_______________________________________________________ AFFTON BOYS BASKETBALL WIN Girls Swim Team BIG IN ORCHARD FARM WIN THE MEET!! TOURNAMENT Last week our Varsity Boys Basketball Team and JV Boys Basketball Team competed in two different tournaments held at Orchard Farm. Our JV team, led by Coach Jay Laue, came in 1st PLACE!!! The Varsity team, led by head coach, Mike Fitzgerald and asst. coach, Brian Boehm, won 2nd PLACE!!! WE ARE SO PROUD!! Boys Wrestling comes in 4th PLACE (out of 16 teams) at the McCluer South / Berkeley Invitational on Saturday, January 19th!! Junior, Jake Lewis, won 1st place in his weight class!! WAY TO GO JAKE! ALSO, a quick Wrestling SHOUT OUT to Freshman, Nevin Horne, who won his first match last night at the meet @ Principia. The girls swim team had a great meet at McCluer South/Berkley on Thursday, January 24th. Five swimmers swam in a new event for the first time, all with great success!! We had a great race in the 200 IM, with Lydia McCurren (Sr.) out touching Mediha Husejnovic (Soph) to win by one 10th of a second. Both girls swam 10 seconds faster than their previous best times! Mediha had a great meet, getting best times in all four of her events. Samantha Tomlin also got a best time in the 100 freestyle by dropping 4 seconds. Because of these great swims and many others the girls beat McCluer South/Berkley 122-18! Varsity Girls Basketball Team takes 5th place in Affton Tournament!! Congratulations to Paige Black (Soph) for making the ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AGAIN!!! Sophomore, Anjanea Simms, was featured in a story in the St. Louis Post Dispatch: “Because of the multiple ways she can contribute on the hardwood, Affton’s Anjanea Simms is always in demand.” Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/highschool/cardinal-athlete/versatile-simms-wearing-many-hatsfor-young-affton-squad/article_6b1708ba-04cc-5322-a031d02614b0a7ad.html#ixzz2J0V1hnI1 What’s the GAME of the DAY for Affton next week? 1/28 – Girls JV and Varsity Basketball vs. Normandy @ AHS JV @ 4 pm; Varsity @ 5:30 pm 1/29 – Girls Swimming vs. Parkway Central @ AHS 4:15 pm SENIOR NIGHT!!! 1/30 - Boys Wrestling vs. MICDS/Chaminade @ AHS 5 pm SENIOR NIGHT!!! 1/31 – Boys Wrestling vs. MS/Berkeley @ MSB 5 pm 2/1 – Boys Freshman, JV, Varsity Basketball vs. MS/Berkeley @ AHS Freshman @ 4 pm; JV @ 5:30 pm and Varsity @ 7 pm 2/2 – Boys Wrestling @ Seckman Invitational 9 am Check out the high school website for up-to-date sports schedules www.affton.k12.mo.us/ahs
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