win of the season against Wooster School on home turf. The Storm started strong with a 2-0 lead at the half and a 4-1 lead heading into the third. Brenden Whiteley ‘18, Jack Megrue ‘18, Jack Halsey ‘18 and Christopher Besgen ‘18 found the back of the net for St. Luke's. The Generals did not give up the game to St. Luke’s without a fight. The opponent challenged the Storm lead, scoring two goals in the last minute of the game, resulting in an exciting 4-3 win for the Storm.
The St. Luke’s Varsity Lacrosse team traveled to Hamden Hall on Thursday, April 12 but, despite even play for most the of the game against a Hornets team, the Storm would fall 10-5. St. Luke’s played a matched game versus the Hornets as shown by the 3-3 score at the end of the first quarter and the even 1-1 goals scored in the fourth quarter. Hamden Hall demonstrated their strength in the second and third quarters, scoring six goals to St. Luke's one.
Strong play was demonstrated by Ned Cunniffe ‘20 defending the St. Luke’s net, supported by the defensive team of Sam Boston ‘20, Hayden Critchell ‘21, Nick Garcia ‘22 and Jack Neafsey ‘19 .
Varsity Golf
Following two false starts where the matches were canceled due to our never-ending winter - St. Luke’s Varsity Golf finally got to play, and win, its first match on Thursday, April 12 at home against Greens Farms Academy.
Jack Maguire ‘19 chipped in on the last hole and won his match with a 36. He also walked away medalist for the day. St. Luke’s Freshman Jack Fitzgibbon sealed his match with a 39 and finished second for the team. Mark Gertsen ‘19 handily beat his opponent with a 40, closing out his round with a long putt for par on the ninth hole. Gertsen kept the excitement level high as his putt hit the back of the hole and bounced around before finally dropping. Chris Ayoub ‘19 shot 45, Jackson McManus ‘20 scored 46, and Ben Loomis ‘21 shot 40 and all won their matches to complete an 8-0 sweep for the Storm.
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 35 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Center for Leadership builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
