Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Volleyball and Cross Country Celebrate Great Week!

The CHS XC Teams had a strong showing at the Reebok Road Race. This is a community event that the XC teams either run in or help out at water stops or as course marshals. Some members of the team ran in either the 10k (6.2 miles) or the 5k (3.1 miles) races. Senior Spencer Polsgrove did the 5K and finished 6th overall with a 18:24; Senior Danny Brooks finished in 19:00 flat and Senior Caleb Morrison and Freshman Andrew Salvatori finished in 20:16 and 20:17 respectively. Senior Co Capt Julia Guerini finished 42 with a 22:09. For the 10K Junior co capt Cat Song finished first in her age group and 9th overall with a 41:44. she was joined by Junior Courtland Priest who finished 4th with a time of 38:33; Senor Co Capt Brian Rota finished 11th with a 42:10 and Senior Co Capt Andrew Moy finished 5th with a 39:12.

The Volleyball team improved to 11-0 this week with wins over Attleboro (3-0...25-9, 25-21, 25-15) and Franklin (3-0...25-23, 25-18, 25-15). Liz Hamilton led the charge with 27 kills in the two matches. Chidera Nwankwo had a strong week as well with 13 kills. Olivia Devoe, Julia Mackie and Erin Proctor all played very well in both matches. The team stayed firmly in the Boston Globe's most recent Top 20 Poll.