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Panthers Track and Field at Regionals

Track
John Paul II Track & Field teams sent a record number of 14 athletes to Regionals at Bishop Snyder High School, Jacksonville. They competed in 8 events and set 5 school records.
New school records were set by Julia Travis (3200 meter), Matthias Laywell (3200 meter), Natasha Manos (Triple Jump), the girls 4×400 relay team (Julia Travis, Emma Travis, Taylor Bickett, and Sarah Shine), the boys 4×800 relay (Nate Rabideau, Matthias Laywell, Aiden Murtha, and PJ Hollis).
Personal Records were set by Julia Travis (3200 meter), Taylor Bickett (400 meter dash), Natasha Manos (Triple Jump), Matthias Laywell (3200 meter), and Donovan Kelly (400 meter dash).
Coaches Francee Laywell, Scott Gordon and Caleb Coale deserve a round of applause for the growth of the Track and Field program and the guidance of these talented and hard working athletes.

John Paul II Athletics – 2016 Year in review

Athletics

On behalf of all us coaches, we want to first thank the parents of John Paul II Catholic High School for giving us the privilege of working with your daughters and sons.

Some athletes come to John Paul II almost game ready, most do not.  We as a group try to teach our sports so that by the end of our seasons all of our players have developed a competitiveness built on knowledge of the rules, fair play, team play, and just plain having fun.

Out of a student population of 162, we have 111 students who played a varsity or junior varsity sport. That’s a participation rate of 69%.  And with all the clubs and other activities we have, well, it sounds like we could be spread pretty thin – we are.

John Paul II coaches are used to losing players to all sorts of activities, like not having a complete team until the preceding sport seasons end, clubs, or those other school activities just mentioned.  We might be the only baseball program in town to lose both a starting pitcher and starting second baseman to a Latin competition. Continue reading John Paul II Athletics – 2016 Year in review →

Panther’s Baseball Team Win

Athletics

The John Paul II Catholic Panthers baseball team won Thursday’s away conference game against North Florida Christian by a score of 4-3.

“John Paul II knocked off NFC in the afternoon, 4-3, thanks to mult-hit, two-RBI days by Jordan Latimer and Nick Piazza. The Panthers are now 8-11 on the season and 3-3 in district. The Eagles drop to 15-5, 3-2, and Maclay slides into the top spot with the district tournament nearing.”  -Tallahassee Democrat

Share Baseball’s  4-3 W over the North Florida Christian Eagles.

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