THIS WEEK IN SHARKS ATHLETICS oct 6-13

RECAPS

SWIMMING

Congratulations to both our boys and girls swim teams for placing 4th at Region Swim meet. The following swimmers made their way to the podium.

Girls 200 Medley Relay 2nd place

Jenna Guthinger, Ciena Farrell, Zoe Puka, Zlata Kulikouska

Boys 200 Medley Relay 2nd place

Jack Guthinger, Josh Cassey, Ryan Henrick, Shane Horigan

Girls 50 Free

Ciena Farrell 3rd Place

Boys 200 IM

Jack Guthinger 1st place

Girls 100 Fly

Jenna Guthinger 1st place

Boys 100 Fly

Jack Guthinger 2nd place

Girls 500 free

Ciena Farrell 2nd place

Boys 500 Free

Josh Cassey 3rd Place

Girls 200 agree Relay 3rd place

Jenna Guthinger, Ciena Farrell, Zoe Puka, Zlata Kulikouska

Girls 100 Breast

Jenna Guthinger 1st Place

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

The St. James Sharks boys volleyball team went 1-1 this past week, falling to the Carolina Forest Panthers before rebounding with a solid win over the Conway Tigers. The Sharks showed strong composure after the early loss, finishing the week on a high note. St. James now turns its focus to the final stretch of region play, with key matchups ahead against the North Myrtle Beach Chiefs and the Socastee Braves.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

The girls volleyball team improved their record to 13-9 this week with wins over Carolina Forest (1st time in 9+ years!!) and West Florence. We wrap up the regular season at home next week with NMB Tuesday and Socastee Thursday (senior night).

CROSS COUNTRY

The city of Conway and their high school campus are all decorated for Halloween. “The Fastest Fins on Two Feet” was the real nightmare for the Tigers’ cross-country team. The Lady Sharks posted a perfect score of 15. Winning 15-50. The boys' team were missing three top 5 runners and still managed a 27-32 win.

Marlee Schuping (21:12), Mackenzie Johnston (21:14), Maryn Schubiger (22:06), Brandy Betancourt (23:11), and Sydney Beadle (23:11.1) created the Lady Sharks perfect score by placing 1st-5th overall. This is the second week in a row a Sharks Cross Country team had a perfect score against a region opponent. The boys were led by Tommy Jensen (18:09), Zaccary Wilkinson (19:03), Archer Hynes (19:50), Paulo Andrade (19:50.9), and Rowan Finney (20:16).

The Sharks host Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, and Aynor next Wednesday.

FOOTBALL

Congratulations B-Team Football team! Last night’s rain did not slow down the sharks’ precision! They were at their sharp shark best last evening in their game against Ocean Bay Middle School which earned the B-Team sharks the win with a score of 8 - 22. The team was focused on being at their best and it was awesome!

A special thanks to our head coaches for B-Team football and B-team cheer, Mr. Chris Davidson and Ms. Ashley Adams, for their leadership with our athletes.

Get ready, Sharks! Our Waterway Trophy game against Forestbrook Middle School is taking place on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.

Both our JV and Varsity football teams lost close games to Myrtle Beach. Both teams look to bounce back this week against Carolina Forest.

Competitive Cheer

Shout out to our JV and Varsity competitive cheer teams who both took 1st place Saturday at the Fin Frenzy. Thank you to all the volunteers that helped out with this event.

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT

JV and Varsity Cheer take 1st place at Fin Frenzy

ANNOUNCEMENTS

-Boy's and Girl's lacrosse will have open season workouts the month of October. Please contact Coach Fussaro or Coach Parr if interested.

-Softball will host October workouts every Tues and Thursday from 3:15-5:15 for 9-12 graders beginning Oct 2nd. Plyers must have an athletic physical for this school year uploaded to Big Teams to participate. Contact Coach Blackwell with questions.

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