Campus News

10 Savio Latin students this year were honored for their outstanding performance on the National Latin Exam. Over 150,000 Latin students across the country participate in the National Latin Exam each year. This year, nearly half of Savio Latin students achieved recognition for their scores.

Congratulations to our Savio Lady Eagles Golf Team!

The Savio Lady Eagles golf team competed in the 2016 Regional Golf Tournament at The Bridges at Firewheel in Garland, TX.  The tournament was sponsored by TAPPS and hosted by Prince of Peace Christian School and run by Tournament Director Earl Garland.

The Team was led by Sophomore Katie Jones who shot a tournament best 80.  Katie was our only golfer who had experience on a course like this and she used all her knowledge to navigate her way around Firewheel.  Helping Katie achieve the goal to make the State tournament were Sr. Captain and 4 year Letterman Savanah Acosta, Sr. and 4 year Letterman Shelbie Sagnes, Jr. and 3 year Letterman Connor Neill and Sophomore and 2 year Letterman Shelby Ferraris.

The days prior to the tournament saw heavy rains and there was the fear the tournament would be postponed.  The course had closed during the heavy rains prior to the tournament which didn’t allow for our ladies to get in their practice rounds.  After all of this and with many prayers, the weather broke and the tournament went off without a hitch.

The biggest challenge for our ladies was the elevated greens.  This made yardage play longer than what they were used to.  However, despite the past days weather, the soggy conditions and elevated greens, our Lady Eagles golf team hung in there for themselves and each other to pull together a 3rd Place Team score and another trip to the State Golf Tournament in 3 years.

Next up for our Lady Eagles is the State Golf Tournament on May 2nd and 3rd at the Wildflower Golf Club in Temple, TX.  Wildflower is more like the type of course our ladies are used to and we are looking forward to a strong outing.

Matthew Bianchi flying high over the bar

Our happy group!
 

Boys & Girls 4x200m Relay Teams prepare for the start

Track Notes from Mid-Season

The Track Team has had a busy season, and with back-to-back holidays, followed by Texas Relays excitement, some of our meets went unreported. Here are some notes from Mid-season......

44 Farms Relays, Cameron, TX

Varsity Girls:

Angele Kelly- 3rd 100m,

Kacie Mayberry- 1st 800m

2nd 4x200m- Angele Kelly, Octavyia Williams, Arriana Islas, Kacie Mayberry

1st 4x400m- Angele Kelly, Kacie Mayberry, Octavyia Williams, Arriana Islas

Christionna Hawkins- 6th Shot Put

Octavyia Williams- 3rd High Jump

JV Girls:

Andrea Alvarado- 3rd 800m, 4th 1600m, 

Rebekah Garcia- 1st 100m Hurdles, 1st 300m Hurdles

 

Bradley V. Urschel Invitational, Dallas, TX

Julian Sparks- 3rd 800m, 8th 400m
Kyle Champion- 3rd Steeplechase
3rd Boys 4x400- Josh Noth, Julian Sparks, Stephen Hampton, Elias Sanchez
Octavyia Williams- 6th 100m
Angele Kelly- 7th 100m
Kacie Mayberry- 4th 400m, 1st 800m
Melanie Shempert- 6th 100m Hurdles
Christionna Hawkins- 3rd Shot Put

2nd Girls 4x200m- Angele Kelly, Alana McKendall, Octavyia Williams, Ana Richie

1st Girls 4x400m- Kacie Mayberry, Arriana Islas, Angele Kelly, Octavyia Williams

 

So much travel, so many track meets, so much excitement! Go Savio, go!!!

The Eagles Tennis team played with determination and heart to achieve historic results at this year's state tournament!

The TAPPS 4A State Championships were held at the Waco Regional Tennis Center on Monday, April 11, and Tuesday, April 12. Beginning Monday morning, the tournament experienced a rain delay however, and matches that were supposed to start at 8 a.m. did not go on court until midday. What followed was a rollercoaster of weather conditions that forced the players to adjust and adapt in order to win. Some matches were played while it was hot and humid, while on the second day of the tournament, it was cold and cloudy again. All in all, the great USTA and TAPPS officials planned well and made the tournament run smoothly.

The Eagles qualified three boys for state this year: Peter Spangler, Nicholas Butler, and Roberto Valko.

Peter Spangler (sr.) and Nicholas Butler (jr.) faced a tough team in their first round match from Victoria St. Joseph High School. The boys fought hard and played as a team, but the two fell 6-1, 6-0 to the eventual semi-finalists. Both boys had to play through minor injuries incurred the week prior to the tournament but still gave their absolute best on court.

Roberto "Bo" Valko (sr.) came out firing fast serves and aggressive approaches in his first round match where he defeated Michael Morales of Corpus Christi Incarnate Word Academy 7-6, 6-3. Because of the rain delay, Valko's second match began as the sun set and ended after dark under the tennis center lights. He played against Luke Twaddell from Tyler All Saints Episcopal School.

Both boys battled hard in the first set, with Valko dropping serve late in the set to lose 3-6. In the second set however, he came roaring back to tie the match with his own 6-3 set. The delay caused a shortened format of playing a 10-point tie-breaker in place of the third set. Valko was down early in the breaker 2-5. He fought his way back to 6-all next with an outstanding display of mental fortitude. Again losing the lead, Valko then dropped down 7-8 nearing the end of the tie-breaker. But by keeping his wits about him and remaining calm, Valko edged out the match with a huge winner down the line to seal the victory!

Valko then faced the tournament's eventual first place winner in the semi-finals named Aaron Mackie from Flower Mound Coram Deo Academy. Mackie proved to be a dominant player winning 6-0, 6-0 and then going on to win the finals 6-0, 6-2.

Valko received third place in the tournament after the semi-final match.

"I am so proud of the way the boys fought in the matches and represented their school," Coach Pekar said. "We have qualified players for state in the past, but this was another historic year for sure."

Spangler is the first player at Savio to attend the state tournament two years in a row, and Valko is the first player to ever medal at the state competition.

Congratulations to all our Eagles players!

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Our St. Dominic Savio Eagles and Lady Eagles Golf Teams competed in the District Golf Tournament hosted by Austin Regents at the Grey Rock Golf Club.  It was a picture perfect day.  The weather could not have been better and the course was in great shape, inviting all the golfers to accept the challenge it would provide them this day.

Our Eagles with a Team Total (357) were led by Sophomore Zachary Stewart (90), Senior Captain Clayton Knavel (90), Freshman Z-Je Marcella (88), Freshman Brandon Brown (89) and Sophomore Ryan Rodriguez (103). The Eagles went into the tournament with the ‘Fire Power’ to advance to the next post season tournament, however like each new day, the golf gods had another plan.  Our Eagles missed out on advancing by 1 stroke and today may not understand this plan, but one day they will look back and realize how important practice and preparation is to their life endeavors.  Our Eagle Medalist - Freshman Christopher Gonzalez (104), Sophomore Matthew Lemp (104) and Senior Jacob Kilburn (116) saw personal bests on the course today.

Our Lady Eagles with a Team Total (389) were led by Sophomore Katie Jones (87), Senior Captain Savanah Acosta (94), Senior Shelbie Sagnes (96), Junior Connor Neill (112), Sophomore Shelby Ferraris (116).  The Lady Eagles battled a stomach virus and nerves and kept on ‘Just Playing’ to find themselves advancing to the Regional Tournament in Garland, TX.  Our Lady Eagle Medalist - Katie Brooks (124) made positive strides in her tournament play.

The St. Dominic Savio Lady Eagles Golf Team would like your prayers and support as they prepare for Regional play on April 19th when they will travel to Garland.

Coach Luis Becerra and Coach Chris Jameson

Congratulations to our Savio Junior student Thomas Snyder for being selected to attend the On-site Summer Experience of the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas!  

In order to be selected for this highly competitive summer program, Thomas competed with other Texas students and successfully completed preliminary interactive online activities during the Fall/Winter quarters. 

Thomas is interested in studying aerospace engineering and this program brings him one step closer to making his goal a reality!   

Congratulations, Thomas!

Fifteen Savio students competed in the TAPPS 4A Academic Championship in Waco on April 4th and 5th. Events included Ready Writing, Science, Prose Interpretation, Spelling & Vocab, Current Events & Issues, Number Sense, Calculator, Advanced Math, TAPPS Math, Solo Acting, Literary Criticism, Social Studies, Spanish, Duet Acting, and Poetry Interpretation.

A total of 30 schools competed in the 4A classification and when the points were all totaled the Savio team took 3rd place overall! Freshman Jonathan Shoemaker became the second Savio student to win two individual state academic titles in the same year by winning first place in Number Sense and in TAPPS Math. Additionally, he is the second Savio student named Shoemaker to win the state championship in Number Sense as a freshman. Congratulations Jonathan!

Individual results are shown below:

Number Sense
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1st - Jonathan Shoemaker
4th - Emily Shoemaker

TAPPS Math
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1st - Jonathan Shoemaker

Calculator
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2nd - Jonathan Shoemaker
3rd - Emily Shoemaker

Advanced Math
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3rd - Emily Shoemaker
4th - Matthew Bianchi

Yearbook
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3rd - Savio

Spelling & Vocab
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7th - Eleazar Camez

Literary Criticism
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7th - Amanda Fuentes

Science
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8th - Matthew Bianchi