Swimming

Our Eagle swimmers finished the season as south region runners-up and earned 6th place at the TAPPS 6A state championships. Top performances at the state meet included:

Zachary Haine – 3rd place in 500 yd.  Freestyle

Owen Sweeney – 4th place in the 50 yd. Freestyle

Ryan Bordas – 4th place in the 100 yd. Breaststroke

Luke Orr – 6th place in the 100 yd. Freestyle

Matthew Healey, Ryan Bordas, Ben Mundell & Owen Sweeney – 5th place in the 200 yd. Medley Relay

Owen Sweeney, Ryan Bordas, Ben Mundell & Luke Orr – 5th place in the 200 yd. Freestyle Relay

Congratulations to the STH Swim program and Coach Jones on yet another great season.

Basketball

On Tuesday, February 11th, St. Thomas basketball defeated St. John XXIII 68-24. The basketball season ended soon thereafter with a loss to Antonian College Prep in the area round of the TAPPS 6A playoffs in San Antonio. Sophomore Pierce Jacobsen led the scoring for the Eagles with 22 points, followed by Senior Drin Tafilaj with 14 points & 10 rebounds and Senior Evan Levy 12 points & 8 rebounds. The Eagles ended the season with an 18-14 record, winning three out of five of their last games with an average 28.3-point differential.

Soccer

STH Varsity Soccer completed their regular season as the district 4-6A champions with a 17-2-1 record. Throughout their dominant regular season, the Eagles performed consistently at a high level, led by head coach Kenny Martin. On February 4th, the team hosted Senior Night, where senior Mambo Tello set a new all-time scoring record at STH with 89 goals.

The Eagles opened the playoffs at Granger Stadium on Monday, February 24th vs Texas Military Institute, defeating the TMI Panthers 5-1. They faced off against St. Michael’s next, on February 27th, taking home the 1-0 win and advancing to the TAPPS Semi-Final game. The Eagles faced the Central Catholic Buttons on March 6th in the semifinals and lost 1-2, ending an impressive season for St. Thomas soccer.

Wrestling

After a great season on the mat, STH Wrestling came up just 4 points shy of repeating as TAPPS state champions, securing second place. The runners-up had some impressive individual performances:

Sebastian Lopez – 106 lbs, 2nd place

Behzod Rakhmatov – 113 lbs, 1st place

Pierce Ritchey – 120 lbs, 1st place

Roberto Pacini – 126 lbs, 1st place

Jackson Vaughn – 132 lbs, 3rd place

Jet Rank – 150 lbs, 2nd place

Joshua Guzman – 165 lbs, 2nd place

David Grattan – 190 lbs, 1st place

Italo Chavarria-Mendez – 285 lbs, 2nd place

Congratulations to Coach Leholm and the entire program on another great season!