SUMMIT SAGA

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The Spartan Lads have started the season with three straight wins and are poised to keep on rolling this season. They started off at home with a 5-1 victory over Cane Ridge. The boys found the back of the net using five different scorers in this one. Next, they travelled to La Vernge to take a 2-0 victory with Sophomore Luke Russell striking more goals. And earlier this week, they to a trip just south to Battle Creek and came away with a 6-0 victory, continuing their onslaught of goal scoring. Next up is Dickson County, tonight at home at 7:00pm. Come cheer on our boys as they look to make if four in a row.

Congrats to the Girls Tennis team on their big win over Nolensville. It was a chilly day, but a win will always warm everyone right up. The girls won the match 6-3, winning five games on the singles side and one game on the doubles side. Standouts from the match included Senior Jubilee Cho, Junior Brianna Carnevale and Freshman Ava Anderson. Great job girls and wishing you continued success this season.

After suffering tough losses against Franklin and CPA, the Spartans took on Oakland, looking for their first win of the season. Both offense and defense stepped up to secure a big 19-10 win for the Spartans. Scoring came from 6 offensive players. Ryan Mundhenk led the way with 8 points, Luke Orlando had 6 points and Brady Hoback had 5 points. Defensively, Zach Lebeck, Myles Wenth and Johnny Gramlich were very good on ground balls. Liam Mundhenk had 10 saves in goal. Congrats boys!

They boys will take on Brentwood tonight at 7:30pm.

After a tough first week, going 1-3 to open the season, the Spartans found their winning ways in the Gulf Shores Tournament in Alabama. They rattled off four straight wins to start the tournament. They beat Bayside Academy (12-1), Concord Christian (17-2), Lee Scott Academy (10-8) and Tupelo Christian (5-1). Even though they lost their final game to Tomball, they moved their overall record above .500 as they work toward district play. The boys will play Summertown tonight at home at 6:00pm.

Lorelai Whitten - 800M - 1st Place - 2:22

Lorelai Whitten - 1600M - 1st Place - 5:09

4x800M Relay Team - 1st Place - 9:39

Kyndra Ferrer - Triple Jump - 1st Place - 36' 5"

Kyndra Ferrer - Long Jump - 2nd Place - 16' 5"

Kaden Pease - 3200M - 1st Place - 10:02

Gideon Bechtel - 300 Hurdles - 1st Place - 43.02

Evan Schmid - Triple Jump - 2nd Place - 39' 2"

4x400 Relay Team - 4th Place - 3:42

Ben Thompson - 400M - 4th Place - 50.90

Ben Thompson - 200M - 5th Place - 23.36

Michael Crutcher - High Jump - 5th Place - 6' 0"

Softball came back from Spring Break with a fire in their bats. The girls posted a football score win, beating Centennial by a score of 21-9. The team used the long ball among things to score the runs. Home Runs were hit by Sam Malcolm, Addy Willingham, and Annie Guardiola. Congrats Girls! Next up is Page High at home today at 5:00pm.

After wins over Franklin Christian Academy (34-0) and Brentwood Academy (27-12), the girls continued their hot streak last night. They pounded Shelbyville Central 32-0 at home. They will next face Franklin and Wilson County in a double header next Tuesday at Franklin HS.

Coaches shared that while everyone played great on both sides of the ball, shout outs went to Alana Floyd, Kendyl Williams, Bella Lambert and Ava Krohl.

The following athletes are up for Early Season Player of the Year through the Columbia Daily Herald. Vote for our Spartans using the links below. Vote by Noon on Friday.

If you are someone or know someone that takes photos of our Spartans Athletics teams, please reach out to Asst. AD Robert Wilson (robert.wilson@wcs.edu) to share the great pictures of our athletes. We can post here in the Summit Saga, on the Athletic Website and use in our social media to promote our amazing athletes. Thank you.

Goalie and Summit senior, Justin Iannuccilli, was selected as a Greater Nashville Area Scholastic Hockey ALL-STAR. He represented Summit Varsity Hockey in the March 4th All-Star game, where he earned goalie MVP honors -- well-deserved recognition for an outstanding performance in net!

Saturday, April 18th - 9:00AM for Summit

You know the movie. Come see the show. Tickets available though the OnTheStage website.

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Do you know someone that should be playing a sport or who needs to come to Summit to be a part of Spartan Athletics? Share with them why they should BE A SPARTAN! Watch the video above to see why.

Check out this student produced video that was designed to share a classmate's journey to be the best student athlete he could be and how he was able to gain a scholarship to Harvard to play football.