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MS Athletic Highlights — Summer 2022

9/15/2022

Editorial Staff

How did Ensworth's Middle School teams fare in the second half of last year's school year?

Swimming

• HVAC Combined: 1st Place

• Girls: 2nd place at HVAC

• HVAC meet Individual Results:

Elliott Darr ’26: 1st - 200 Freestyle

and broke an HVAC record in this

event by 2 seconds; 1st - 100 Backstroke

Alex Glenn ’26: 1st - 100 Freestyle;

2nd - 50 free

Mac Spurrier ’27: 1st - 100 Breaststroke; 2nd - 200 IM

Emerson Darr ’27: 2nd - 100 Backstroke; 4th - 50 free

Alex Aplin ’27: 2nd - 50 Freestyle;

2nd - 100 Backstroke

Anna Catherine Jones ’26:

1st - Diving

1st - 200 Freestyle Relay, 2nd - Medley Relay: Mac Spurrier ’27, Alex Glenn ’26, Elsa Staelin ’27, Emerson Darr ’27

2nd - 200 Medley & 200 Freestyle Relays: Elliott Darr ’26, Lee Atwood ’26, Jackson Gallimore ’26, Alex Aplin ’27

• Swimming and Diving Middle Tennessee State Swim Meet:

Elliott Darr ’26: 1st - 100 Backstroke; 2nd- 200 Freestyle

Alex Glenn ’26: 1st - 100 Freestyle;

4th - 100 Breaststroke

Mac Spurrier ’27: 5th - 50 Freestyle;

2nd - 100 Breaststroke

Alex Aplin ’27: 3rd - 100 Freestyle,

3rd - 100 Breaststroke

Anna Catherine Jones ’26: 3rd - Diving

Evie Denbo ’26: 6th - Diving

6th Boys’ Basketball

Varsity Team: 3rd consecutive

undefeated HVAC Jr. season and brought home the Gold Ball from the Championship. The Varsity Team was led by B.J. Williams ’28, Ethan Starling ’28, and Clyde Vaughan ’28.

6th Girls’ Basketball

The A team went into the tournament

as the third seed with a 7-3 record in the conference. They made it to the tournament’s semi-finals and lost in a competitive and close game to St. Paul. Tempo Haun ’28 led the team in scoring, and Lucy Atwood ’28 led the team in rebounds per game.

Boys’ V/JV Basketball

• Finished the season as the #3 seed in a very competitive HVAC conference and lost in their semifinal matchup. Class of 2026 leaders: Edward Coppeans, Rico Edwards, Hobs Atwood, Blake Surratt, Justin Hopkins, Isaiah Batten, Eli Wilt, Nelson Butler, Cameron Obee, and Caleb Ingram. Class of 2027: Elijah Gibson and Cutler Smith.

Varsity Baseball

• Players selected All-HVAC:

Hobs Atwood ’26, Christopher Brown ’26, Aiden Nick ’26, Cameron Obee ’26 and Blake Surratt ’26.

V/JV Softball

• Class of 2026 leaders: Ryleigh Wescott, Sumner Hiett, and Eliza Baggott

Boys’ V/JV Lacrosse

• Class of 2026 leaders: Trex Hooper, Justin Nozko, and Colin Spitzer

Girls’ V/JV Lacrosse

• Finished with a winning season

Class of 2026 members Lily Sites & Evie Denbo led the charge for the team at midfield. Caroline Greer & Caroline Sifford guided the team on the attacking end, and Frances Duvall, Cate Barfield, and Liza Hadley held down the fort on defense. Charlotte Garza, Audrey Bailey and Paige Fogaros also made major contributions to the team.

Girls’ Golf

• Finished 3rd in HVAC and MollyKate Orr ’26 finished 3rd individually.

Boys’ Golf - HVAC Champions

• Eli Wilt ’26 and Cameron Herring ’26 finished T–2 individually with a (-1) 34 score.

• The boys won the HVAC: Dan McGugin ’27, Jude Bambic ’26, Cameron Herring ’26, Eli Wilt ’26

Girls’ Track and Field

• Won every meet leading up to the finals and finished a respectable fourth place as a team in this year’s HVAC championship meet.

• The following girls were individual medalists in this year’s HVAC Finals:

Caroline Watts ’27: 3rd - high jump

Gabi Bullock ’26: 3rd - 10m hurdles

Zoey Rushing ’27, Elsa Staelin ’27, Emily McWilliams ’28, and Eleanor Denbo ’27: 2nd - 4 x 800m relay

Gabi Bullock ’26, Makaylah Batten ’27, Kat Fones ’27, and Charlotte Garza ’26 – second place in 4 x 100m relay

Gabi Bullock ’26, Makaylah Batten ’27, Kat Fones ’27, and Charlotte Garza ’26 – second place in 4 x 200m relay

Eleanor Denbo ’27, Kat Fones ’27, Makaylah Batten ’27, and Charlotte Garza ’26: 1st - 4 x 400m relay

Boys’ Track and Field

• Completed a perfect season to win the HVAC Finals and beat the runner-up team from Brentwood Academy with a sizzling, record-setting (both Ensworth record and HVAC record) performance in the last event of the meet, the 4 x 400m relay.

• The following boys were individual medalists in this year’s HVAC Finals:

• Cameron Obee ’26: 1st - long jump

• Nelson Butler ’26: 2nd - pole vault

• Mason Brunson ’26: 3rd - pole vault

• Edward Coppeans ’26: 3rd - discus;

3rd - 800m

• Akeem Batey ’26: 3rd - shot put;

3rd - long jump; 1st - 400m

• Jack Tompkins ’26: 2nd - 110m hurdles

• Edward Coppeans ’26, Nelson Butler ’26, Hobs Atwood ’26, and Mason Brunson ’26: 1st - 4 x 800m relay

• Bishop Starling ’26, Nelson Butler ’26, Cutler Smith ’27, and Akeem Batey ’26: 1st - 4 x 200m relay

• Cutler Smith ’27, Nelson Butler ’26, Edward Coppeans ’26, and Akeem Batey ’26: 1st - 4 x 400m relay

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