Johns Creek Visit our Athletics website Johnscreekathletics.org FHSAthletic F O L L O W U S O N S O C I A L M E D I A @johnscreekathletics. org T R A D I T I O N O F E X C E L L E N C E Fall 2020 Message from Athletic Director Jason Holcombe Gladiator Nation: We think it’s safe to say this will be a year that no one will forget. Despite the challenge, obstacles and seemingly forever changing circumstances that our student athletes, coaching staff, athletic department, trainers and teachers have faced, everyone showed up for our Fall sports programs ready to compete, learn, get better and roll with the changes. We highlight a few of the great moments in our first quarterly newsletter. Thanks to the entire community for your support as we navigate these uncharted waters. #WeAreTheCreek!

SENIORS MICAH GAY

TANK PRITCHETT

JUSTIN YORK

QUINN TEEPLES

JACK YENSEL

COLN RAAD

BRANDON PALMER

TREMONTEBARNETT

JOSH HUIET

TERIAN WILLIAMS, JR. JACK MURRAY

JOHN STEGENGA

LEBRON MORGAN

BLAKE MUMMA

DEJUANE MCCOY

JUSTIN HUNTER

LUKE RICHARDS

WILL YENSEL

BENNETT HEANEY

TYRUE SMITH,JR.

CHRISTIAN WHITE

DUBEM NWIZUGBO

DYLAN PARR

MANNIE SMITH

JAYDEN DYKES

ENZO FORCUCCI

JACK CITRANO

FEJIRO EWUBARE

NICK LEONARD

ANTONIO GILLIAM JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2020

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME THEME

JOHNS CREEK JV FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2020

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME 10/1/20 ALPHARETTA AWAY 6:00

10/8/20 ROSWELL HOME 6:00

10/15/20 CENTENNIAL AWAY 6:00

10/22/20 NORTH SPRINGS HOME 6:00 JOHNS CREEK GLADIATORS JV FOOTBALL

# PLAYER # PLAYER

#4 FEJIRO EWUBARE #34 ANTONIO GILLIAM

#5 DANTE LEONARD #35 BOWDEN KELLEY

#6 KYLE VAKA #37 CARSON RUTLEDGE

#7 LUKE PARKER #42 BROCK HACKER

#8 JADEN MCCARTHUR #45 GABRIEL CRESPO

#9 WALKER SHAW #47 MERRICK EDMONDSON

#10 AIDAN SIKORA #50 KEELIN WALSH

#11 PETER PAPPAS #51 ALESSANDRO SERLIN

#12 JAY CLARK #52 MASON STANSBURY

#13 TAZ SMITH #53 ZACH OLIPHANT

#14 OMAR JIBREEN #54 WILL LIPSITZ

#16 LUKE RICHARDS #55 GAVIN JONES

#17 WILL YENSEL #56 BLAKE THOMAS

#19 DYLAN SOBOCINSKI #57 ALEX MOORE

#20 DAVID EINEKER #60 SEAN LYLES

#21 BRIAN HAN #61 FRANK FEDD

#22 DUBEM NWIZUGBO #64 FELIPE BARON

#23 MOHAMMED NDIAYE #65 AIDAN INGARDIA

#24 NICK LEONARD #71 EDDIE DELEON

#25 MANNIE SMITH #72 SEBASTIAN BARON

#26 JAYDEN DYKES #75 JOSHUA KIM

#27 ENZO FORCUCCI #77 CHRIS OH

#28 JACK CITRANO #78 KOBE JONES

#30 MATT SCALA #84 KENDRICK MCWILLIAMS

#32 JAKE SCHAFLANDER #85 JACK SKIDMORE

#33 SIMON CHUNG Cheer 2020 Cross Country 2020

It was a very rainy and mud slicked course our Gladiator runners competed on but we had a great race. Shout-out to the following individuals

Girls varsity: Agam Horowitz and Allison Swift came in 4th and 5th, and with the help of a PR on a muddy course.

Annabelle Buchannan helped bring a 2nd place trophy home for the team.

Boys varsity: ran a tighter race as they continue to improve. The Varsity boys were led by Asa and Will to guide our boys’ team to a 6th place finish out of 17 teams.

JV girls: the girls placed 3rd, led by Lindsey Straub’s 7th place finish. Ava Sun and Kacey Burgess both had solid races as well.

JV Boys: were led by Carson Kennedy and Davin Brummond. The JV boys placed 5th out of 11 teams.

The team is ready for REGIONS! Baseball 2020

JCHS Baseball is ready for Spring 2021 after their Spring 2020 season was cut short due to COVID. We are extremely proud that we had 6 seniors from the Class of 2020 go on to play college baseball including:

2020 Wil Ferguson – Roane State

2020 Charlie Morgan – Berry College

2020 Dalton Pearson – State University

2020 Austin Wainer – Bryant University

2020 Tyler Watson –

2020 Jack Whitlock - Eastern Kentucky University

As we prepare for the season ahead, Gladiator baseball has welcomed 42 players in grades 9-12 to their workout roster as SPAK workouts began on October 20th complete with COVID protocols and modifications. Under the direction of Coach Beth Spak, the prospective players will work on strength, conditioning, speed and agility until tryouts in early January when the final rosters are set for our 3 teams. Coach Beth Spak has been the baseball team’s personal strength and conditioning coach since the school opened in 2009 and she has been a huge reason for the success we have had with our program through the years.

Baseball is thrilled to show off our new scoreboard installed in June of 2020. This stellar new addition to the Gladiator Field is ready for its inaugural season in February 2021. We invite you to come up the hill and visit Gladiator Baseball. @JCHSBaseball Volleyball 2020

The 2020 Volleyball team wrapped up their season finishing 6-10. Several returning experienced players and a few new faces helped to secure wins and garner some spectacular moments. The highlights of this season were defeating our rival Chattahoochee and advancing to the second round of regionals. Great job Lady Gladiators! JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE 2020

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Sept. 10 Roswell Johns Creek High School 5:00

Sept. 14 Mt Pisgah Johns Creek High School 6:30

Sept. 17 St Francis Johns Creek High School 5:00 Northview 7:00 *Senior Night Sept. 19 Denmark Denmark High School TBD

Sept. 22 Forsyth Central Forsyth Central High 5:00 Cambridge School 6:00

Sept. 23 Riverwood Centennial High School 6:30 Centennial 7:30 Sept. 24 Mt Pisgah Northview High School 6:00 Northview 7:00

Sept. 29 Chattahoochee Chattahoochee High 5:30 River Ridge School 6:30 Oct. 1 Sequoyah Sequoyah High School 5:30 Cambridge 6:30 Oct. 5 Mill Creek 6:00

Oct. 6 Creekview Johns Creek High School 6:00

Oct. 8 Wesleyan Johns Creek High School 5:00 Fellowship Christian 7:00 Oct. 13-17 Region Tournament River Ridge High School TBD JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL ROSTER 2020

NAME CLASS Rafa Wenceslau Sophomore Ashley Byrd Senior Skylar Rechtman Sophomore Claudia Loyola Junior Ava Fragakis Freshman Olivia Buoni Junior Shelby Watson Sophomore Emily Zubriski Junior Chloe Nicholas Junior Ava Rinehart Sophomore Madelyn Ferdoussi Sophomore Presley Evans Freshman Lauren Eitler Junior Avery Easton Freshman Hayden Dean Sophomore Nia Smith Sophomore Peyton Bowers Sophomore Wrestling 2020

The wrestling season will start a few weeks late, like most other sports this year, with the first tournaments starting after Thanksgiving. With some young returning talent, and several new recruits, it promises to be a strong season for the Gladiators! Look for additional information regarding practice and schedules in early November. Lacrosse 2020

GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY LACROSSE, GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE · JCHS Sisters All Commit to Play Women’s Lacrosse at Mercer What’s happening with the Swim Team?

• 7 swimmers were awarded the NISCA High School All America Award for having top 100 swims in the US for the 2019-20 season: • 200 IM & 100 Breast – Addie Farrington • 200 IM & 100 Back - Andrew Simmons • 200 Medley Relay - Andrew Simmons, Jason Bao, Preston Browne, Jason Steel • 200 Free Relay - David Hsi, Taylor Eaton, Jason Bao, Jason Steel • 3 swimmers were awarded USA Swimming Scholastic All America awards for the 2019-20 season for having a 3.5 GPA and a Junior National level swim cut • Taylor Eaton • Addie Farrington • Andrew Simmons • 2 swimmers earned Olympic Trials cuts and will swim at the US Olympic Trials in June 2021 - Addie Farrington & Andrew Simmons. • Andrew Simmons - a senior this year has committed to swim at Auburn University in Fall 2021 • 13 swimmers were selected by the GA High School Swim Coaches Association for the Class 6A All-State Team for the 2019-20 season (5 for the 1st team, 6 for the 2nd team, and 2 for the 3rd team). • 1st Team - Addie Farrington, Jason Bao, Preston Browne, Andrew Simmons, Jason Steel • 2nd Team - Evelyn Hedrick, McKenzie Rowan, Allison Swift, Taylor Eaton, David Hsi, Carson Kennedy • 3rd Team - Bella Cicogna, Amy Hitzel

JCHS has won the Fulton County Swim Championship (combined men/women scores) every year from 2016 to 2020. There is an FCC trophy that the winning team keeps for the year, and each year it passes to the next winner. Congratulations to our 20-21 Girls/Boys Swim/Dive Team Members JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SWIM/DIVE POTENTIAL SCHEDULE 2020

DATE LOCATION OPPONENT TIME November 7 Dynamo Cambridge 2:45 PM (Swim only) November 14 Cumming Aquatic Center Lambert TBA (Swim and Dive) November 21 Dynamo Chattahoochee 4:15 PM (Swim only) December 12 Dynamo Alpharetta 5:45 PM (Swim only) December 19 Dynamo Milton 7:15 PM (Swim only)

January 7 Gwinnett Aquatic Center Fulton County TBA (Swim and Dive) Championship

January 22 Wesleyan Wesleyan 5:00 PM (Swim and Dive) February 4-6 Georgia Tech State Swim/Dive Meet TBA

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